TPR - the Intro - Tuesday 10th of September - 6:45AM

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This will be an introduction ride to TPR - Team Points Ride, which will happen every Tuesday throughout the fall. This is a great team building ride and if you plan on racing with us or want to hone your skills this ride comes highly recommended by yours truly. The pace is intermediate+/advanced but for the first week we will slowly ramp up the pace every lap so everyone has a chance to get comfortable and we won’t be riding full gas like we will once TPR officially starts.

If you are interested in coming signup because I will be making teams of 3-5 the night before!

The plan is to meet at the hairpin turn at the Circuit Jacques Villeneuve at 6:45am (Here). There will also be leaving from the Roddick Gates at 6:20am. We will start with a warm up lap ~30kph. We will do six more laps after that, gradually ramping up the pace to what it will likely regularly be at during TPR. We will regroup every 2 laps but TPR is a fast ride where we don’t wait for dropped riders until we regroup after every 2nd lap. This week we will only be racing for the final sprint points which come at the end of every 2nd lap (it will be pointed out during the warmup lap). If your interested in doing TPR once it officially starts this is a great way to see if you have the fitness. Future racers are strongly encouraged to participate.

Just a few important notes:

–SIGN UP

–BE ON TIME

–the track is not busy early in the morning so there is no need to be weaving through the potentially dangerous divisions on the track

Hope to see a great turnout and meet some future McGill racers!

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Dear fellow fat people, this is our chance to punish the skinny climbers.

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Phil, I can meet people at the gates if you want, I live nearby whereas it’s more of a detour for you.

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Nice back ground jon. Way to play favourites on the weekly rides.

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Haha, whoever’s on my team’s gonna hate me anyways when I’m dropped.

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you must sacrifice yourself for your TEAM before you get dropped!

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The hard part is not doing like the BMC train, and getting dropped 4km before the finish after sacrificing for the team too far from the line :slight_smile:

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Can we do a Nightime TPR ?

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I’ll get fat over the weekend

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Wooo, people! This is a really fun ride with especially with more people

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I cross posted the link on UdeM. Common, at least 3 more so we have big teams. It’s much more fun when there are enough of us per team to bring the breaks back.

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Calling for 12 degrees and rain. WEAK.

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The show goes on, rain or shine. Remember if you plan on coming to sign up because I will be posting the teams tonight!

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Hey Mcgill people! its been a while… i might be there… i’ll be there on time or im not there, dont wait for me.

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My bike is made of sugar, so if it is raining I will be in my bed.

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Hi guys, I’m new to the team this year and was just wondering whether or not this ride is right for me. What is the pace for the higher speed laps?

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fast, 38kph++ but you are welcome to come and try and hang on, if you are dropped you won’t be alone. I didn’t last very long the first time I went but I gradually learnt how to hang on longer.

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The faster laps are 42+.
Come regardless, its fun to see how long you can hold on for even if its 5 seconds.

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Correction to Phil’s statement, he collected more points then most by the end of last season. Do come and try, we’ll regroup anyways every second lap. And it’s a great learning experience if you do plan on racing eventually.