Friendly reminder that we cancel official rides for 3 reasons:

  1. AQHI Above 7 - See  https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/abaq-001_e.html

  2. Active Precipitation - if it isn’t raining yet, we still might start!

  3. Wind Gusts above 50 km/h.

We’ve chosen to peg it to easily obtainable information so that you can easily make the call instead of getting ride FOMO or scrambling to look in strava. People may still ride however your insurance coverage is no longer active if you choose to come on those rides. 

Club Updates:

  1. Skill Clinics continue with session 3 tomorrow, assuming it doesn’t rain. You can find out about what we will be going over here. If you are new to the club, and have missed a couple of the sessions, please still come out! The RSVP to the clinics are on strava. If you have any people in your life that want to come for just the skill clinics, we are offering a reduced rate for just the 4 session clinics and 1 regular club ride for $75. They may upgrade to a full membership for $50 after the clinics are over.  Linkie: https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=30802 and select the $75 option. 

  2. You have spoken, and it looks option #3 is the winner for the summer jersey! Next step with our designer is getting an actual jersey layout together. 

  3. Mostly tooting my own horn here, but I fixed up part of the website. Most of the links work now! Have some friends that are cycling-curious? Send them over to www.ertc.org 

Racing Updates:

  1. ERTC’s Try Racing Program is back this year. Want to start racing this year? This is where you start! Intake is limited so read and sign up here: https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=32008

  2. Midweek racing is back after a 4 year long hiatus. More information and sign-up here: https://www.emrcracing.com/ ERTC has a volunteer commitment in order to participate, but when our dates come up we will put out a call for volunteers. 

  3. The first Official Road Race this season is the Hay City Classic, May 13. Register Here: https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=31690 

  4. The Croken Classic Registration is open! Read more here: https://www.ertc.org/crokenclassic 

Ride Updates:

  1. Lite Hills will be switching to a new route, starting at Muttart. Can’t make the start time and location? Regular hills will continue to be an excellent option for you.

  2. There are usually 2 rides on Saturday, with Regular and ERTC-Lite. These may be split further to ensure that groups stay below our soft-cap of 15 which is about the limit of a group size manageable by 1 ride leader. Make sure you RSVP appropriately. 

Reminders:

  1. All day-to-day club communication takes place on slack - you can join here: https://join.slack.com/t/edmontonroada-7u36621/shared_invite/zt-1t5qvezds-JotWB~e_EJcXrD9NArQarA on slack you can find out about upcoming events, access various chat areas and hang out with other club members! 

  2. All ride planning and updates happen on Strava. Don’t know what that is? Learn more here: https://www.ertc.org/joining-strava if you know what that is, then the link to our strava is here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/ertc - you will need to ask to join and I will let you in once I cross reference you with the membership list. It is highly recommended that you RSVP on strava so that we can plan for an appropriate amount of ride leaders and a suitable route for the group size. 

  3. Have a friend who isn’t sure about joining? They can sign the trial waiver here: https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=31901 for 1 free ride. The ride can be any ride, but a heads up to the ride leader would be appreciated.