Juventus cycles

Wow, so riding happening all over the place. At the Organ Grinder some great team riding by the McGill girls under the hilariously named "Dad made us do it" team. Then a close top 10 men's placing for "Almost Legal" Sean Germaine. More team work by Adam and Micheal, the Staffords son and pop team "new and used" as well as Ken and Sam.

Juniors and some Masters are busy training, racing and getting ready for ITT's and the Junior Road Championships in Quebec at the beginning of July.  Recently, Anna and Evan got in some great training and racing on some very hilly terrain with a Canada development camp in the eastern US.

U23's are preparing for Elite Road Nationals with those races in Lac Megantic the end of June.

Track action continues weekly with both training and Track League!, opportunistic 10 milers and events like the intense 150 held on Sunday morning. Now that was hot! (not talking about the weather here).

The masters are out riding the majority of evenings and weekend mornings - doing hill repeats, or intervals, or long rides, or TT work and in spite of the weather will not be deterred. With Pigeon Lake cancelled, it will be fun to see how everyone performs at the next race, as most are ready to test fitness levels.

LAMP and Sprockids are everywhere. It is fantastic to see their bike handling skills improving and to watch how fast they are.

Keep riding Juventus!

 

Posted on June 9, 2014 .

Sprockids and LAMP Kids Take Over Hinton!

The Sprockids and LAMP kids joined forces with the Devon BEARS program to take over the Hinton Bike Park.   Just over 100 Sprockids, LAMP kids, BEARS, coaches, parents, and siblings headed to Hinton for a day of singletrack, jumps, bumps, and Flow Master!   Photos to follow soon.

Some of the kids arriving in Hinton on June 1st, 2014

Some of the kids arriving in Hinton on June 1st, 2014

Juventus Sprockids and Devon BEARS.  Great friends riding together.

Juventus Sprockids and Devon BEARS.  Great friends riding together.

The crew from Edmonton and Devon quickly saturated almost every area of the park with kids and bikes.

The crew from Edmonton and Devon quickly saturated almost every area of the park with kids and bikes.

Posted on June 1, 2014 .

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!

Posted on May 29, 2014 .

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.

Annie racing to a podium spot in the Geared Girls race.

Posted on May 24, 2014 .

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.

Trailblazers Race 3.jpg
Posted on May 14, 2014 .

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

Posted on May 8, 2014 .

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.

One of 11 Sprockid groups ready to hit the trails.

Posted on May 7, 2014 .

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!

Posted on May 3, 2014 .

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.

Posted on May 3, 2014 .

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.

Posted on May 2, 2014 .

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!

Posted on April 30, 2014 .

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.

Posted on April 16, 2014 .