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The Last Tuesday All Members Ride | Sept 6th 6:00PM
La toute fin! El ultimo y nada mas! Kisehcikewin! The last TAM Ride of the season! Sad but true! Don’t miss out on this ride, and do come by afterwards to ‘The Canteen‘ at our sponsor Fixed Gear Brewing on Edinburgh Rd and chat about all things cycling with your fellow club members. Don’t be…
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Sunday Longer Faster Road Ride | September 4th, 8:00 AM
Sunday Longer Faster Road Ride | September 4th, 8:00 AM Ever wanted to ride around the Conestogo Reservoir? Go in a different direction than our usual routes? Or maybe you just have an aversion to heading South. If you answered yes to any of these, this ride is for you. We’re going to head out…
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Sunday Gravel Ride | Sept 4th 8AM
RIDE IS ON! Its’ grey and overcast, but there is no rain according to the radar for sometime. It’s the Labour Day long weekend, or the ‘real’ start to the year as I like to call it. And if you were planning on avoiding driving amongst the crazed masses, this gravel ride might be just…
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Thursday Advanced Road Ride | Sept 1 6:00PM
Welp, its the penultimate Thursday road ride and its going to be a banger of an evening. We’re going to do a classic NE route out of town on roads that should be pretty quiet. R1 will do a bit of a bonus on Ash Street and Indian Trail. Bringing lights is always a good…
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Sunday Medium & Moderate Road Ride | September 4, 8:00AM CANCELLED
CANCELLED Seems enough people are away for the long Weekend and no one has signed up. I’m going to cancel this ride, and join another one myself 🙂*** This route is very similar to the Longer & Faster ride, but we lop off about 50km around the reservoir. We’ll leave with them, but will probably…
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Thursday Intermediate Road Ride | September 1st, 2022 6:00pm
Ack! its September already and the second last Thursday night ride. Let’s head north, get to experience the other end of Watson and admire the tall rows of corn. With the days getting shorter, not too long of a route and plenty of options to cut short, if needed. Note: I’ve updated the route on…
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Wednesday Gravel Ride | August 31st 6:00pm
We said we were done with these, but the crowd cried out for more… you asked for it, you got it! The limiting factor is that the sun sets at 7:57 pm… we can make that work! The weather is looking ideal for a gravel ride. Bringing lights is always a good idea. Load the…
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Tuesday All Members Ride | August 30th 6:00PM
OMG!! This is the second last scheduled TAM Ride! Sunset is now before 8:00PM… zoinkies Scoob! RIDE IS ON. Weather Update: According to EC the “Likelihood of precip is Low”. The ‘Eye Witness’ weather report (looking out the window) is better now and the radar indicates things will greatly improve come 6 PM at the…
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BIG MTB Ride | August 28th, 9 & 11 AM
Back by popular demand! There are a lot of new and incredible MTB trails in Guelph! Fast and flowy at Guelph lake and technical and demanding at Arkell Spring Grounds – we are super lucky to have such diverse options at our doorstep. We are also super lucky to have some incredible volunteers advocating, designing…
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No Sunday Aug 28 Road Rides
All of our GCC Sunday road ride leaders are off doing other things – how dare they put themselves first! : ) Anyway, we apologize, but there will not be any GCC road rides this Sunday, Aug 28th. If you’ve got one, grab your MTB and join the Big MTB Ride or your gravel bike…
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Sunday Gravel combined ride | Aug 28th 8am
I’m shamelessly stealing Ken’s route from last weekend that got rained out. We’ll do a combined ride, as some members might be headed to the BIG MTB ride instead. The forecast looks good! Load the route on your bike computer if you have one, here’s how. GCC members only. To become a member join HERE Start Time: please…
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CANCELLED Thursday Advanced Road Ride | August 25th, 6.00 PM
Update: With a severe thunderstorm watch still in place, a tornado warning on the go and some really annoying persistent rain happening right now I am going to cancel the official Thursday Advanced ride. It might clear up later, but on the other hand Environment Canada might issue a “severe hail of frogs” warning. Who…
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CANCELLED – Thursday Intermediate Road Ride | August 25, 2022 6:00 pm
It’s bucketing rain and the radar signals more on the way. Even if you wanted to join the soggy bum club, Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm alert. Hope you are inspired to join a weekend ride instead, check out the big MTB ride if you haven’t already! With the Tuesday TAM route changing,…
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Final 2022 Women Only Ride & Social | Aug 24th 6:00PM
What happened?? This is our last GCC Women’s Ride for 2022, and we will mourn the occasion by finishing (and starting) at the Fixed Gear Canteen, where, thanks to the OCA and ON Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture, we will enjoy some post-ride pizza and refreshments. We have the most female GCC members…
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Tuesday All Members Ride | August 23rd 6:00PM
So far the weather is looking good. This is the Late Season Route for the TAM Ride. It is shorter now the sun is setting earlier. It is very similar to the early season route but with a twist – we go up Col du Watson instead of down. It’s the end of the season,…
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RIDE CANCELLED | Sunday Gravel Ride | Aug 21 8:00AM
RIDE CANCELLED: There are several nasty blobs of weather headed this way. It could go either way, but I’m not keen on getting caught in a thunderstorm. I haven’t done any gravel rides to the north and east of town for quite some time. I was hoping to do that for this ride, but it…