Due to the icy roads and ongoing threat of snow and/or rain, today’s rides are cancelled. Regular weekday rides start on Tuesday at 6pm.
Category: RidesOfficial Speed River Cycling Club rides
Club rides start Sunday April 5th (weather permitting)
Official club rides for 2015 will start on Sunday, weather permitting. We’ll be running long and short Sunday rides, as well as the usual three weekday rides. Here’s hoping for warm weather!
Sunday Oct. 26 ride | 11am
The last club ride of 2014. Other non-club rides may be posted in the forum, so keep an eye out there. We’ll do the “Fall Colours” ride, 95k, breifly stopping in Campbellville.
The club social is coming up, as well as club kit pre-orders. We’ll be running an indoor trainer session again in January, details to follow (alternatively, the Milton Velodrome is opening soon). Have a great remainder of the year!
Thurs. Ride: 6pm – Last one!
Sorry for the late post everyone, the sadness from the final weekday club ride has had me bedridden but I'm happy to present this simple, no surprises route to tie off the season.
There's still a bit of gravel at the east end of Arkell, very rideable however, and use caution on Sideroad 15, heading west from Moffat, recent chip-seal but it too should be fine by now.
Sunday rides are going strong for several more weeks, check out the calendar on the right for specifics.
Tonight's ride:
Wednedsay September 10, 2014
Shorter ride past Oustic and Back on 22nd sideroad. 6:00 PM start.
Weather forecast is not looking good but the final call will be made at 5:00 pm.
Well, it’s 5 PM and it looks like nice weather for ducks. Official ride is cancelled.
Thurs Sept 4, 6:00 pm Ride
Going to try a west route just for something different. Townline and 34 might be busy so I suggest single paceline in those stretches.
WEDNESDAY ride, 6 p.m.
It's getting late early, so we'll do a short loop just to be safe. Bring lights if you got 'em.
Thursday Aug. 28 6:00pm Ride
Please note, ride starts at 6:00pm.
Wednesday Ride – 48 km – Start is 6 PM
We will go north this time for a nice 48.8 km ride. 6 PM start!
Club Time Trial #4 – Rescheduled – Tuesday Aug 26/14 – 6:30pm
Last week's final TT of the season has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday Aug 26/14.
Note the start time is 6:30pm (not the usual 7pm). See previous post for details as to location, etc.
Sorry about conflict with the Tuesday club ride.
RESULTS
The rain from last week was gone, but the hot humid weather that greeted riders made for the warmest TT of the year. A fairly big turnout, including 3 first timers, were hoping the old adage of warm humid temperatures making for fast times would prove to be true. And judging by the results it appears to be.
Six PB times were set, with Derek missing out by a mere 1.16 seconds in breaking his Eddy Merkx course record. A great end to the season's TT series.
- Bayden Pritchard 24:41.90 41.30 km/hr PB
- Derek Snider 25:05.12 40.66km/hr
- Aaron Prieur 26:02.08 39.18km/hr PB
- Benoit Boulay 26:39.19 38.27km/hr PB
- John Parrott 26:56.56 37.86km/hr PB
- Rob Nespolo 27:35.90 36.96km/hr PB
- Kevin Bodbyl 28:03.53 36.35km/hr PB
Weather: 27 degrees, humidex 36, partly cloudy, winds W 16km/hr, gusts 29km/hr, humidity 69%
Thursday Aug 21 ride | 6:30pm
A fairly short ride, as the light is starting to go. Starting next week, all mid-week rides will start at 6pm. Sunday rides will still be 9am until the end of September. All times are in the calendar to your right ->
Wed Aug 20th ride CANCELLED
Wed club ride is cancelled, as is the TT.
Club Time Trial #4 – Wed Aug 20/14 – cancelled this week
The 4th and final TT of the season!
5:00pm update: After looking rather promising earlier this afternoon, the weather radar is now showing a heavy rainstorm directly over the TT course between 6:30 and 8:00pm. So the TT is CANCELLED this week. We can try again next week, but I’m a bit busy Wednesday (it might work, but might not). How about Monday or Tuesday? Or maybe Wed at 6pm? Leave a comment below.
Time trials are a great way to test your fitness. It is a race against yourself and the clock. Riders start at 1 minute intervals and the challenge is to try to catch the rider ahead of you and not to be caught by the rider behind you! No drafting is allowed.
We use the same course for each of the 4 TT events allowing you to measure your training progression throughout the season.
The course is a 17km long out-and-back route on the rolling hills of Fourth Line East just north of County Road 51 (road to Ariss)
TIPS
- maintain a steady power output and heart rate throughout the event
- have a smooth, regular pedalling technique
- position yourself to be extremely aerodynamic
- discipline yourself to operate just below your anaerobic threshold until near the end of the course.
REMINDER
- please exercise caution during the TT, especially at the turn around, as the roads are open and vehicles can be expected
- please remember that while waiting for your start to not obstruct traffic
- please remember to bring your club membership card.
Course Record: Ryan Roth 21:30.39 – 47.43 km/hr – August 21/13
Meeting Location: Start Line – 4th Line East, just north of County Road 51 (road to Ariss)
Meeting Time: Sign-in: 6:45pm, First rider start: 7:00pm
RESULTS
TBD
Thursday Aug 14th | 6:30pm
A and B groups again. Bring lights! Next week will be the final week of 6:30pm starts, 6pm starts will start the week of August 26th.
Wed August 13 6:30pm Social Ride
Not sure if all the chip and seal has been done yet. May need to alter route as we go. Bring lights as the sun sets before 8:30.
Thursday Ride – August 7, 6:30pm
Hopefully avoiding any construction.
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5555377
Official Speed River Cycling Club rides
Club rides start Sunday April 5th (weather permitting)
Official club rides for 2015 will start on Sunday, weather permitting. We’ll be running long and short Sunday rides, as well as the usual three weekday rides. Here’s hoping for warm weather!
Sunday Oct. 26 ride | 11am
The last club ride of 2014. Other non-club rides may be posted in the forum, so keep an eye out there. We’ll do the “Fall Colours” ride, 95k, breifly stopping in Campbellville.
The club social is coming up, as well as club kit pre-orders. We’ll be running an indoor trainer session again in January, details to follow (alternatively, the Milton Velodrome is opening soon). Have a great remainder of the year!
Thurs. Ride: 6pm – Last one!
Sorry for the late post everyone, the sadness from the final weekday club ride has had me bedridden but I'm happy to present this simple, no surprises route to tie off the season.
There's still a bit of gravel at the east end of Arkell, very rideable however, and use caution on Sideroad 15, heading west from Moffat, recent chip-seal but it too should be fine by now.
Sunday rides are going strong for several more weeks, check out the calendar on the right for specifics.
Tonight's ride:
Wednedsay September 10, 2014
Shorter ride past Oustic and Back on 22nd sideroad. 6:00 PM start.
Weather forecast is not looking good but the final call will be made at 5:00 pm.
Well, it’s 5 PM and it looks like nice weather for ducks. Official ride is cancelled.
Thurs Sept 4, 6:00 pm Ride
Going to try a west route just for something different. Townline and 34 might be busy so I suggest single paceline in those stretches.
WEDNESDAY ride, 6 p.m.
It's getting late early, so we'll do a short loop just to be safe. Bring lights if you got 'em.
Thursday Aug. 28 6:00pm Ride
Please note, ride starts at 6:00pm.
Wednesday Ride – 48 km – Start is 6 PM
We will go north this time for a nice 48.8 km ride. 6 PM start!
Club Time Trial #4 – Rescheduled – Tuesday Aug 26/14 – 6:30pm
Last week's final TT of the season has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday Aug 26/14.
Note the start time is 6:30pm (not the usual 7pm). See previous post for details as to location, etc.
Sorry about conflict with the Tuesday club ride.
RESULTS
The rain from last week was gone, but the hot humid weather that greeted riders made for the warmest TT of the year. A fairly big turnout, including 3 first timers, were hoping the old adage of warm humid temperatures making for fast times would prove to be true. And judging by the results it appears to be.
Six PB times were set, with Derek missing out by a mere 1.16 seconds in breaking his Eddy Merkx course record. A great end to the season's TT series.
- Bayden Pritchard 24:41.90 41.30 km/hr PB
- Derek Snider 25:05.12 40.66km/hr
- Aaron Prieur 26:02.08 39.18km/hr PB
- Benoit Boulay 26:39.19 38.27km/hr PB
- John Parrott 26:56.56 37.86km/hr PB
- Rob Nespolo 27:35.90 36.96km/hr PB
- Kevin Bodbyl 28:03.53 36.35km/hr PB
Weather: 27 degrees, humidex 36, partly cloudy, winds W 16km/hr, gusts 29km/hr, humidity 69%
Thursday Aug 21 ride | 6:30pm
A fairly short ride, as the light is starting to go. Starting next week, all mid-week rides will start at 6pm. Sunday rides will still be 9am until the end of September. All times are in the calendar to your right ->
Wed Aug 20th ride CANCELLED
Wed club ride is cancelled, as is the TT.
Club Time Trial #4 – Wed Aug 20/14 – cancelled this week
The 4th and final TT of the season!
5:00pm update: After looking rather promising earlier this afternoon, the weather radar is now showing a heavy rainstorm directly over the TT course between 6:30 and 8:00pm. So the TT is CANCELLED this week. We can try again next week, but I’m a bit busy Wednesday (it might work, but might not). How about Monday or Tuesday? Or maybe Wed at 6pm? Leave a comment below.
Time trials are a great way to test your fitness. It is a race against yourself and the clock. Riders start at 1 minute intervals and the challenge is to try to catch the rider ahead of you and not to be caught by the rider behind you! No drafting is allowed.
We use the same course for each of the 4 TT events allowing you to measure your training progression throughout the season.
The course is a 17km long out-and-back route on the rolling hills of Fourth Line East just north of County Road 51 (road to Ariss)
TIPS
- maintain a steady power output and heart rate throughout the event
- have a smooth, regular pedalling technique
- position yourself to be extremely aerodynamic
- discipline yourself to operate just below your anaerobic threshold until near the end of the course.
REMINDER
- please exercise caution during the TT, especially at the turn around, as the roads are open and vehicles can be expected
- please remember that while waiting for your start to not obstruct traffic
- please remember to bring your club membership card.
Course Record: Ryan Roth 21:30.39 – 47.43 km/hr – August 21/13
Meeting Location: Start Line – 4th Line East, just north of County Road 51 (road to Ariss)
Meeting Time: Sign-in: 6:45pm, First rider start: 7:00pm
RESULTS
TBD
Thursday Aug 14th | 6:30pm
A and B groups again. Bring lights! Next week will be the final week of 6:30pm starts, 6pm starts will start the week of August 26th.
Wed August 13 6:30pm Social Ride
Not sure if all the chip and seal has been done yet. May need to alter route as we go. Bring lights as the sun sets before 8:30.
Thursday Ride – August 7, 6:30pm
Hopefully avoiding any construction.
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5555377