It is time for my thrice-annual beg and plead for volunteers for our race coming up THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 7. The Pigeon Lake Road Race / Fondo is one of Alberta’s longest running events and we would love for it to continue, stronger than ever.
We are still missing CRITICAL volunteers in order to run our event - namely, corner marshals and commissaire / follow cars. If you volunteer, or bring a volunteer to this event, you can have a free entry to one of our other events. You can sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/LCX3W and read more about the various positions here: https://www.ertc.org/plvd and about the event here: https://www.ertc.org/plrr
If you’re not sure what you want to do, please sign up for “Extras” with the time period(s) you are willing to help out and we will put you to work.
The driving and corner marshals have been separated out by shift and I have done my best to gauge when your shift will be over, based on the slowest finishers from last year. It is very possible to participate in the morning, and volunteer in the afternoon, and vice versa. If you are splitting your day like this.
Photo: Tempo B waiting for a Train Photo Credit: Jacob Dawang
Club Updates:
PLEASE VOLUNTEER :)
Regular Skill sessions are now over for the year. Keep your eyes peeled on strava and this section to catch one-off skill brushups for the season. If you want to continue your improvement journey, our weekend Lite rides are welcoming of all rider levels.
Ride Updates:
All rides are cancelled on Saturday to ensure that we have enough people to volunteer. If we have enough people, we will go for a lap of the lake after cleanup, at Lite / Tempo B pace (about 60km, 4-6pm)
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
June 7 and 8 - OUR ROAD RACE!!! (And Velocity’s Criterium) 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!