Juventus kids from the Sprockids and LAMP programs had a fantastic evening of racing in Devon. It was the Trailblazers Series Race #2 and the zone qualifier for the Alberta Summer Games.
Photos of the race can be found here: TRAILBLAZERS DEVON
TL! now even better
It was an amazing night at track league. Three rogue LAMP riders showed up and now C's has become extremely fun and quite sneaky. Great to see everyone riding, especially all who did the first Madison of the season. It can only get better!
Tuesday night LAMP at the track!
First the shoulder check.
Wait for it . . .
Team Pursuit!
U23, Junior & Master Cat3 teamwork at Velocity
Kinley, Mason and Lance in the Velocity crit.
Sprockids Rip It Up at Trailblazers #1
The Sprockids had a great showing at the first ABA Trailblazers race of the season. Hosted by Hardcore Kids at the Sunridge Ski area, the race was an awesome blend of singletrack and hills.
Sprockids took the podium in every one of their race categories: Little Ripper boys , Little Ripper girls, Gnarly boys, Gnarly girls, Geared boys, and Geared girls. Truly great racing!
The results are here: TRAILBLAZERS #1
Annie racing to a podium spot in the Geared Girls race.
Trailblazers Coming to Juventus!
On July 14th, the Alberta Bicycle Association Trailblazers series will be coming to Argyll Park, hosted by the Juventus Cycling Club. This is the third race of the series in Edmonton, and we will see mountain bike racing action with kids from U8 all the way up to U17. Sprockids and LAMP kids will be there to take on the competition.
All kids are invited, so bring your friends for a great day of racing.
Did you miss Juventus kit night?
Don't worry, you can still look sweet for your cycling adventures. Our Juventus clothing and kit can be ordered from the Clothing page, where a pdf list of choices is available. All of our custom clothing is from Louis Garneau and available to all our members. Or email Lance directly:
adamson@telus.net
The Sprockids Hit the Trails!
115 Sprockids. 35 Parent Assistants. 11 Juventus Coaches.
The trails will never be the same again.
One of 11 Sprockid groups ready to hit the trails.
No Snow Spring Series Saturday, -Sunday?
Juventus was represented with multiple racers in A, B, and C categories. Word on the street is that Juventus is not afraid to work hard in the group - what the heck, it's the Spring Series. Let's hope the weather holds for tomorrow!
LAMP bike fit night - Equipment Manager's perspective
The Argyll Velodrome was the scene of what can best be described as the razor edge between chaos and controlled anarchy. Annually this mayhem that is the bike fit night, takes place to usher in the new LAMP season . With forty-five participants vying for their road and track bikes for the season, it may have appeared from an outsider that the scene was akin to a train wreck. From an insiders view it wasn't much different.
Kids ranging from less than four feet to almost six feet, showed up with keen interest to see what shinny race ready bike they would get. Bikes with storied brands like Masi, Cannondale, Fuji, Schwinn, and Louis Garneau, were sorted, recorded, and assigned the night before according to rider height. Thanks to the LAMP coaches the bikes were brought out of storage, inspected, repaired if needed, sorted, and labeled. By Tuesday night each rider was then given his or her bike for the year.
By the time all was said and done, the clubhouse, which was once filled with kids, parents, coaches, and bikes, was as quiet as Britney Spears' dietician. What remained was the feeling of a job well done, a few lone bottle cages and a couple of unassigned bikes.
See you again next year.
First TL! and cyclists in A group sizzle!
Every Thursday night at the Argyll Velodrome, throughout the spring and summer months, Track League (TL!) is where the action is. There are three levels of riders, A (sport), B (expert), and C (elite). Different types of races are held each week, and all groups race 3 times. Instructions are always given before racing so that the cyclists know what type of tactics to employ. A 10 Miler wraps up the evening. Come on down for the 7 PM start - it's exciting! You should dress really warm to watch the racing, or join in and warm up from the inside out.
Here is a link to the TL! schedule.
Link to Clive Burke's ride for Kid's with Cancer.
Clive recently experienced a cancer diagnosis and will complete his treatment in early June. Amazingly, he has committed himself to riding in the Kids' with Cancer charity ride this June - a long distance ride - and raising funds and awareness for these children. Wonderfully, he has met his fundraising goal, but of course you can still donate.
Click here for thoughtful info and to support Clive.
Busy night for LAMP . . . and they're ready to roll!
It was an action packed night on Tuesday as LAMP cyclists had both road and track bikes assigned and fit. Thanks to Bill for orchestrating a well oiled commotion of parents, kids, coaches, assistants and lots of bikes. This is going to be a really fun season of LAMP!
Easy link to support Clive Burke's ride to benefit Kids with Cancer
Recently club members received an email with an attachment detailing Clive's personal account of his past few months. If you would like to support Clive with his ride in June, please use the link below. All the information about this charity is available and any questions you have hopefully answered.
Bike offer for LAMP or Juniors!
Check out the LAMP News page for an awesome bike offer from Alex Stieda!
Spring Series starts April 27!
ALBERTA BICYCLE ASSOCIATION
2014
EDMONTON SPRING SERIES
APRIL 27 TBA
May 3 TBA
May 4 TBA
May 11 Pedal Head
REGISTRATION: Race Day Registration, all riders must be members of a club for
insurance
REGISTRATION FEE: $10 Per Event
TIME OF RACES: 1:00pm - five minutes between groups.
RACE DISTANCES: Group A – 6 laps (76.8 kms)
Group B – 5 laps (64 kms)
Group C – 4 laps (51.2 kms)
START/FINISH: East of the intersection TWP 223 AND RR 512
PARKING: NO PARKING AT THE RACE START AREA. We are encouraging
everyone to ride to the course, remember we are training. If you must drive please
park your vehicle in one of three locations:
1. Colchester School (west end township road 520, near Anthony Henday, 20 kms)
2. Olympiette Center (in cul-de-sac of RR 224 and TWP 520, 10 kms)
3. Cooking Lake School (in Cooking Lake, 4 kms)
You can use the County of Strathcona map or a service like MapMyRide.com to find the parking locations and a route to ride to the course.
COURSE MAP is on the ABA site.
Sprockids has only a few spots remaining
There are only a few spots left in the Spring 2014 edition of the Sprockids program. Registration will officially end on April 24th, so please encourage all of your friends and family to get their Sprockids registered ASAP!
The registration link: https://zone4.ca/reg.asp?id=6640
Tuesday April 29th LAMP bike fit day.
It is important to be here even if you have your own bike. We will be fitting track bikes as well, and you definitely want to be ready when we have track time.
Clothing night dates will be announced soon.
I know many of you have been using the website form to meet your Juventus clothing needs. However; every year we do have a clothing night where all the choices are available and try on is easy. As soon as we have a firm delivery date, our clothing night date will be announced. Payment can be made with cash or cheque.
Volunteer dates finalized and a test.
Sprockids
LAMP
LAMP Cup
Track TEAMED UP! June 7 (Saturday)
Devon Grand Prix June 21 (Saturday)
Provincial ITT Championships - June 28 (Saturday)
Juventus Sprint Challenge - June 30 (Monday)
Canada Day Criterium July 1 (Tuesday)
Provincial Track Championships - August 16 (Saturday)
Provincial Track Championships - August 17 (Sunday)
Jim Horner Grand Prix of Cyclocross - September 27 (Saturday)
And now for the test: you may notice there is no Tuesday/Thursday night TT series. If you volunteered for these, please email ljberger58@gmail.com with a different volunteer choice. So I guess the test is to see how many of you do this and the people this does not apply to get a free 100%.