Lessons for you Amateurs from the Pros

G'day to you Newbies from Down Under. Here's your lessons for the day: 1. Forget all that fancy nutrition mumbo jumbo, here's Orica chowing down on pressed ham sandwiches with the soigneur bringing the espresso about 10 minutes before the start.

2. Hot day? Sunny day? Rain? not sure what to wear - just cut the top of your new cycling cap off so the elastic is intact and your visor will be snug into place. Don't worry, you can always get more kit for free! Matty Hayman to the left studiously cutting, then showing his style!

3. FOLLOW THE PROS FOR THE BEST COFFEE!!!!!!!!!! Drapac, UHC, Sky and Dimension Data (Cav's inside) all here in pic 1. Showing off the Speed Theory cap to IAM in pic #2. BTW - Refer to point #1 - IAM chowing on bacon and egg sandwiches mid ride the day following the race.

4. Yer a sprinter - you'll never survive three finish circuits with a 20% kicker! (AND - don't cheer Cav when he has been dropped. We got the dirtiest look you could give through Oakley's by just saying "Go Cav".)

That finishes your lessons for the day - go ride.

Fun club night. Good racing and Thanks to Darcy for handling our '10 minute AGM' !

Fun times last night. We started the evening with about 21 club mates completing a 10km rolly course. Then after crushing 12 pizzas and hanging, Darcy was limited to 10 minutes for the AGM! the jersey presentation was almost overlooked, but was performed near the end of the night! 

Heat 1 nearing the finish of the 10km.

Lumber Jersey winner, Slayer Dan fits a medium perfectly!

This Saturday at 6pm. Beer, wine, pizza, and some cheering!

For the fun cycling event we are having during the party at 6pm on Saturday before or during the beer, Speed Theory has donated special 'Canadian' style jerseys!

LumberJill and LumberJack prize jerseys!

So, a long time ago I remember reading a fact list about Lumberjacks and I remember seeing fact #6 was 'Lumberjacks win most competitions they enter'. Therefore, it is only appropriate the the 6th cyclist in the women's and men's heat on Saturday wins the jersey!

So, if you aren't riding, come down at around 6pm to grab a beer and cheer on your club mates, and then stick around to hang out. If you ARE riding, then bring your bike around 5:45pm and we'll split the gang into two heats and let them loose!

During the evening, at some point Darcy will quickly go over the year in review as well as a quick synopsis if what STC's plans are for 2016!

If you are thinking of joining the club to gain riding buddies or possibly entering events, then come on out and see if you like the atmosphere.

If you are competing in the 10km rolling race, you get time bonuses if you hammer back a beer hand-up!

Adam Hansen beer hand-up!

January 30th Party !

Club... don't forget to email Marie that you are riding in our fun pick-up bike race before the party.

What do you think? Should we challenge The Cranky's to a throw down that evening? Or maybe the new Puncheur club?

If you are waffling about emailing Marie, don't think it is a 'serious' race. Sure we'll go hard, but the best thing about the trainers is that everyone is in the same place! There is just as much possibility of getting beer split on you while in 1st or 15th !!  Also, you are allowed to have beer in your bottle cages, no Commissaires!  Do it... just do it.  Email Marie.

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Congratulations to Matt and Jenn Joss!

Long time club members and supporters (the Pallisades Capital logo on your jersey), Matt and Jenn successfully had twin boys this morning. Mom and boys are reported to be healthy and recovering! I will post updates and pictures as I receive them!

2016 Fun Race, AGM, and Party JANUARY 30

Happy New Year!!! 

It's time to celebrate a great race season in 2015, a successful J-Lap, and the onset of another exciting year.  We know everyone is super busy (and I don't just mean Darcy) so we've decided to combine our party with our AGM and a little something extra....  So don't dust off your stilettos and suits just yet. 

How about a little 10km ITT on the Computrainers?

For those of you with a little race fire in your bellies, we will be running 2 heats at the Engine Room (Speed Theory 735A -10 ST SW)
Nothing like beginning your season with a room full of your teammates yelling at you! Am I right?

Heat 1 can begin warming up at 5:45 and we will hit start at 6pm.  As soon as the bikes can be pulled off, Heat 2 can begin their warm up.

After the mayhem subsides, we will hold a brief AGM and State of the Union. We promise to keep it WAY shorter than Obama did. We'll aim for right around 7 pm for those of you who can't make it earlier to race or cheer.  There may be some fun awards... Please let me know if you are presenting any!  The award for "the best hair after a race" goes too....

After that it's a casual get together to reminisce and get hyped!

Pizza will be ordered and the beer will be cold.  There will also be a selection of wines and snacks a plenty.  Please bring a DD if you're planning to drink.  In fact, an excellent strategy would be to bring a friend whom you think might be interested in joining the team, as your DD.  Its a great way to get a vibe on what we are about. 

Reply to this post or email me (marie.michalski@gmail.com) and let me know if you are IN for the ITT. I will post the heats Friday (29th) night so you can mentally prepare for Saturday.

Hope to see as many of you there as possible!

Marie, Darcy, Trev, and Dennis

Suchaet says this place is available for May training camp.

Some STC club mates are already starting to book their rooms for the training camp in May. Suchaet has booked a guest house for him and Andreas. Apparently the club had the whole place booked last year and it worked out really well.

Here is the link to the place:  www.orchardsuites.net

We can talk more about the training camp at the party if you are a new member or new to thinking about attending the training camp and want more info.

STC descends on Phoenix for a brevet.

Mike Healy flew in from Dallas, Paul and I flew in from Calgary, and Stephen drove up from Tucson to meet for a chilly 200km Brevet this past Saturday. It being Phoenix and all, Paul and I thought we were escaping the cold for two days, but on the morning of the Brevet, we were greeted with 1 degree and thick water-enveloping fog. Yikes!   But throughout the day the fog burnt off and we got the course completed. The next day was the highlight of the trip as we drove a little East of Phoenix to a place called Apache Trail and rode to an old mining town called Tortilla Flats. The scenery was spectacular and the traffic minimal. Here are a few shots of the weekend:

Stephen, Trev, Paul, and Mike at Canyon Vista lookout near Tortilla Flats.

Just another ride in the desert ?!?!?!

2016 Club Membership is up.

Well 2015 was a good year!

Marie is busy planning a party tentatively scheduled for January 30th. We'll confirm in a couple days.

Membership fees have come down since we have applied for subsidy for the Criterium and will hope to hold it in a 'cheaper' location if it doesn't go through.

Club Membership form is here.   Sign up soon and we'll be able to do a clothing order soon so we have it before the May Training Camp or maybe even the April Spring Classics.

If you plan to race any ABA events in the summer, here is the Race License registration page.

Thank you everyone. Block Jan. 30th on your calendar for now and we'll update this post soon!


Trev

2017 Current Members

This list will be populated every week as club members register!

Here is the link to the current 2017 registration.

2017 Current Members (updated as of Mar. 27th 2017)

Dan Alboiu
Arvid Anvik
Brian Baron
Blake Bartlett
Daryl Beatty
Dennis Bland
Charles Bougie
Scott Bratt
Patrick Brick
Sherri Buchignani
Tamara Champagne
Ernie Cosman
Gavin Creighton
Ken Crockett
George Delogos
Chris DeVries
Susan Emerson
Tim Gilbertson
Darcy Gullacher
Michael Godfrey
Jared Green
Keith Ingstrup
Chuck Johnstone
Matt Joss
Jenn Joss
Stephen Kenny
Jo-Anne McGowan
Marie Michalski
Mark Michalski
Ben Mills
Kevin Mills
Peter Mora
Latifa Mousli
Kevin Noble
Stephen Pickett
Sanjeet Rai
Marty Smith
Joel Souchotte
Kevin Stenner
Loy Sullivan
Stacy Sullivan
Linda Sutherland
James Szarko
Marilyn Taylor
Klaus Vencovsky
Cat Young
Trev Williams
Darcy Zacharias

2016 Current Members

2016 Current Members

Dan Alboiu
Paul Anderson
Anna Choy
Eric Cramer

David Baker
Suchaet Bhardwaj

Blake Bartlett

Rod Batycky

Daryl Beatty

Dennis Bland
Harley Borlee

Charles Bougie

Scott Bratt
Patrick Brick
Sherri Buchignani

Titus Chan

Paul Chiswell

Ernie Cosman

Gavin Creighton

Ken Crockett

Rob Crooks

Jo-Anne De La Ronde

George Delogos
Shawn Dowling

Sue Emerson

Ken Erdman

Tim Gilbertson
Wayne Giles

Darcy Gullacher

Keith Ingstrup
Derek Jobson
Emily Jobson

Chuck Johnstone
Jenn Joss
Matt Joss

Stephen Kenny
Sean Keown

Nicole Lerner
Joseph Lian

Marie Michalski

Mark Michalski
Carl Miiller

Kevin Mills
Rob Mott

Kevin Noble

Alan Oickle
John Olsen
Andres Perdomo

Simon Spanswick

Kevin Stenner
Loy Sullivan
Stacy Sullivan

Marilyn Taylor

Klaus Vencovsky
Jamie Weikum
Justine White

Nelson Whitmore

Trev Williams