Hi All,
As the latter half of our season rolls around, you will be seeing some changes in our programming. I’ll go over them here, but suffice it to say… that cross is coming!!!! What’s cyclocross? Well, I think coming to a midweek event or interval night is your best bet into figuring out what it’s all about.
Picture: Riding chariot on the hot hot Saturday Lite ride! PC: Iain Struthers, new to the club!
Club Updates:
With the new Indoor Velodrome opening up soon, keep your eyes on this space, as we will be launching a transitional program to help everyone interested get onto the track and be as familiar as possible. Want to get ahead of the curve? Friday Track Nights are your ticket. As a reminder, ERTC enjoys usage of the track, and rental bikes are included in our membership.
August 9 - Social BBQ #1 - Location is will be included on the email, and hosted by Geoff. However, ride routes will be modified to arrive at his house for around 12-1pm.
August 23 - Social BBQ #2 - Location will be messaged out at a future date, and hosted by Michael. This one is an evening affair and rides will not be routed towards the location.
Both BBQs are sponsored by the club, and we are having 2 in an effort to grab as many people coming back from / heading out on vacation as possible. Please feel free to attend both if you can! Shoot me a message with any dietary restrictions / preferences (Yes, this means that if you can eat meat, but like to eat veggie, we NEED to know so that we get enough to feed the people who don’t/can’t.)
Ride Updates:
Tuesday intervals have now transitioned into cyclocross intervals for the remainder of the year. All other road rides will continue until the snow falls (or people stop showing up cause it’s too cold) Don’t know what all the fuss is about? Don’t worry, we will be doing a CX skills clinic soon enough!
Folk Fest is happening this week! This makes the cloverdale hill difficult to use as it will be filled with pedestrians.
Both rides will have the hill removed from the regular rotation, start point for Gallagher Start hills will be in the Royal Glenora Gravel Parking Lot.
Racing Updates:
August 9 - Provincial Time Trial - https://www.albertabicycle.ab.ca/alberta-race-calendar - last road event 🙁
Which means CROSS IS COMING!!
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!