BBC Sunday Rides on Zwift + January Sprint Challenge Recap
BBC December/January Meeting Minutes
January 9, 2026BBC January Meeting Minutes
January 29, 2026
Sunday January 25th was the finale of this year’s January Sprint Challenge! All winter, we host Sunday rides on Zwift with optional second-hour sprints and KOMs to spice things up. In January, we took it up a notch. Choosing flat, sprint-heavy courses on Zwift, we threw down some big watts and got the sprint legs tuned up for the spring! With riders choosing to go for the line and regoup or just ride steady with the “yellow beacon” ride leader, we gave 3, 2, and 1 points for each of the top 3 across the line on every sprint. Most days had 10 sprints in an hour, while for the week 4 finale on the “Neokyo Crit Course”, we did a whopping 18 sprints in just 55 minutes!
It not only takes a lot of sprinting legs to do this, but also the incredible discipline that our riders show, sprinting ahead of the group, waiting, and regrouping quickly ahead of the next sprint.
Congrats to our January winners, Jamie Fleming of Cleveland Cycling Academy on the men’s side and Kathy Schwenk (NFBC) on the women’s side! They’ll be getting prizes from our club sponsors!
Our Sunday Zwift group rides continue through the winter, so please see the details below on how to join the next one.
JANUARY SPRINT CHALLENGE FINAL LEADERBOARD
| MEN | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | TOTAL | |
| 1 | Jamie Fleming (CCA) | 15 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 87 |
| 2 | Pete Cerny (Independent Health) | 5 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Scott Farrell (Kanberra 5&20) | 9 | 13 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Ben Barnhardt (Kanberra 5&20) | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||
| 5 | Adrian Gorski (GVCC) | 1 | 14 | 15 | ||
| 6 | Jeff Schnellinger (NFBC) | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |
| 7 | Rob Hengel (CCA) | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 8 | Scott Collins (BBC) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 9 | Earl Cantwell (BBC) | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 10 | Frank Grillo (BBC) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
| 11 | Dennis Borden (Projekt) | 7 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Ryan Rish (Kanberra 5&20) | 6 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Todd Backes (Shickluna KenDev) | 6 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Aidan Hart Nova (B2) | 5 | 5 | |||
| 15 | Jesse Corum (GVCC) | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 16 | Jim Sweet | 5 | 5 | |||
| 17 | Rob Brnilovich (CCA) | 3 | 3 | |||
| 18 | Nathan Fox | 2 | 2 | |||
| 19 | Greg Rivera | 1 | 1 | |||
| WOMEN | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | TOTAL | |
| 1 | Kathy Schwenk (NFBC) | 21 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Emily Morlock (Cork Monkeys) | 12 | 12 |
New to Zwift? Here’s what you need:
- A bike set up on a smart trainer, or a regular stationary trainer with a power meter or at least a speed/cadence sensor
- A membership to Zwift
- The Zwift app on your smart device or computer so you can ride on the platform
- The Zwift Companion App on your smartphone or smart device so you can browse group events and join the club.
- Join the Buffalo Bicycling Club on the Zwift Companion App by selecting “Clubs” –> “All Clubs” –> type in “Buffalo Bicycling Club”
- Click the Plus on this week’s event to say you’re going (without joining the club on Zwift and marking that you’re going to this week’s ride, Zwift won’t send you to the right place)
- Get on Zwift 10 minutes early to enter into the event starting pit so you’re ready to take off at 9am sharp! Make sure you have your food and water with you because Zwift rides don’t take breaks!
- 7a) Using Zwift rules, you can late join up to 30 minutes after the ride starts, and you can use the “Coffee Break” feature to take up to a 3-minute break during the ride
