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Is the rain gone? We'll do the usual 2 routes, both leaving at 9am from the library. Long ride:    Shorter ride: 

Thursday ride CANCELLED. Cory couldn't make it to a computer, so let's call this the official post. Feel free to show up, I'm sure people will be there, but it will not be a club ride.

 Ride is cancelled. status.

UPDATED AT 4:45. Rain and possible lightning will arrive just in time to drench anyone riding to the start and until about 7PM. Bad timing. RIDE CANCELLED. Learn to Ride also cancelled. Krysta Whitney leading the ride. Slightly rolling 45km route north and west of the City.  WATCH THIS SPACE FOR WEATHER UPDATES. Final call…

UPDATE 6pm: Radar is now looking very rough for 8pm – ride is off. Not an original route, but conservative distance ride with shortcuts should the weather turn sour:  

If you missed out on the pre-order for club clothing, it's now available through our online store. There's limited inventory and items will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. All items are final sale.

 Once a purchase is made, print the receipt and take it to Speed River Bicycle at 135 Wyndham Street North for pick up. Please…

The perfect I'll-be-home-in-time-for-brunch Mother's Day ride. 

Lets head out to Belfountain/Forks of the Credit for a change of direction.

Note the 6:30 start. Ride is ON!

The weather radar is showing the storm heading hitting Guelph at around 6:30pm, so playing it safe. Sorry for the about face.

This short course is strongly recommended for any new-to-the-club riders (whether experienced with pack riding or not)  Every club has its own culture and rules. This is the easy way to learn them. Step 1 Read Group Riding Skills 101 at http://03c25d2.netsolhost.com/wp15/p/group-ride-info.html#Skills, Step 2 Arrive at 6PM,  30 minutes before the Wednesday ride. An instructor…

New 6:30pm start time!  

We've got a Velogames SRCC mini-league for the Giro, no prizes for winning this one, only bragging rights (but a good warm up for the Tour's prizing). Create an account at www.velogames.com/giro-ditalia/2014/index.php and use league code 02173915 to join Speed River CC, it can be found just below your teams roster once you've set it.

Two ride options for the rest of the summer on Sundays, we've had some interest from members about a shorter ride. Both rides will leave from the usual spot at the library. Please note the earlier start time of 9am, this will keep up until August. Long ride to Dundas (slightly different version to get…

Weather looks clear, ride is on. 6pm start time (NEXT week the shift is to 6:30pm) Relatively sheltered route from what will be high winds tomorrow – be advised! A & B groups, weather looking ok 🙂

Here's a ride on some nice paved country roads.  Watch out for ornery deer and ferral chickens.   As usual, don't forget your club cards and the social paceline will be in effect except for the section of 124 where we'll go single file.  Also,  if the weather looks nasty I'll make the decision to…