Located in the thriving City of Calgary, on the east slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, The Calgary CrankMasters Cycling Club is in its 14th year of operation in 2004. A brief synopsis of the club's history details some of the events leading us to where we are today.

1990
The Calgary Veterans Cycling Association was formed in December.

1991
During the first year of operation, a series of midweek time trials were started. The Club established a Championship for three age categories. We had a membership of approximately twenty-five.

1992
Our second year. The BAR evening time trial competition was changed from ten-year age groups to five-year, giving us five Champions: Pam Bryan, Steve Dunning, Ed Allen, John Bryan and Hugh Brazell. The Chris Hooker Trophy was donated by Brian West of Twinsport CC as a "Most Unfortunate Rider" award. We also acknowledged our most frequent Volunteer and the Most Improved Rider at the second annual Awards Banquet. The club had a membership of approximately forty.

1993
Our third year. We established an Interclub Challenge with the Edmonton Veterans Cycling Association. Ed Allen promoted two road races at DeWinton and Bob Campbell organized the first Velociraptor roadrace and time trial at Drumheller. The EVCA donated the Team Award to the Challenge. We also won an Interclub with the Willesden CC in England. Our Champions were Malcolm Turner, Steve Dunning, and John Bryan. CVCA members rode in the Veterans Nationals at Brandon, bringing back gold - Martin Watson, and bronze - Ed Allen. Ron Marat presented the Champion of Champions award to John Bryan marking his retirement from many years of exemplary racing. Our annual Awards Banquet was held at Hy's Steak House. The club had a membership of approximately forty.

1994
Our fourth year. Once again we held our BAR, the Velocilraptor, and the Interclub Challenge with Edmonton. Ron Marat, our Secretary since founding, retired to Victoria in June. In the Veterans Nationals at Prince Albert, Ed Allen (Vet-C)and Steve Langley (Vet-B) both won Gold in the road race. Our BAR evening time trial Champions this year were Glen Katz, Bob Klassen, John Bryan, and Hugh Brazell. The club had a membership of twenty-eight.

1995
Our fifth year was a transition year. Chris Wood resigned as President, with Malcolm Turner taking charge. Participation was dropping at the midweek events and the club was losing direction. The club had a membership of approximately twenty.

1997
The club membership was at five members and it looked like the end was near. At the AGM, Ed Allen was elected the new president.

1998
A program establishing weekend organized rides, evening time trials, and road races was implemented. The policy on all club rides was to maintain a social pace for the first twenty-five km. The club name was changed to Calgary Veterans International Cycling Club. A phone tree and email contact was set up. The club had a membership of approximately twenty-six.

1999
The club had been operational for 9 years. Membership was 20. The format of weekend rides was tweaked a bit for the first part of the year with club races being run approximately every second week for two categories. New members brought new ideas to road cycling and the club ride format changed to group social ride for the first 25km, then splitting into two groups according to abilities and/or desires going on separate rides but ending up back at the same place at roughly the same time. The club awarded the Champion of Champions trophy to Steve Sampson for high points in club rides, a trophy for Track Excellence was given to Karl Waeldele and for Trialthon Excellence to Carmen Augustini who was named Canadian Masters Triathlete of the year. The renewed annual awards banquet was held at the Calgary Italian Club.

2000
Turned out to be a building year, with many new members joining, or old members coming back out to cycle with the club again. Jim Oldham continued as our able President, being very instrumental in club development and addition of new members. By year end, we were over 30 members, and by the start of 2001 we were pushing 40. Conan Cooper put us on-line, and we found a whole new group of members through cybercycling. A long time icon of the Calgary cycling community and our club coach for the last several years, Bob Grulich, returned to the Czech Republic with his wife. Club rides became a little more sophisticated with specific training groups heading out after the warm-up. Every few weeks through the season we held club races with points awarded based on finishes. Bill Stilwell was awarded the Champion of Champions for the club as well as the Provincial BAR for Masters C. Pam Bryan was awarded the Provincial BAR for Womens Masters B. Karl Waeldele won his Provincial Tack Championship again. The Annual Awards Banquet was held at Momma's Restaurant.

2001
At the end of the year the club membership was up to 63. Another year of growth. A total of 24 members took out Alberta Bicycle Association licenses for racing. The club held its first sanctioned Road race in many years at Millarville initiating a planned stronger presence on the Alberta racing scene. This year saw the club name change from the Calgary Veterans International Cycling Club to the Calgary CrankMasters Cycling Club to better reflect that the club was a Masters Cycling Club covering recognized ages of 30+ years for masters athletes. With this change came a new club jersey and the much-appreciated sponsors of Eurotech Cycle, Kensington Fine Art Gallery and TSE Steel. The Champion of Champions trophy went to perennial winner John Bryan. Category winners were Conan Cooper in Cat A, Tommy Mak in Cat B, Steve Sampson in cat C, John Bryan in Cat D and Danny Cronin in Cat E. Top volunteers for the year were Brian Barrett and Danny Cronin.

2002
By the end of the year the membership stood at 72. Another growth year. The club held two sanctioned races, the Stampede Road Race in July and the Alberta Masters Provincial Cycling Road Race Championship in September. Club sponsors for this year were Eurotech Cycle, Torode Realty and Kensington Fine Art Gallery. The Champion of Champions Trophy went to John Bryan. Category winners were Dennis Bland and Anthony Graup in Cat A, Tommy Mak in Cat B, Bill Stilwell in Cat C, John Bryan in Cat D and Danny Cronin in Cat E. Pam Bryan won Cat B Women’s honors. Top Volunteers were Brain Barrett and Danny Cronin.

2003
At the end of the year the membership was up to 79; continued growth. The club again held two sanctioned races; the Stampede Road Race in July at Millarville and the Masters Provincial Cycling Road Race Championship east of Okotoks in September. The Stampede Road race now had 120 participants, approximately double the number when it was first held. Steve Sampson won the Champion of Champions Trophy. Category winners were Dennis Bland Cat A, Tommy Mak Cat B, Steve Sampson Cat C, John Bryan Cat D and Danny Cronin in Cat E. Top Volunteer was Rod Schuhart and Top Participant was Darryl Smith. Club sponsors for this year were Eurotech Cycle, M&M Meat Shoppe and Kensington Fine Art Gallery.