Hey everyone!

I wanted to start off with a huge thank you to (in no particular order): Bayley, Scott, James, Elisa, Corey, Mike, Michelle, Gavin, Teresa, Jakob, Addison, Curtis, Forrest, Jason, Farhan, Kristine, Aaron, Dan, Andras, Heather, Dave, Kurt, Scott, and Tom  for stepping up this weekend and helping us (barely) put on another year of the Pigeon Lake Road Race and Fondo! Despite having competition from several other events this weekend, the weather and the smoke cooperated and it all came together and we gave the racers and participants a great experience!

Also, if you participated in our event, you also helped us make it a success and we hope you participate again next year! 

We now return you to your regular not-begging programming. 

Photo: Scott sitting pretty in the peloton at PLRR Photo Credit: Nick Croken

Club Updates:

  • July 16 - Movie Night @ the Metro - details to come!

Ride Updates:

  • Both Thursday Night Hills Routes have been moved to Wednesday this week in lieu of intervals. 

  • 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 15 - Gravel Nationals @ Ghost of the Gravel 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!