VCC May 15 Update

Weekend Rides Are GROUP Rides! Coach-Rant ON The weekend rides, especially the Saturday ride, is a group ride. It’s not a hammer fest. It’s not the time to be testing your race legs, your fitness, or the fitness of your club mates. Here are the important group riding etiquette points everyone needs to remember: Also, …

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VCC May 8 Update

Air Quality Guidelines Here we are again with wildfire season flaring up in nearby Sturgeon County. Though I don’t expect the smoke from that fire to affect us, the situation can change quickly. When the AQHI as published by Environment Canada is >= 8, club rides will be CANCELLED. When the forecast is 7, we …

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VCC May 1 Update

May Regular Riding Begins With summer-like temperatures on the way, the regular weekly rides will launch! The general weekly schedule will look like the following: Rides will be cancelled if it’s wet, raining, imminent rain expected or the Air Quality Index is 7 or higher. If you’re unsure of the ride status, all effort will …

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VCC April 25 Update

Saturday Ride Just a brief update this week. About 15 of us are going to be in Penticton starting this Saturday, including me. You might find attendance for the Saturday ride a bit thin these next 2 Saturdays. Nonetheless, I’ve given you a ride option, leaving from the Ardrossan Rec Centre. This week’s ride is …

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VCC April 18 Update

Last Weekend for Best-Pricing Jakroo Orders Bib shorts, short sleeve jerseys and the BMX jerseys have all reached the 30% off the regular single-order price threshold! Jump in now to place your order before the window closes on Sunday evening. Equipment InventoryRemember to let our Equipment Coordinator, Randy Murchison, know if you’ve got any club …

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VCC April 11 Update

Paris-Roubaix Weekend! We’ll be streaming the final 2 hours of the spring classic Paris-Roubaix Bike Race this Sunday morning. With the rough cobbles playing centre role in this race, and next to no climbing, it will be super-interesting to see if the dominant Tadej Pogačar can withstand the brutal beatings of the cobbles, and join …

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VCC April 4 Update

Jakroo Store Opens Monday New to the club? Long-time member needing to rejuvenate your kit? Just needing to add something that’s missing? Our Jakroo store opens Monday, April 7, for a 2-week ordering window. It’ll close midnight, April 20. During this time, pricing will decrease for everyone while we pass the volume-threshold pricing for each …

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VCC March 28 Update

If You’re Not Skiing … As I get ready to head back out to shovel some snow, again, I’ve set us up for a couple of virtual ride options planned on Saturday. First up is 10am on Zwift. I’ll have something a bit hilly for you this weekend. If you haven’t gotten any invites from …

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VCC March 21 Update

Back to Virtual Riding For a few days this week I thought we could be riding outside again tomorrow. But it’s looking frosty again, with “feels like” temperatures not really getting above 0°C. So instead of riding outdoors, I’ll set up 2 indoor rides tomorrow – one at 10am on Zwift and a second at …

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VCC March 6 Update

Pump Up Your Tires – First Club Road Ride of 2025! With a couple of weeks worth of warm(ish) weather in the region, it looks like we can launch our first club road ride this Saturday. The temperature will be stretching towards about 10°C. So let’s meet at 11am at the Olympiette Centre for an …

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VCC Update February 28

TrainingPeaks Virtual Ride Tomorrow I’ve organized another group ride for us on TrainingPeaks Virtual, starting at 10:35am. Use this link to find our ride and see what’s planned: https://tpvirtualhub.com/28202?accessCode=458458 If you open this link and click the TrainingPeaks Virtual button just below the Start List section, you can log into your TrainingPeaks account and then …

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VCC Update February 14

TrainingPeaks Virtual Ride Tomorrow I’ve organized a group ride for us on TP Virtual, starting at 10:35am. I think I’ve found a few of you with accounts over there and have invited you to the ride. If I’ve missed you, then use this link to find our ride to see what’s planned: https://tpvirtualhub.com/27248?accessCode=458458 As I’m …

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