Normand Richard makes the podium in the 3/4 crit, chapeau:

(photo courtesy Doug Brons)

We're running a special extra-Super WTNC race schedule on July 10, so pay attention:

Elite Men and Women: no race, please race in the UBC Grand Prix happening on the other side of UBC. It will be excellent!

So, enjoying the Spring weather this week? Ha ha, a little Vancouver joke, of course you are not.

Escape Velocity Cycling Club and dEVo are proud to present our 2012 Young Women’s Cycling Camp, starting on August 6th.

This program is designed to help young women (15-25) make the transition from bicycle enthusiast to skilled cyclist. Participants will learn about all the major road disciplines, including Track, and Road cycling skills. They will also learn the principles of cycling in a group and cycling-specific cross training. Your ringleader will be Lisa Howard.

Past program participants include:

[This weekend will see a rider from right here in British Columbia compete in the highest levels of cycling competition over in Europe. What? Ryder Hesda-wha? No no no! We mean dEVo BMX's own Jeannie Mansell, and I'll turn it over to her to tell her story. -the web nerd]

So what is BMX racing? This was the first question I asked a co-worker who had recommended it for a little boy I knew. His explanation did not include ladies 30-plus years old racing a bicycle around a track that would scare the life out of someone who ought to know better! I started hanging around a BMX race track in 2007 – no I am not 16 – far from it! Add at least 3 decades and that would be more my age! The first year my role was a mentor to a young boy trying to find a sport that satisfied his need for speed and his desire to be “good at something”. Once he mastered the ins and outs of the race gate and knew where to be and how it should all work, I was no longer needed and looked for another role.