History

Shortly after the Earth’s crust cooled, a group of (mostly) doctors began informally riding together in the early mornings. Naturally, they called themselves the Spin Doctors. 

To quote Lister Farrar: “Alec Walton told me about the Spin Doctors and invited me out on a ride. I had an absolute blast, and it got me back into cycling after taking some time off while my kids were small… When we finished the ride at Broad Street Bagels, a breakfast sandwich and an americano were awaiting each rider on the counter. The conversation was lively, lifted by smart people and endorphins, and it seemed like the most civilized cycling club in the world.”

Not officially a “closed” group, the Spin Docs were mostly content to keep to themselves and ride bikes on the regular, with emphasis on the coffee ritual at the end. But word started to get out about this early-morning “club”, and interest grew, as well as a desire to expand and formalize.

Around 2007, some of the folks who’d been enjoying Spin Doctors rides established Tripleshot. Some dabbled in racing, some didn’t, but they started settling on the ride routes, which stay largely the same to this day. All rides were no-drop, but for safety’s sake, when numbers swelled, the group would split into subgroups as they left the parking lot (located outside doctors’ offices on Fort St, across from RJH). Eventually, an A and B group stuck. The ride's “finish line” shifted over time: early on, the final sprint off the waterfront went into Cook St Village; later, sprints ended on Dallas Rd, on the downhill to Ogden Point. As riders proliferated, BHP was settled on as the safer option.

Coffee after the rides and being welcoming of others have been the club’s mainstays from Day 1. Soon after Tripleshot was formalized, the members started funneling club fees and sponsorship funds into a Youth Team, headed by Lister Farrar, as always. Hotshot Adam De Vos was the first progeny to make it big; Riley Pickerel, Sarah van Dam and Erin Attwell followed suit.