Monday Night Development Ride
Location: 124 Westwood Rd
(Intersection of Westwood Rd and East Wellington)
Start: April 24 at 6:30pm
Duration: till 8pm roughly
Keep your fingers crossed that the weather cooperates for the Monday Night Development Ride. We seem to be on the cusp of warmer drier weather.
Again, we will post a cancellation notice at least an hour ahead, if need be.
We generally break up the participants into separate groups based on fitness and experience. The length of the ride varies each week and we rarely ride the whole length as outlined on the calendar, maybe later in the year. This MIVA activity is for all levels of cycling skill and fitness.
Note: This is a MIVA activity for MIVA members
If you aren't yet a MIVA member you can come try out up to 2 rides with signed waivers.
2018 Cycing BC Waiver Final.pdf
2020 Club Waiver.pdf
Location: Rock City Cycles
Start: April 23rd at 9am
Duration: 9am - 11am (ish)
You have probably just washed off your bike after today's Spring Challenge and are ready for another morning ride. This Sunday's weather might cooperate but the forecasts have been very fickle this spring. If weather cancellation is required a notice should be out at least an hour before the event starts.
The route for B and C is 34 figure 8 to NLR. The A group have their own plans that may include a ride out to the end of the pavement on Nanaimo River Rd.
We are using ridewithgps for managing our routes. From the site you can dowwnload a “.fit” file of your route which encodes more navigation information then a GPX file such as turn by turn directions. A “.fit” file is supported by most bike computers.
Note: This is a MIVA club ride for MIVA members.
50k riders 2022
That time of year is nearing where we test our legs with the Spring Challenge: Saturday April 22! As usual, there is a 50km and 100km route to choose from starting and finishing at Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo, BC.
Start times can vary depending on your anticipated ride time. Goal to be finished is between 12-12:30pm, recommended 8am for 100km and 9:30am for the 50km. Sign up is available day of between 7:30am and 8am and must be a MIVA member with a valid Cycling BC license to ride. Sign in is on webscorer: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=310151
Routes will be the same as last year.
50k: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42408672
100k:: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42408673
Riders can choose to start at the suggested start times and group up with others starting at the same time, or alternately can choose to start earlier or later depending on their preference. It's not a very formal ride, just come on out, and afterwards folks can choose to head over to White Sails (which does have indoor bike parking) to socialize.
We encourage everyone to have a copy of the route on them, and judging by the forecast, dress for the weather!
Addendum:
Traditionally the Spring Challenge goes ahead regardless of weather. With rain in the forecast participants might be limited to a few hardy fender clad warriors, so do come prepared to be self sufficient.
For those who brave the elements tomorrow post your stories and pictures under Discord’s spring-challenge to get all the glory!
For the indoor warriors among us, check out the indoor channel.
This is unfortunate but not that uncommon this early in the season. We waited till the last minute, but decided wind, debris and wet roads would be a problem.
This Weekend's Social Sunday Group Ride has been cancelled due to weather
This is unfortunate, but as a club we have a responsibility to consider the safety of our members. If you are comfortable riding in inclement weather we are not stopping you from going out on your own.
Hopefully the weather will be better for our next Sunday Social Group Ride.