Father and son team, Craig and Jordan Hodder, will be hosting a downhill mountain bike camp for rider’s ages 12-17 years old on Saturday, October 22. Come out and take part in this great training opportunity!

Click HERE for more details.

Sanctioned BNL races and group rides will be posted to our “work in progress” BNL Events Calendar.

CLICK HERE for a month by month view.

The Annual General Meeting for Bicycle Newfoundland and Labrador is Saturday January 29 starting 2pm at the NL Sports Center (Swiler’s Building) 100 Crosbie Road.

Drop by for an hour to see what’s going on! Click below for more details.

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BNL is hosting a season-end group ride this Sunday October 31 starting 10:30am from the marina in St.Phillip’s. See HERE for more details and the route.

Distance is about 30k and if you’re so inclined you can add on Tucker’s Hill at the end for a little more work.

Join us at St.Phillip’s Anglican Church immediately following the ride for t-shirts, snacks and beverages. And your $5 donation will make its way to the Ronald McDonald House.

Splash n’ Dash are again this year offering a 6-week pre-Christmas spin class at NuBody’s Atlantic Place Tuesday evenings from 8-9pm starting November 2.

Space is limited and likely to sell out very quickly so CLICK HERE to register now.

Note that BNL membership is required for participation and if you’re NOT currently a member, JOIN NOW and your membership will be good for the balance of 2010 all of 2011 as well.

Throughout the 2010 cycling season there were a number of successful group rides for various skill levels.  The BNL Board thought that it would be fun to get everyone together for one last group ride of the season.  We also thought that it would be nice to hold this ride in support of a local charity and have chosen the Ronald McDonald House Charity who are building a Ronald McDonald House in St. John’s.  If you could make a donation of $5 that would be very much appreciated.

The route has been chosen so that everyone, no matter what your skill level, can come out and participate.   It is approximately 30km and offers varied terrain. There is an optional 7km loop at the end featuring a climb up Tucker’s Hill for those who want an extra challenge.

The event will take place Sunday, October 31st and will run rain or shine.  We will meet in the parking lot of the St. Philip’s marina and the ride will commence at 10:30am.

The route is as follows:
- Start at St. Philip’s marina and ride up Thorburn Rd. to Sun Shine Park and turn left on Bennett’s Road
- Ride Bennett’s Rd. to Old Broad Cove Rd where we’ll turn left and continue to the end
- Turn right on Tucker’s Hill / Beachy Cove Rd. where we’ll ride into Portugal Cove
- We’ll climb out of Portugal Cove and continue to Old Broad Cove Rd.
- Turn right on Old Broad Cove Rd. and ride until we turn left on Bennett’s Rd. where we’ll ride back to Thorburn Rd.
- Turn right and coast down Throburn Rd. all the way back to the St. Philip’s marina parking lot

For the optional 7km loop, veer right onto Tucker’s Hill Road, climb Tucker’s hill and then turn right on to Old Broad Cove Rd.  From there we’ll turn right onto Tolt road, ride that back to Thorburn Rd. and then coast on home to St. Philip’s marina.

You can view the route online here:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4109623

We hope that you all can come out for a fun final group ride of the 2010 season as well as to support this great cause.

Most Sincerely,
The Board of Directors
Bicycle Newfoundland Labrador

The last Freeride Mountain Sport downhill race for this season will take place as scheduled this Sunday October 3.

Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Igor at Topsail the race will now be held at White Hills using Satan’s Choice. The course is being groomed and cleaned up and should be marked by this Thursday.  Advance registration at Freeride Water Street starting Thursday until Saturday 6pm. Race morning registration available but not preferred … please make an effort to register in advance.

Practice will end at 11am race morning with a start time of 11:30am.

The first Short Track of the late-season 2010 series was Tuesday evening and 23 riders enjoyed the excellent new course in Pippy Park!

Short Track #2 is next Tuesday September 21 with check-in starting 5:15pm and the official ribbon-cutting opening the new course a few minutes before the 6pm start.

Register in advance HERE.

The 3 remaining 20.7k Tuesday Team Instrumar Time Trials for this season will start earlier due to the shorter evenings. And the 50K Time Trial is set for this Saturday September 18 at 9am. Here’s the schedule for the balance of this season:

• Tue Sep 14 6pm (20.7k)
• Sat Sep 18 9am (50k)
• Tue Sep 21 6pm (20.7k)
• Tue Sep 28 5:45pm (20.7k)

Checkin for all events starts 40 minutes prior at Cahill’s on Mackey Place.

After a spring and summer of searching for a new location, and a bunch of volunteer hours in getting the new course prepared, the long-overdue Short Track Series is ready for a trial run.

The first of 5 Short Track events will take place next Tuesday evening September 14 starting 6pm. The new venue is at the top of Nagels Place in Pippy Park … proceed up the hill past the trailer park and the Fluvarium. There is a gate across the road and the track is just past that on your left.

BNL membership is required and the event entry fee is just $3 which will be collected at race check-in Tuesday evening between 5:15 and 5:45pm at the track.

If you’re planning to check it out please complete our brief advance registration form HERE.