new toys for me this week.  after a couple of months of no bike computer, i am finally back to knowing how fast i am going…or not.  i also now can see my heart rate, cadence and power.  actually i can see about 10 things per page on the new garmin, which is way too much to take in at a glance while you are trying to hold a wheel.  what these data-less months have given me is a misaligned perception of speed.  this morning’s training ride was on mounts bay road doing what i thought was around 35kph but it turned out to be touching 50kph.  as we crossed a couple of rises near cott, i thought we were on about 20kph but it turned out to be 30kph.  not sure if this just means that i am fitter, or i just have a skewed sense of reality.  probably the latter.

track grand prix – a great night out to see some great track riders doing great things.  it’s great.  come along and support lisa and davina on the track against an international field.  more info here.

great perth bike ride – this sunday. if you aren’t doing it, avoid the river ride if you are heading out.  there are some crits held on riverside drive after the bike ride if you are looking for a race. 

christmas breakfast – we now have enough volunteers, so we now need to know if you are coming.  add your name to the commentsif you are coming along on dec 4th.

movember – there are 5 of us looking like used car salesmen at the moment.  i personally have gone for the sleazy pool boy look – “i am here to clean the pool”.   donate to the cause.

memberships – as you may have seen on an earlier post, we have started an earlybird drive to get people to either join or renew their licence.  prizes to be won so do it now.  thanks to shaw at netplus microcomputers.

ride routes – splitting the groups before we kick off seems to have worked the last few weeks.  as such i will post a map showing where the different groups need to congregate before we set off, so we save a bit of time beforehand. 

saturday 20th movember – all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

juniors – spr saturday 22.11km juniors (mt pleasant)

development group – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)

transitional 1 & 2 – spr saturday 40.72km (mosman park)

fast, main 1 & 2 – spr saturday 50.47km (south st)

sunday 21th movember – all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

short – spr sunday 82.79km (brookton & weir rd)

long – spr sunday 94.64km (kahuna & canning mills)