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Cancelled: Sunday Road Tours | October 13
Due to poor sign up and the cold and wet forecast I have cancelled the road ride for October 13th. If you are still itching to ride this Sunday, check out our gravel option. The route this weekend is a loop around the outskirts of Guelph. The idea is that this will give you the…
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Sunday Road Tours | Sept 29 8AM
For those of you who either don’t have a mountain bike or are afraid of trees, we have a road ride for you this Sunday! Since the winds will be coming from the NE, we’ll head out in that direction towards Belfountain so we can take advantage of the fabled “tailwind” for the ride back.…
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Sunday Road Tours | September 22 9:00AM
A ride north-east around Lake Belwood. Tour (48k) and Grand Tour (86k) stop at Belwood Country Market for water bottle top up and fresh, baked-in-house butter tarts. Note the 9:00AM start time. Be sure your lights are charged up and working. Load the route on your bike computer if you have one, here’s how. All rides…
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BIG100 2024 | September 8th
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 you. There…
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Thursday Advanced Road Ride | August 29 @ 6:00PM
Come for a north east counterclockwise loop through the Wellington County paved countryside. Be ready to roll right at 6pm as the days are getting much shorter. Bring lights just in case and load the route on your bike computer if you have one, here’s how. Disclaimer: Depending on rider turn out, some Speed Groups may…
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Thursday Advanced Road Ride | August 22, 6:00PM
For R1 & R2’s out-and-back to the SR 22 climb out of Limehouse, slow down and mind the rough surface, starting at 26km, on Third Line and a bit of Glen Lawson Road. Note the start time is 6:00pm. Be sure to have lights, sunset will be 8:12PM. Load the route on your bike computer…
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Sunday Road Tours | August 18th at 8am
WELL: Looks like at least the Tour is a go for today. Rain appears to be holding off. Start location is the Hasty Market on Victoria Rd at Arkell RdI’m excited about this route, but not the forecast at the time of posting. Be sure to check in an hour before the start for any…
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Thursday Intermediate Road Ride | August 15th 6:00PM
Note the 6:00pm start time! Clockwise route. The forecast looks great, so c’mon out for a bike ride. Bringing lights is always a good idea. Load the route on your bike computer if you have one, here’s how. Disclaimer: Depending on rider turn out, some Speed Groups may have to be combined. The Intermediate Speed Groups Ride…
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SUPER SUNDAY – All Members | Aug 11th
GRAVEL ROUTE CHANGES! There is a greater chance of rain in the north, so we’ll go south. Load the new routes at the bottom of this post. Here’s another club event where all members can participate in their desired speed group in gravel or road riding, starting and finishing at the same place for everyone…
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Thursday Advanced Road Ride | August 8 6:30PM
This week we will head North and West for a change, thru Fergus, Elora, West Montrose, and home via Crowsfoot. The routes will officially end at Fixed Gear, so let the ride captain or leader know if you will make your own way from the edge of the city. We should all get home before…
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Sunday Road Tours | August 4 8:00AM
The Grand Tour will head down towards Ancaster and then up towards Dundas. From there, we’ll go through Waterdown which has a good café https://copperkettlecafe.ca/ and a place to grab some water refills before the climb home, finishing in Arkell. The Medium Tour will say goodbye around the 40Km mark and head east before picking…
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Sunday Road Tours | July 28 @ 8am
Weather was looking good at the time of this posting. The plan for the Sunday Tours this weekend will be to head S/W to some lesser travelled but very nice roads past the Pioneer Memorial Tower and a Grand River crossing. The groups will split just after Doon Valley Golf Course and the Tour will…
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Thursday Intermediate Road Ride | July 25 6:30PM
This route is a big boring rectangle on paper but it brings us to a particularly beautiful road east of Guelph. Don’t believe ridewithGPS about the gravel; it’s a lie! The days are still long but things happen so bringing lights is always a good idea. Load the route on your bike computer if you…
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Thursday Advanced Road Ride | July 18 6:30PM
Let’s hope the rain is done for the week so we can enjoy this route! Note that ‘June 27’ is in the route title as these routes were originally posted for that date but ended up being cancelled. Load the route on your bike computer if you have one, here’s how. Disclaimer: Depending on rider turn…
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Thursday Intermediate Road Ride | July 18 6:30PM ‼️Fixed Gear Start‼️
This got ride got rained out last month so let’s try again. We’re switching it up a little to start and end our ride at our sponsor Fixed Gear’s Alma location. From there we’ll ride *gasp* WEST of town. As a head’s up, there will also be some very short, very tame gravel sections (see…