As many of you know the Duke's Cycle Epic 8 Mountain Bike Relay is happening on May 15th up a the Mansfield Outdoor Centre. This is an awesome event to experience all the excitement of racing off-road without the intensity and stress of jumping into an O'Cup Race. The trails at Mansfield offer up some of the best riding on Southern Ontario and the race course for this event is always a terrific blend off sweet single track and pine forest trails.

In the past we've put in a huge presence at this event and we'd like to see this happen again in 2010 - check out all those folks in the picture above from last year's event. Oh... and check out the haul of medals!

We're looking for any and all Club Members who want to have a fun day of riding laps with a great bunch of people. Entries are open to all levels and categories:

• Solo - yep... 8 hours on the bike - fantastic!
• Tag Team [Male, Female, Mixed]
• 3-4 Person Teams [Male, Female, Mixed]

If you've interested, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . He'll be organizing our Club Member Entries* 

Please let us know what kind of Team you're interested in and what level you'd like to ride at - Fun and Leisurely or Fast and Furious. 

We'll have tonnes of support at the event, so event if this is the very first time you've ever done something like this, you have lot's of folks there to help you. 

Oh... and considering that Road O'Cup# 2 has been cancelled for that weekend, lets see some of you roadies out at this event. Hey, its happened in the past - ask Phil Cates. In fact there is already a call out about this on the Club's Forum. Thanks Mark, nothing like throwing out a little challenge to the folks on the skinny tires.

*Race Team Director Mark Thurston has already been in contact with his crew for their entries.

A highlight of our recent season ending Club Party - a "mild mannered" event attended by over 75 Club Members - the Annual K9 Awards are an opportunity for the members to recognize their peers.

Congratulations to all our winners.

New Tricks MTB, Female - Awarded to the MTB rider who showed most improvement this season

• Tanya Flemming [Epic 8 Series Solo Woman's Champion]

New Tricks Road, Female - Awarded to the Road rider who showed most improvement this season

• Lisa Carr

New Tricks MTB, Male - Awarded to the MTB rider who showed most improvement this season

• Mark Brusso [Ontario Cup Provincial Champion]

New Tricks Road, Male - Awarded to the Road rider who showed most improvement this season

• Derek Hardinge  [Ontario Cup Provincial Champion]

Best in Show, Female - Awarded to The Club's top female rider recognized by their peers

• Lenka Branichova  [Ontario Cup Provincial Champion]

Best in Show, Male - Awarded to The Club's top male rider recognized by their peers

• Ross Rader [holder of the cross Ontario world records]

Yard Sale - This one's obvious

• Gio Piccolotto

Best Legs, Female - Yeah... we're cyclists, we like legs

• Jenn Ryan

Best Legs, Male

• Steve "The White Oak" Martin  [Ontario Cup Provincial Champion]

Cowbells - Awarded to the LapDogs who best exemplified the Club's true spirit during the cyclocross season

• Radek Zajkowski

Pack Mentality - Our top Club Award, presented to the Club Member who truly  demonstrated all that we care about in the Club. This year's award was a true demonstration of the Club's Spirit and was awarded to an individual who, despite some true hardship this season, was an inspiration to all

• Andrew Ryan

The long wait is over...

At last night's season ending Club Party the winners of our First Annual Biketoberfest TTs were announced. Winning these events required a combination of speed, rider skill and luck of the draw to get the best poker hand. And when it came to the MTB TT, riders were also challenged by Time Keeper Woo's gauntlet of rules, penalties and time punishments... known only to him. 

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who helped to make our first such event a huge success.

Road TT, Men

• 1st Place – Phil Cates
• 2nd Place – Gio Piccoltto
• 3rd Place – David Chong

Road TT, Women

• 1st – Laura Cooney
• 2nd – Hanna Smith
• 3rd  – Allison McGee

MTB TT, Women

• 1st - Andrea Bowker
• 2nd - Janice Wright
• 3rd - Helga Trudeau

MTB TT, Men

• 1st - Peter Kraiker
• 2nd - Andrew Szafranski
• 3rd - Andy Ferber

We enjoyed this event so much, that plans are now underway to present three such events in 2010:

• Spring Fling! [you know this will have to include a "Huffy-toss]
• MidSummer Bike's Dream [very Shakespearean - think wood nymphs]
• Fall Biketoberfest