Ice Storm Clean Up Finally Complete

After six days of various crews clearing the fallen trees, we finally won this battle! The exact tree count got lost, but surely more than 60 big trees had to be saw-cut and removed from the trails (strictly by hand, we are not allowed to use chain-saws). Only one tree on Stinky Girl escaped our [...]

Amanda’s Win At Woodnewton! WCC’s Presence At All Sizes!

XC O-Cup #1 Woodnewton Today April 28, was a great start to the series. The weather was perfect, trails were great, people were friendly and I meet other WCC racers. I started the race today at the back of the group. Shortly into the race, I was able to pass the other girls in the [...]

This Saturday Trail Work at 8:30 am – I sleep all night and I work all day…

…Except that we work into the night too! 17 huge fallen trees were removed on Monday and we are going back to it again on Wednesday and Saturday. The Wednesday group is leaving from the Snyder’s parking at 5:45pm, but the stragglers can find us if they follow the proper riding order, starting with Sweet [...]

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News

NOW Hiring – WCC Administrative Assistant

Posted May 13, 2013 by WCC Administrator

The Ride/Race/Lead plan is gaining speed. We have more rides than ever this year, almost one every day of the week, from kids and novice to intermediate and advanced. There are over 30 people on the Race and Club teams who are entering MTB and Road events and standing on podiums every weekend. We’ve got [...]

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MTB

Please DO NOT Move the Logs

Posted May 21, 2013 by WCC Administrator

Last night (May 24 weekend Monday) we removed the big fallen tree from The Bride, just after the bridge with handrails. The log on the Stinky Girl was left in place, with a slight modification (shown on the picture). Whenever trees fall onto the trails, we try to keep them as naturally occurring hurdles. Such [...]

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Insect Traps on Glasgow Side of WCC Trails

Posted May 21, 2013 by WCC Administrator

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has placed a number of insect traps in trees in the Landfill Woodlands portion of the WCC Trails. These are flexible plastic funnel traps (like the one on the picture) that are suspended from tree branches and contain chemical insect lures. There will be a couple of students working for [...]

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Aidan’s Mansfield 8 Hour Race Report

Posted May 16, 2013 by WCC Administrator

Aidan’s Opus Epic 8 Hour Spring Relay Race Report I had been looking forward Chico’s Epic 8 Hour Relay this year. My mom and I had done it last year just for fun but this year, I was hoping to have fun and make it onto the podium. We arrived at the race venue two [...]

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Race Report

Race Report: Lake of Bays O-Cup #4

Posted May 15, 2013 by WCC Administrator

Much can be said about the Lake of Bays O-Cup #4, and here is my spiel: I shall begin with the most critical part…the weather. If mother nature could ever have a menopause meltdown, it was today, she was a cold . Wake up, 9am and the usual, have some water do my thing right. [...]

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Finished Boardwalks

Posted May 13, 2013 by WCC Administrator

The boardwalks that were dropped on to the trails early in the Spring were just left there as a temporary aid for the riders to get over muddy and flooded trail sections. On Mother’s Day, we finally installed them properly. They’ve been placed on stone footing and had nice ramps built to/off them. The approach and [...]

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Norco Demo Night!

Posted May 9, 2013 by WCC Administrator

Last night had to be the busiest night EVER on the Hydrocut Trails! Both Glasgow parking areas were completely filled and overflowing all along the Glasgow Street, on both sides from the Landfill maintenance building to the railway tracks. Some people were probably parking at the Walmart as well, and many simply came on their [...]

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Frankenstein’s New Exit

Posted May 7, 2013 by WCC Administrator

The Waterloo Cycling Club Trails are a one-way trail system; the only way to have so many visitors (up to 300 in a day), without congestion and constant head on passing. Imposing the mandatory traffic direction is difficult, but we have managed it with the help of signage and carefully laid out trail intersections that [...]

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Sponsor's Corner

KSC Norco Demo Day Wednesday May 8th

Posted May 7, 2013 by WCC Administrator

Don’t Forget the Norco Demo Night tomorrow! Wednesday, May 8th, 5:30pm at the Glasgow Entrance, Norco will have 2013 bikes of all shapes and sizes for you to try on your favourite trails! Bring your helmet and pedals, (or we can provide flats) and go for a rip on BRAND NEW BIKES!! We will have the BBQ fired up with burgers [...]

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Frankenstein Drainage Issues – You May Able to Help Source the Answer!

Posted May 6, 2013 by WCC Administrator

The Frankenstein is “rideable” if you can get across the pond, like shown on the picture. Emphasis is on: CROSSING the pond, and NOT just riding to it and them making a shortcut to the exit of the trail. Shortcutting is one of the worst offences; it should NEVER be done, regardless of what excuse [...]

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