Velodrome Construction Officially Underway! On Thursday this week, construction of the Coronation Community Sport Facility officially began! Though much site prep work is already underway, there was an official sod-turning ceremony Thursday morning. Piling work begins soon. The basic concrete structure will begin taking shape by the end of the summer. Full facility completion is …
Starting MONDAY – Club Clothing Orders Our Jakroo Clothing Store will be open on Monday, March 21 about 11am to begin collecting club orders. It will close on Monday, April 4. The store will be in “Team Order” mode for 2 weeks only. During this period, you’ll see the current price for your kit. But …
Get Ready To Place Your Clothing Order Every spring we open our online Jakroo store for a special 2-week ordering window. During this time we can overall “bulk-up” our orders to offer you the best quantity-discounted prices for individual items. The plan this year is to hold the store open from March 21 to April …
City of Edmonton “Ribbon of Green” Project The City has embarked on a renewal project to change the strategic direction of public use in the river valley. ABA president Shantel Koenig has attended the Stakeholder Engagement Sessions presented so far, and has been left underwhelmed with the City’s ongoing support and engagement of our mountain …
Velocity Open for 2022 Memberships! Despite two years of COVID messing with our best-made plans, there’s still hope that this will be the year we turn the corner! And feeding into that hope is opening up your Velocity Cycling Club to new and renewed memberships in 2022. The membership link is live on the Karelo …
Rain rain go away … If you’d like to meetup with some Velocity clubmates for winter cross-training on your cross country skis, Ed Heacock will be making his way out to the trails on Sunday mornings. Actually, you might find Ed out there almost every day of the week, as he hangs his bike up …
Casino Is One Week Away Were getting there … but we need more helping hands. The casino is by far our biggest fundraiser for the club. It provides a huge return on your time invested. In the last gaming quarter, groups received nearly $90,000 for their 2-night event! It only comes around about once every …
Casino Fundraising Reminder Big thanks to the members who have already signed up! But we still have many positions that need filling. Our event is less than two weeks away, December 7 and 8 at the Pure Casino Yellowhead. Please find a shift that you can fill on our form: Volunteer Signup Form >>>HERE<<< Family …
Zwift Meetup Riding Returns Throughout the winter months, I’ll be leading group Zwift Meetup rides each Saturday, starting at about 10:30am. Most rides will be in “Keep Everyone Together” mode, which means it doesn’t matter what your Watts/kg rating is. Everyone will be riding together as hard or easy as they like. About once a …
Club Executive Mandates Full Vaccination Status The seriousness of COVID has emphatically not passed in our province. Severe COVID outcomes have NOT decoupled from infections. Intensive Care Units, not just basic hospital wards, are today filled with 80%-90% unvaccinated COVID patients. Over the past 2 weeks Alberta has accounted for 1/3 of the whole country’s …
Time to Add Layers With brisk fall weather upon us, there’s still lots of riding if you dress right. Long-fingered gloves, legs covered, at least a windbreaker shell over your long sleeve jersey and probably a cap or beanie under your helmet. You may even want to cover your ears. Even though it’s not warm, …
Going but not gone yet This past week we concluded our weekday rides. On Monday we had a spectacular evening on the track that felt like mid-summer, not late fall. Then on Wednesday evening we rode through the colourful fall leaves in the river valley, as Doc Watson took us on his Hilly Medicine circuit …