Hey Everyone! The snow is mostly gone, so you know what that means! Our provisional first ride of the year will happen on Thursday, April 7. If you are new year, all ride information and cancellations will be disseminated via strava. You can join here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/2845/members
You should also join our slack for any general club communications here: https://join.slack.com/t/edmontonroada-7u36621/shared_invite/zt-r9cz31ub-0OIcKY_Ow33BJCw_yyAQCg
If it snows / rains or if there is a large amount of gravel on the route we will call off the ride.
If you are new to the club and haven’t been on a ride before, and haven’t ridden in a group before, unconfident in groups, or feel that you need more handling practice, you are welcome to come as there is only limited group riding as everyone splits up on hills, however there will be programming late April and into May that will help boost your confidence and skill level. I will be sweeping and ensuring that everyone knows where to go, or how to get home.
We are looking for ride leaders again this year. You do not have to be fast or a “racer”, or ride at the front all the time. You DO have to know the route and be willing to confidently communicate the route to people and make judgement calls on route, safety, and telling riders to go home when required (goals of the rider and the ride not aligning, or poor behaviour, etc.). You won’t be responsible for route planning and will have a couple of rides with more experienced ride leaders before being sent on your own. The rides that you lead can be any type of ride, as you are in control. If this sounds good to you and you help out, if you can commit to ~10ish rides a season (about 2 a month) then ERTC will give you a set of jersey and shorts and accessories, and will pay for any coaching certification courses you may want to consider. Coaching certification is not required, but great to have if you intend on mentoring others. E-mail / DM me if you are interested! You are covered under the club’s insurance and will not be held personally responsible for any legal issues that may arise from leading these rides.
We intend on restarting the Try Racing Program this season and expect an e-mail if you stated interest in the signup in the near future. If you didn’t indicate interest, let me know via the usual methods. The Try Racing Program incentivizes first time racers and creates a cohort of your peers who will all be targeting their first races along with you.