Note the RCCC has several contractors working in Snowden as part of a funding grant we received from Destination Development BC. We are creating adaptive cycling loops on Lost Frog and Lost Lake as well as building a completely new AMtb trail. Several sections of trail that suffer from erosion or flooding are being re-routed and over 20 bridges are being replaced!!!!
Support from the BCCC to the RCCC
The River City Cycle Club has been awarded the 2023 Community Cycling Grant from the British Columbia Cycling Coalition. Thanks BCCC!
This grant will be used towards providing a bike valet service for Sunday Markets, "Live Street" cultural events and other community events throughout the year.
This bike valet service will provide safe and secure bike parking for cyclists of all ages and abilities.
RCCC and Flow Rider Jersey and Socks are orders are now available!
RCCC and Flow Rider Jersey and Socks are orders are now available!
Orders close March 15th, 2023.
Orders are expected 5 weeks from the order closing date and will be shipped to the club. Delivery will be arranged once they come in.
Make sure your representing the River City Cycle Club this season!
Jerseys - Both RCCC and Flow Rider Jerseys are available. https://www.sugoicustomorder.com/RiverCityCycleClub...
BC Bike Race Returns to Campbell River
BC Bike Race is returning to Campbell River Day 6 of the race series.
Check out their blog post giving a preview to the beauty of our local trails.
https://bcbikerace.com/island-preview-series-campbell-river/
Photo credits: BC Bike Race
Angie, Director of MTB
Bryan, President
VOTE - Cycling BC’s membership fees for 2023
Time to VOTE (Until December 11)
Cycling BC’s membership fees for 2023
Author: Cross on The Rock
Vote before midnight Dec 11th
On the evening of Tuesday Dec 6th Cycling BC held a town hall zoom meeting to discuss proposed increases to membership fees for 2023. The reasoning behind these increases are to cover increased costs. The largest one increase, as stated by Cycling BC, is insurance. Cost of insurance has gone from approximately $35 per rider to $50. A $15 dollar increase. The Proposed increase to the Cycling for Alll membership is $37. The other $22 increase is to cover increases in Cycling BCs operational expenses.
Cycling for All is the minimum membership level required to participate in the majority of our club events: Gravel rides, Monday night rides, Spring Challenge and a couple of other events the board has been cooking up. If a member is interested in racing the fees climb from there.
In addition to being insured to join us on club rides, the non optional 24/7 insurance provides up to $5000 in coverage for accidents / injury. Additionally up to $10 million in liability insurance for damage you might cause to a third party during a cycling BC event.
Cycling BC members, currently required if you are a MIVA member, are being asked to vote on the proposed fee increases before midnight this Sunday Dec 11th. A youtube video is available of the Dec 6th town hall meeting where a lot of great questions and information requests were asked of Cycling BC.
We strongly recommend that everyone watch the video before casting your vote.
Vote here:
SNOWDEN SPRING CLEANING CHALLENGE
The RCCC is hosting a trail maintenance challenge April 9th to June 5th!
In addition to earning trail karma & the admiration of your fellow bikers; each completed segment will give you the chance to win sweet prizes!
Just 4 Easy Steps To Enter:
PICK your crew: solo, family, friends
CHOOSE the trail segment from the list below & POST the segment name in the discussion/posts on the FB event to claim it along with a fun team name.
BRUSH/CLIP & RAKE your chosen segment.
SHARE a before, after & any other fun pics of you & your crew accomplishing your task on the FB page to confirm completion.
WATCH the FB page for the prize winning draws June 5th
No Tools? No Problem!
CONTACT the Trail Committee if you need to borrow equipment: rakes, clippers, brusher
trails@rivercitycycle.ca
**loan of the gas brusher is for INSURED RCCC members 18yrs or older
Tips From Our Dedicated Trail Fairies
•Rake leaves and debris to the low side of the trail; completely off the trail tread
•Don’t create debris "dams" that will restrict water drainage
•Don’t rake debris into ditches or drainage features; clear them out
•Place woody debris and branches well away from trail edge
PICK A SEGMENT (one per team)
Requires raking & drainage clearing only:
Lost Lake Loop: between Sanitarium & Rotary
Lost Lake Loop: between Rotary & Fred
Ham Sandwich
Lower Lost Frog: Zephyr to the first Demon Seed junction
Lower Lost Frog parking lot to the switchback climb closest to Demon Seed **taken by Ann M: Social Director extraordinaire **
Requires brushing/clipping & raking:
Riley Lake-Trimac to Vlad
Lower Vlad
Jabberwocky access road
Enchanted: Lookout Loop junction to Box Lunch
Rail Trail (Old Rail Grade)
10 Licks
11th Lick
Lookout Loop: from “viewpoint” to Rail Trail
Sam Hain
Demon Seed “up” (Intellect to Lost Frog; closest to Zephyr)
Frog Legs
Box Lunch: bottom 2 sections divided by the new road
Tadpole
Taz: start to new road
Taz: new road to end
Upper Deliverance: Mudhoney to Stickman connector **Taken by Let’s Go Cash **
BLT **Taken by The Schmerkeys **
Wiley's: middle to end of descent **Taken By He Hikes, She Bikes 👩🏻❤️👨🏻**
Mountain Bike Group Ride Leaders Needed
MTBers: WE WANT YOU!
To be a Group Ride Leader
ALL LEVELS Group MTB rides will take place Wednesdays at 6:15 starting May 11th!
Ride leaders will be entered into a draw for a prize at the year end AGM; 1 ballot per ride led
INTERESTED?
Email Angie mtb@rivercitycycle.ca what date(s) you are available to lead:
DATE LEADER
•May 11th - Angie
•May 18th - Nigel
•May 25th - Nigel
•June 1st - Nigel
•June 8th - Megan R
•June 15th - David L
•June 29th - Murray
•July 6th - Murray
•July 13th - David L
•July 20th
•July 27th
•August 3rd
•August 10th
•August 17th - David L
•August 24th
•August 31st
•September 7th
•September 14th - David L
•September 21st
•September 28th
Ride Leader Criteria & Responsibilities:
•INSURED RCCC member 18 years or older
•Intermediate level rider
•Knowledge of the local trail systems
•Ensures the group stays together
•Makes an appropriate ride plan
•Keeps attendance & collects waivers
•Share your love for MTB & inspire others
You DO NOT Need To Be:
•the fastest rider in the group
•an Emergency Medical Technician
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?
Email me: mtb@rivercitycycle.ca
Winter Go By Bike Week
Winter GoByBike Week
JOIN THE RIVER CITY CYCLE CLUB GO BY BIKE TEAM HERE!
Register and commit to ride in the Winter GoByBike Week which runs Feb 7-13 BC-wide!
How to Register:
If you have an account, simply Login and you’re registered.
If you don’t have an account, Create Account.
Ride your bike to work, to school, for fun, for exercise, to stretch your legs between Zoom meetings, to clear your mind … no matter the reason, just ride your bike and log your bike rides online: HERE!
For GoByBike BC Society, we’ve experienced a wild ride in 2021! Through it all, we inspired more than 50,000 British Columbians to participate in our programs, which resulted in saving 418,026 kilograms of greenhouse gas emission and improving air quality.
Let’s #gobybikebc even more in 2022!
Towards A Bike Friendly City
Many thanks from the Cycling Advocacy Committee to all of you who took the time to complete the online survey regarding Cycling Infrastructure in Campbell River. Please find attached our summary report in which we've summarized the data, included all of the comments and made recommendations and requests of City Council.
Taken as a whole we think it paints a pretty accurate (if discouraging) picture of the state of cycling infrastructure in town and provides lots of ideas for improvement!
We'll be presenting our report to City Council on November 15, 2021.
PS Please welcome Amanda Frazer, newest member of our committee, newest member of RCCC and Active Transportation expert!
Cycling Advocacy Committee Report
Hilchey Bike Lanes
It’s been a long process since our first letter to Council regarding the apparent disregard for cycling infrastructure during Phase 1 of the Hilchey Rd renovations. Since then there have been more letters, behind the scenes conversations, moments of hope, an ambitious report from staff, moments of despair, more letters, a civic election, and, finally, a recommendation from city staff that was at last approved by Council on Monday night (May 31, 2021).
View the recommendation HERE.
Briefly, it allocates $150,000 to the creation of a painted and buffered (two lines of paint rather than one) bike lane on each side of Hilchey Rd. It includes green paint at intersections, an additional crosswalk at Hwy 19A, modifications to the traffic lights, etc.
To accomplish this it will no longer be possible to store idle vehicles on the North side of the road.
Paint by itself has very few protective properties but this project claims some vital real estate for bikes to use and provides for the possibility of protecting these lanes with cement curbs in the future.
The work should be finished this summer.
Bike Infrastructure Planning
One of the aforementioned moments of hope came when Council decided to split cycle infrastructure planning from the Master Transportation Plan so that priorities can be established more quickly.
Staff has been asked to reach out to the cycling community for input regarding the most important corridors to develop. Watch for your opportunity to influence this planning!
