Hi, GCBT member,

Just a reminder about our upcoming GCBT banquet. Please join us for a
great evening.

The banquet will take place Saturday, November 25, 2006 at the Tim
Horton/Onondaga Farms Camp, near St. George, Ontario. Note that the
date has changed from that listed in the club brochure. The Camp is
located at 264 Glen Morris Road East in St. George, Ontario. Doors
open at 6 pm and dinner will be served at 7 pm. Directions to the
Camp are provided below.

In addition to great door prizes and awards to 'special' members, we
are planning to have a slide show of this season's cycling
adventures. Please let us know if you have pictures to show or
stories to tell.

The cost to attend is $25 per person. If you'd like to attend, please
send me an email at elizabethb@... to reserve your spot(s) and
then send a cheque to the club mailing address at:

P.O. Box 5
St. George, Ontario
N0E 1N0

I look forward to seeing you at the banquet.

Sincerely,


Elizabeth Bluemke
VP, Administration
GCBT

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Directions:
From Highway 401: Hwy 401 to exit 282 in Cambridge. Follow Hwy 24
South through Cambridge, towards Brantford. Continue South, past sign
for town of Glen Morris (DO NOT TURN HERE). At top of hill, turn left
onto Glen Morris Road East. Camp entrance is on the right, just 1 km
from the Hwy.

From QEW/Highway 403: QEW to Hwy 403 towards Brantford. Take
Brantford exit for Hwy 24 North (towards Cambridge). From exit, turn
left, then right, onto King George Road, going North. King George
Road becomes Hwy 24. Turn right at Glen Morris Road East. Camp
entrance is on the right, just 1 km from the Hwy.

From Dundas/Hamilton: Governor's Road toward Copetown. Turn right at
Hwy 52; cross over Hwy 8 and turn left onto Hwy 5; turn right onto
Hwy 24 and turn right at Glen Morris Road East. Camp entrance is on
the right, just 1 km from the Hwy.

Once you arrive at the camp, proceed past the entry to gate to
the "Main Lodge"

I have one pair of men's Sidi cycling shoes, in excellent condition,
which I would be happy to give to any GCBT member who wears size
46.  A description of the shoes can be found at the link below which
is taken from the MEC online catalog.

http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%
3Eprd_id=845524441895205&FOLDER%3C%
3Efolder_id=2534374302692667&bmUID=1162236440109

The reason that I'm getting rid of these shoes is that they fit a
little tight on my big feet, which seem to be growing.

The shoes have been worn for approximately 1000 km of cycling.

If you are interested or would like more information, send me a note
or give me a call.

Phil Merikle
305-35 Alexandra Avenue
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 1L4

519-585-0151

For Sale:

Brand New Ritchey Bio-Max Comp 6061 T6 Double butted Road Bar (440mm
wide) and a matching Ritchey Comp Stem ( 1 1/8 steer tube diameter and
130mm length). Both items are BRAND NEW TAKE OFFS.

Pictures in the photo section.

$100.00

For Sale:

Brand New Ritchey Bio-Max Comp 6061 T6 Double butted Road Bar (440mm
wide) and a matching Ritchey Comp Stem ( 1 1/8 steer tube diameter and
130mm length). Both items are BRAND NEW TAKE OFFS.

Photo's in the photo section.

$100.00

I have just posted some photo's of the CIOCC Road Bike that is for
sale.

Petey.

For Sale:

CIOCC Road Bike
58-59cm frame
Columbus Tubing
Shimano 600 Drive Train. ( Crank, Front & Rear Derailleur's )
Shimano 600 Down Tube Shifters
Shimano Dura Ace or Campagnolo Record 7 Speed Cassette
Mavic Rims ( Front Hub Shimano 600, Rear Hub Campagnolo Record )
Continentel Ultra 3000 Tires 700x23 ( Less Than 150kms on Rubber )
Campagnolo Brake Calipers
Campagnolo Brake Levers
Selle Italia Trans-am Saddle
Cateye Tomo Computer
Profile Design Duel Seat Clamp Water Bottle Holder.

This bike is in excellent condition and has been professionally
maintained.

$800.00 obo

Pictures available on request.

Will deliver in a 100km radius of London ON for a small fee.

Hey Catherine

Were you on a different ride? Petey and even Preston thought the
weather was just great----warm with tail winds, a perfect riding
day?????? Not really, it wasn't the weather that made it a perfect
riding day it was all of you brave people that showed up for my ride
despite the temperature and winds. Thanks a lot to all of you. And
somehow I don't think I lead you around the route, it was more like
me trying to keep up!

So in honour of the weather and riding companions I've renamed the
ride to The Brrrr Tour to Acton.

Check out the pictures I posted.

Cheers
Don

--- In GreatCanadian@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Kwiecien"
<skwiecien@...> wrote:
>
> A great ride, quiet country roads, nice hills, and I'm sure the
colours
> were beautiful last weekend! . That is one of my favourites as is
> probably obvious since it was promising to be a rather cold day of
> riding but I rode anyway.  As I pulled into the parking lot I
remember
> thinking that I wasn't the only stu. I mean die-hard as there were
> already 10 or so riders, jumping up and down to keep warm and
adding
> multiple layers of clothing, booties, toques (except Shirley, who
was
> barefoot . hmm!).  Now If only Don could have done something about
the
> headwind for the last 40 k!
>
> And thanks Don for leading us around the route.
>
> Catherine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GreatCanadian@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:GreatCanadian@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pete
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 6:50 PM
> To: GreatCanadian@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Great Canadian Bicycle Tours] Oct/15/06 Ride To Acton
>
> You put together an awsome route Don. I really enjoyed todays
ride.
> Tail wind the whole ride and 30 degree temp all day today. What
more
> do you want?
>
> petey.
>

AND it was very thoughtful of Don to provide an umbrella with which to
shade us from the blazing sun as we signed in.

Pete wrote:
> You put together an awsome route Don.  I really enjoyed todays ride.
> Tail wind the whole ride and 30 degree temp all day today.  What more
> do you want?
>
> petey.
>
>
>
>

You put together an awsome route Don.  I really enjoyed todays ride.
Tail wind the whole ride and 30 degree temp all day today.  What more
do you want?

petey.

Greetings cyclists!

You may have seen the announcements in Pedal Mag, the BTAC website,
or the Conestoga College fall calendar ... or maybe not!

Winterborne Bicycle Institute, a "division" of Winterborne Custom
Bicycles and an educational partner with Conestoga College, has been
created to provide in-depth training for shop mechanics and/or
advanced home mechanics.

At a time when the bike industry is booming and bike materials and
technology are becoming more and more advanced, the industry is
challenged with a shortage of good mechanics all across North
America.

Our goal is to help more people get on bikes more often, and have
those bikes be safer and more reliable, through professional level
mechanic training. We're the only such trade school in Canada, and
the only one in North America east of Colorado.

Our first course starts Monday and runs 11 days over the next two
weeks (Sundays are always reserved for riding!). Our initial class
is full at 10 students from across Ontario, and the College has a
waiting list.

We're grateful for the tremendous support we've received from Park
Tool, Trek Bikes, Babac Cycle Products, Shimano, BTAC, Pedal Mag,
Ziggy's Cycle, True North, Barnett Bicycle Institute and Arnie Baker
Cycling.

Our starter website is just a few pages at www.winterbornebikes.com,
and pics of the shop/class on the eve of our first course can be
found at http://www.fototime.com/inv/46D69C2B9834A5F

If you or someone you know is interested in finding out more, please
contact us through the info on the website, or e-mail us at
wbi (at) rogers.com

If you've been wondering why you haven't seen me on many GCBT rides
this season, this start-up is why!

...alan
Alan Medcalf

The road portions have 2 distances which are completely on the road: 67Km
and 107 Km.



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The road portions have 2 distances which are completely on the road:  67Km
and 107 Km.



Pauline&Goldwin

What is the distance on the road portion of this ride???

with 3 or 4 shows per day through that entire two month stretch.

See: http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/imax/

cheers,
...alan

Wired to Win is playing at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto from
Oct 6 through the end of November at least.  There are 3 and sometimes
4 shows each day.

For details, see: http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/imax/

Cheers,
...alan

Hello all,

Just called them, only to find that there are no more tickets available.

The person I talked said they were thinking of adding an extra show, though.

Fred, if you hear anything about an extra show, could please post the info
to the Great Canadian Yahoo Group?

Preston


> EDUCATION NIGHT: WIRED TO WIN
> TBN members are invited to a complimentary screening of Wired To Win:
> Surviving the Tour de France. This unprecedented IMAX film experience
> takes viewers on a spell binding ride with the first-ever giant screen
> film footage of the legendary Tour de France. You and one guest are
> invited to attend a special screening WIRED TO WIN at the Ontario
> Science Centre, Tuesday, October 3, 2006. Film times: 7:00 p.m. and
> 8:30 p.m. (arrive 30 minutes prior to film time). Please reserve your
> two free tickets by calling 416-696-1000 before October 1, 2006. Call
> early as tickets are limited and first come first serve. Free parking
> Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road (at Eglinton Ave. East)
> More about the movie: http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com
>
> Hi Everyone,
>         My wife and I saw this film at the Museum of Science and
> Industry in Chicago last June. It's sponsored by a pharmaceutical
> company which produces brain medication and uses the Tour de France as
> a backdrop to put forth the idea that a properly supported brain can
> accomplish anything including 3 weeks of pain otherwise known as the
> Tour de France. I would say 60% of the film shows actual footage of
> the tour in spectacular Imax and the rest shows an animation of the
> brain and it's electrical pathways and how it controls the body. In
> spite of this somewhat misleading intro, we're going to see it again
> next Tuesday at the 20:30 showing. Not a TBN member, no problem, just
> tell them if they ask and they won't that gcbt is an affiliated
> cycling club with tbn. They asked me if I got an invitation and I told
> them about the tbn website announcement and if they wanted my
> membership number? The person at the OSC ticket office said that was
> not necessary and gave me a confirmation number to pick up my tickets.
>
> Fred Lee
>
>
>
>
>
> Great Canadian Bicycle Tours
> http://www.gcbt.org
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

EDUCATION NIGHT: WIRED TO WIN
TBN members are invited to a complimentary screening of Wired To Win:
Surviving the Tour de France. This unprecedented IMAX film experience
takes viewers on a spell binding ride with the first-ever giant screen
film footage of the legendary Tour de France. You and one guest are
invited to attend a special screening WIRED TO WIN at the Ontario
Science Centre, Tuesday, October 3, 2006. Film times: 7:00 p.m. and
8:30 p.m. (arrive 30 minutes prior to film time). Please reserve your
two free tickets by calling 416-696-1000 before October 1, 2006. Call
early as tickets are limited and first come first serve. Free parking
Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road (at Eglinton Ave. East)
More about the movie: http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com

Hi Everyone,
         My wife and I saw this film at the Museum of Science and
Industry in Chicago last June. It's sponsored by a pharmaceutical
company which produces brain medication and uses the Tour de France as
a backdrop to put forth the idea that a properly supported brain can
accomplish anything including 3 weeks of pain otherwise known as the
Tour de France. I would say 60% of the film shows actual footage of
the tour in spectacular Imax and the rest shows an animation of the
brain and it's electrical pathways and how it controls the body. In
spite of this somewhat misleading intro, we're going to see it again
next Tuesday at the 20:30 showing. Not a TBN member, no problem, just
tell them if they ask and they won't that gcbt is an affiliated
cycling club with tbn. They asked me if I got an invitation and I told
them about the tbn website announcement and if they wanted my
membership number? The person at the OSC ticket office said that was
not necessary and gave me a confirmation number to pick up my tickets.

Fred Lee

Hi,

This large, quiet, top-floor apartment is available anytime in October
or November. The lease will end in August. The price is $709 per
month (somewhat negotiable) with utilities included. Sorry for
posting here, but I am not getting many responses through normal
methods and I really need someone to take this apartment.

Amanda

Hi,

This large, quiet, top-floor apartment is available anytime in October
or November.  The lease will end in August.  The price is $709 per
month (somewhat negotiable) with utilities included.  Sorry for
posting here, but I am not getting many responses through normal
methods and I really need someone to take this apartment.

                                                       Amanda

New Parking arrangements
The Blandford Square Mall and Walmart have been torn down.
For those who attended the Labour Day ride the parking is the same.

When you turn north on County Rd 4 from  Hwy 2 look to your left.
There is a short road call Bonds Corners Lane in front of the Auction
House.  Park on the road as close to the turnaround as possible.  Look
for my bike and I which will be there about 8:00am. There is room for
about 20-25 cars, without interfering with auction.
I hope we have better weather than today.

Remember it is a 9:00 AM start.

Call me with questions,
David

Last Sunday's Swamp Fever ride was great.  It helped that the weather
was fabulous.  Thanks go out to the organizers of the ride - it's one
that I'll definitely repeat.

Fingers crossed for good weather this weekend, given that there's two
GCBT rides on.  My local club - the Flying Dogs - is hosting its 6th
annual Big Ride to benefit Anselma House - 160km and 200km - on
Sunday.  I'd hate to be out that long in the rain.

See you at the Other Oxford County Tour.

Paula

Hi, everyone!

Just a quick note on the ride I have for this Saturday....

It is not a "death ride"!! I understand that some people think the
following..."ex-Polkadots equals lots of hills!" This isn't
Woodstock or London, so there is some climbing. However, the climbs
are manageable and afford great views of Lake Ontario and the
surrounding area. The route options will be about 69 and 87 kms.

I've planned the timing to coincide with the Grape and Wine Festival
in St. Catharines. (www.grapeandwine.com) There are wineries on
route as well if that interests you. Please let me know if you have
any questions.

Now, let's hope for drier weather than the forecast...

Peter Leyser

--- In GreatCanadian@yahoogroups.com, GreatCanadian@yahoogroups.com
wrote:
> Vineland-Pelham Loop- 69/87 km
> Saturday September 23, 2006
> 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
>
> Location: Prudhomme's Landing, Vineland. Take QEW Niagara east to
Victoria Ave. (Reg. Rd. 24). Turn right at off ramp, then right
again at the Victoria Ave. Traffic signal. Turn right at the North
Service Road. Turn left into the plaza with the Day's Inn, Tim
Horton's and Subway...this is the start point.
> Phone: Peter Leyser - 905 643 7131 - e-mail:
pleyser@....
>
> Notes:
> New for 2006!  A leisurely ride on scenic roads of Niagara County
passing through picturesque vineyards and villages of Vineland and
Beamsville.

Hi friends,
See you on Sunday for a nice sunny ride. But first the bad news,
Blondie in Inverhaugh has not been keeping her supply of pie up to
par, and some late arrivals may not get any - moral of the story -
ride fast if you want pie.
But I have been over the route an there is some nice new pavement here
and there.
One more note, I was not captured by a tribe of Amazon women as John
Bennett has been saying. I was actually captured by just one single
woman and we have been venturing far afield with tours, and exploring
to make new club tours for next season, such as a 210 km loop of
Manitoulin Island a couple weeks ago. Hope to offer that next year.
It's very scenic and we saw 7 deer one day.
See you in Fergus.
Tom Simon