Good time trial this evening, with 28 starters and some fast times. A good final tune up for the provincial time trial championships at the weekend.Results and report at: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=23530
The downtown downpour kept most away tonight but eight hardy souls, including youth riders Abigail Hare and Tayden DePol, did come out to ride and, yes you've guessed it, Nanimo River Road was dry as a bone. Results and report are here.
CanBiCuba Cycling Club, Fall tours 2014 June is creeping up and a few tourists are calling to set up their Cuban winter vacations. There are even some hardy types here right now travelling fully loaded.
The CanBiCuba CC’s fall rides are filling up nicely and we only have one double room left for “Ciclo Temba” November 29th / December 13th. There are a number of riders coming via Havan to join this trip and will travel with the crew bus to Holguin and meet up with the others. It is up to you, this is a good way to take in both Havana and the great ride around the east. Our one week ride out of Santa Clara "Tropical Roads" is slowly picking up riders. Please register we need your info for the rooms, jerseys and bike if you need. Date for this one is November 8th / 15th.
The "Celia Sanchez" ride, that was to have been a ladies only ride has changed to an open event. Seems the girls want to bring the guys along. Who are we to argue? The ride is very close to the "Ciclo Temba" route. Dates are January 24th / February 7th.
The date for "Trans Cuba" is set to finish one week before Easter. March 15th / 29th. Again early registration if you can, it really helps with the admin. side of things and this ride is difficult to set up.
There will be two more rides posted shortly. "Fat Mary" a two week ride across Western Cuba. You can check out last season's event which is still posted. The date will close to the same. The other event is not a tour but rather a one week "Hub & Spoke" from a Hotel in or close to Havana and it will start the second Saturday of April.
We have a number of private groups and are at full capacity with staff up until early March. Should you wish us to do a group ride for your club or charity we do need time to plan so contact us with your ideas as soon as you have them. Be it a hike or a bike tour we can help you.
The adoption of the Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan is being discussed in Council tomorrow evening . The regular council meeting opens at 7 pm in the Shaw Auditorium of the Nanaimo Conference Centre. The Master Plan adoption is item #9 on a fast-moving agenda. One of the submissions to the Council will be by GNCC Chair and MIVA Board member Leo Boon. It is vital that we fill the Shaw Centre with as many cyclists as possible as a number of the councillors, including mayor John Ruttan, only pay lip service to cyclists and pedestrians and are hell-bent on the Master Plan being automobile focused.Let's show our politicians, by packing the place, that they are there to serve the voters, not to dictate to them. See you there. Club jackets are encouraged.
Nanaimo Bike to Work Week is fast approaching so MIVA members have the opportunity to amass abundant kilometres and win the contest for greatest distance ridden by a group. Although the title is Bike to Work, you can count any commuter kilometres ridden - shopping, library, school, VIU, etc. To record your kilometres, go to the Nanaimo BTWW site.