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Annual Report
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Montreal Bicycle Club
2018 Season
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Annual Report
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Montreal Bicycle Club
2018 Season
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Report of the Committee
of the
MONTREAL BICYCLE CLUB
Presented at the second Annual Meeting of the reconstituted club 2019
of the
MONTREAL BICYCLE CLUB
Presented at the second Annual Meeting of the reconstituted club 2019
Gentlemen (and Ladies):
Your committee, in placing this before the members, at the Second Annual Meeting of the “Old M.B.C.” the report for the year 2018, can assure you of the second successful year of the reconstituted club has added to our long record and it is our pleasure to look back upon.
The MBC 2018 season began early in March with a few test rides using Map My Tracks. This software allows the display of the actual route to be recorded in the minutes, a practice that continued throughout the year. Later that same month the Annual General Meeting was held and outlined the plans for the upcoming season.
Your committee, in placing this before the members, at the Second Annual Meeting of the “Old M.B.C.” the report for the year 2018, can assure you of the second successful year of the reconstituted club has added to our long record and it is our pleasure to look back upon.
The MBC 2018 season began early in March with a few test rides using Map My Tracks. This software allows the display of the actual route to be recorded in the minutes, a practice that continued throughout the year. Later that same month the Annual General Meeting was held and outlined the plans for the upcoming season.
28 March Montreal Bicycle Club 2018 Annual General Meeting
11 April Fixture Ride to Île Sainte-Hélène and Angus Yards
However the highlight of the month undoubtebly was the excursion by four members of the club from Pittsburgh to Washington DC along the 335 mile Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O canal.
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17 April - MBC members in Pittsburgh Pa
22 April - Entering the Paw Paw Tunnel
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21 April - Crossing the Eastern Continental Divide
23 April -Relaxing by the Potomac
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25 April - Posing in Washington DC
In May the Club again used a combination of commuter train and ferry boat rides to the regular Montreal area Fixtures, a feature for which our club has become well known. We feel it is good to de-empathsize automobiles as a mode of transportation.
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9 May - Fixture Ride to Oka Ferry
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30 May - Return from St Jerome
June had the longest single day ride of the year, the Real Tour de Isle around the island of Montreal, during which the extreme geographical points were examined. That month also saw our second multi day excursion a trip from Rivière-à-Pierre to Quebec City. There was also a day trip to the St Constant Train Museum as well as multiple fixtures exploring the bicycle paths surrounding Montreal.
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2 June - Real Tour de l'Île de Montréal, eastern tip of Montreal Island
8 June - Piste cyclable Vélopiste Jacques-Cartier - Portneuf
13 June - St Constant Train Museum
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8 June - Setting out from Rivière-à-Pierre
10 June Quebec City-Lévis Ferry
20 June - P’tit train du Nord
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The summer months of July and August began with some very hot Fixtures to the south shore, multiple day trips around Montreal, and the third excursion of the year, a ride around Lac St Jean. Of special note was the Historic Rivière Saint-Pierre when the club was guided over the course of that former river within Montreal.
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1 July - Fixture Ride to Chateauguay River, a very hot and humid day
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7 July - Fixture ride to Îles-de-Boucherville
14 July - Fixture Ride through Beauharnois.
Discovering by bicycle things you never knew existed. 
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18 July - Fixture Return from St Justin.
Suddenly the realization how far it is back to Montreal. 
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8-12 August - Véloroute des Bleuets Excursion around Lac St Jean
8 Aug - Setting out on the first day
8 Aug - Setting out on the first day
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9 August - Continuing on to Dolbeau
10 August - North Shore Lac St Jean
There is no shore like the north shore, that is for shore |
12 August - With regret, the last few km
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19 August - Visit to Technoparc, What can be done to save this natural place on our island?
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25 August - Kahnawake
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26 August - Tour of the Historic Rivière Saint-Pierre
During the Fall months of September and October we continued with the regular Fixture rides in and around Montreal. In addition there was a folding bicycle trip The Return from Cornwall. As well as a display for Parking Day in Westmount , held to promote a bicycle path on Sherbrooke Street. The season ended with a Pot Luck Dinner.
8 November - Pot Luck Dinner
Statistics
During the 2018 Season, the club covered 3,029 km on 51 Fixture day rides attended by 181 members. No day rides were cancelled on account of bad weather. In addition the club covered 960 km on 3 multi day excursions attended by 10 members. The combined total is 3,989 km on 54 events by 191 members.
Table of Fixture Rides
Ride Date Muster Distance
1 Ride around the Mountain 26 March 2 30km
2 Around the Mountain to Angus Yards 1 April 4 25 km
3 Marche Centrale 6 April 2 25 km
4 Falise 8 April 4 20 km
5 Île Sainte-Hélène 11 April 5 40 km
6 Lachine 13 April 2 15 km
7 Lachine Rapids 15 April 3 30 km
8 Lachine Canal 25 April 4 30 km
9 Tales of the GAP C&0 29 April 5 10 km
10 Olympic Village Maisonnueve Park 2 May 5 40 km
11 Pte Claire 5 May 3 55 km
12 Oka Ferry 9 May 5 83 km
13 Cap St Jacques 12 May 5 53 km
14 Île Bizard 16 May 3 40 km
15 RécréoParc 23 May 4 55 km
16 St Lambert Locks 27 May 9 30 km
17 Return from St Jerome 30 May 3 71 km
18 Real Tour de l'Île de Montréal 2 June 2 160 km
19 Maisonnueve Park 6 June 8 40 km
20 St Constant Train Museum 13 June 5 40 km
21 P’tit train du Nord 20 June 3 84 km
22 Varennes 23 June 5 75 km
23 Valleyfield 27 June 1 120 km
24 Chateauguay River 1 July 2 50 km
25 Lachine Canal 4 July 2 32 km
26 Îles-de-Boucherville 7 July 4 72 km
27 Deux Montages 11 July 4 65 km
28 Beauharnois 14 July 3 102 Km
29 St Justin 18 July 5 128 km
30 Around the Mountain 21 July 1 61 km
31 Montreal South West 28 July 3 40 km
32 P’tit train du Nord 1 Aug 3 92 km
33 Oshega 5 Aug 5 28 km
34 Oka 15 Aug 3 86 km
35 Taz 18 Aug 1 76 km
36 Technoparc 19 Aug 3 37 km
37 Repentigny 22 Aug 3 85 km
38 Kahnawake 25 Aug 8 60 km
39 Historic Rivière Saint-Pierre 26 Aug 5 30 km
40 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 30 Aug 5 92 km
41 Îles-de-Boucherville 1 Sept 2 72 km
42 Aerobic Corridor 5 Sept 1 104 km
43 Taz 8 Sept 3 50 km
44 Cornwall 12 Sept 1 109 km
45 South Shore 16 Sept 4 80 km
46 Angus Yards 19 Sept 5 29 km
47 Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue 22 Sept 5 87 km
48 Île-de-la-Visitation 29 Sept 4 57 km
48 Along the river 3 Oct 6 54 km
50 Miron Quarry 10 Oct 3 45 km
51 Angus Yards 25 Oct 5 26 km
Totals 191 3020 Km
Table of Multi day Excursions
Ride Date Muster Distance
1 Pittsburgh to Washington 17-27 April 4 539 km
2 Rivière-à-Pierre to Quebec City 8-10 June 2 165 km
3 Véloroute des Bleuets 8-12 August 4 256 km
Totals 10 960 km
Table of Individual Distances
Sobriquet Distance (km) Rides Attended
A.T Lane 3935 52
Louis Rubenstein 1346 31
H. S. Tibbs 982 18
W.G. Ross 978 15
Dorthy Cole 828 12
Disreali 704 2
Mile a Minute Murphy 699 2
Annie Londonderry 510 10
G.T. Bishop 460 7
Phylis Cole 370 3
Daisy Graville 364 8
Alice Hawkins 250 4
Amelia Bloomer 140 4
Henry Sturmey 94 2
Joan Cole 92 1
Marijtje 72 2
Mrs McCormick 29 1
A.T Lane 3935 52
Louis Rubenstein 1346 31
H. S. Tibbs 982 18
W.G. Ross 978 15
Dorthy Cole 828 12
Disreali 704 2
Mile a Minute Murphy 699 2
Annie Londonderry 510 10
G.T. Bishop 460 7
Phylis Cole 370 3
Daisy Graville 364 8
Alice Hawkins 250 4
Amelia Bloomer 140 4
Henry Sturmey 94 2
Joan Cole 92 1
Marijtje 72 2
Mrs McCormick 29 1
In closing I quote from the 1895 Annual report.
“Personally try to see that your “Old Club” reaps the full benefit of the greatly increased interest now taken in wheeling. Avail yourselves to the full that of the membership privileges offered, and with a true brotherly feeling, try to induce the unattached wheelmen and others with whom you come in contact to share your advantages.
The whole respectfully submitted on behalf of the Committee”
Malcolm McRae