This Monday's popular club ride starts from Oak Bay Bikes at 6.30pm. These rides are designed to suit all abilities, and levels of fitness and experience. With Janna Gillick and Collen Wtorek sharing the lead and sweep duties no-one gets left to crawl home alone. Come out and try the ride, and help to swell the ranksto even more thanlast week's record turnout..
MIVA riders rode into 2nd and 3rd places at Tsolum River road race in Courtney, the third event in the Island Cup Series. Iain Hay and Paul Thompson both rode an aggressive race and worked to control any breaks throughout the race. Paul Thompson set tempo on the last lap, the perfect leadout for Iain Hay, with Iain finishing second and Paul third. Cadet, Brodie Hay contested the C race, which was basically a junior race, managed to get into the break but was dropped on the climb but finished strongly for seventhth place.The fourth event in this series is the Boxwood Criterium in Nanaimo; details elsewhere on this site.
ISLAND CUP RACE # 4 Fourth event in the Vancouver Island Cup Series is a criterium hosted by MIVA (Mid Island Velo Association) on Sunday, May 13th. Location is the popular Boxwood Circuit just off Northfield Road and Bowen Road. Registration opens at 8.30am in the Purolator parking lot and races are as follows: C event 9am, B event 10am, A event 11am. All Vancouver Island club riders are eligible to compete but must have at least a citizen's licence (obtainable on-line from Cycling BC). Entry fee is $15 for all seniors and $5 for youth.
The technical component of the youth coaching course is this Sunday at Rutherford School off Hammond Bay Road. The course runs from 10am to 4pm. Participants are asked to bring a bike. Further information from colin@cyclingbc.net
The regular MIVA/OBB ride leaves from Oak Bay Bikes on Terminal Avenue, Nanaimo at 9am Saturday. These rides can be quite "spirited", so pump up your tires really hard and take an energy bar or two. Depending on who shows up, the ride may split into two so the less fit riders can proceed at a gentler rate.
For all levels of fitness / ability /experience, the Monday club rides are ideal. There is always a lead rider and a "sweeper" who brings up the rear and makes sure that all riders are able to regroup frequently. The next one leaves OBB at 6.30pm next \Monday.