Here's tomorrow's Canada Day C Ride: https://www.strava.com/routes/5559479. If we get rained out Saturday morning, we'll keep Monday July 3rd @ 8:00 am as our rainout option for those able to make it then!
Here's tomorrow's Canada Day C Ride: https://www.strava.com/routes/5559479. If we get rained out Saturday morning, we'll keep Monday July 3rd @ 8:00 am as our rainout option for those able to make it then!
Amici Per La Vita Summer Get Away Weekend
When: Friday, August 25th – Sunday, August 27th
Where: Prince Edward County / Quinte Bay Area (South of Belleville, Ontario)
What: A weekend of riding: Friday afternoon warm up, Saturday long ride and Sunday morning spin before heading home around lunch time. Rides will be organized to suit the levels of riders and available leaders attending and you can expect a mostly flat terrain.
Accommodations: We will be staying at the Belleville Travelodge Hotel, 11 Bay Bridge Road, Belleville. A block of rooms “bayside” is reserved for the Amici Per La Vita Cycling Group until July 27th. Specify Bayside. After July 27th, the block becomes unreserved and availability will be “first come, first served”, so reserve before July 27th.
Room Rate: $125.00 + applicable taxes per night. A continental breakfast is included.
Cancellation Policy: full refund if cancelled not less than 3 days ahead of arrival (3pm on Monday, August 21st)
Bike Security: There will be a special storage area for our bicycles. You may also ‘sleep with your bike’ in your room.
Reservations: Contact the Belleville Travelodge Hotel & reference “Amici Cycling Club”.
Room Sharing: If you are looking for a roommate, please contact Bev (bevwright17@gmail.com, 905-933-3672) who will connect you with others who are interested.
Details: Belleville is a small town, 310km from NF, (in between Oshawa and Kingston) on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The hotel overlooks the Bay of Quinte. There are many activities for non-cycling spouses with a vibrant downtown and waterfront. Hiking trails, beautiful beaches and wineries are all within a 30 min drive.
Links:
Questions?: Please talk to Bev Wright, Rick Hesp or Marcus Klein if you would like more information.
RSVP: If you wish to join us, please send me an e-mail and let me know who will be joining us for this cycling adventure.
Bev Wright,
Secretary
Amici per la Vita Niagara Cycling Club
E: bev.wright17@gmail.com
Preview tomorrow's AB Ride: https://www.strava.com/routes/9359934
Preview Sunday's 100 km route on Strava: https://www.strava.com/routes/9358844
Preview Sunday's ride on Strava! https://www.strava.com/routes/9358598
As a ride leader I've been hosting cycling clinics for our different groups.
Next Saturday morning June 24th I'm leading the B group ride.
If you plan to attend and would like me to talk or instruct you with something that would help you have more enjoyment with riding.
Please email me this week so that I can prepare, nbt@cogeco.net
Cheers Gordon
It's an Amici first.
Tonights A-B club ride is going to be "hill repeats", I thought that we could change up the regular ride of 50-60 km on a Tuesday and try something a little more challenging.
We'll leave Fireman's and trundle our way west along Mountain to Taylor Rd.
From there it's quite straight forward. Drop down to the bottom of the hill and before Niagara College simply turn around and ride back to the top of Taylor.
First: it's not a race and everyone is encouraged to ride up Taylor at your own pace. Once at the top at approx 150m before the stop sign turn around and head back down to bottom of the hill.
We know that we will have some riders who climb faster than others the focus is to not ride in a group but rather on your own.
I recommend that you climb at least 5 times up to a maximum of 10 x's. The climb is 1.3 km at a gradient similar to some big mountains in Abruzzo . The difference in Abruzzo is the climb is 20km's.
So you do the math, 1.3km times as many times that you attempt, Each circuit is roughly 7 min. Ten climbs should be 70 mins. Great work out.
I hope you at least come out and challenge your abilities, you'll be a better cyclist afterwards.
Thanks, Gordon
The weather forecast finally looks like summer is going to arrive 
I'm finding this my second year riding with the "Amici" very enjoyable and I honoured to always pass on cycling knowledge that I was taught by people before me.
I've been on a half dozen or so A or B or A/B rides while being an Amici. We do have a significant variety of levels of ability within these groups.
This Saturday I would like to try to tempo ( cycling term ) the ride. By this I'm asking that we try to keep the speeds between 30-34 kph.
Let's keep the pulls on the front to maximum 3 minutes and rotate everyone through.
My plan was to ride out towards Welland/Port Colbourne. Then use some of the farm roads that direct us towards Ridgeville and Fort Erie.
Then home along the Niagara River. While on the Pkwy we could ride a nice single file echelon, 2 minutes max on the front all the way to Chippawa,
where we could stop for a quick drink, or simply decide to head home.
See you Saturday
Our summer "Road Trip" to P.E.C. is coming the weekend of August 25th and 26th, (Friday and Saturday nights). Come and enjoy some cycling, beaching and harmonizing amongst friends! A Group Reservation under the name "Amici Per La Vita Niagara Cycling Club" has been arranged at the Travelodge Hotel in Belleville. Don't be late! Call or email to guarantee your reservation before July 25th, 2017. Toll Free: 1-800-420-3555; Email: reservations@bellevilletravelodgehotel.com
