Join in the fun this Sunday as all Amici are called to cruise the Niagara Parkway in Club colours! Ring your bell, blow your whistle, or call out to your fellow riders as you pass by one another during your rides! You might even pull over and have a conversation with someone, socially distanced of course, and then continue on your ride looking to nab more Amici sightings along the way. Given the heavier volumes of traffic on the lower Parkway this event will take place between the Chippawa and Fort Erie portion of the route. We'll aim for an 8:00 am to 2:00 pm ride window for those interested in participating. If you need to drive to a start point there are any number of parking pull-offs along the Parkway or find public parking in either Fort Erie or Chippawa for an out and back ride starting point. Hope to see you this Sunday!

OK, before anyone comments on the team selections here's the disclaimer. The Team Captains were designated based on a pool of (4) A riders and (1) other rider who all have been consistently  accumulating high weekly distances this season. The remaining places on each team were selected with (5) rounds of separate draws from individual pools of Rec/Social, C, and B riders, the idea being to attempt to balance a range of abilities on each team and level the playing field for everyone.

So tomorrow, ride whenever it suits you and at a speed and distance that is comfortable for you. When you're done report your distance traveled to your respective Team Captain so they can total the distances traveled by their team. 

The original idea of our "Solstice Ride" came from a group of friends who took on the challenge of riding from sunrise to sunset on the longest day of the year and seeing how far they could travel! Sante, Gus, Danny, Marcus and others would meet at the Donut Diner on Riall setting out at 6:30 am and riding until sunset sometimes riding 200 miles in one day! We were younger and more foolish then!

So now older and wiser we can celebrate the day and the daylight once again, each in our own way. Have fun, be safe and celebrate the day!

Team #1: Paul Jurbala-captain , Heather Hague, George Elliott, Bill Reimer

Team #2: Gord Singleton-captain, Carol Farrar, Linda Purpura, Bruce Tulloch

Team #3: Carolyn Van Der Sluis-captain, Louann Singleton, Vince Purpura, Bev Wright 

Team #4: Jan Calagiuro-captain, Bryan Perry, Robert Girard, Rick Hesp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Team #5: Frank Hayes-captain, Linda Klein, Eva Klein, Marcus Klein (believe it not, a random draw!)                                                                                

Let's have a little fun this coming "Solstice Saturday."

We ask that you sign up to be a member of a 4-person team of riders that will each ride solo combining their distances traveled on our "Solstice Solo Team Challenge".

Here's how it will work. We'll choose teams from those who sign up, we'll balance riders from each of the A, B, C, and Rec/Social ability levels on every team. Then each team member will ride solo  and report their distance traveled to their respective team captains. Captains will then compile their team's total distance traveled for the day. We will recognize all participants with an additional challenge met for the week! In addition the top 3 placing teams will be recognized with an additional challenge point for the top distances traveled as a team!

There is absolutely no pressure to put in any big distances, if you can do at least 25 km join us for the "Solstice Solo Team Challenge" this Saturday! 

Please reply with your interest by Thursday evening to me at:  mklein3@cogeco.ca

Here's this week's C Challenge.   Keep going strong to build up those KM

• 225K
• 4 rides
• Min ride distance 25k

email your ride results to cjvsluis@gmail.com by mid-night on Sunday June 21

one ride = 1 participation point (max 4 – extra points this week!).  All components achieved = 1 extra challenge point for the Leaderboard

Look for our special Solstice Challenge too!