This morning was my first mid-week ride with the group since May. To my suprise, I kept up well (although apparently it was a slow ride today) but I knew if it were to go significantly faster, I would be in trouble. I was talking to Shaw at the beginning of the ride and we started talking about making a Thursday ride that wasn’t a smash fest. This way, he and others wouldn’t need to go with the Bell Tower Group.
So, does anybody want to go for a ride on Thursday morning? We’ll start from the usual place (Under the Narrows, City side) at the usual time (5:30am). We can either go round the river (like a Tuesday) or follow the Fast boys and girls on their Thursday morning ride.
I do, I do! Although the bell tower group are a lovely bunch too.
if you follow the same route as the fast group you can then pick me up when i get dropped. it has been a regular occurance of late. didn’t even make it to the uni a couple of weeks ago.
I’m with Pete. I also failed to make UWA the other week.
UWA? I wish. Blue boatshed last Thursday for me. My goal of late (unachieved to date) has been Steve’s!
If I remember rightly, there WERE two Thursday groups. I distinctly remember riding around the river with @jordanbrock in a Transition group AFTER the fast group had taken off. What happened to the Thursday Transition group?
We grew up, and then it became winter… or something like that.. I’m up for Thursdays..
Yeah, the transition/main group became smaller and smaller, and then the few of us that remained ended up heading out with the fasties, only to be crushed.
With the summer upon us, I definitely think there’s a need for a return to the 2 level Thursday rides.
I would love someone to talk to after getting dropped!!
We could call it the “Dropped In Dalkeith’ ride 🙂
“Busted by the Brewery”
Whoops. That was a reply to Zak’s comment below.
“Broken before Bridge”
I would call it dropped at brewery
Yay a tubby Thursday ride sounds great probably still get droppped but I know the way to the coffee shop 🙂
Im in for tomorrow morning. cheers
Ok so Thursdays is being restarted. Good to hear. All of you that committed better be there. Mr Roper I am looking at you 🙂
Maybe we could arrange a kind of swimming badge system (50m, 100m, 250m, 500m)for how far you can stay with the fast group on the Thursday ride. We could sew them onto our lycra and wear them with pride.
Everyone better play nice! I was dropped by Nathan and Jamie this morning 🙁
PS – the rating system goes:
1. Broken before the Bridge
2. Busted by the Brewery
3. Dropped in Dalkeith
4. Cracked at Christchurch
5. Flayed at Fremantle
6. Ralphing at Raffles (for all those that only just manage to hang on until then..:P)
7. C****d by Cottesloe.
That’s “Cooked” in case you’re under 18 or of a sensitive nature.
Anna, you don’t have the space for many badges…
I get dropped most Thursdays.. Dropped in Bed… 🙂
stuffed at steve’s?
8. Slain @ Steve’s
9. Hammered at the Hill
10. Puked on Preston Point Rd
11. Punished at Point Walter
12. Murdered on Majestic
today was a busted by brewery
Thanks for the ride guys! Did you guys miss the V8 Falcon which left the Freeway just at the bottom of the Narrows, went through the dividing fence and bushes and ended up on the bike path? It was sheer dumb luck he didn’t kill anyone at 7am.
Ah Actually it was 6.30 and if I had have been a minute earlier he would have cleaned me up. I was riding to work and just saw all this debris on the path, then people running from the freeway (including a nurse on the phone to the Ambo’s). I then saw the blue falcon sitting where it shouldn’t be, in the middle of the bike path. The guy got out of his car and just looked dumbfounded. I recon he fell asleep and crashed. He had one of the signs firmly attached to his bonnet, so if that had have been a cyclist or pedestrian on the path at the time….well it would not have been pretty.
Ride was great this morning. Was a group of Main1+2 riders. We picked up Jamie later than expected so good work. Ask the rest what badge you get. I hope the Thursday group remains.
I have my suspissions the Bell Tower group was a little down on numbers today.
Great ride this morning! Just shows how strong our club can be when a simple blog post can get so many people out of bed! Glad no one was involved with that incident.
How about the moron who undertook us on Hackett drive. That was dodgy!
He was a moron and it could have been very nasty. However, it was partly our fault. I was at the back and I could see he was getting frustrated as the group was riding all over the road rather than sticking to the designated cycle lane on the road on Hackett drive. We can blame drivers but we have to be a bit careful when riding in a group otherwise we might regret it one day
D’oh ! bed was soooooo comfy this morning…
ah well…there’s always next week
to add to Jerard’s point, we really should have stopped at that cross walk in cott.