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  • Sunday Road Tours CREEMORE | Sept 24 7:30AM

    Who wants to ride some hills?!? This Sunday I propose we head to Creemore and climb some of the most beautiful roads in the region (not to mention some fun decents). We will begin and end our route in Creemore, at the Creemore Springs Brewery. Also in Creemore are YF Patissier and Bank Cafe for…

  • Thursday Coached Cyclocross Session | September 21st 6PM

    ‘Cross is HERE! This coached session is intended for ALL GCC MEMBERS looking to gain skill and confidence for cyclocross riding. We are offering a dedicated group for Youth/Junior riders (9-16 years old) and an Adult group. Both groups ride at 6PM and each will have instructors prepared to lead the session. At a minimum…

  • BIG100 2023 | Sunday Sept 17th, 2023

    BIG100 – Imperial & Metric Century Rides! The GCC road ride of the year with local beer and gourmet wood oven pizza to top it off! It’s time to see how your fitness has progressed throughout the season. Or you can just come along for another Sunday ride, you decide what this will be for…

  • Thursday Coached Cyclocross Session | September 14th 6:00PM

    ‘Cross is HERE! This coached session is intended for ALL GCC MEMBERS looking to gain skill and confidence for cyclocross riding. We are offering a dedicated group for Youth/Junior riders (9-16 years old) and an Adult group. Both groups ride at 6PM and each will have instructors prepared to lead the session. At a minimum…

  • BIGMTB Ride | Sept 10th, 9:30 & 11 AM

    GCC’s Jim Brogden presents the 2023 BIGMTB! Jim has led the development of the Arkell Spring Grounds with fellow GCC and GORBA club members. The rides will begin from the parking lot in front of the Guelph Youth Music Centre, see image below. These are ‘Ride Leader’ led rides. There are three ride groups: Advanced,…

  • Sunday Road Tours | Sept 10 8:00AM

    The weather is looking pretty good for Sunday morning; 16c at 8:00AM SO THAT WILL BE THE START TIME. This week we are going north to Lake Belwood and then south. The Tour will split off at Dublin Line & Hwy 7 where they can refuel at MacMillan’s Maket – on the south side just…

  • SATURDAY Gravel Ride | Sept 9, 9 AM & 10:00 AM

    This is a special Saturday remote start in Belwood (no gravel ride this Sunday – BIGMTB) supporting the Water Cycles Bikes and Blues Festival.  G2/3 will start at 9:00 AM and G1 at 10:00 AM. Please email Meg if you need a ride or have room for other people and/or bikes.  If you wish to…

  • Thursday Cyclocross Coached Session | September 7th 6:00PM

    ‘Cross is HERE! This coached session is intended for ALL GCC MEMBERS looking to gain skill and confidence for cyclocross riding. We are offering a dedicated group for Youth/Junior riders (9-16 years old) and an Adult group. Both groups ride at 6PM and each will have instructors prepared to lead the session. At a minimum…

  • Tuesday All Members Ride | Sept 5th 6:00PM

    This is the last TAM Ride of 2023! Sorry to say it, but as the sun sets earlier and earlier, some groups will not make it back before dark next week. Don’t be too sad, Sunday rides will be going for another two months! And the weather promises to make a beautiful evening of it…

  • September Social | Sept 5th 8:15PM

    GCC’s September Club Social after the final TAM Ride of 2023! Date: Tuesday September 5th, 2023 Time: 8:15PM to close Where: Outside on the front patio at the Fixed Gear Brewing Canteen at 5 Edinburgh Rd NB: Club Socials are ‘member-pay’ events

  • Sunday Gravel Ride ERIN | September 01 9:00AM

    Another remote start! It’s only a short drive to ride some awesome, and rather hilly gravel roads. Meet at the back parking lot (near the tennis courts) behind Center 2000 in Erin for a 9-am start. The route is a bit shorter than typical, but don’t be fooled, it’s to compensate for the elevation gains.…

  • Sunday Road Tours | Sept 3 9:00AM

    Looks like we will be heading back into some summer weather for the long weekend. Great news for those heading out of town for one last hurrah before school starts again. That being said, it’s also fine weather for us that are staying in town and the roads should be quieter too! To celebrate let’s…

  • Thursday Intermediate Road Ride | Aug 31st 6:00PM

    The shadows grow long; The corn is sweet and the smell of apples is strong; Alas this is our last one. This is the last official Thursday night ride (where has the summer gone…) and since I got lucky with a nice route to the southwest earlier this month – I’m going to use it…

  • CANCELLED: Thursday Speedway Coached Session | August 31st 6:00PM

    *UPDATE*: Do to scheduling conflicts it won’t be feasible to run a session tonight. My apologies. We’ll be back next year! Thursday is our final Speedway session of 2023! This week will be a mix of intervals on the oval and kart track. See below for more details. We ride on a closed circuit (no…

  • Thursday Advanced Road Ride | Aug 31 6:00PM

    I do love this time of year, but I’m also very sad because this is the last official Thursday road ride for the 2023 season. It’s not all sad news though. We’ve still got one more Tuesday ride next week and we’ll be doing Sunday road and gravel rides until the weather stops us. Load…

  • DNR Ride | Aug 30 6:00PM

    Squeezing in one more DNR ride before the evening-riding season ends. Special night, because it’s GCC’s oldest member’s birthday!!! All due respect please from those of you who have jut squeaked in to this elite group : ) . Keeping the ride on the short side, and free of single track, so that we have…