News
AJCC’s Kris Evoy Rip’s it up at Kelso
Posted on July 7th, 2010
Check out this video of Kris at Kelso Conservation Area shot earlier this season.
DH #3 at Kelso
Posted on June 14th, 2010
AJCC had a great turn out at this weekends DH O-Cup#3. The weather got better as the weekend progressed and the course continued to dry out leading up to the race run.
The AJCC camp was the place to be both days with good food and good times being enjoyed by all. Terry Leimonis was up to his normal tricks fixing everything that moved and a couple of things that didn’t. I don’t think the race would go on if Terry wasn’t there fixing team bikes and everyone else’s as well. We are extremely lucky to have one most respected DH’ers and top mechanic rolled into one in our corner. Thanks Terry!
Newbies to the team this year made their presence known. Desmond “Pepper” Jones followed up two thirds with a second and Oscar “Pretty Boy” Andersen had his first of many podiums with a third place finish. Kris Evoy continued his strong season with a second place finish only one second out of first. Look for more from Kris as the season progresses.
Monika Luebuke placed second as did Kevin Norris, look for more strong finishes from these two as they get familiar with their new rides this season.
Look for”Big Blue” and the AJCC crew at Camp Fortune July 3-4. Hope to see you there!
Our Newest Team mate!
Posted on June 7th, 2010
All the members of AJCC would like to congratulate team mates Kevin Mahood and Christina Alsop on the birth of their daughter, Kinley Maya Mahood. Mother and daughter are doing fine and we can’t wait to see the whole family out at the races.
Welcome to the Team!
CS/AJCC at Super D #1 and DH OCup #1
Posted on May 5th, 2010
AJCC had an impressive turnout at the season’s first Down Hill and Super-D events, held concurrently at Kelso Conservation Area. Seven of our eight new DH riders were on hand, in their new kit and did us proud.
Mike Andruszkiw, Kelsey Krushtl, Kyle Shultz, Monika Luebke and John Fisher Jr. competed in the Super D race on Saturday with John Jr. taking 1st in the Men Under 25 category.
In the Minime category Desmond “Pepper” Jones claimed his first podium in 3rd place with Raith Woods following him in fourth. Oskar Andersen, Logan Earhart, Dan Moriarity and Elliott Watson fought it out with 36 other riders in the cadet category. Monika Luebke had a great start to the season winning the All Female. Mike Andruszkiw and Dave Seibald placed 6th and 13th respectively in Master 30-39. Shane Joachim just missed a podium with a fourth place finish in Master 40+ followed closely by Scott Sinclair in 7th. New teamates Kris Evoy and Taylor Bruce gave us strong representation in the Junior Expert category, where we previously didn’t have any riders. Kris finished 4th and Taylor a respectable 14th. John “The Fish” Fisher added another medal to his rather large collection with a 2nd place finish in Senior Expert with less than half a second separating 1st and 2nd. Steven Gauci was there to represent us in the tough Senior Elite field.
It was great to see our team bond over the weekend with new riders fitting right in. Look to see the team in action at Horseshoe on May 29-30.
Logan Earhart flying down the course at 2010 DH OCup #1 (Kelso)
XC OCup #1 – Mansfield
Posted on April 29th, 2010
Most of our usual suspects were out on Sunday for the inaugural 2010 Ontario Cup cross country mountain bike race. As in past years, this first race was held at Mansfield Outdoor center, a sandy soiled forest that drains well in wet weather and has a distinct but relatively safe spectrum of technical riding challenges compared to many other venues (think deep sand in corners and tree-rooted climbs, not rock gardens and mud pits).
Per usual, the AJCC contingent was diversity personified with racers at all four start times, spanning Minime (13-41 year old) females to male and female elites to 60+ year old masters.
Notable results include Matt Kadey who placed second in masters sport 35-39, coming back strong from a broken ankle and consequently foreshortened season last year. It was a closely fought race with Matt losing only by seconds after accidentally unclipping on one of the final corners in the ultimate lap. John Fisher (2009 master 50-54 series leader) came fourth in his race, just 3.5 seconds off the podium. Damian Wiechula, newly arrived in the 60+ category this year, showed he needn’t have worried about the sprint-like pace of his shortened (2 laps for the old guys) race, handily winning his race with a 3 minute lead. Steve Baker, Mr. Plastiglas himself, made the podium in 3rd. Laura Grad, joining us this year came 3rd in senior sport women. Tabi Ferguson came 3rd in 40+ expert women.
Heather Gray placed second in senior elite women. Other elite CSAJ racers today were Anton Varabei (11th) and John Slaughter (33rd at his first race in this category).
There was also an interesting wager and rivalry within the CSAJ senior expert men, the lap times of whom tell an epic tale. But that’s another story…
CS/AJCC @ P2A
Posted on April 28th, 2010
AJCC was well represented at the Paris to Ancaster race again this year. We had women and men from under 15 to over 50 racing.
Congratulations in particular to Logan Earhart who finished first among 11-15 year old males on the 60km course in a time of 2h 33m 8s and to Heather Gray who placed second among 30-something women on her old clunker of a mountain bike with the front derailleur locked in one ring and some of the slowest, knobbiest tires available (watch out though, Heather has a new bike for the OCup season)! Linda Shin finished a respectable 7th of 38 in the same category.
By all accounts everyone else had a pretty good day at the races too, including some personal best finishing times. The weather was fine with a cool start but sunshine and moderate winds later on. The course was generally dry but that didn’t prevent one farmyard from having some of the stickiest mud any of us has ever seen. The final hill, as always, was a killer.
Wednesday night group road rides
Posted on April 20th, 2010
Group road rides are starting up this week. We’ll meet outside the Cycle Solutions Beaches store on Wednesdays and roll out promptly at 6pm. Expect to ride for about 2 hours. In future weeks we’ll adjust the distance and pace according to interest and ability.
Dusk is still early this time of year so bring lights.
Wear team kit if you’ve got it.
Guests from other clubs are welcome but everyone must hold an OCA race license for insurance purposes.
Call or email Stefan if you have any questions.
Superfly’s Tuesday Night Series at Albion Hills
Posted on March 21st, 2010
Cycle Solutions is once again sponsoring the Tuesday night series at Albion Hills conservation area, now in its tenth year. AJCC has always had a strong presence and looks to have a record number of riders out for this seasons series. We will have “Big Blue” and our full support setup at every Tuesday so come out and join us.
Sign up night with an informal ride is on April 29th and the series gets going on May 4th, ending on Aug 24.
Check it out at www.superflyracing.com
There are demo nights, BBQs and corn roasts throughout the year free to the racers. We will have lots of teammates going up every Tuesday so getting a ride and carpooling should be easy.
See you there!
CSAJ wins OCA club challenge… again!
Posted on March 18th, 2010
At the OCA AGM on March 6th in Toronto, Cycle Solutions / Angry Johnny’s Cycling Club was presented with the Club Challenge trophy for 2009. Pedal Magazine and the OCA Newsletter both covered the event. CSAJ won the club challenge in 2008 and 2007 as well, making this our 3rd consecutive year at the top!
For 2010 Angry Johnny’s Cycling Club again has over 80 licensed racers in 5 cycling sports and every category from beginner to elite. Several members are upgrading from last year’s categories and others have just joined us (and the world of competitive cycling!) in the sport and beginner categories. Training and preparation for the 2010 season is well under way with many members setting ambitious personal fitness and performance goals.
Angry Johnny’s Cycling Club, in continued partnership with our title sponsor Cycle Solutions, looks forward to fast laps and good times in our friendly contest for 2010 points leadership among Ontario clubs.
From the OCA Newsletter: OCA board president Duncan Vipond and Club Liaison Chris Chambers present the 2009 Club Challenge trophy to Emma Wiechula and Logan Earhart of CSAJ
Welcome to 2010
Posted on January 29th, 2010
Cycle Solutions and Angry Johnny’s Cycling Club are gearing up for another great season. We’ve got a few new riders and many old friends returning. We have some groovy new kit on the way and several cool events in planning. Most importantly we’ve got the same deep passion for cycling as always!
More news soon. Keep in touch.