For the benefit of its members, partners and the general public,
Cycling PEI provides education and leadership that contributes to a
vibrant and healthy cycling experience on Prince Edward Island.
Who Are We?
Cycling PEI is a non-profit, volunteer-directed provincial body for
bicycling. We represent a large range of disciplines including road,
mountain bike, BMX and track in areas of recreation, youth and
competition. Cycling PEI is affiliated with the Union Cycliste
Internationale (UCI) through our partnership with the Canadian
Cycling Association (CCA) and is a member of the Atlantic Cycling
Center in Dieppe.
Great turn out for the 2016 Grunt with 42 people participating. 12 in solo and 10 teams of 3. This is a fundraiser for the Rigid Riders MTB Club. Great way to end the year and get ready for cyclocross season. Thanks to all who particpated.
The Red Mud Mountain Mayhem 20 Provincial MTB Championships sure lived up to its name this year with lots of rain, lots of red mud and lots of fun. The laps were shortened for all categories to reduce the impact on the trails from the race. Want to thank Fox and MacQueen's as our sponsors for the race and to all the volunteers and staff who braved the weather to make the race happen. Full list of results below.
Canoe Cove Provincial TT Championship Results 2016. Divisional and GC results. Had a grat group of riders with 7 provinces represented for the TT and Road Event. The 4 Atlantic Provinces, Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta.
Thanks to all who came out to the Pownal Time Trial. The weather was rainy and wet but 12 souls braved the course. Great to see some of the young kids out and the provincial MTB team who was cross training for their trip to nationals. Members of the road provincial team had some great times. Results on next page.
The Sporting Intentions Weekly Mountain Bike Ride is a beginner friendly ride that has a 'no-drop,' 'we all meet up,' policy. During the coming year we will sample as many of our great Island trails as possible. All rides will be designed to last between 45 and 90 minutes in length. This year we have registered the ride with CPEI and that requires all riders to be members of CPEI. There will be one-day event membership waivers that can be used if someone is new to the Island or mountain biking and just wanting to give it a try. Weekly ride locations will be posted days in advance on the Sporting Intentions Weekly Mountain Bike Ride Facebook page. Rider Leader Brent Nicholson thewoodenhead@gmail.com
Cycling PEI Summerside Weekly Monday Night Beginner Road Ride
Monday 6:15PM
North parking lot of Credit Union Place
No drop group ride various routes throughout the season.
Must have CPEI Membership.
Starts on the 30th of May.
Ride Leader Susan Walsh susanwalshpei@yahoo.ca
Sporting Intentions Saturday Morning Road Ride
Saturday Mornings at 9am - Usually end up at the Farmer's Market for a post-ride coffee before ending back at the store.
Focus on safety and education for road riders - This is a No Drop ride, no egos or hammerheads please.
Early season: 30km Road Ride from SI out Lower Malpeque to Rustico Road to Oyster Bed Bridge store. Then either back that way, or back on Winslow Road, Brackley Point Road, or Union Road. Also can include riding through Brackley to Stanhope and back. Later season ride length can increase to 50k or 60k.
Ride Leader Geoff Murray peibikeguy@gmail.com
Cycling PEI Monday Night Beginner Road Ride
We'll be all ready to commence the start of the Beginners Road Ride on Monday nights. We start on the 11th of May, weather permitting. If you're new, we always start with a 10-15 minute session on some aspect of cycling, followed by a great group ride. Please remember it's a CPEI sanctioned event and if you're not a CPEI member yet, I will have forms for single event participation. Please remember this form can only be used once, it's not specific to the event itself. Membership can be acquired online in advance to streamline our first meeting. We will be meeting at the Sherwood BMR location. Look to the Facebook page for road routes. I will post them here via MapMyRide.com. The group meets at 6PM with an expected roll out by 6:30. This is a no-drop group ride ranging in distance between 20-40K as the season develops and the ability of the riders. Road bikes only. See you soon!
Ride leader Jamie Penton jpenton1972@hotmail.com
Confederation Trail & North Shore Trail Bike Rides
Starting Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Every Tuesday evening starting June 7 at 6:30 pm at different locations. Hop on your bike and join us for a free guided recreational bicycle ride for all ages and experience levels. If you do not have a bicycle, let us know and we'll arrange to get one for you to try for a week or two. Helmets are required. First Ride June 7 Meet at the parking lot next to the Trail Route 248/North York River Rd. Milton.
Looking for a student as a Events coordinator for Cycling PEI.
Salary is $12.50/hour. To start ASAP. Would be in charge of events. Some evenings and weekends. Duties include preparation for all races and events, admin for the events, pre and post press releases, memberships, data entry, financial balance sheet for each event, must have a vehicle and valid drivers license, must attend all events. Minimum 8 weeks and max 14 weeks.
Fax resume to Cycling PEI at 902-368-4548 or drop off or mail to 40 Enman Cres, Ch'town, C1E 1E6, room 211.
Other requirements:
(a) is between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment;
(b) was registered as a full-time student during the preceding academic year;
(c) intends to return to school on a full-time basis during the next academic year;
(d) is a student in a secondary, post-secondary, vocational or technical program;
(e) is a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and
Refugee Protection Act* and;
(f) is legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial / territorial legislation and regulations
Our first night of riding will be Tuesday, May 10th. Remember that we want to be hitting the trails at 6:30, so please arrive between 6:00 and 6:15 to sign in and get organized into our groups.
If you haven’t yet registered for the 2016 season, we would encourage you to do so on the website: www.cpei.ca Don’t forget to select “Rigid Riders Club Membership” after your CPEI membership.
Although we won’t be riding this Tuesday, we are encouraging everyone to show up at Brookvale for a trail build night (6:00 – 8:00). We have soil to repair berms (and cover some roots), as well as leaf blowing, and a bridge or two to construct. Many hands make light work, so we hope to see you there!
This is a chance to help support your local club, and contribute to the trails we love to ride!
Synergy Fitness is offering cycling specific strength training starting in January and has partnered with Cycling PEI to offer this to all CPEI members. The provincial teams will be training there starting in the new year and Kris MacPhee, owner and instructor is offering the same price the provincial team gets to all CPEI members. Members get 40 hours of training for $200. They must attend the scheduled times of the group. There is a cap of 20 so if you are interested please let me know ASAP at mconnolly@sportpei.pe.ca or call 902-368-4985.
Synergy is located at the old Precious Blood Convent at 141 Mt Edward Rd, Charlottetown, PE C1A 5T1
Phone:(902) 892-6585
Results from Round One of The Fall Guy CX Series:
Expert Division: (Mens)
Gold: Cory Jay 11 laps
Silver: Lionel Stanley 11 laps
Bronze: Kent Wood 11 laps
Sport Division: (mens)
Gold: Gaetan Dallaire 11 laps
Silver: Shannon Burt 10 laps
Bronze: Jared Stretch 9 laps
Kirk Bellamy 9 laps
Arend TeRaa 9 laps
Andrew Scott 8 laps
Women's Division
AmirZuccolo 4 laps with major mechanicals! Commitment award!
Here are the winners of the MTB and Road citizen series for 2015. All the points have been calculated. If there are any discrepancies or if you have questions on the results please email mconnolly@sportpei.pe.ca or call 902-393-4985.
The Cycling PEI AGM and Awards are being held Tuesday, November 17th at the Stratford Town Hall from 5:30-9:30pm. We are having a potluck meal. All are welcome to bring food or drink. If you are bringing food please coordinate with the CPEI office to reduce duplication. Call 902-368-4985 or email mconnolly@sportpei.pe.ca.
AGM to start at 5:30pm with the Awards to follow at 6:30pm. We will be having election of officers at the AGM. If interested please notify the office.
We are now accepting nominations for our awards. Please go to our website to nominate a deserving person.
We are writing to advise you of upcoming projects in Prince Edward Island National Park between Brackley and Dalvay.
Beginning in October of this year and continuing until December 2016, Parks Canada will undertake a rehabilitation project for the Covehead bridge. This work will result in enhanced safety for all users. The bridge is being expanded to add bike lanes on both sides to continue the bike path across the bridge. The bridge will be closed to all traffic between October 1, 2015 and April 15, 2016. During this period of bridge closure, the Gulf Shore Parkway and the Gulf Shore Way multi-use trail will also be closed between Shaws Beach and the Covehead Bridge. There will be a detour in place to reroute traffic.
Sorry for any inconvenience, the 4 hour Grunt scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to a later date due to heavy rain and trail conditions.
The new date will be posted shortly.
The Provincial DH championships are cancelled and will be rescheduled into a recreational DH night due to maintenance on the DH trails. We apologize for the shirt notice.
Rigid Riders MTB Club is CANCELLED for this evening due to severe thunder storms and heavy rain. Reminder that Rigid Riders is always cancelled during thunder storms. We will resume next week.
Please be aware that the 2015 Acadian Games are going on at the Riverside trail system on Saturday the 27th, Sunday the 28th, and Monday the 29th of June, therefore these trails will be in use during that time.
Please take a few minutes and fill out our survey on the Red Island Relay. We want to make the event enjoyable for everyone and improve it at the same time. See if there is a way to increase our numbers. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HGS7KNT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
2 positions available, 16 weeks, 40 hours a week, 12/hour.
Applicants must be over the age of 30 and unemployed.
Bonshaw Trail project as trail builders and laborers.
Please call 902-368-4985
email mconnolly@sportpei.pe.ca
Saturday, June 6th from Kensington to Summerside and return. Registration/fees: 10.00 per person each day, Children 14 and under FREE. These events are FREE for any Cycing PEI member that has a general membership. We value are members and this is a benefit of membership. If you are planning to do a few of these recreational trail rides take advantage of the free pricing for members and get your membership now.
This is an out and back. 14km from Kensington to Summerside, turn around and come back for a total of 28km. For those not wanting to go all the way there will be a turnaround at 10km for a total of 20km. This will eliminate the need for drives back to the start.
Rigid Riders MTB Club opening night is tonight and takes place every Tuesday night. Few changes this year.
Information Sheet for Rigid Riders
• The first meeting will be on June 2nd, 2015.
• There will be weekly Time Trials for members of the Rigid Riders club.
• Members are asked to meet every Tuesday night at 6PM at the Brookvale lodge.
• Provincial team kids will have their own separate group.
• There will be a coaches meeting at 6PM prior to the season’s commencement, and these coaches will be given a free rigid riders membership.
• Groups will be categorized by ability, not by age. Therefore, the youth will be categorized by ability and the adults will be separated into beginner, intermediate, and advanced groups.
• Be sure to be on time, as the Rigid Riders leave at 6:30 PM sharp to begin the ride, and group organization begins at 6:15PM.
• Online Registration is encouraged, as it will help speed along the process once you arrive.
• There will be club races every third Tuesday, begin at 7:30 PM after the regular ride.
• There is a bike loaner program in place where you can borrow a bike rather than purchasing one.
• Everyone that registers for a Rigid Riders membership will receive a bike plate with their name on it.
May is Bike Month on Prince Edward Island and in recognition of this, Cycling PEI has put together a series of enthralling events for cyclists from beginners to those more experienced to participate and compete in across the island. The events begin on May 7th with International Bike to School day and continue on until the end of the month.
Just got word from Parks Canada. Please stay off Robinson's Island trails as they are still wintering and will not be ready to ride till they dry out somewhere around end of May first week of June. That also goes for Brookvale and other trails on the Island. They will not be ready till they dry out. Riding on wet trails will only damage them.
If you would like to see more trail development by Parks Canada you can support them by buying your park pass to sue the Robinson's Island Trail system. Passes are half price right now.
Cycling PEI trail stewards will be out inspecting some of the trails and doing spring maintenance starting next week. We will keep you updated.
May is bike month, Victoria Park Bike lane opens Friday, May 8th, Bike to work day is May 15th.
Cycling Canada will be holding an English and French coach webinar about Nutrition. The English webinar will be Wednesday April 8th, and the French webinar will be Tuesday April 7th. Please see details and registration information below.
Cycling Canada is pleased to announce our first online NCCP course. This January we will be piloting the Ready to Race! Training Basics course, to be completed online. If successful, our goal is to schedule a few off-bike NCCP courses each year through this format. This will help coaches in remote areas or with limited access to workshops the opportunity to work on their NCCP certification. Please circulate to any coaches who may be interested, this link can be added to your website: http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/nccp-ready-to-race-training-basics-workshop-online/
AGM and awards were held last night. Here are the winners and the new CPEI Board.
ADL/Sport PEI Volunteer Administrator of the Year – Shannon Burt
ADL/Sport PEI Volunteer of the Year – Mike Nesbitt
ADL/Sport PEI Coach of the Year – Bonnie Hayden
ADL/Sport PEI Official of the Year – Jim Jenkins
ADL/Sport PEI Junior Male Athlete of the Year – Alex Phillips
ADL/Sport PEI Junior Female Athlete of the Year – Grace Connolly
ADL/Sport PEI Senior Female Athlete of the Year – Lisa Phillips and Denise Bustard
Photos here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.896493843701717.1073741835.435908323093607&type=1
If you have participated as volunteer in any of our events, programs, or races, as a coach, marshall, helped with registration, watched a corner for traffic, helped clear a trail, etc. Then you are invited to this night of appreciation in honor of your volunteer contribution to Cycling PEI.
Cycling PEI will be hosting their annual Awards Banquet Tuesday, November 18th at the Stratford Town Hall at 6:30pm. Please nominate a deserving person at http://cpei.ca/awards/. There are a whole series of ADL, CPEI & Rigid Rider specific awards. There is a potluck supper same as past years. If you are interested in bringing food or drink please e-mail me what you intend to bring so I can coordinate the food.
We are also hosting our AGM prior to the awards at 5:30pm in the same location. If anyone in interested in serving on the board please let me know. We have 1 year director positions and 2 year board positions available.
Island EMS paramedics attend to a woman cyclist at the scene of a collision with a car on Prince Street Wednesday about 2 p.m.
A woman cyclist is in hospital after a collision with a car turning into a parking space in downtown Charlottetown today.
The collision with the bicycle happened about 2 p.m. on Prince street close to the corner with Grafton.
A red compact car was facing south, towards the harbour on Prince Street and turning into a parking space next to St. Paul's church on the west-side of the street.
It was just a few metres south past the traffic lights at Grafton Street.
The woman on the bicycle was driving south as well, on the edge of the traveled portion of the road when the collision occurred.
She was not wearing a helmet and suffered injuries to her head after striking the front on the turning car.
Rigid Riders will go tonight with the ride to start at 6pm. We were going to move to Saturday's but that did not fit most people's schedules. We will continue to the end of September starting at 6pm. Some groups leaders will be present but some of the leaders for the younger kids will not be as we only asked them to commit till Labor day.
Solo results: 1 Kent Wood 6 laps 3hours 12 min 2 Dale Irwin 6 laps 3hours 36min 3 Mark Craig 6 laps 3hours 53min 4 Michael Mathews 5 laps 3hours 18 min 5 JP Moszynski 5 laps 3hours 20min 6 Paul Deighan 5 laps 3hours 23min 7 Cory Jay 4 laps 1hour 58min
The Thursday night time trails were a great success and we will be running them again next year starting in May and going throught the summer. The results of the last 2 time trails of the season are as follows:
The first TrailFest event took place June 14th and 15th. The first day the ride was from Emerald COmmunity Centre to the KOA in Borden. On the second day, the ride once again started from the Emerald Community Centre but went to Kensington. The weather was not the best on either of those days however, we did have a good, energetic group who showed up to participate.
The MacQueen's Bike Shop Citizen Series MTB Event #3 Red Mud Mountain Mayhem took place this oast Sunday, August 17th out a Brookvale. The race began at 11am with a Riders of Tomorrow race taking place before hand. Results are as follows:
Sunday, July 27th, the King/Queen of Kinkora Road Race took place in Kinkora. Lisa Phillips was named the Queen and Mark Lapointe the King. Results are as follows:
Recreational Road Time Trials are set to begin Thursday July 31st in Crapaud; this is the first of three TT. The second one will be on August 14th at Argyle Shore and the third one will be on August 28th with location TBD .
Canoe Cove Citizen Series Road Event #2 is being moved to another date due to the Rocky Point Bridge being closed due to construction. We apologize for any inconvenience. Alternate date will be posted soon.
The MacQueen's Bike Shop Citizen Series MTB race #2 Tour de Pants race went ahead even after hurrican Aurthur ripped through Brookvale knocking down too many trees to count. Thank you to all staff and volunteers who helped come out and work overtime to clear the trails of debris and fallen trees so the race could go ahead. Results are as follows:
Cory Jay breaks his own record for the 2014 Mother's Day TT. Most people watching the race where surprised when Jay crossed the finish line and his time was sub 28 minutes due to the horrendous conditions. It was raining with high winds and it was cold, some even saw snow. The conditions were far from ideal and the roads were wet. Jay's time was 27.22.74. He shaved 28 seconds off the old mark of 27.50 that he set in 2011.
The trails at Brookvale are still too wet to ride and we will try to have the opening night of Rigid Riders Tuesday, May 20th if conditions permit. I will post updates here and send out on the e-news.
Day licenses for recreational events will continue to be free but day licenses for races will be going up to $10. Day licenses can olny be used once a year then a CPEI license is required.
Cycling PEI will be hosting their Awards Banquet Wednesday, November 13th at the Maplewood Room at the Cody Banks arena at 6:30pm. Please nominate a deserving person at http://cpei.ca/awards/. There are a whole series of ADL, CPEI & Rigid Rider specific awards. There is a potluck supper same as past years. If you are interested in bringing food or drink please e-mail me what you intend to bring so I can coordinate the food.
We are also hosting our AGM prior to the awards at 5:30pm in the same location. If anyone in interested in serving on the board please let me know. We have 1 year director positions and 2 year board positions available.
Cycling PEI is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization. Volunteers plan, organize and often participate in sanctioned road races, mountain bike events, recreational adult rides that range from introductory to strenuous, and children’s training programs. We visit schools, hold technical work shops on how to care for your bicycle, and interact with many levels of government to develop safer cycing opportunities on Prince Edward Island. CPEI exists in a context that includes an international sanctioning body (UCI), a national association, the other provincial cycling associations, and a provincially organized SportPEI. Being effectively represented within each of these groups requires commitment of seasoned volunteers. Even our most enthusiastic volunteers have limited hours to offer; if CPEI is to maintain its effective level of performance and/or grow, we need help. The good news is that we can accept assistance in many forms, ranging from occasionally showing up to help at events, to taking charge of events. If your heart is with us, but personal constraints preclude offering any time, a financial contribution would be highly appreciated. Please contact our executive director, Mike Connolly, for details at mconnolly@sportpei.pe.ca. We offer tax receipts for all donations through the Amateur Sport Trust Fund.
