PCC ride season starts Tuesday April 17, 2012 !!!

For the schedule and details click here or on the link above “2012 Local Weekly and Other Rides” However, the PCC email group should contain announcements of pre-season rides organized by club members.

Traffic Cycling Classes: Various Days April and May

Click on these links for descriptions and registration instructions:
Mon. April 16, 2012; Champaign – Part 1: Truth & Techniques of Traffic Cycling
Sat. April 21, 2012; Mahomet – Part 1: Truth & Techniques of Traffic Cycling
Fri. May 4, 2012; Urbana – Part 1: Truth & Techniques of Traffic Cycling
Sat. May 5, 2012; Urbana – Part 2: Train Your Bike
Sat. May 5, 2012; Urbana – Part 3: Tour of Urbana

PCC Happy Hour, Friday April 13 ….

…. 5pm at Radio Maria Restaurant, 119 N Walnut, Champaign (SW corner of Walnut and Taylor). Members, their friends, and those interested in bicycling are all invited. 2012 PCC memberships will be available for purchase ($15 for individuals, $20 for households).

Season Kickoff and Social 6-8pm, Tues March 27, 2012, …

… at Jupiter’s at the Crossing (in Village Green shopping center, at the SW corner of Windsor and Duncan Champaign). Come to pay your 2012 dues ($15 individual, $20 household, if you did not do so at our December gathering) and/or then have some pizza and soft drinks (both supplied by PCC for 2012 new and returning members) and beer (available for purchase at Jupiter’s); and socialize with new and old club and board members. Get the latest on who’s riding when, with whom.

Grand Fondu Pre-Season Gathering, Sunday Feb 12 …..

…. Trainer Session 1230pm / Potluck 130pm / Optional Ride approx. 230pm

Gran Fondo – a European tradition. An organized bicycle race/ride on a hilly course of 160-225 km for several thousand riders and racers, staffed by cheerful volunteers serving up sandwiches, fruit, and drinks at many intersections. (Read about this tradition at www.biciveneto.it/granfondo.html)

Realizing that a February afternoon in pancake-flat Central Illinois may be 20 degrees with a 25 mph wind, we can’t organize a Gran Fondo, but instead offer a Gran Fondu, PCC’s pre-season trainer session/potluck/ride, graciously hosted by John Prince, PCC’s activities coordinator, at his home, 904 E Mumford Dr, Urbana.

Come at 1230pm for an indoor trainer session (bring your own trainer). Or come at 130pm for a potluck dinner. After dinner, weather permitting, those brave, fit, (or foolish?) will go on a short bicycle ride.

Please contact our host, John, at princejohnm@gmail.com to tell him the type of food you will bring (for hot plate and refrigerator accommodations) and whether you will need trainer space. Realize that this is Pot Luck and we will be pleasantly surprised by whatever we have.

35+ attended the Annual Membership Meeting and Holiday Dinner …

… on Sunday Dec 4, 6:00pm at the Great Impasta restaurant in Urbana.
After a dinner of
     House Salad              Lasagna Marinara
     Chicken Marsala       Green Beans and Walnuts
we re-elected PCC’s current board members and adopted our resurrected/revised bylaws.

PCC End of Season Ride, Sunday, October 9

The end of the season ride to Homer Lake is scheduled for Sunday October 9th, leaving from Meadowbrook Park (Windsor Road parking lot) at 12:30 PM. A leisurely ride, the one-way distance from Meadowbrook Park to Homer Lake is approximately 15 miles. Sandwiches and soft drinks purchased and delivered by PCC board member Bob Morris, robert.morris.a@gmail.com, will be served at Homer Lake starting at 1:15pm to those who RSVP Bob by October 6th