Cyc'd boosted with new riders

Recently the club has received a lot of interest from new riders so today we encouraged as many club members and new riders to join in one of our favourite rides the Jinker Track / Sandgate loop.

It was the coldest morning of the year with various Garmins telling us it was around 5 or 6 degrees when we headed off from Conti cafe at 5.30am. Apparently a few regulars couldn't haul themselves out from under the doona due to the cool start.

It was great to 20 riders turn up particularly those new to the club Anna, Nathan, JJ and Adam along with our old friend Sharky.

The highlight of the day was simply seeing the group welcome the new riders into the group and seeing how well everyone rode together enjoying the crisp morning which made for perfect riding conditions.

The first sprint of the day is along the Jinker track where the guys and Anna quickly got up to cruising speed of around 45kph before the real sprint began. The President has obviously hit a rich vein of form and took out the sprint from Jase.

The second sprint comes at the end of the Sandgate waterfront section and once again the President found the legs to take it out. He was heard to say "I don't think even Craig or Greg would have been able to beat me today!!" Big call Pres but hey winners are grinners.

The ride finished as it always does at Conti Cafe and it was great to see so many Cyc'd riders there having a laugh and chatting about what was a great way to start the day. The new riders added a lot to the group and we look forward to seeing lots more of them.

Cyc'd for Bikes supports Smiddy Challenge

At the recent Cyc'd Cycling Club launch held at the Story Bridge Hotel our great friend and major sponsor Jaaron from Cyc'd for Bikes donated a set of C35 Dura Ace wheels to the club to use as we saw fit to raise money for the club charity Smiling for Smiddy who raise money for the Mater Foundation and cancer research.

This awesome set of wheels is valued around $1,800 and after a silent auction was conducted the wheels had a new home with Jason Boyd who snapped them up for $1,420. A great pick up by Jason and some seriously good money for cancer research.

The good news didn't finish there as it was decided that the money would be donated to the three Cyc'd guys who are participating in upcoming Smiddy events. These guys, Brad, Jenno and Craig are all training hard and fund raising their hearts out. When the guys were told that the money would be split 3 ways Jenno insisted that since he had already reached his target that the money should go to help Brad and Craig reach their targets. A selfless act but that is the sort of bloke Jenno is.

Of course none of this would have been possible without the generosity of Jaaron and Fiona from Cyc'd for Bikes so a huge thank you goes to both of them.

Sunday ride just chillin

Great turn out today for the President's birthday ride. We let him pick the route and with rain and 4 flats probably enough said about that.

We did quite a bit of this today.....

and finished off like this....