HELLO!,  I know you have a busy agenda soooo, let's be brief...  for once.  :-)

Mark your calendar and gather some friends for the POTLUCK DINNER  on Saturday, January 16, 6pm to 9pm at the Dobson Yacht Club,  Westmount Road.

The price of admission is a potluck donation.  If your family name starts with the letter A to Z(except M) bring a main course and family names starting with M bring deserts.

To keep the party green please bring your own plates and cutlery. 

There will be a cash bar and we’ll supply the tea and coffee.  Try out the virtual bike trainer from Framework Cycle and Fitness--the WII of the cycling world, or challenge a friend or spouse.   

We have great door prizes like an annual pass to Cape Breton Highlands National Park courtesy Parks Canada.

Questions??? Call Andrée at 539-9521

So bring some friends and make a night of it!   

News Flash !!!!! It’s a competition!!!!!      We’ve already received 8 nominations for the Velo Awards.  Don’t be left out take, a break from your holiday chores, think cycling, think summer and then nominate someone for a Velo Award in one or both of the following categories. 

Most motivating  Member:  Is there someone in the club that got you out cycling, maybe someone who phoned you to ride, someone who challenged you to a time trial,  or someone who beat you at a time trial and made you train harder, or someone who packed a nummy picnic lunch for a morning tour.  We’ve all been there so take a minute to nominate that person.  Send the name and reason to Andrée Crépeau at acrepeau@ns.sympatico.ca

Commuter of the Year:  Nominate the person that for you is the ultimate commuter.   It could be the diehard that cycles everyday rain or shine, or the co-worker that started commuting and got a few more to try it out, or maybe it’s the fashionnista that didn’t let cycling stand in the way of her fashion statement.  Forward your nomination to Andrée Crépeau at acrepeau@ns.sympatico.ca 

The awards will be handed out at the Velo Cape Breton Potluck Dinner.  See you there!

"OK, my weekly rides have been in the dark now for lots of weeks, but this time of year it just seems . . . darker. The challenge is not to lose your courage in the face of the cold, or simply forget about riding in the busy-ness of getting ready for Christmas. We have almost made it. I have two rides left, Dec. 23 and Dec. 30. 

You are an amazing bunch, and I am in awe particularly of you cycling commuters who make the trek to work all year round. Wish I could do that even in the summer! But as it is I'm late often enough doing that 40km drive in the car, so I better not push it with the boss.

Looking forward to the potluck, where I believe Jacques will finally reward us with accolades and exclamations of "job well done" and "look how skinny you are and by the way you need to clean that chain . . ."

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