The developers and artists at Zwift have created a new route, Alpe de Zwift. They imported GPS data from Alpe d’Huez. Their ride starts at sea level in the jungle of Watopia, but quickly climbs up above the snow line. The scenery may not match the real thing, but the road has the same 21 switchbacks and the same profile.
You have to be a Level 12 Zwifter to ride it, unless you join a group ride that’s going.
The 2018 ride schedules for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings are now on-line.
Please visit this page for full details.
The monthly breakfast ride dates have also been entered in the calendar.
Grey County is paving Grey Rd 17 from Highway 6 to Wolesley this year.
The “new” road will have the standard 3.5 meters of travel way and 1.25 meters of paved shoulder where the 1.3 meters of gravel used to be.
For a week or two there will be detours using concession 21.
And, moving forward most Grey County roads will have paved shoulders when they are reconstructed.
The Canadian Mental Health Association of Grey Bruce is encouraging the community to jump on their bikes to raise awareness for mental health in the 5th annual Ride Don’t Hide event on Sunday June 24, 2018.
Ride Don’t Hide started in 2010, Michael Schratter, a Vancouver school teacher and columnist, cycled around the globe to raise awareness and funds for mental illness. This has been a very successful endeavor. CMHA hopes to make this into a nationwide annual event, where riders will cycle for change from the negative stigma which shadows mental illness.
This year’s Ride Don’t Hide will be held on Sunday June 24, 2018 starting at Kelso Beach Park in Owen Sound with routes for every skill level. Participate in the 100k, 80k, 50k, 25k routes along one of the most beautiful scenic routes in Ontario along Grey Road 1. An all accessible in-park route is also available for families, individuals and those that wish not to ride on the road. A BBQ lunch, entertainment & all kinds of fun activities will also be offered on this day.
Sign up your team today! Top team to raise the most funds wins bragging rights & the Top Team Trophy. The sooner you sign up the better your chances of winning. Plus for every $100 donated each participant also wins a ballot for a chance to win a Norco bicycle from Martin’s Bicycle Shop. For Kids 12 & under, every $20 donation gets a ballot to win a kid’s bike from Bikeface!!!
Join the movement today at: www.ridedonthide.com
Bikes Mean Business!
Ontario By Bike / Transportation Options is working with Ryerson University, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management students, on a research project that will provide greater insight into the participation, impacts and benefits of cycle tourism in Ontario.
If you have a few minutes, please take the time to complete their short online survey.
Survey Link —> http://bit.ly/OntarioBikeSurvey
The survey is open until March 9. We thank you in advance!
At the recent executive meeting I was asked to make the font of this website larger.
I’ve done that. It should be larger (relatively) on all devices.
If that’s not enough, get new glasses or, on a phone or tablet, you can always use the “pinch open” gesture to make everything bigger.
We are switching to a new and better mailing program.
All who were members last year and those on Joanne’s women’s list have been subscribed to the new list.
We have linked CCNBikes to the new service. As members register on CCNBikes, they are automatically subscribed. Some of you already have, and it is retroactive.
We want to take the opportunity to house clean, but don’t want to lose anyone. To ensure we didn’t miss you or to adjust your preferences please enter your email address in the Subscribe form on this site. If you are already subscribed to the new list, you will receive a link where you can adjust your preferences. Otherwise, of course, you will be subscribed. You can also sign up from our Facebook page.
We have set up a group for Joanne’s women’s rides and placed all female members on it. (If a couple shares the same email address and both are members, that email address will be on the list.)
We are also experimenting with a group for Time Trial results and might send weekly results only to that group. That would allow those of you not interested to opt out.
We are very pleased to learn that former club member Robert Starrs is now in college but still very competitive in cycling and is racing at the elite level. Robert has a GoFundMe page for offsetting some of his many extra costs associated with cycling at this level. If you are interested in supporting Robert in his cycling, the following is a link to Robert’s GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/thecyclingpursuit Go Robert Go!!
Now that the pre-orders have been picked up, people that didn’t pre-order can still buy jerseys, shorts or bibs that were extras. If you are interested, go to Runner’s Den and try them on. Please pay by cash or cheque.
The race results sub-system now responds to different screen sizes.
It’s been tested on my small Android phone, a Samsung tablet, at 1152 x 864 (on Linux) and at 1680 x 1050 (on Windows).
It still needs some tweaking – especially the search forms when displayed on the larger screens.
Please let me know if you find any problems with layout or usability.
webmaster@owensoundcycling.ca