On Saturday, August 17th Hundreds Will Challenge Themselves
To Cycle  Cypress Mountain For Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Are You Ready To Challenge Yourself?

We look forward to hosting the Cypress Challenge every year. We welcome riders of all abilities from across the Lower Mainland to challenge themselves to reach their personal best, while helping defeat a particularly dangerous form of cancer.

Are you ready to join us to ride up Cypress Mountain? Is this your first hill climb? Or will you help by pushing yourself to a personal best on the climb? The choice is yours. All you need is the determination to pedal to the top for the Cypress Mountain Challenge.

Once again you can choose either a 5km or 12 km route and enter in any of a host of different ride categories.  The individual entries are by a minimum suggested early bird donation of $25, or $40 after August 9th.  Click here to register.

To celebrate our 6th Annual event, we have added a few new elements:

  • All 12km rides will be timed from start to finish. So you can accurately track your personal time to the top.
  • An Under 18 age category has been added to both the 5km and 12km rides. For a total of 16 different ride categories.
  • A new Corporate Team Challenge is being introduced.  Teams of four, from participating companies, make the 12 km climb together to the top of Cypress. Registration is $500 per team of four.  Contact cypress@glotmansimpsoncycling.ca for further information on the team challenge.
     

The fact is that pancreatic cancer has the lowest 5-year survival rate of all cancers – an average of 5% in Canada. With nearly 600 people in BC expected to be diagnosed this year, every dollar we can raise counts to help future outcomes. That’s why 100% of all the money we raise goes to the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund at the BC Cancer Foundation.

6th Annual Glotman Simpson Cypress Challenge
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Cypress Mountain
Sign in: 7:30am / Start: 9:00am
www.glotmansimpsoncycling.ca

Pre-ordered Kit & Free Jersey Pick-up Times

If you still need to pick up your free membership jersey or pre-ordered road kit, please come by the office on Saturday from 4:00pm - 5:00pm.

All clothing must be picked up by May 11th, this includes any 2012 jerseys that have not been collected.

We will also have extra clothing, water bottles and socks available for purchase.

Scotia Half Marathon is looking for a few Club members to help out with bike escort duties.

What: Scotia Half Marathon
When: June 23rd
How many: five riders
Involvement:

We wanted to take a moment to remind all Club Members of the importance of riding within the rules of the road, especially when wearing your GSC kit.

Last Tuesday's first WTNC race saw a large crash that took out a number of riders. There were lots of riders excited for this opening night which, for some, resulted in poor judgement on the race course.

Please take a moment to review why the WTNC is not considered a run for the World Championship stripes.

Many Glotman Simpson Cycling members have participated in the GearUp4CF Rides. These are great events for a great cause. Cystic Fibrosis Canada (Vancouver Chapter) are looking for cyclists to participate in the Kick Off Century Riders or Weekend Challenger Riders.

From: Kara Wilkinson <kwilkinson@cfvancouver.ca>
Subject: Cystic Fibrosis GearUp4CF Cycling Fundraiser

Good Morning,

My name is Kara Wilkinson and I am the Marketing and Event Assistant with the Cystic Fibrosis Canada- Vancouver Chapter. I am assisting with the planning of the 8th annual GearUp4CF event and would love for you to be involved.

2013 Club Experience - Experience the feeling

For those interested in participating in one of the upcoming Gran Fondos you may be interested in the some of the available training programs from Gran Fondo Canada.

From: Jeff Hanninen
Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:53 PM

Hello Glotman Simpson Cycling,

I am contacting you to introduce myself and my new role with Gran Fondo Canada as the point person for all club communication. If you have any feedback regarding the Gran Fondo Whistler and/or Banff please do not hesitate to contact me directly. 

I would also like to draw your attention to some new programs that may interest you and your club members:

We just received an email that the Rotary Ride for Rescue is on again.  If you are looking for a good place to test your legs for the upcoming Cypress Challenge and want to support a good cause, here's your event!

From: rotaryrideforrescue@gmail.com
To: All Glotman Simpson Cycling members
Subject: [General] Rotary Ride for Rescue

2013 GS CX kit looks hot, hot hot!!!

To get your 2013 Glotman Simpson Cyclocross p/b Event Wizard skinsuit in time for CX season place your order today. We are looking at an August delivery for the skinsuits.

If you still need to pick up your free membership jersey or pre-ordered road kit, here are the available times to come by the office during the next week.

  • Friday May 3 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Sunday May 5 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Monday May 6 5:00 - 7:00pm
  • Wednesday May 8 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Friday May 10 12:00pm - 1:00pm

All clothing must be picked up by May 10th, this includes any 2012 jerseys that have not been collected.

We will also have extra clothing, water bottles and socks available for purchase.