Are you ready for the Fall Thanksgiver' Series?! We sure are. Here are the details:

📆 You have from October 1st - October 11th to complete Rides #1 and #2.

📸 Take pictures at each checkpoint sign and send them along with your Strava (or other) screenshot to gccthanksgiver@gmail.com by Saturday October 11, 2025. You can also share your photos and videos by tagging us and hashtagging #goldencyclingclub (note: your profile needs to be public for us to see it).

 

Ride #1 (do NOT need to register):

Begins on October 1st (6.3km, 250m)

PRIZES: All juniors that participate will be entered into a best hand draw

https://www.trailforks.com/route/ride-1-the-fun-stuff/

✅ Start by going up Rodeo Drive from Reflection Lake

✅ Hook onto the Rotary trail through the Disc Golf Course and then head up 7up

✅ RIde along Bush Party and thenHead downhill on Berminator and enjoy the ride!!

✅ Follow the road down to the connector trail and go UP the woodlot ride to the start of Premature!

✅ Enjoy this fun jumpline all the way to Selkirk Slacker and take a hard LEFT

✅ Ride Selkirk Slacker to the new "Extra Cardit" trail and enjoy the trail the High School kids worked hard on the past few years :)

✅ Call it a day and relax!

 

Ride #2 (do NOT need to register):

Begins on October 4th 

PRIZES: All those who participate will get be entered into a best hand draw for some serious GCC swag.

Route to be added by October 3rd

 

Ride #3 - Poker Ride (PLEASE REGISTER :))

October 11th!!

PRIZES: Everyone who participates in rides #1,2 AND 3 will be put in a draw for GCC Swag (20 prizes) & the grand prize will be a 21lb Turkey courtesy of Whispering Ranch.

Join us for the Annual ThanksGiver one-day poker ride on Saturday, October 12th!

Highlights include:

- Fresh crepes with maple syrup or Nutella in Nicholson. 

- An aid station with water, tools and first aid. 

- A grand prize for the best poker hand: a 21lb farm-raised turkey thanks to Whisper Ranch. Other prizes will be up for grabs as well.

- A well deserved after-party (location to be determined). 

- This year's Poker Ride will be a 40k Tour de Ville/Super Loop. If you haven't ridden a super loop before, you will be riding to the CBT network, riding through the Moonrakers network, cutting through Nicholson and stopping for Crepes, and then climb up to the mountain Shadows Network and through to bring you back home. 

 

The weather forecast is looking great so far, so get yourselves ready for a great day of riding!

POKER RIDE ROUTE: https://www.trailforks.com/route/ride-3-tour-de-ville-superloop/

 

✅ This one's a DOOZY and requires you to register, please! 

✅ Pay what you are able! A recommended minimum of $10 is suggested, but we know it's not possible for everyone. Here's what you get with your entry fee:

✅ Thanksgiver