Club Rides
Team Escape Velocity provides its members with a great way to get some easy miles in and catch up with each other, through its Saturday club rides. In season, Sunday and Wednesday rides also happen -- depending on who's organizing and who's feeling frisky.
Club rides happen both in Vancouver and in Langley, for those Fraser Valley types (of which the club has quite a few).
Vancouver:
Time: Saturday Morning - 9:00 AM
Location: Calhoun's Bakery - 3035 West Broadway
Route: Richmond loop -- 80km around Richmond via UBC
Pace: Easy spin (3 hrs) with a couple of fast bits
For Non-Members:
We always have a few non-Escape Velocity club members coming out for our club ride. If you're looking to join a competitive road cycling club in Vancouver, it's a great way to get to meet the club and for the club to meet you.
However, if you are going to come along for the 3 hrs, please respect the fact that you are a guest and should abide by some simple rules of group riding that will hopefully be communicated to you by one of the club members at Calhoun's prior to leaving on the ride. This includes general guidance on how close to ride to each other, two-up and single-file rules of thumb, and general courtesy while out on the road. We don't often ask people not to come out on our club ride, so don't be that individual.
Winter Riding:
This is a public service announcement.
As we move towards the Dark and Wet Months, a friendly reminder to you all that fenders on the fall/winter/spring club rides are mandatory. And not only are fenders mandatory, but so too is a good mud flap. A fender sans mud flap will keep your ass dry, but the people behind you will be none-too-impressed...
Fenders & Mud Flaps Explained
Fenders are those impossible-to-install-and-stop-rubbing devices that go over your wheels. The really good ones are hard plastic or a light metal (aluminum) and look something like this:
Mud flaps are the add-ons at the bottom of your fenders, designed to stop the spray from coming up in the face of the people you are riding with (on the back wheel) and completely soaking your bootie-clad feet (on the front wheel). Typically, you build your own mud flap and attach it to the fender with some kind of small screw / zap-strap combo.
Materials include:
Or anything else that is plasticky, can be extended low enough down to stop spray and doesn't weigh 5 pounds soaking wet.
So if you're coming out for a wet weather club ride, please be considerate and make sure your bike has the proper fender/mud flap combo. If not, you will be relegated to the back of the bus and forced to ride with others who did not get their winter bikes ready in time...
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