Posts updating new ride locations, routes and scheduling.
Club Meeting Next Thursday Watch your email for a Zoom link to join our club meeting on Thursday, August 15, at 7pm. Our president Brad Streadwick says it shouldn’t be too long a meeting. It will at least be a chance to start final preparations to host the Provincial Gravel Championships at our Afterburner Gravel …
Halfway Through Summer It’s already the August long weekend, but you’ve still lots of time to ride. The air quality is holding (for now at least). The heat wave has blown off. These are the prime days for summertime riding, whether that’s one of our weekend rides or the midweek hill circuit. If you’re not …
Volatile Conditions Well, this past weekend didn’t work out too well! These wildfire smoke conditions can change within an hour. I will do my best to issue a final call on our rides by about 1.5hrs before the scheduled ride time. I’ve got a “Sticky Bar” at the top of our website, viewable on your …
Hot Weather Riding With the blazing summer sun continuing straight through the weekend, I’m going to take us slightly off-script. Saturday’s ride will start at 9am, and the ride is only going to be about 60km. It’s still going to be hot at the finish, but hopefully not dangerously hot. Fill a bottle about half-way …
Weather Relief On the Way Maybe, just maybe, you’ll wake up to a cooler day this Saturday morning. The long range forecast looks more summer-y and less sweltering across most weather apps I’m looking at. There’s even a 60% chance of daytime showers in one of them. But then next week, the heat wave looks …
Stay Cool and Pedal On! Apologies for not getting this week’s update out last week. Holiday-head got the better of me! I’m expecting nearly 40° here in the Okanagan these next few days. Looks like Edmonton won’t be much cooler! Riding in the heat adds it’s own unique form of intensity. It’s best to keep …
Happy Long Weekend Riding! July long weekend arrives with all kinds of riding and racing options for you! There’s the Pigeon Lake Road Race on Saturday for some. The Canada Day Criterium for others. And of course your club rides too. The weather looks to be cooperative, so slap on the sunscreen, fill up your …
Keeping Calm … Riding On Summer solstice is here! Whether it’s dawn or dusk riding you prefer, take advantage of our long summer days right now to log some training kilometres. Another West Side Ride This WeekSimilar, but different than last week with about another 10km extending the ride to 79kms this week. Put your …
In Alberta, June Is the Wettest Month I remember Ed Heacock telling me once that we can expect the most rainfall in June. Ed was an Environment Canada Meteorologist. Ed knows a little something about the weather! My general policy on club rides when it’s raining is to cancel if the chance of rain is …
Coach Absence I’m off for the next 3 weekends, returning June 10. But I’ve still got your usual rides planned. Show up on time. Take charge. And be kind to each other! Meet in Ardrossan SaturdayIt’s another ride starting in Ardrossan. This time go south before going north over HWY 16 for a 67km ride. …
Saturday Ride Clear Skies this Saturday?I hope you got my general message about AQHI readings and how they’ll affect our rides. Fingers crossed that we don’t have to call things off too many times. When a bad AQHI reading or stormy weather (persistent rain and/or lightning) forces us to cancel a ride, I’ll use the …
Saturday Ride New start time this week: 10am!As the daytime highs improve, we’ll move our Saturday ride time up to 10am until at least the end of August. This week we will shift over to the Ardrossan Rec Centre and ride north from there. Weather looks sunny, but often winds can be the biggest factor …