One club would never have been enough.
Two clubs, one group of students who would rather be outside. We ride out of the University of Ottawa from the first dry road in spring to the last one before the snow.
Two clubs, on purpose
uoCC
uOttawa Cycling Club
uoCC is the fast group. Longer routes, real climbs, and a pace that holds. Come if you are comfortable riding in a bunch and turning yourself inside out on a hill.
- Typical pace
- 29 km/h
- Rides a week
- 2
- uoCC Thursday EveningThursday · 17:00
- uoCC Sunday MorningSunday · 9:00
uoVélo
uOttawa Vélo
uoVelo is the social group. Nobody gets dropped, we stop for coffee, and the point is usually a road none of us has ridden before.
- Typical pace
- 23 km/h
- Rides a week
- 1
- uoVélo Sunday MorningSunday · 9:00
Sign the waiver
Once per season, no exceptions
Every rider signs before their first ride of the season. It is short, it is the same form for both clubs, and it is what lets the university keep letting us run group rides. If you have not signed, a ride lead will ask you to do it at the start line, which is a slow way to do something that takes two minutes now.
- Bring a helmet. No helmet, no ride.
- A bike in working order. Brakes and tyres get checked at the start.
- Tell the ride lead if it is your first time out with us.
Lead a ride
Both clubs, all season
Ride leads are why either club works. You pick the route, set the pace, count heads at the turns, and make sure nobody rides home alone. You do not need to be the fastest person there. With uoVélo especially, the opposite is usually more useful.
- What you get
- Route planning help, a club kit discount, and first say on where we go.
- What we ask
- One ride a month in season, and a heads-up if you cannot make yours.
- Who we want
- Anyone who has ridden with us a few times and likes the people.
Tell us what to do better
Anonymous if you want
Route too hard, pace too fast, start time impossible, someone being a problem: the uoCC committee reads all of it.
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Route too hard, pace too fast, start time impossible, someone being a problem: the uoVélo committee reads all of it.
Feedback form not set yet