December 2024

News Highlights:

Calendar Updates –  The club rides in December will still begin at 11:00AM.  As a reminder, please arrive at the start location with plenty of time to suit up and get your bike ready to roll out of the parking lot at the departure time.

Winter Potluck, Save the Date – In what has quickly become a club tradition, CBC will host a winter potluck on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Baldwin Center in North Garden.  See the calendar for details. 

Gravel is Back! – We have three Sunday gravel rides scheduled for December.  These rides are designated with a ‘G’ in the ride description.  In addition, Blue Wheel Bicycles (one of our sponsors) has a Winter Gravel Series that runs once a month on a designated Sunday. Check out their website for the particulars, and for the dates and locations of the rest of the series.

Stillhouse Creek Road is Still Closed – The bridge over Stillhouse Creek in Albemarle County south of Batesville is closed after VDOT crews discovered damage to one of the abutments that support the bridge deck and superstructure.  Stillhouse Creek Road, which climbs up to Crown Orchard, is included on a number of CBC routes.  VDOT has published the anticipated completion date of that work to be January 31.  We have added comments to the club routes affected by this closure.

Website Upgrades – In our continuing effort to make the website more informative and easier to use, several months ago we launched two new experimental features… a “one-click” registration button on the ride pages for members to express their interest in participating, and a classifieds section.  As a reminder, you can find the classifieds under the Members only drop-down menu.  If you post something in the classifieds section and it sells, please contact us to ask us to remove the item.

Bike Club Book Club – Are you interested in joining a book club of fellow bike club members that would meet every one or two months?  If so, please join Dominique on Sunday, January 12 at 3 pm at the Wegmans dining area (100 Wegmans Way, Charlottesville) for another “interest” meeting.  We plan on picking a book and and the first meeting location and date.  Come join us for a post ride wind down and fun discussion.

RideWithGPS Holiday Giveback Challenge – Each year in December, RWGPS runs a Holiday Gift Campaign, which enables anyone to purchase 15 months of a Premium subscription for the price of 12 months.  It is the only deal they run on subscriptions, and they are adding a new option this year.  Each time that anyone makes a purchase of such a gift subscription using the link below, RWGPS will give your Charlottesville Bicycle Club 10% of that purchase!  Thank you in advance for considering a renewal that will send money to the club from RWGPS.
https://ridewithgps.com/giveback/charlottesville_bicycle_club

Do you have an idea for another club social event?  Is there some activity or local event you would like to do with some of your fellow club members?  We would love to add something like this to the club calendar (with enough notice that we can add it to our monthly newsletter).  Contact us with the details.

Please welcome this month’s newest club members – James Rolf, Besmellah Abdullahi, Sara Marakem, and Stefan Hodges-Kluck.

The CBC