Archives: Oct '15

2016 PENTICTON WEEK SUNDAY APRIL 17th – SATURDAY APRIL 23rd We have a block reservation of rooms at the Tiki Shores Resort for the popular 2016 Penticton week. These rooms will only be held until March 15th, 2016. The earlier you make your reservation the more likely you are to get the room you want.…

OCTOBER 14, 2015 MEETING It was agreed that all the remaining stock of EMCC clothing should be disposed of, and it has now been donated to the group sending cycling equipment to a needy club in Uganda, courtesy of Randy Murchison at Velocity Cycles. We are looking into purchasing new EMCC jerseys from Jakroo in…

LA TETE ET LES JAMBES In 1894 Henri Degrange published his well-known treatise on training for racing, “La tête et les jambes”, the theme being that it takes more than just strong legs to win a bike race. Here, in his own words, is how Clive Burke used his head and legs to win the…

AGE STANDARDS 101 Starting in 1987, our first full year of racing, the EMCC has always had some sort of Age Standard competition. Apart from a couple of years when due to a misunderstanding RTTC Standard Times were used, we have always used the long-standing VTTA Age Standard tables. The VTTA was established in 1943…