a good showing by some perth cyclists this week with jess allen and durbo the turbo getting gold medals at the world champs. mr bonner’s gold at the state masters champs last weekend would also have to right up there as far as i am concerned, but maybe i am biased. got me thinking once again about juniors and what can we do about getting a juniors ride started. john barrett bought his son along to the novice group the other day and he enjoyed it immensely. if anyone wants to see what we can put together for juniors, let me know.
state team time trial championships – this event is coming up on the 16th october. think of it as a mini cyclo-sportif, but one in which you can get a state medal. teams of 4 for the guys, 3 for the girls and 2 for the juniors. you will need to have a racing licence for this but you don’t need to have a flash tt bike. the flyer is here, but i will post more info soon so you can let us know if you want to be involved. we cna work out teams then. there is a masters division as well for the over 35’s and a +50’s if we can managed to get a team together (bonner, stu, schneider, big john).
spt t-shirt – keep an eye out for a blog post on this. we are just finalising the agreement with ironhorse.
wednesday night spin – this was kicked off again in less then ideal conditions this week. a few hardcore riders came out for the debut and kat did a good job of yelling out instructions. there was even some stretching afterwards which surprised most of us. come along next week if you want to go nowhere fast.
ride routes – due to the adverse conditions last week, i don’t think that the sunday hills ride eventuated. as such, i have planned the same course again as i couldn’t be bothered trying to work out another one.
saturday 24th sept
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – spr earlybird ride
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)
transitional – spr saturday 40.86km (rebold hill)
fast, main 1, 2 & 3 – spr saturday 51.36km (sth lake)
sunday 25th sept
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – spr earlybird ride
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
short – spr sunday 67.96km (greenmount & zig-zig) (skip zig-zag and do gooseberry)
long – spr sunday 95.04km (greenmount & parkerville & mundaring weir)
Transitional guys be aware there will be a bit of extra Traffic around the Challenge stadium area this Saturday morning due to a Crossfit comp ( http://www.theprimalthrowdown.com/ ) so caution as you head along Underwood Ave there. I’ll try not to be bogan and harrass you guys.
*yep blantant post jacking 🙂
Pete – re Juniors. see my post here: http://cyclistdiary.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/passing-it-on/
I have a few ideas…sorry I’ve lost your email.
The sunday hills – long was great today…. good route
Looks like a tough ride, quite a few records broken on strava!
Short hills ride was enough for me. The pedals almost stopped turning over on Gooseberry Hill Rd.
First time out for a while, rode with Main 1.
A couple of comments:
What’s with not calling obstacles, vocally or with hand signals?
Also, why the sneaking down the left at lights? Specifically at the Roe Highway flyover and using the bus lane just prior to the causeway.
Not cool peeps.
Let’s ride safely, look out for each other and not pi$$ of the motorists.