We are looking for a part-time administrator to help the club grow.  If you are interested please email us at president@waterloocyclingclub.ca

Spin 12
Its almost February which means almost spring. But before we get there we must go through February. (Heart Month). And Spin 12. 
This year the event is February 11. Again at Rebel Creek. Check out the web site.
www.spin12.ca.
This is a great fund-raiser with 100% of the money raised going to purchase new equipment for the  St. Mary's Cardiac Center.
Join a team or put your own team of 6 in and support this great cause.

Are you finding it harder and harder to keep up with your race / training schedule? Do you still want to be involved with the cycling scene even though you can't devote as many hours as you could when you had a bunch a free time? Are you planning on organizing a race? Are you part of a club? Then becoming a Road Commissaire might be for you. The OCA will be holding courses in February and March to train new Commissaires in the road discipline. This two day course introduces you to the rules of the sport and how to effectively apply them in a race situation. This knowledge is useful for anyone who: • Races competitively • Organizes road events • Manages a team • Helps run a club • Coaches riders • Is a parent of a developing rider • Wants to become an official If you want to become a Team Manager or a Race Director, this course is mandatory in order to receive the licence code necessary for those roles. Also, clubs that have trained Commissaires in their membership benefit immensely. For more details, please click on this link http://www.ontariocycling.org/2012-road-commissaire-courses/

The Waterloo Cycling Club is bringing back it's race team!
 
Follow this link to read more...
 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ImCnQQvhFntj96jIkCNqS84VvnAldLpbYtICCkajFDA/edit?hl=en_US
 
If you are interested in the race team, please click the link below, fill it the form and return it to racing@waterloocyclingclub.ca.  If you don't have Microsoft Word or are having trouble with opening the document, please contact racing@waterloocyclingclub.ca.
 
http://waterloocyclingclub.ca/sites/default/files/Waterloo%20Cycling%20Club%20Race%20Team%20Signup.doc

Waterloo Cycling Club 45th Anniversary Clothing

The new Waterloo Cycling Club 45th Anniversary Clothing is now available to order.  Please go to the WCC clothing page on our website to view our new clothing line-up and to place your order.  All orders will be placed with Sugoi January 15th, 2012 and will be available early March for pick up. Please watch the website for the pickup date and times.
 
If you have any questions please contact Blake Ellis at clothing@waterloocyclingclub.ca

To ensure proper sizing we will be holding two Fit Kit Nights at Northfield Racquet Club where you will be able to try on jerseys and shorts. Orders can be placed online at your leisure or in person at the Fit Kit Nights. Don’t ignore the dates below if you want to be stylin’ this spring:
 
Fit Kit Dates
 
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 @ 6:30 – 8:30PM
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 @ 6:30 – 8:30PM
 
Fit Kit Location
 
Northfield Racquet Club
155 Northfield Dr West
Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6
(519) 884-7020

The new fashionable Waterloo Cycling Club 45th Anniversary Clothing is now available. To ensure proper sizing we will be holding two Fit Kit Nights at Northfield Racquet Club where you will be able to try on jerseys and shorts. Orders can be placed online at your leisure or in person at the Fit Kit Nights. Don’t ignore the dates below if you want to be stylin’ this spring:

Fit Kit Dates

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 @ 6:30 – 8:30PM
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 @ 6:30 – 8:30PM

Fit Kit Location

Northfield Racquet Club
155 Northfield Dr West
Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6
(519) 884-7020

All orders will be placed with Sugoi January 15th, 2012 and will be available early March for pick up. Please watch the website for the pickup date and times.

To see our 45th Anniversary Clothing line up please click on the link below:

The new Waterloo Cycling Club 45th Anniversary Clothing is now available to order.  Please go to the WCC clothing page on the website to place your order.  All orders will be placed with Sugoi January 15th, 2012 and will be available early March for pick up. Please watch the website for the pickup date and times.

If you have any questions or concerns about the WCC clothing please contact Blake Ellis at clothing@waterloocyclingclub.ca

The annual general meeting of the Waterloo Cycling Club will be held on Tuesday December 6^th at 7pm at the Waterloo Recreation Complex, Room 101.

All members are welcome to attend and find out more about how your club is run.  We will be reviewing 2011 both financially and from a program perspective.  We will also be voting on our board members for 2012.

Click to see the previous meeting's minutes

Thank-you,

Brent Ellis

President

Waterloo Cycling Club

On Saturday November 5th many months of planning and effort came together on a beautiful sunny fall morning.   The WCC Trail Committee was able to install a huge upgrade to a boardwalk on the trail named Stinky Girl.  A group of nearly 40 volunteers hiked into the woods and proceeded to both remove the old crumbing boardwalk and assemble the new 270 foot long replacement.  The upgrade consists of 27 ten foot long sections supported on wooden piers.  The boardwalk allows mountain bikers and other trail users to pass safely over top of a wetland with virtually no impact while providing views of previously hidden sections of the woodlot.

The committee would like to thank everyone involved in the project but the following individuals and organizations in particular.

The Ontario Trillium Foundation for providing the grant money that made the project possible.
http://www.trilliumfoundation.org/en/index.asp

John Swarbrick and the crew at JWS Woodworking who turned our grand plans into reality.
http://www.jwsdecks.com/jwswoodworking/intro

Simon Burkard of Process Group who arranged for and operated the crane used to deliver everything deep into the woods. 

Come celebrate our upcoming 45th Anniversary at our year end social on November 15th at 7:00 pm at The Flying Dog in Waterloo. If you are a club member, or would like more information about the Waterloo Cycling Club and it's activities please join us for drinks and complimentary hors d'oeuvres.

We are going to have a different format this year so that you can speak directly with key individuals in areas of the club that you are most interested in.

We will also be showcasing our 45th anniversary clothing line up.  We will be taking pre-orders both online and at the event and will have a Sugoi Fit Kit on hand to confirm your sizing.

The 2012 secure membership system is now online.  If you signup now, you can enjoy 2011 pricing for your 2012 membership.  There is a chance that the prices will go up at the end of the year when the OCA announces their insurance price.  Visit the Membership page at http://waterloocyclingclub.ca/membershipinformation .  By completing the online form, paying securely online, and sending us a faxed or scanned waiver, your membership card will be mailed out in about a day. 

We would like to discourage paper memberships.  It creates a ton of work for us and causes errors (that create another ton of work to resolve).  Please make the effort to sign up online.  We have support to help you through the process at membership@waterloocyclingclub.ca, and we will have people to answer questions or help you with the online signup at the November social.

While your in the money saving mood, make sure to check out the WCC Clothing page http://waterloocyclingclub.ca/currentclothingstock for some below cost prices on in stock clothing!

Waterloo Cycling Club 

We have some 2011 clothing for sale at a reduced price.  The following shows what we have in stock.  Please contact Blake at clothing@waterloocyclingclub.ca to buy any 2011 clothing.

An exciting trail day is coming up on Saturday Nov 5th 9:00am.  Don't miss this one.  It involves a crane!!!  We'll be installing the new Stinky Girl boardwalk (prebuilt by JWS Woodworking) and building 50-60' of lead in trail. 

Meet at the Glasgow parking area rain or shine at 9:00am.  King Street Cycles will host a BBQ after the work is complete (~ 1:00pm)

We need 15-20 people overall.  Teenagers willing to work can get community credit.

We need the following (if you can help with 1) or 2) please email trails@waterloocyclingclub.ca

1)  4-6 strong people to help load the trailer at 8:30am on Colby Dr. 

2) 2-3 people with tall rubber boots to help remove old boardwalk wood

Please signup at http://waterloocyclingclub.ca/traildaysignupform to give us an idea of how many people to expect.  If you forget to signup, please come by anyway.  If you have trail tools (rakes, shovels, etc) please indicate that on the signup form.

CORE Cycling is Northfield Racquet & Fitness Club’s premiere program for the outdoor cyclist. A periodized program that will build a solid base including endurance, strength, power, speed, VO2max and efficiency PLUS specific core strength for cyclists. Bring in your own bike to use on our fluid trainers for a 60 minute session on the bike followed by 15 minutes of core strength training. We offer three 6-week programs that will build on each other to take you through the winter and back onto the bike stronger and faster than ever.  Sessions are scheduled to start the week of November 1^st and will be offered on Tuesday and/or Thursday evenings at 7:15pm for both members and non-members of the Northfield Club. Groups of 6 or more riders are welcome to book private sessions. For more information click here or contact Kelly at 519-884-7020 or kelly@northfieldclub.com…

Wow! What a great turn out! The 2nd annual Trail Funday was a huge success-- You raised over $900 for the WCC Trail Fund! Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone that came out and donated and especially thank you to our club sponsors King Street Cycles, Mcphail's and Ziggys!  Without the effort and hustle of our local bike shops Trail Funday would not have been the same!  So next time you're in one of these shops be sure to say thanks!

Let's grow it again next year folks! Great job!

WCC club sponsor PAUL ALLAN of Paul Allan and Associates at Keller Williams Realty is inviting all clients, friends and WCC Club Members to a FREE NIGHT OUT AT THE MOVIES!   On Thursday Ocotober 6th at 7pm we are all invited to a special private viewing of the new Brad Pitt movie, 'MONEYBALL'.  In addition to free tickets, there will be draws for 3, $100 gift certificates to the Wildcraft/Charcoal restaurants!   THIS IS AN ADULT AND COUPLES ONLY event so find a baby sitter, leave your bike in the garage for 1 night(!), put on some non-spandex and join us for a night of fun.  Contact us at paul@paulshomes.ca or call Debbie Budd direct at 519 885 PAUL (7285) to reserve your seats.  

See you then!

Paul

Hello again trail enthusiasts.  Just a friendly reminder of Trail Funday this Sunday (September 25th) from 11am to 3pm.

Our local bike shops have been working very hard to round up some great raffle items and draw swag.  Not to mention factory test bikes- where is there a better a place to test mountain bikes than on your home trails!

The King Street Cycle BBQ will be in the house again this year so come hungry.

Please don't forget to support your trails-- either buying raffle tickets or bringing cash or chq to drop in the donation box.

Special thanks to King Street Cycles, McPhails and Ziggy's Cycle for their generous support!

See you Sunday!

For the remainder of the season Wednesday night riders can attend the Tuesday night road ride as a group or join one of the regular groups at the Tuesday night ride. The meeting place for Tuesday night is the church in Erbsville at 6:00pm.

Happy Labour Day from the Waterloo Cycling Club.  We've still got a lot to look forward to after a record riding summer.  Please have a look through the following upcoming events and notifications. 

Trail Funday - Sunday September 25th

It's that time of year! Come on out to the WCC's 2nd annual Trail Funday! Join us Sunday Sept 25 from 11-3 at the Glasgow parking area. This year we have unprecedented participation from all your favorite bike shops who have been working hard to round up excellent raffle prizes and mountain bike swag!  Don't forget the bikes -- factory  bikes from major manufactures will be available to test ride (more information to follow) so bring your shoes and helmet!

King Street Cycles will once again be firing up the grill so bring your appetite!