talk about cold mornings. thursday ride officially started with a balmy 3.7 degrees at 5:30am but then managed to drop to 2.7 degrees by the time 7:30am rolled around. i was so cold when i got home that i got back into bed to try to warm up before i got in the shower. at least there was no wind. i remember riding in ballarat and it was so cold that we used to wear full ski gloves. and your fingers still got cold. trying to change a tyre when you can’t feel what you are doing is certainly an experience i can do without.
accident – as you may have read previously (or witnessed), there was a pretty bad accident on the public holiday ride. quite a few people went down and nicole got hurt pretty bad. she is out of hospital now and recovering at home. she says thank-you for the well wishes and for the flowers and really appreciates the support that she has received both on the day and since then. to help her out, we will be doing a whip around at the coffee-shop or you can send a donation through to the club account (details here). this is for her to use however she needs, be it replacing bike bits or helping out with medical expenses. the club is not the committee or the uniform, but rather the people in it. the way that we rally together to help others is what makes the club what it is and i am really proud of the way that people have handled the situation.
breakfast – next weekend is the winter breakfast. details are here. please rsvp as soon as possible so we can work out numbers. it will be $10 a head for all you can eat and drink, with raffle prizes, bike weigh-in and you can pick up any kit that hasn’t been collected yet. (zip replacement jerseys have come back too).
races – state ITT in dardanup this saturday and MTB XC also near dardanup on sunday. cyclo-sportif on the 27th at swan valley with a track grand prix to follow (more details soon).
ride routes – saturday sees most groups heading in one direction or the other through canningvale. sunday takes us down to brookton hwy and back up to kalamunda.
saturday 12th june – all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)
transitional – spr saturday 41.73km (canning vale reverse)
main 1 & 2 – spr saturday 49.01km (canning vale & welshpool)
fast – spr saturday 56.10km (canning vale & freo)
sunday 13th june – all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am