With the passing of the August long weekend, we begin our transition to cross season. While road rides all continue for now, expect to see some programming changes ahead. What’s cross? Well, it’s a celebration of bicycle culture between all types of cycling as the season winds down. You race 30-45 minutes on grass with bikes with 33mm tires and it’s a lot of fun, and extraordinarily hard. Then you hang out with all your bike friends afterwards and heckle everyone else who is racing! 

Club Updates:

  1. We are planning a club photoshoot for our website and other promotional material. The club photoshoot will take place on August 16.

    1. We need at least 15 people and will be meeting at our meeting spot for Zoo Hill at 6:00pm that we usually meet at for forwards hills.

    2. The locations of the photo shoot will be Zoo Hill, Laurier Drive, and Legislature Hill. Zoo Hill and Laurier Drive will time approximately an hour, and we will ride to Legislature from Laurier, with another 40 minutes there.

    3. If you have club kit, please wear it, but this is not a strict requirement as not everyone who is part of the club has kit, however plenty of people will have one you can borrow.

    4. It is recommended that you are comfortable riding in a group as some photos will be as a group, but if you are not, then you are still welcome as other photos may have us all split up.

    5. The total time commitment will be approximately 2 hours.

    6. By coming you consent to your image being used on our website and promotional materials.

    7. There will be a strava invite. https://www.strava.com/clubs/2845/group_events/1451337

  2. Starting today, (August 8) YEGCROSS (led by Robin Baille who you may have seen at hills once in awhile) hosts cyclocross based interval workouts. These meet at Kinsmen starting at 6pm. It is recommended that you come with at least 20 minutes of warm up in your legs. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635190320143436 you will need to ask to be part of the group. Intervals at the research park on Tuesdays CONTINUE for now. 

  3. We are currently organising CX skill clinics as well, so stay tuned! 

  4. After some discussion, ERTC will be making an effort to show up to the L’Etape (https://www.letapecanada.com/registration) , and show off our club to the road community at large. (and maybe get a few new members for next year!) What does this mean

    1. Remember to use the ERTC15 coupon code for 15% off. 

    2. Wear our jersey and get an extra $15-20 off (TBD based on participants, maybe even more!) Just forward me your receipt and we will get you paid back. 

    3. We will be hosting a space in the expo during and afterward. If you can mill about after your event and chat to other people it would be great! We have some print materials you can hand out as well. 

    4. Ride your legs off during the event!

Racing and Event Updates:

  1. August 9 - Research Park Midweek Criterium https://www.emrcracing.com/ 

  2. August 13 - The L’Etape (See above) 

  3. August 20 - Our clothing provider, Rogelli, is putting on a gravel event down in Cochrane. More info here: https://www.rogellicanada.com/cochranecrusher 

Ride Updates:

  1. All rides going as normal.

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. 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. 

  4. 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.

  5. We have ironed out details with our NEW SPONSOR, Healthcare Solutions. Healthcare Solutions is your one stop home medical, wellness, and rehab store. If you wish to purchase anything online, use ERTC15 at checkout, and if you wish to buy in store, just say you’re with ERTC to receive a 15% discount off any regular priced items. Check them out here: https://healthcaresolutions.ca/