where to start. what an absolute mad weekend last weekend was. so busy in fact that i didn’t even get to ride my bike. the breakfast was a big success. close to double the numbers that we usually get which is good to see the group is growing, but we may need a bigger venue next time. the agm elected the new committee with six new members and five re-elected. thanks to those that were part of it in our inaugural year and thanks to those who have stepped forward for this year.
the freeway bikehike was the next event on the following day and thanks to lisa and daniel for heading up to joondalup on saturday to help me setup the tent and chris,meg and jurriaan for packing up on sunday. we were up their for two reasons. firstly to provide a meeting point for any rouleurs that were doing the event and secondly to try to promote the club to the general public. the amount of spr’s that did the event surprised me a bit and at one stage there was a sea of green under the tent. the interest from the general public was a bit varied. we did a bike weigh to try to get a few people to come and see us and that got a few extra people to come and grab a flyer. we may see the results of that this weekend.
i will be bringing the rest of the kit to the coffee shop this saturday. if anyone has kit to collect, then meet me after the ride. the extra kit has arrived so everything should be in order. if anyone is unhappy with the zip on the new jersey, please let me know so we can get them fixed. this seems to apply to those that have a bit of spare room in their jersey. see the previous post here.
on sunday we have a special guest riding with us. phil anderson is over here promoting the new oppy bikes and is coming out on our hills ride. there is a bit more info here as well as on his website. since our rides are open to the public, there may be a few more people coming out with us on sunday. if any of your mates are coming or if you are reading this because you intend to come out with us, please be aware that this is still an spr club training ride. therefore you must have a look at the ride etiquette section of our website to make sure you know what we expect. even if the group gets big, we intend to maintain order within the ride and we will not tolerate any anti-social or dangerous behaviour. no-one wants to be brought down just because you want to show everyone what a hero you are. we are trying to stay on quiet roads to minimise any disruption to traffic but we will have to see how we go on the day.
the spring classics tipping comp enters it’s second race this sunday. as there has only been one race so far there is still an opportunity to enter as you can easily make up ground on the leaders. more info can be found here.
here are the ride routes. make sure you know where your group is going and do not rely on the group leader to do everything.
saturday 27th mar- all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
novice – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)
transitional – spr saturday 42.94km (freo & cott)
intermediate – spr saturday 50.72km (rebold hill & cott)
advanced – spr saturday 56.10km (canning vale & freo)
sunday 28th mar- all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
transitional – spr sunday 53.55km (kalamunda rd)
intermediate – spr sunday 52.14km (darlington)