another couple of glorious days are predicted for the weekend so we expect big numbers for the ride again.  i was in such a hurry last week that i forgot about the novice ride.  luckily carol had it all under control so the five of them headed out together.  i will try to be on time this week as their numbers also go up with the nicer weather.

as we are expecting big numbers, we will split the group again to make sure we don’t hog too much of the road.  one of our new riders, josh, works for the traffic operations centre as part of main roads.  he said that if we get abused like the fast group did last week that we can give the licence plate number to him and they can deal with it.  something to think about as we seem to be coping a lot of abuse lately.

sunday will see perth hosting the world long course triathlon championships.  rachael is doing it as are a few others that i know.  comprising of a  3km swim/80km ride/20km run, if you have done a tri before you will understand what pain these guys put themselves through.  head down to langley park on sunday morning if you are not riding in the hills with us.  if not, then avoid the freeway south bound as it will be closed between hay st and canning hwy for the bike course as will mounts bay rd and riverside drive.

the 7th of november will see the track cycling grand prix being held at the speeddome.  a few of us have been to it the last couple of years and it is well worth it.  there are some big names form here and overseas coming out as it sits in between the manchester track world cup event and the melbourne event.  we will post some more info on it soon, but it is definitely a great night out especially if you haven’t been to the track before.

south perth rouleurs saturday ride 12 (hale rd reverse)

these routes have been updated for the hale rd ride so if you have a garmin you will need to download the new tcx file.  basically the group will head out great eastern and split at ascot.  this week the main group will head straight out to kalamunda rd then home via hale and welshpool while the fast group go through guilford and get onto kalamunda rd via helena valley rd.  home the same way. 

south perth rouleurs sunday ride 18 (chook farm & observatory & gooseberry)

for all that loved the f_ckenberg last week we have the chookenberg this week.  this is the ride of the forgotten climbs, so if you haven’t done this one before expect a few different climbs.  after the success of the merchant tea house last week i think that it will be our new coffee stop in kalamunda.  even if there is no room, a take-away and a shady spot beats a 45 min wait any day.