This Saturday Aug 30 the Coal City Gravel ride will meet at Coal City Cycles at 9am, heading up through the Lantzville and Doumont area. This is the last scheduled Coal City ride for the season, so come on out!
We have a few updates for this weekend’s schedule:
The Coal City gravel ride will meet at Coal City Cycles this week due to the wildfire risk.
Eric will be leading a green-gravel friendly 31km ride to Timberland Lake and Mindy’s Bridge
For the Sunday Road ride it may be advisable to ride out to Yellow Point and avoid Nanaimo River Road.
We will continue to monitor the wildfire and smoke situation, including the air quality forecasts, and if the risk becomes too high we will post any ride cancelations on the website and discord. We encourage all members who might be sensitive to heat or low air quality to exercise caution. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
Apologies for the 11th hour notice, but I have decided to cancel tonight’s developmental road ride as on top of the heat and wind we have a wall of smoke rolling in rapidly in many areas of Nanaimo. Stay safe out there!
Christine
We have changed the location of the BC Day ride Monday August 4 to the Cowichan Valley as the BC wildfire Service is asking that the highway be kept clear for Emergency vehicles.
The updated ride details are in the calendar here. Thanks all for your patience as we navigate this wildfire season.
We have a few updates for this coming BC Day weekend:
Saturday August 2:
There will be no Coal City Gravel ride this week due to the long weekend.
The Green Gravel ride will meet at Parkville Serious Coffee for an alternate coffee loop
Monday August 4:
Eric is planning a gravel adventure in Port Alberni. Route and further details are in the calendar.
Don’t forget that the Strava Challenge make up weeks run from Monday August 4- Sunday August 17. This is your chance to make up any segments you missed, or improve your times. Check out discord for leaderboards and join in the fun. There will be prizes for placing and participation.