The club has a table and tent at the Hub City Coop Bike Swap next Saturday. They do need volunteers for this event and they also see it as a great opportunity for members to take their old and unwanted parts etc. down and see if they have that certain thingy they have been looking for. If any members  are available at any time during the day or if any unwanted parts, etc. are looking for a new home, please email info@bikeracing.ca

BTW having  a MIVA presence at these events is a great recruiting toll.

This post was to be labelled "full results" but, since there are no wiunners or losers in this type of event, the complete stats. will be presented without comment. 5o Kilometre event

3 hour group:  Leigh Blaney ,Kim McCarley Jennifer Gordon 3h 27',Allen Henderson, Ian Grant 2h 25'

2 hour group: Paul Callow 1h 57,Sarah Davidson 2h 5', Brian Cashin, Gareth Slocombe, Mike Mann, Dave Patterson 1h 35', Keir Graaton 2h 10'

100km event

4 hour group: Jason Hare, Paul Thompson, Patrick Burnham, Janna Gillick, Russell Berg 3h 40', Bruce Mitchell, Shane Lorenz, Lori Baildham 4h 00', Doug Routley 4h 55'

SlowSpokes Nanaimo is a group of Nanaimo cyclists that are interested in organizing and participating in social/recreational no-drop bike rides in the Nanaimo area. Everyone (they have no age limit) is welcome to join them on any of their rides. They are not racers and slow riders are more than welcome (hence the name). Their mission is to ride and then ride some more. They normally have at least two to three rides per week on Friday, Saturday, and Sundays and also do an invaluable job helping the Hub City Bicycle CO-OP to keep their store in order. Contact them at www.slowspokes.ca

on June 8th. and 9th. the Vypers cycling club is organising the provincial youth road cycling championships in Comox. MIVA is assisting them with a supply of volunteers. Any MIVA members who are able to assist with this event, please email info@bikeracing.ca. Since this is a two day series of races, accommodation is available in a very nice facility for only $25 per night. Spouses are welcome.

This is a great way for the club members to get involved in race organisation. This is important for MIVA because the club is putting on a two day omnium event in the Nanaimo area in August

See if you can complete your chosen distance within your chosen time. On Sunday, March 24th. MIVA runs its first timed group rides. Both the 50 kilometre and hundred kilometre rides  start and finish at the Longwood Brew Pub, one of MIVA's sponsors. The fifty km goes up to Parksville Serious Coffee and back, for the most part avoiding the Island Highway. The hundred km continues past Parksville and continues through Errington and Coombs to turn back at Qualicum Beach,  and follow the Sunshine route to Parksville and on to the finish. 50km participants can choose to complete the ride in under two or three hours, while the 100km cyclists can choose to finish their ride in less than three, four or five hour, five or six hours. The start times are staggered so that all finishers should arrive between one and two in the afternoon. To ensure that all participants do the entire course, all are given route cards which should be filled in as they pass various check points.

Start times

100km:  in 6 hr.- 8am, in 5 hr.-9am,  in 4 hr.-10am, in 3 hr.-10.30am                       50km:  in 3hr.-10.45am, in 2 hr.- 11.30am

Registration opposite the Longwood Brew Pub opens at 7.45am. Entry fee for either distance is $10. Non club members need to take out a full or associate mebership as you must be covered by our insurance policy while doing the ride. Membership forms will be available at registration.

For further information info@bikeracing,ca

There will be a social gathering in the upstairs room at Longwood Brew  Pub. where you can order food and drink.