Busy week this week so let’s get to it!

July 10 (This Thursday!!) - Little Brick/Good Goods x ERTC Community Ride - Wondering what this is? ERTC is helping lead a community social ride starting from Good Goods / Little Brick. Open to all, we will be leaving for a nice little cruise of the River Valley for an hour or so before returning back to Little Brick to help celebrate their 10th Anniversary with a BBQ and raffle. Remember to bring money for the BBQ as it is not free. As Good Goods is helping us host, you can also receive 10% off any items Good Goods has for sale!

Not interested in the community ride? Gallagher Start Hill Ride will be modified to arrive back at Little Brick before the raffle, where you will have plenty of time to enjoy the BBQ and the customary Thursday beverages. 

Zoo Start Hills will continue to run the full route, and while it is certainly possible to finish up the full hill route and get back to Little Brick before the end, your time to enjoy the event may be limited. 

RSVP for either the community ride, modified hill ride, or Zoo Hill start hill ride on strava. 

Picture: Dan Z. and Jakob C. Locked in at the Canada Day Criterium PC: Jordan Magico

Club Updates:

  • July 10 - Little Brick/Good Goods x ERTC Community Ride - see above!

  • July 19 - ERTC helps out with a City of Edmonton Transportation Initiative - more details to come, we would love your help!

  • July 23 - Metro Movie Night is back! This year we are showing “The Great Southern Country” A film about Lachlan Morton’s ride around Australia! As always, this is free for members, and $10(+ fees and taxes) for anyone else! Please feel free to invite any of your cycling interested friends (or even your not-cycling friends)! We will have draw prizes and our sponsors will be out so feel free to come out and hang out before and after! Coupon code will be attached in the email this comes with. You can learn more here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1461960084969?aff=oddtdtcreator

Ride Updates:

  • July 11 - Track night! Remember to RSVP on strava. Interested in the track? Join the channel on slack at https://edmontonroada-7u36621.slack.com/archives/C027D7U7N68 - newbies are welcome. 

  • Intervals are back to their normally scheduled time. 

  • For Thursday Hills - if you have the flexibility to do so, when selecting a Thursday ride, if there is a large imbalance between the 2 rides, please select the one with less people to help out our resourcing and increase safety for our ride groups. We are committed to making the 2 rides as equal to each other as possible so that your experience is the same between the 2. 

Racing Updates:


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 slack (especially in the general channel, think about all the group chats you are in, general is like a 400 person group chat) 

  • 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!