Hey everyone, hope you've had a good month - Season 2 begins now!!

If you haven't already signed up, head over to the page now!

To start the season off, we're back to one of my favourite areas to ride: Granville & Hastings! (For those unfamiliar, we've got our own Granville & Hastings, but it's a wee bit nicer!)

It's a punchy area, and will put all your bike skills to the test!

HOUSEKEEPING

Notes for the week:

First up, we have several new people signed up, welcome to our wacky club! Please do chime in on our Strava group!

Everyone: there's a new bonus this season, the Birthday Bonus! If you log a segment on your birthday, let me know, and you'll get bonus points equal to your new age! All the bonuses and curses are listed on the site if unfamiliar!

Also - Season 1 riders: I still have a few silver pins left (along with a chocolate), if you'd like one, please hit reply!

00 <- THIS MANY DAYS WITHOUT AN ERROR 🤣

If there are any errors, omissions, issues, concerns, or anything else, feel free to hit reply!

Week #1 - Jun 19th - Jun 25th - Whoops Around Granville & Hastings!

Let's start Season 2 with some varied terrain; there's some down, some up, some fast and some slow! Welcome back everyone, it's everything, everywhere all at once! 😁

Segment 1A Name: Granville to Hastings Island style
Deets: 1.63km, 5m elevation gain. (Not correct! Probably over 30m.)
This is an existing segment, QOM is Lindsay Pedal with a 3:02, KOM is Andrew McCartney with a 2:32, LL is Glennon Rosenbloom with 3 efforts.
Link: https://www.strava.com/segments/3308351

Last season we went the other way on Granville, but this one starts off pretty quick on the Burnside end with a little whoop, then a right turn, and a big whoop, and then one of my least favourite hills in Victoria - this one is never fun! Plus a little bit after that, if you've got anything in the tank at that point. 🤢

Segment 1B Name: The "W" in Burnside W is for Whoop!
Deets: 1.52km, 17m elevation gain.
This is a new segment, QOM is Saskia K with a 2:88, KOM is Kyle Denny with a 2:02. LL is unclaimed!
Link: https://www.strava.com/segments/34683717

This is a another new one; there's a similar segment that goes all the way to Helmcken, but wanted to focus on the Whoop factor! Again, we did part of this in the opposite direction in S1, but this time we're headed down Burnside W to Prospect, but you get to carry that speed around the corner, on that fresh new tarmac, and carry on around the corner and up the other side. Very obvious start and finish points as well!

Happy riding!! 🚵‍♀️

Updated on the site: Sorry No New Hints (YET!), but as always Routing for this week: https://abouttheride.ca/victoria-segment-challenge/

There's not too much else to report at this time, a big thank you to our supporters, most have returned, and we've got a few new ones as well! The prize page has yet to be put up, but I can reveal that draw prizes this week will be from Cycles West, who've once again contributed an AMAZING bunch of items, you'll want to be in the running this week!

Hope everyone enjoys the segments this week, looking forward to all the battles this season!

Safe and speedy riding all! 🚲

- Dave

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