New Website

The cycle club now has a new website and can be viewed here: www.comoxvalleycycleclub.ca

Group Ride Waiver Forms

Anyone wishing to join the club for our group rides is required to fill out a waiver form prior to the ride. Youth riders must have the waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Guests are welcome to join us for up to two rides before we ask that you become a member of the club which provides the required insurance coverage for any further club events.

2014 Member Waiver

Mount Washington Hillclimb August 10th

CVCC Mount Washington Hill Climb

Sunday August 10th 2014

Registration opens at 9am at the lowest chain up area at the base of the hill.

$20 adult, $10 U19.

Race start 10am.

Rolling neutral start to the flashing light at chain up, pace vehicle pulls away, race is on.  Finish after the general store, just before the alpine lodge parking lot, ~16K.

Race on a public road, open course.  Yellow line rule in effect.  Helmets are mandatory.

All categories do full climb and all start together.  All riders get a finishing time.  Snacks and drinks at finish.

Prizes to be determined by category registration numbers.

Clothing shuttle to the finish provided.

Riders responsible for own way down hill.

No wash-room facilities provided.

New Course Record!!

In the last Forbidden Plateau Time Trial of the 2014 season, club alumni (and current Sojasun Rider) Nigel Ellsay took the club record from Jordan Duncan (2012 - 17:09) to drop it down to a 16:59 with only an aerodynamic bike (no aero wheels, helmet, skinsuit etc.)
Current course records are now as follows
Headquarters:                    John Van der Vliet:     20:59     -2007
Forbidden Plateau:             Nigel Ellsay:                16:59    -2014
Dove Creek:                      Don Gilmore:               21:12    -2009
Dove Creek-Dove Creek:  Don Gilmore:              43:59     -2010

5th Street Mile Leadout

The 5th Street Mile Race starts at 10:00am sharp. Cyclists are invited to meet at Fifth St & Woods Ave. at 9:30am, July 1st, then at 9:45am you can do a sweep down 5th Street to Simms park just before the race starts we can be sure the road is clear for the runners. 

2014 BC Provincial Time Trial Championships

2014 BC PROVINCIAL TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

!UPDATED!

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Results

WHEN:                      June 8, 2014

WHERE:                    Courtenay

HOSTED BY:           Comox Valley Cycle Club

REGISTRATION:                Pre-registrationonly at ccnbikes.com

                                                $50 for Seniors (over 18)

$30 for Juniors

Open until 11:59pm on June 5, 2014

                                                No day of registration

                                                No refunds

SIGN-ON:                              Dove Creek Hall on Burns Road

                                                Opens at 9:00am

Category                                           Start time                  Laps/Distances

U13/U15/U17                                    10:00am                     01 laps/ 16 kms

U19 Women                                      10:00am                     01 laps/ 16 kms

40-59/50+ Masters Women            10:00am                     01 laps/ 16 kms

 U19 Men                                           11:00am                     02 laps/ 32 kms

Cat 3/4 Women                                11:00am                     02 laps/ 32 kms

Pro 1/2 Women                                11:00am                     02 laps/ 32 kms

40-59/50-59/60+ Masters Men       11:00am                     02 laps/ 32 kms

Cat 3/4 Men                                      11:30am                     2.5 laps/ 38 kms

Pro 1/2 Men                                      11:30am                     2.5 laps/ 38 kms

                                                                                   

Ø  Riders will start in last name alphabetical order by category except for those who finished in the top ten of the 2013 Provincial TT Championship.  A start list will be posted Saturday, June 7

Ø  Riders will leave at 1 minute intervals

Ø  U13 & U15 - no aero clip-on bars, no aero helmets, no disc wheels, no wheels deeper than 60mm, no TT bikes

Ø  Bikes will be checked for UCI compliance

Ø  All U19 riders will be subject to gear restriction

Ø  Please allow 30 minutes prior to start to be checked by officials

Ø  The course is open to traffic. The center line rule is in effect

                       

The Course:

16km

Strava

32.4km

Strava

38.3km

Strava

2014 BC Provincial Youth Road Race Championships

2014 BC PROVINCIAL YOUTH ROAD RACE

LAST UPDATED 3:06PM 05/06/14
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Full Results

WHEN:                      June 7, 2014

WHERE:                    Cumberland

HOSTED BY:           Comox Valley Cycle Club

REGISTRATION:                Pre-registrationonly at ccnbikes.com

                                                $30 until 11:59pm on June 5, 2014

                                                No day of registration

                                                No refunds

SIGN-ON:                              Cumberland Village Park

                                                Opens at 8:00am

                                                9.03kms per lap

Category                                           Start time                  Laps/Distances

U19 Men                                            9:00am                       10 laps/ 90 kms

U17 Men                                            9:03am                       08 laps/ 72 kms

U19/U17 Women                             9:06am                       07 laps/ 63 kms

U15 Men/Women                             9:09am                       04 laps/ 36 kms

U13 Men/Women                             9:12am                       02 laps/ 18 kms                                                                               

Ø  The course is open to traffic

Ø  The center line rule is in effect

Ø  All riders will be subject to gear restriction

Ø  Sign on closes at 8:45am

Ø  Please allow 30 minutes prior to start to be checked by officials

Ø  U17 and U19 race allowed feedzone after 50km but not 20km before the finish, Feedzone as indicated on map before the finish

Ø  Race number to be vertical on the right side of the back

Ø  No parking within 200 metres of the finish line

                       

2014 Dove Creek Stage Race- May 24

2014 DOVE CREEK STAGE RACE

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WHEN:                      May 24, 2014

WHERE:                    Courtenay

WHAT:                       Time based stage race consisting of the Dove Creek Road Race in the morning and the Burns Road Time Trial in the afternoon.

HOSTED BY:           Comox Valley Cycle Club

REGISTRATION:                Registration at the Dove Creek Hall (Burns Road)

                                                $30 for Seniors (over 18)

$20 for Juniors

SIGN-ON:                              Dove Creek Hall on Burns Road

                                                Opens at 9:00am

                                                16.4 kms per lap

 Road Race Start Times

Category                                           Start time                  Laps/Distances

A                                                         10:30am                     5 laps/ 85.34 kms

B                                                         10:31am                     4 laps/ 68.84 kms

C                                                         10:32am                     3 laps/ 52.34 kms

U15                                                    10:32am                     2 laps/ 37.4 kms

U13                                                     10:32am                     1 laps/ 21 kms

Time bonus of 10-6-4 seconds for 1st-2nd-3rd place finishers

Ø  The course is open to traffic

Ø  The center line rule is in effect

Ø  No littering, swearing, or public urination at any point

Time Trial

Ø  Starts at 3:30pm

Ø  Reverse order from the road race

Ø  1 minute intervals

Ø  8.06km in length

Ø  no aero clip-on bars, no aero helmets, no disc wheels, no wheels deeper than 90mm, no TT bikes

Overall

Ø  Determined by overall time

Ø  Cash prizes except merchandise for the Youth categories

Ø  Women’s prizes where sufficient numbers

Notes

Ø  All courses are on open roads!

Ø  The yellow line rule is in effect at all times!

Ø  No littering, offenders will be disqualified!

Ø  Bathrooms are provided at the Dove Creek Hall

Ø  There are no feed zones for the road race

Ø  No parking on any of the courses during the race

Ø  Do not pre-ride the Time Trial course when others are racing on the course

Questions?

 please re-read the race bible and then email

ellsay@shaw.ca

2014 Tsolum River Road Race Results

Hi Everyone,
Results from the 2014 Tsolum River Road Race!
Please note that not all placings were recorded (Cat A), and that soggy pages made reading your name very difficult, if your name was spelled incorrectly please email doug_merrick@hotmail.com with the correct spelling. If you believe your placing was different than what was recorded, please email doug_merrick@hotmail.com with the correction of who/what/when/where was around you etc.
Results Again!

2014 Tsolum River Road Race

Date: May 4, 2014
Registration Opens at 10am, Race starts at 11am.
Categories: A/B/C/U15/U13
Distances: A: 8 laps: 82.88km, B: 6 laps: 62.16km, C: 4 laps: 41.44km, U15: 3 laps: 31km, U13: 2 laps: 20.7km
Cost: $20 adult, $10 juniors
No bathroom at event!
Cash prizes for A/B/C categories.  Merchandise prizes for U15/U13.
Cycling BC Race license mandatory, 1 day race license available at registration

The Course

Start/Finish line at Tyee Valley Rd/Headquarters Rd
Yellow line rule in effect at all times, no littering, no foul language, no parking on course

Directions:
From the Inland Island Highway travelling north
Turn right at Piercy Road-5.8km
Turn right at Dove Creek Road-1.0km
(you will go over a 1 lane bridge with traffic controlled light)
Turn left on Headquarters Road-9.2km
Turn left to stay on Headquarters-1.0km
Take right onto Tyee Valley Road for parking .  The CVCC club trailer and registration tent will be visible.
Have any questions? Reread the info, and then send an email to ellsay@shaw.ca
See you out there!

Race Schedule 2014

May 04 - Tsolum River Road Race

May 24 - Dove Creek Road Race & Time Trial (Combined Time)

June 07 - Provincial Junior Road Race Championship

June 08 - Provincial Junior/Senior Time Trial Championship

Aug 10 - Mt. Washington Hill Climb

Full race details will be posted prior to each event.

2014 Membership Forms

Hi Everyone,

Attached are the membership forms for the Comox Valley Cycle Club. You can also buy a license online through CyclingBC http://cyclingbc.net/cycling-bc/members/. You will still need to fill out the club membership form and pay club dues.

Cheers,

D

2014 CVCC Membership Form

2014 CBC Membership Form

2014 Time Trial Series

The 2014 Time Trial Series sponsored by Trail Bicycles will once again be held Thursday nights from April 17 through to July 24. Racing will get under way at 6:00pm sharp so be there 10 min. early to register. Weekly prizes will once again be up for grabs thanks to our generous sponsor Trail Bicycles.

2014 TT schedule

Apr. 17 Headquarters
Apr. 24 Dove Creek
May 01 Forbidden Plateau
May 08 Headquarters
May 15 Dove Creek
May 22 Forbidden Plateau
May 29 Headquarters
June 05 Dove Creek
June 12 Forbidden Plateau
June 19 Headquarters
June 26 Dove Creek
July 03 Forbidden Plateau
July 10 Headquarters
July 17 Dove Creek

March 2014 Meeting Minutes

Hi Everyone,

The meeting minutes from our March 04, 2014 meeting can be found here

2013 AGM

Hi All,
AGM minutes can be found here.

2013 AGM

Hello all;

 

Even though it may be 2014 we still need to have our club annual general meeting for 2013.  I suggest we have it at our home on January 28, 2014 at 7:00 pm.

 

We need to review the financial statements for 2013 to see where we are at when we start 2014. 

 

We also need to get an executive in place for 2014.  Would anyone who is interested in being on the Club executive for 2014 please contact me so that we might discuss the different positions?

 

We need to put our minds to events in 2014 including club rides and races.  We are able to host the BC Provincial Youth Road Race Championship on June 7, 2014 and the BC Provincial Youth and Senior Time Trial Championship on June 8, 2014.  In light of hosting those events we should start discussing how we can best put on excellent races.

 

We are at 6046 Aldergrove Drive, Courtenay.  That is a bit out of town in the Kitty Coleman area. 

 

Please email me or call at 250-338-6086.

 

Richard Ellsay

Time Trial Series Data

Hi All,
A club member has taken the past 6 years of time trial results and produced a very cool time trial database. You can select the the course, the rider, the time trial to see who raced, what the times were, and even the overall time trial rankings per year. It is a very cool database, found here.
If you find any problems with your times, please double check the respective years time trial results, found on the right hand side of the page, if the result is incorrect there. Please email me the correction at Doug_Merrick@hotmail.com, odds are I input it incorrectly into the spreadsheet initially.
Cheers
D

September Meeting Minutes

Minutes of meeting

In Attendance: John van der Vliet, Marnie van der Vliet, Kent Duncan, Ray Wagner, Richard Ellsay

1/ Account Balance:///////////////////

2/Discussed the races put on by the club this year. 

Considered the need for more promotion of races to get more Island riders.

Discussed the limited course options.

Discussed the idea of the club hosting the Provicial Championships (JR Road, TT for all).

Should we have Masters in Omnium (if master are included should they supply someone to run their side of organization).

Discussed the races put on in the Comox Valley by others. (VIPYRS and Tripleshot)

3/Discussed low membership numbers.

Discussed the idea of maintaining more media exposure (Facebook, news papers, radio) Discussed whether it was worth trying to get exposure at mass events. Considered if we should get more involved with schools?.

4/Discussed club rides. Discussed the need for consistency.

Discussed the Trail Bikes no drop rides. Everyone thought they were successful.

5/Discussed purchase of club kit from Pactimo including some inventory to have on hand. Richard asked that the club financial statements be prepared prior to the club purchasing any inventory.

Dove Creek Omnium Race Report and Results!

Hi All,
The Comox Valley Cycle Clubs annual Dove Creek Omnium had 53 riders enjoy sunny weather, great racing, and a successful fundraiser for Lac Megantic
Festivities started out Saturday morning with the Royston criterium; in Category C local rider Isaac Van der Vliet took the win over Victoria rider Brenna Pauly and other riders. In the Saturday afternoon 8 km Burns Road time trial Isaac and Brenna repeated the feat on the tough course to finish in 14:01 and 14:58. The Sunday Morning 52km Dove Creek road race the young duo dropped the two older riders with Isaac attacking on the hill only to have Brenna claw the distance back and pipping him at the line.
In Category B the Saturday criterium contested by 16 riders had many attacks and came down to out of town riders John Guthrie and Nick Kupiak, local rider Aaron Milan take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The time trial consisted of two laps of Burns Road (16.2 km) was won by local rider Kent Duncan in a time of 26:14. The final Sunday road race on Dove Creek went for 69 km and had attacks from the start. Local rider Damian Parlee initiated the final breakaway and was quickly joined by local rider Doug Merrick and out of town Nick Kupiak, in the final run up to the line Nick took the win over Damian after Doug came off the pace on the final climb.
In Category A criterium the 24 starters attacked from the get-go with solo attacks and team tactics, in the final to the line club alumni Jordan Duncan took the win over team-mate Alex Amiri (Russ Hay's/Accent Inn cycling Team). In the afternoon time trial Jordan again took the win in a blistering time of 24:08 with over half a minute over 2nd place Kerry White. In the 86 km Sunday morning road race had breakaway attacks and counterattacks. The final breakaway initiated by Russ Hay's/Accent Inn rider Craig Lunn took a couple other riders for the last couple of laps. On the final lap Craig dropped the rest of the riders as the charging pack swallowed all but himself and Matt Billinghurst, the bunch sprint won by Alex Amiri and Jordan Duncan.
The Saturday Evening BBQ fundraiser raised $600 for the town of Lac Megantic in Quebec and was enjoyed by both riders and volunteers. Food and draw prizes were donated by Quality Foods, Cariboo Brewing, Trail Bicycles, and Audrey Erlandson's Bi-Cycled Jewelry
Full Results!
If anyone has photo's or video's of the event, please email Doug_Merrick@hotmail.com
Cheers
D

Omnium Criterium/Time Trial Results

Results from the criterium and the time trial!
Criterium results after 7th are not guranteed (placings), some results were known. If after the last known result, you were recorded in the order of sign on. If there are any problems with the results, please talk to Doug at the event, or email Doug_Merrick@hotmail.com
D