2008-2009 Winter Training Program
1st Year Winter Riding Program, Road
1st Year Winter Riding Program, Offroad
GMR Asuza to Peak
The Club
The UC Irvine Cycling Club was established in 1976 and is composed of undergrads, grads, faculty, staff, alumni and family affiliates, and its purpose is to support recreational and competitive cycling in the UCI campus community. We participate in mainly road and mountain bike rides and races, but we also support disciplines such as track and cyclocross. We are a part of the Western Collegiate Cycling Conference as well as the National Collegiate Cycling Association.
Sponsorship Opportunities
UC Irvine Cycling would love to give your business or organization some advertising space on our jersey in exchange for a donation to our team or a discount on your product. We welcome alumni or personal donations as well. These donations will help provide team equipment, offset the costs of competition and travel on a student budget and allows UCI Cycling to put on annual events. Please contact us for details.
UC Irvine Cycling Clothing
UC Irvine Cycling makes its custom kit available to the general public when quantities are available. We also order additional items from our supplier in the Spring and Fall.
Membership
Membership is open to all UC Irvine students (both undergraduate and graduate), alumni, faculty, staff, and affiliates. Although only students may compete in NCCA races, all are welcome on club rides, have access to sponsorship deals, are eligible to purchase a UCI jersey, and can get training advice from our team certified USCF expert coach.
We currently offer two levels of yearly membership*:
Club Membership: $25**
- Team rides, training and trips
- Sponsorship deals
- Discounts at our local shop sponsor
- Able to purchase team clothing
- Use of team equipment
- Coaching advice from USCF certified coach, Dave Jordaan
- One pair of UCI Cycling socks and one UCI Cycling water bottle (~$15 value, while supplies last)
Racing Membership: $75***
- All the privileges of the club membership
- Includes a UC Irvine Cycling jersey (~$50 value!)
- Payment of all collegiate race fees including
- WCCC Road Races (~ $15 per race)
- WCCC Mtn Races, including gravity events (~ $15 per race)
- NCCA Road and Mtn national championships
- WCCC and NCCA 'specialty' events (track, cyclocross, training camps, clinics, etc...)
- Reimbursement of NCCA collegiate racing license (~ $30 )
- Reimbursement of collegiate racing incurred travel expenses (pending available funds)
- Reimbursement of NORBA and USCF race fees (pending available funds)
- Structured training programs from Coach Dave
*All members who purchased the current jersey during the previous racing season are eligible for the racing level membership at the club level price. All racing members are required to purchase and race in a current jersey.
**Available to the entire UC Irvine community, including student, faculty, staff, alumni, and affiliates.
***Available only to full time students, both undergraduate and graduate.
You must also be registered with the ARC and have paid the one-time $10 campus recreation registration fee required for participation in any Campus Recreation organization at the upstairs Registration Desk in the ARC.
Policies
Race Reimbursement
If you would like to be reimbursed for a race, you must do two things: First, you must get your name and student ID number placed on the race itinerary by the Thursday before the race weekend by emailing the chair (see below) of the discipline (mtn or road) in which you are competing. Second, you must fill out a race receipt form after the race and turn it in to either an officer at a meeting or to the director of club sports. You should attach a receipt or check stub verifying the amount spent to the form. Make sure not to leave any fields on the form blank...even if you don't known or couldn't get it correctly signed, fill it in to the best of your ability.
Racing Licenses
Some form of USA Cycling racing license is required for all sanctioned NCCA racing for insurance purposes. We reimburse racers for annual collegiate licenses (currently $30). This license is good for both mtn and road collegiate races, but not non-collegiate (NORBA, USCF) racing. Annual licenses are reimbursed by filling out a race receipt and turning it in to an officer at a meeting or to the director of club sports. If you do not purchase an annual license, a 'One-Day' license will have to be purchased at each race (currently $10), which can be reimbursed through the regular race reimbursement process, but if you do more then three races each year, it is in everyone's best interest to purchase an annual license.
Additional Reimbursements
We would like to support UC Irvine racers by reimbursing for race travel expenses and independent race fees. However, this reimbursement is conditional on available funding. All reimbursement of this form will occur toward the end of each academic quarter. Please collect all your reimbursement documents (receipts, etc.) and you will be compensated to the level possible with the club race budget.
In order to be reimbursed for race fees for races done independent of the cycling team but representing UC Irvine cycling, the Independent Travel form of the travel itinerary must be completed and filed with the Cycling Team president and the Director of Club Sports before the event. This can be done either electronically via email or in hard copy. After the event, a completed copy of the Race Receipt form must be submitted with documentation from the race indicating cost in a timely fashion (before the end of the quarter) to the club treasurer, preferably at a team meeting.
Equipment and Storage
One of the first questions we get from incoming students every year is how they can store their bikes. The cycling team is allowed limited storage space in the ARC for team equipment but has limited accessibility and is not suitable for a personal bike . The best solution is to keep your rig in your room. The following is some advice from team members who have gone through this:
I stayed in the dorms last year. I kept both my road and mountain bike in the room in addition to my roommate's road bike. It definitely can be done. I took a quick look at the policies (undergraduate housing general policies) and they only basically say that bicycles cannot be stored in the public areas of the dorms, but it does not say they cannot be stored in a room. In fact, when we left for winter break, the housing office even suggested that those with bicycles should store them in their room over the break to prevent theft. My friend Drew from the team was an RA (resident advisor) and he kept both of his bikes in his room as well. As long as one doesn't cause any damage with her bikes, no one will say anything - the main person who would is the RA, and from my experience they have far worse things to worry about than cyclists having their bikes inside. My advice is to try and bunk beds if possible. Once my roommate and I bunked our beds, we had significantly increased storage. Good luck!
Matt Purvis - Summer, 2005
I actually kept my bike in my dorm last year. It was fairly easy and as far as I know it was not against the rules. I bought the Performance Off the Wall II Rack and set it up behind my bed. Although the bike hung over my bed (restricted a little head room) I had no problem with it. We did far worse things in the room then have a bike in there!
Chris Jennings - Summer, 2005:
Events & Meetings
Club meetings are currently being planned. All meetings are confirmed via the listserve.
Racing
The collegiate races are open to UCI cycling club student members. You will need a USCF or Norba license receipt in order to receive your refund! Don't throw that pink or yellow piece of paper away! Look under the Links section for the Club Sports Event Receipt.
Collegiate (NCCA) Mountain and Road Races
The MTB season begins in the Fall, generally starting in September and going until November.
The Road season begins in late January and goes until early May.
Check WCCC Schedule and Results for the Schedule and results.
USCF Road
Local Southern California road races are listed at SCNCA.
El Dorado, and Others
Check the listserve for other Races going on in the local area, such as El Do, etc.
Rides
The club holds many road and mountain rides. You must be enrolled in Anteater Cycling through Campus Recreation to attend any of the club rides. Many rides are also posted to the listserve so please subscribe to our listserve for more information.
Compiled Lists:
Riding in the OC - A nice list of available road and mountain rides available in the local area. Compiled by our own George Pryor.
Mountain:
Orange County's Mountain Bike Trails - A comprehensive list of most available mountain bike trails locally. If you know of any others let us know and we will post them here.
Road:
Local groups rides: The following fast groups
rides are available for those who can keep up. Regular attendance at these rides is the most 'no-brainer' way to train for
racing. These are publicly accessible rides composed of local racers and
avid riders looking for training or hard riding. Expect to ride hard and
adhere to proper group ride decorum when attending.
Anteater Cycling rides: These rides are set up by members and are highly seasonal and conditional. Check the
listserve to see if any this week.
A special thanks to all our sponsors
Photos
Some Links!
Our Sponsors
Listserve Information
We're using a Google group as our email list; the group, as well as all previous messages, can be accessed here.
In order to post to the group and receive messages as they arrive, you'll have to join it. You can do that here or by clicking "Join this Group" from the group's webpage.
Please note, joining the listserve does not make you a member of Anteater Cycling. You must register through the ARC and pay dues to be a member.
Contact Us
Please use Contact link or for other Officer emails use our Members Page.
USCF & UCI Certified Coach: Dave Jordaan cybercyclecoach@gmail.edu
The Director of UC Irvine Club Sports: Marie Fekete mfekete@gmail.edu
Snail Mail to:
UCI Anteater Recreation Center
ATTN: Anteater Cycling
680 California Ave.
Irvine, CA 92697-4515