A stray front wheel was found May 16th at Westwood Lake. If it's yours, please visit Oak Bay Bikes to claim.
I found an interesting editorial on group riding that I'd like to share with the group. I've seen a variety of "Dysfunctional Cycling Club" rides and want to move beyond that. The philosophy going into the Monday night rides is summed up very appropriately with the line "They will experience success and feel like bike riders." Hopefully that's the direction we're going.
http://www.bicyclepaper.com/articles/378-Dysfunctional-Cycling-Club-and-Why-You-Should-Quit
On that note, we live in a very hills place. If you have any suggestions for safe, but flatter, route, please let me know.
-Janna
MIVA member Tom Grimmer is riding in China at the moment. He sent this photo of himself in his MIVA kit at Huang Hua Cheng, where the wall comes down to a river. The club's kit sure get's around. Anyone with similar photos from far away places, please submit them for publication.
Victoria's Ryder Hesjedal is now sitting in third place after the first five stages of the Italian grand tour. A great ride by Garmin Barracuda in Tuesday's team time trial, where Hesjedal provided a lot of the driving force, moved all the team into high places in the race g.c. Although the first few stages are traditionally won by sprinters, with Mark Cavendish taking two so far, the g.c. contenders including Hesjedal, have finished comfortably in the main peleton and are set to make a showing once the race reaches the mountains. For a video of the last five kilometres of today's stage, including Cavendish being led out by his SKY team to take today's stage, go here.
After examining a video of last night's Boxwood Criterium finish, taken with a Contourroam camera, the results have been modified. Mark Wieler moves up to 5th., Paul Thompson stays at 6th. and Charles Hamer moves to 7th. Andrea Hunter took a shot of the finish with her new I Pad. The pictures were really clear except that the slow shutter speed blurred the riders almost beyond recognition. For future events, the Contourroam will be used for finish verification.