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BIG100 Century Rides 2022 | Sunday September 18th
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…
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Sunday Longer Faster Road Ride | September 11, 8:00 AM
110 KM with lots of places to stop and refuel. Options to extend or shorten if we decide to do so as a group. Ignore the sections on the map that indicate unpaved roads. The entire route is, in fact, paved. Bring money for a coffee stop and tail lights are a good idea. Load…
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Sunday Medium Moderate Road Ride | Sept. 11, 8 AM
This time of year always makes me a little bit sad and lazy. The days are getting shorter and weekday rides have come to an end: maintaining the fitness I’ve built over the summer gets harder and harder and the couch and the chicken wings are right over there, ready to fill the emptiness in…
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Sunday Gravel Ride | Sept 11 8:00am
Once again, we’re heading out to the copious amount of gravel roads NE of Guelph and making our way into Hillsburgh. Its going to be a spectacular day, so make sure you sunscreen up and bring lots of water. According to RWGPS, this route is 2/3 gravel, which is a good thing, since this is…
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The Last Thursday Advanced Road Ride | Sept 8th 6:00 PM
This is the last official GCC weeknight ride! The sun is setting at 7:43PM, boo! But… there is still plenty of club riding. Sunday Road Rides will continue at least through October and Gravel Rides may go longer still. And don’t forget to sign up for our club’s last ‘BIG’ Event Ride of the year,…
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The Last Thursday Intermediate Road Ride | Sept 8th 6:00 PM
Ohhh … how can this be? The sun is setting so soon. Let’s show up in droves and rock these last official GCC weeknight rides! But… there is still plenty of club riding. Sunday Road Rides will continue at least through October and Gravel Rides may go longer still. And don’t forget to sign up…
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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…