why are some of our training rides more popular than others??? the monday and wednesday ciao rides seems to only pull in the regular 6-8 riders. thursday ride today was massive. at a glance, both the fast and main groups could have been split and still given a good size group. the ciao ride surprises me though. it is flat and fast (does shelley twice) and is significantly easier than the thursday ride as we just cruise between the fast sections. are people saving their legs for thursday??? when wednesday was the uci ride, we would have over 20 riders tackling the much harder kings park circuit. probably the least popular ride is the sunday earlybird. not many people opt for the sunday double, but it is a good way to increase your km count or get a longer ride in if you need to get home early (earlybird + short hills). try something different. the training rides are there for the members.
kit order – the kit orders are open and a new design has been added for the mountain bikers. for those that are worried about their kit getting dirty, we have a black version of the jersey. please note that the official club kit is the white version and you cannot race in road races in the black kit. bit more info in the previous post.
cyclocross – cyclocross racing is back in perth and starts this sunday. as explained in the previous post, it is a combination of road, mtb and picking your bike up over obstacles. think of it as “tough mudder on bikes”. this type of racing is very popular in europe and quite big in america. australia has started to embrace it and it gives you another type of bike to buy.
spr breakfast – our next spr breakfast is on saturday 29th june at DOME after the regular saturday ride. more details are on the previous post so put your name in the comments so we know how many to cater for.
bwa swan valley – a few spots left in the bwa cyclo-sportif teams. put your name down in the previous post if you want to be involved.
ride routes – easterly winds are predicted for saturday, so lets get a tailwind home.
saturday 15th june
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – novice shelley 36.06km spr saturday
transitional – trans benara 39.90km spr saturday
fast & main groups – morley drive 50.77km spr saturday
sunday 16th june
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
I just remembered something from last weeks Saturday ride that I’d like to make mention of. As our group was heading through the two lane round-about near Ascot Racecourse there were a number of riders crossing into the inside lane in an attempt to take a straighter line and maintain speed. Luckily the cars behind us were on their game and didn’t try to pass until after we had cleared the round-about.
I’ve seen the same thing happen a few times before so I think it needs to be mentioned.
Stay safe and enjoy the ride.
Great question about the popularity of the rides. Ever since I joined, ppl have said Tuesday is for recovery, and Thursday is a faster ride. No one has been able to tell me what the aims/ goals of the other days are… I just assumed they are for the “hard core” ppl….well what’s the go for the other days???
i’ve only done the monday ride a few times so don’t know the usual spirit of the ride.
wednesday ciao is a great ride. fast bit then regroup and cruise to the next fast bit, repeat.
friday is a bit like wednesday but with more emphasis on cruising. a good reco ride for the fast riders, but still a good stretch of the legs for the main 2 & 3 riders along shelley and banister&nicholson.
last few times i did tuesday it didn’t feel like a reco ride. i’d say fridays are better for that nowadays.
The Monday ride is a recovery ride of sorts: It’s not fast, but there are quite a few hills along the way, so you still have to do some work.
Obviously even more work if there’s only 3 of us like last Monday 🙂
Nice X-Ray El Prez 😉