Hey Everyone!
Warm week ahead - make sure you RSVP early to the rides so we can plan the appropriate number of ride leaders to ensure that you have a good ride experience.
As a side note, rear lights are required on our rides. This helps us maintain visibility from increased distances. If you don’t bring one, you will be shamed at the start ;) - we won’t be sending people home for forgetting a light just yet, but please don’t make it a habit.
June 7th is our annual Pigeon Lake Road Race, and as always, we need volunteers! You can check out the volunteer sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/LCX3W
If you want to help out but want to know more about what these positions entail, read more about them here: https://www.ertc.org/plvd
If you want to participate in the race or fondo, you can read more about it here: https://www.ertc.org/plfpg - will be including a coupon code in this email to get a couple of bucks off! (If you already registered, let me know and I can refund you or give you some beer or something…)
Photo: Gravellin’ Photo Credit: Wanda
Club Updates:
May 27 - Skill Sessions Continue - Last one! It’s not too late to come out, we will continue to work on both individual skills and group riding skills. Struggling in group rides cause you're not drafting enough? Come out and work on that in a safe environment!
Clothing orders are now closed.
June 7 - Oh God please volunteer for our race https://volunteersignup.org/LCX3W
Ride Updates:
New route experimentation for our weekend rides continues. Come check them out. Groups will be split if they get too big.
Racing Updates:
Learn to Race Seminars put on by the ABA are now posted at https://www.albertabicycle.ab.ca/learn-to-race-calendar - If you have not held a license before and want to race this year, we cover the cost of these seminars. Just shoot me an email if you are interested. These are going to be the cheapest and easiest upgrade points you’ll ever get!
If you are interested in racing and haven’t before we will be arranging an information session soon. If you are interested in racing this season and haven’t held a license before, you quality for our Intro to Racing Program - you can sign up here: https://forms.gle/TViRPiGo1pqd6zEr9
May 25 - Stieda Road Race. More info here: https://www.albertabicycle.ab.ca/alberta-race-calendar
General Reminders:
Official Rides are posted on strava. If you haven’t requested to join, please do so here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/2845 if you’ve applied and haven’t heard back, e-mail me, but first, make sure your strava name matches your registration name.
Day to day communication and general chatter is via slack. You can join here: https://join.slack.com/t/edmontonroada-7u36621/shared_invite/zt-1t5qvezds-JotWB~e_EJcXrD9NArQarA - this is where you can get real time updates about unofficial rides, talk bikes with club members, and sell your stuff to other club members! If you identify as female and would like to be included in the WoERTC communications and event announcements, please message Heather Curtis on Slack to be added to the private WoERTC channel. Please remember to use the “reply in thread” feature when using it!
Remember to review your insurance needs for the season if you registered before March 31st (if you registered after, it will have been an option on your registration. No action means that you will be covered for group rides only. You can learn more here: https://www.albertabicycle.ab.ca/insurance-info
Have a cool photo from the last week you want featured? Send it to me and I’ll make it the header photo! Cool way to show off what you’ve been up to!