Mission
The Jason Lapierre Memorial Cycling Weekend has evolved into one of Alberta’s premiere cycling events over it’s 4 years. With the race’s ever increasing exposure to the public, the mission has remained the same: to highlight the engaging, exciting, pure spectacle of speed on two wheels and the end result of countless hours of training and a healthy lifestyle. An increased appreciation of the end result makes motorists aware of the need for cyclists to safely share the road with vehicles.

Event history
Speed Theory Cycling, was rocked to its core on July 19th 2006 when a motorist, deemed 100% at fault, ended the life of one of the club’s best friends while he was out on a training ride near Cochrane Alberta. Along with the cycling club’s own growth in the last 5 years, the idea of hosting a flagship bike race in the downtown core has been an overall goal to place racing in an accessible exciting venue for Calgary’s public. This increased exposure will put faces and names to the hundreds of cyclists training on rural roads with the hope of greater tolerance. 2010 marked the inaugural Downtown Criterium where 2 entire city blocks are completely closed to traffic and pure racing and the product of a healthy, active lifestyle is put on public display. Five different abilities of athlete are put on show with separate events all commentaried by a professional MC. The ability classes go from athletes who enjoy cycling at a ‘hobby’ level while incorporating family and career all the way to aspiring professionals who will be fighting for valuable results! With the flagship event’s move to downtown, the ability to host a kid’s race was also an opportunity that was not missed. The Kid’s Crit opened the evenings events with a bang being open to kids from 3 – 15 years of age. It is always a crowd favourite.

Spread the word about the race to as many people as you can.  If you have the time and the resources feel free to print one of the posters and stick them up around town.  The more that people know about the race the better.

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Here’s a clip i made last summer around this time….

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Copy the poster and spread the news.  Higher quality one (11MB) HERE

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Darcy doing his thang

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Oh and this is a redesign of the SpeedTheory shorts that I had a crack at.  The Kit right now is a bit to black for my liking and it needed a bit more of a ‘Tour’ feel.  I’m going to have a go at the jersey next and see what I can come up with.  Comments and suggestions welcome.

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Its sad to see that ride go, its been with me for a good 10+ years, but i dont think it would see the dirt trails with me in the saddle anymore, so off it went to a new home. I did snap a few photos of the bad boy before the guy came and picked it up though, just for old times sake. Check them out below or on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbtriplec/

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Oh and if you’re wondering where I got the crazy ideas for my Kijiji ad?  I stole it… check out this video.  I think I might have posted it here a long time ago but am way to lazy to look back. Enjoy.  Next up for sale is my dresser…. stay tuned for pictures and price!

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Also if you have a few seconds check out the video that I found a fellow bikers blog, The A-Files (Alison Testroete’s) blog.  Her brother put this video together after a trip to Japan, and you have to check out his other art project – the best one has to be THIS . Awesome work!

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Prarire Roubiax

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I thought i would also share this litte comic i found in the paper this morning.  After Ryan expressed his disappointment with the Canadian ‘own the podium’ I think this captures how he feels.

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Race will be held at the Glenmore Athletic Track (Map Here) on the 24th of October

Sign on will occur at 6:45 pm.

Races at:

• Virgins: 7:15 pm
• Open Female and Master Female: 7:35
• Open Male and Master Male: 8:00 pm

BYOB & BYODriver

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—UPDATE—

Race will be held at the Glenmore Athletic Track – Map Here

Sign on will occur at 6:45 pm.

• Virgins: 7:15 pm
• Open Female and Master Female: 7:35
• Open Male and Master Male: 8:00 pm

Updated Beer Mile Poster

For those of you who dont know what a beer mile is you can check out beermile.com for all the info.  Its a blast so tell your friends and make this your ‘A’ race.

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I am currently working at Earl Grey Golf Course and will be there until the season ends or I manged to find another job downtown.  I haven’t been very motivated about getting a desk job downtown, the nice summer weather and the great hours (6am – 2pm) allowed me to bike up a storm and get a nice farmers tan.  Now that those ‘nice days’ are gone (for those of you who didn’t know it freaking snowed in twice this week), and my tan is fading I am starting to get my resume out on the streets.  I have had a couple of interviews but nothing has developed into a full time position yet.  The architecture industry is still in the slump of the recession but i think things are starting to pick up… Fingers crossed

My evenings are spend up at school.  I am at MRU (formerly known as MRC) three nights a week for the next few months. I manged to snag a bike locker at the school so I am able to get a few more km’s in the saddle commuting to and from class.  Today was a bit sketchy because of the snow and ice but i am enjoying ripping around at night on my Mountain bike.  However I do need to get a some stronger lights on my bike as I have almost been hit, and in turn, flipped a few birds at drivers for cutting me off.  I don’t think people expect a cyclist to be riding on the roads in -10 at 6am or 9pm.

I have been spending a lot of time sitting on machinery at the golf course which has allowed me to catch up with some good music.  The day seems to go by a lot faster with some good tunes pumping in my ears.  Greg has hooked me up with some sweet Essential Mixes and they just keep getting better.  If you like your House/Trance/Dance i suggest you check out some Funkagenda and some Gui Barrato.  Funkagenda did a remix of one of my all time favorite songs – Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face – and i feel in love with it all over again.  It gets me jumping every time i hear it.  So check out this little didy I have cranked at least once a day.  I couldnt find the mp3 so you will have to listen to the youtube version.

If you like the Funkagenda mix you should also check out the new one from Deadmau5. Its called Faxing Berlin… it takes a while to get into the thick of things (usual for Deadmau5 I think) but its a wicked song.  check it

In other bike news, i have decided that my next big bike purchase is going to be a cross bike for sure.  I have been snooping around Dave’s Flicker page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10861308@N05/sets/) and get excited about racing cross.  I know the season is almost over but i can always dream of next year. I would like to think that with my running background, my crit experience, and my triathlon dismout and mount experience I would be somewhat ‘good’ at the sport….. only one way to find out though.

If you did the pictures on Daves site you should check out Dalla’s video of the Dark Night Cross race here in Calgary. You can read about it on his blog http://dalrock.blogspot.com/.  Check out the vid… looks like a fun time.

how to Dark Knight from Dalrock on Vimeo.

Anyways, thats all for now.  Hope you guys enjoy the beats!  If you cant get your fill of TripleC you can always follow me on twitter. Until next time. Caio!

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I also was introduced to Grand Analog this past weekend and thought i would pass along another session of beats.  This one doen’t really follow the genre of the previous one but its just as sick.  Doug told me about Grand Analog, so if you like this type of music you should check out his show on CJSW Sunday nights at 8pm – 9pm.  He really puts in some solid time to find some wicked cool music and the show is really worth the listen.  And he loves if you call in and comment on the music.

Anyway.. check out the new beats below

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It’s Your Ride from Cinecycle on Vimeo.

Massan from MACAFRAMA on Vimeo.

Rapha Rides The Tour of California – Trailer from RAPHA on Vimeo.

Anima D’Acciaio Trailer Ver5.1 from Cinecycle on Vimeo.

Tour de Bowness Hill Climb from Carson Bannon on Vimeo.

And as for an explanation on why i was so damn slow… i don’t have one.  This year has been the worst year for cycling results for me in a long time….. but it has still been fun .  This past weekend was the Tour de Bowness and for those of you who heard or saw my results…. um… ya… i am fat this year.  I am going to consider this the start of my training for next year, and hopefully I wont make such a fool of my self.  Laters.

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This weekend is the Tour De Bowness.  Its going to hurt… I’m not going to lie.  Last year I managed to place 3rd overall in the Crit (always my fav), and then 2nd overall in the Omnium (just luck I guess).  It was a sucsessfull weekend…. this year is going to be a different story.

After I get my ass kicked at the Tour de Bowness its the Jason Lapierre Memorial race weekend put on by SpeedTheory.  I put together these posters for the race, let me know what you think and if you’re around Calgary you should print one off and post it at your local bike shop.  This is going to be a great weekend with some excellent roads to rip down.

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