Dear << first name >>
This email is being sent to you from the CCCTS Board and the CCCTS Tour Director in order to assess the club’s interest in reviving the Cross Canada tour in 2025. As you probably know, the original Cross Canada tour in 1983 is the heritage of CCCTS and the reason the club came to exist. The last time the club ran this tour was in 2004 and given that the club used to run the tour about every 3 years, we must be way overdue to run it again.
Here are some preliminary details on the potential Cross Canada 2025 tour:
- Timeframe – About 3 months or 90 days over the summer,
- Route – Begin in Sydney, B.C. and end in St. Johns, Newfoundland,
- Daily Distances – Average about 90 to 120 kilometers, but there will be a few days that are longer and some days that are shorter,
- Cost – Cost of the tour is unknown at this early stage but a rough estimate is $8,000 to $10,000 CAD per person. Efforts will be made to economize whenever possible but without sacrificing comfort.
- Group Size – Minimum 16 and maximum 24,
- Method of Travel – Follow the“CCCTS camping system”, which involves renting a truck to carry gear and for emergencies, group cooking in teams, use CCCTS camping equipment, etc.,
- Camping vs. Motels – Camp about 5 nights per week and stay in motels about 2 nights per week or possibly sometimes 3 nights a week,
- Rest Days – Rest day averaging 1 day per week, usually following the first night in the motel,
- Food/Meals – This tour will eat well. All tour members will serve on a cook team and each team will cook approximately 1 day per week. There will be plenty of nutritious and delicious food provided as part of the tour (no scrimping on the food budget) for 3 meals per day plus snacks, except for layover days when tour members will have the opportunity to eat out.
- Driver – Hire a dedicated driver so tour members can ride entire distance,
- E-Bikes – E-bikes welcome, since we will use campgrounds set up for power plug-ins. Spare battery(ies) on the truck will be required,
- Planning Committees – All participants will be required to serve on one or more planning committees (e.g., Route, Accommodations, Safety, Equipment Management, Food)
- Senior Advisory Committee – A Senior Advisory Committee (SAC) will be formed with a few longtime club members who have led CCCTS camping trips and/or ridden the Cross Canada tour with our club. This committee will review and provide guidance on all aspects of planning for the tour.
Please reply by email to the Tour Director – Robin Howe, robincooksandsews@gmail.com – no later than May 15, 2023, if and only if you have a serious interest in possibly cycling and being involved in the planning of the Cross Canada Tour with CCCTS during the summer of 2025. We understand that it is not possible to know for sure whether you will be able to participate in a major ride like this 2 ¼ plus years in the future. Things can change in our lives, such as unplanned health conditions. But, if you seriously think you would like to go and will have the time, the funds, and the fitness/cycling ability, then the Tour Director would like to hear from you.
A list will be formed of interested club members. If a sufficient number of club members respond in the affirmative, the Board will move forward with this enormous and exciting project.
Best,
Robin Howe, CCCTS Tour Director
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