President's Welcome
Welcome to the CPEI Web Site - Message from the President
May 9, 2012 — David Sims
Dear Cycling Enthusiast:
Welcome to the Cycling PEI web site. The volunteers and staff who comprise CPEI are skilled, enthusiastic and friendly. If you are looking for PEI cycling information, you will either find it here, or we'll help you to get it. Cycling PEI programs include beginner, intermediate and advanced road rides, mountain bike training, bicycle rodeos and training sessions upon request, promotion of active transporation infrastructure, training of coaches and race officials, and high level competitive events. For people who are not so interested in competitive riding, prefering recreational riding, please ask about our Monday night rides and Confederation Trail ride options.
May 2012 - Since last November, Cycling PEI has been planning the riding season for 2012. The month of May brings road, mountain biking and AT events. The Ride of Silence is scheduled for May 16th, Transform a Street will be from May 11 - 20 on Richmond Street, and on May 12th the Mother's Day Time Trial will be our beginning for the Citizen series of competitions. May 18th will be international bike-to-work day. If you can, that's the one day to ride to work or school, enjoy the experience, and resolve to continue. Please visit the calendar of events on the home page of this site. As I write this message on May 1, I am tweaking bikes, packing and preparing to depart for New York City for the five boroughs ride. The bus is filled, and the long range weather forecast for the Sunday ride calls for sun, partly cloudy, no rain, and a temperature in the low 20s. Sounds good to me. (But still, I'm packing a rain jacket - just in case.) Note added May 9 after returning from the 5 boroughs ride - It was excellent!
A request for volunteers - As the schedule of events continues to grow, CPEI is deeply in need of assistance. Please consider volunteering a few hours to further cycling activities on PEI. If your main interest is road riding, and you want to participate in the road events, please volunteer for a mountain bike event., even if you don't know much about them. A volunteer who assists in pre-event registration need only offer an hour or two of time, yet hastens the registration process and is appreciated by all. Pre-ride set up and post-ride take down are not difficult, but race organizers are hard-pressed to do it alone, especially at the end of the race when they need to conduct an awards ceremony. Thinking ahead to Canada Games 2017, now is the time to begin long term volunteer training if you would like to become a coach, commissaire or team manager. If you have a grasp of the art and science of web maintenance or other forms of public relations, please chat with me or Mike Connolly. CPEI needs to increase its presense on social media. If you have any questions about riding on PEI or Cycling PEI activities, please contact Cycling PEI's Executive Director Mike Connolly at 368-4985 or phone me at 620-9414.
David Sims
sims@cpei.ca
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