About Atomic Racing

Welcome to the Atomic Racing Club!

Based in Vancouver BC, Atomic Racing Club is one of the city’s oldest road clubs, focused on riding, training, racing and socializing. Founded in 1994, we are a registered not-for-profit society whose purpose is to support men and women across all age groups. Although Atomic is primarily a road-focused club, our members have a passion for all things related to cycling including cyclo-cross, track racing at the Burnaby Velodrome, mountain biking and triathlon. New entrants to the sport are provided assistance from seasoned cyclists with years of racing and training experience.

For a look into our activies and flavour of the club, check out what’s been going on in our News section of this website.

Regular Workouts

Atomic holds a weekly weekend official group ride (alternating Saturday-Sunday) that is supplemented by informal group rides and mid-week workouts. The workouts are open to all members and levels. In addition to regularly scheduled club rides we also organize additional days where we head out to the Fraser Valley, Mt. Baker, or to the Island, and other parts of the lower mainland. A season-ending Century usually happens.

Riding

Riding is the name of the game for Atomic. We race, we participate in Fondos and chairty rides, we hold training camps in the Okanagan, we go to Europe to ride the Pyrenees and Alps (well, some members do), and we train on local roads.

Racing

Our members can be found racing throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. In addition to single day events, members organise road trips to attend multi-day stage races abroad.

Race Promotion

As a long-standing member of Cylcing BC (the provincial governing body for the sport of cycling in BC), we have been very active in race promotion and have hosted sanctioned races each year since our inception. Our events have gained a reputation as being well organised and are eagerly anticipated by the cycling community at large.

Social Events

Club social activities include seasonal parties (e.g. summer BBQ, Christmas party, etc.), year-end award presentations, pub nights, video nights (we know it’s nerdy, but we like cycling videos), and other activities around town.

Discounts

Atomic has negotiated discounts on merchandise and service from SpeedTheory, the Lower Mainland’s premier bike retailer.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors form the backbone of the club, overseeing the daily operations and providing the strategic vision. Board members are voted in by the members at the annual general meeting (typically held in November) and serve a one-year term.

The Board of Directors for fiscal 2011 are as follows:

• President/Membership – Andrew Wilson
• Treasurer – Roger Bing-Wo
• Social – Larry Feist
• Race Organiser – Jeff Van Mulligen
• Director at Large – Jeremy Wilson

We’re also lucky to have Stephen Meyer and Dominic Walsh as non-director advisors to the executive committee.