A few pictures from Friday’s ride to Oliver …
Special Friday Ride June 29
From Michael:
On Friday, June 29, we will go on a different ride (weather permitting).
We will meet at 8:00am at the West Kelowna Starbucks for car pooling, or at 9:00am in Penticton at Skaha Lake Park (Cypress St.).
The ride will start at 9:00am. It will be about 98K.
This is the ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14433149
Hope to see you there.
Michael
Cycling in Japan
From one of our Vancouver friends:
See the best of the Japanese countryside on a cycling tour with Wasabi Cycling Adventures
www.wasabicycling.weebly.com
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Oliver Ride October 6
On Friday, October 06, we will go on a different ride (weather permitting).
We will meet at 8:00am at the West Kelowna Starbucks for car pooling, or at 9:00am in Penticton at Skaha Lake Park (Cypress St.).
The ride will start at 9:00am. It will be about 98K.
This is the ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14433149
Hope to see you there.
Michael
Ride London – A special event to consider!
From one of our friends from the UK:
Wonder if you know about Ride London? Dave and I did the Ride London 100 at the weekend- since the 2012 Olympics we have a 3 day cycling festival in London, including pro World Tour road races and on the Sunday 24,000 people doing a 100 mile ride over closed roads right thru the city centre past all the major landmark buildings and out into the countryside, returning to finish in front of Buckingham Palace. It’s quite special, even if you live here.
If you or any of the Bees fancy it, first step is to enter the ballot which opens next week (August 7). You’ll hear if you have a place (you have about a 1 in 4 chance) in Feb 2018, and the ride date next year is July 29th so plenty of time to prepare. Entering the ballot commits you to nothing, you only make your decision when offered a place.
Kicking Horse Cup
Good afternoon Kelowna Killer Beez,
We are writing to invite you and your cycling friends to our 6th annual Kicking Horse Cup road racing event in Golden, BC on August 19/20th this year.
We are confident you will enjoy the program we have for you. We will be riding three great stages over two days, totaling over 100km and 1,750m of racing. This special combination of time trial, hill climb, and pursuit road race is sure to fulfill your appetite for road racing. We have great welcome packages coming together for all the racers as well as some nice new T-shirts, also we have amazing prizing for podium finishers and incredible draw prizes that all racers and volunteers will be eligible to win. Please find more information on our website www.kickinghorsecup.com. Registration is now open! $40 per stage or $100 for the weekend.
The first 40 racers to register for all stages will get a Kicking Horse Cup T-shirt included for free.
If you’re looking for something to do on the August 19/20 weekend, please consider coming out to support our event. And please help us get the message out there and share this information with your friends.
I have attached a flyer that you can use to distribute the information. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Thank you kindly,
Jana Briggs
250-344-8312
Kicking Horse Cup
THE RACE IS ON! August 19-20, 2017
www.kickinghorsecup.com
MS Bike – Okanagan Experience
From Luella Cousins (Luella.Cousins@mssociety.ca):
I thought your members may be interested in a great two-day, fully supported, fundraising cycling event in Kelowna; the MS Bike – Okanagan Experience.
As always, the ride weekend includes meals, snacks, fully mapped and marked routes, on-route mechanical support, and complimentary wine tastings at rest stops.
New this year is a 100km route that I think your members will especially enjoy.
The ride will be held on September 9-10 and cyclists can register at www.msbike.ca. Right now the registration fee is only $50 but will increase to $70 on August 1st.
If you have any questions, concerns or require more information you can contact me at Luella.cousins@mssociety.ca or call 1-800-268-7582, Local. 7262.
Mable Lake Ride July 22
About the ride: There are two start points: Coldstream and Lumby. The ride from Coldstream to Lumby is along Hwy 6, from Lumby to Mable Lake is along a rural road used by people going to Mable Lake provincial park or local farmers. It is essentially a ‘no thru’ road so traffic is usually light, it is quite scenic. At Mable lake there is a small store with limited food selection right in the park. this is an out and back ride.
Start time 9 am from Coldstream or 10 am from Lumby.
From Coldstream: the start point will be on Kalamalka Road, just a short distance past the beach at the tennis courts. Round trip 122 kms. (open the link)
From Lumby: the start point will be at the grocery store parking lot, in town on the hwy. Round trip 76 kms (open the link)
If we have a good turn out, we may create two groups, last year we had close to 30 riders. We can sort this out in Lumby.
Please open the following links:
From coldstream:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22522482
From Lumby
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22866130
Any questions, contact Bob Perra bbmcperra@gmail.com
Summerland Ride June 23
On Friday June 23 – weather permitting – we would like to go on a ride in Summerland. It is a very nice 60KM ride.
We will meet in Summerland on Kelly Ave at the Summerland Middle School so we can start the ride at 09:00AM.
If possible, please car pool or make the ride longer and ride from West Kelowna.
Hope to see you there.
Michael