on of our regular riders, gary, had a bit of an incident last weekend. his bike broke and he came off. now this wasn’t a normal “break a spoke” or “pop a tyre” type incident. his axle snapped inside the bottom bracket. what you see in the picture should be a continuous shaft that the non-drive side crank arm bolts onto. now i am not wanting a “brand war” here where people say that their groupset is better than others, but what this needs to highlight is good bike maintenance. this may not have been an issue that would necessarily be easy to see, and may not have been 100% avoidable. the point is that more often that you (or the bike shop) services your bike, the better chance you have of finding faults before they get too serious. i do my own bike services but lately, with family commitments, they don’t happen as often. i have been fortunate not to have an accident, but have found worn tyres and broken stem bolts when i did clean my bike. even if you are not pulling the bike apart, giving it a good clean will allow you to see the condition of the slender twig of carbon fibre that is keeping you off the ground.
ride leaders – there is only 1 ride leader signed up for this weekend and it seems to be the same names every week. the club needs you to step up. put your name down here.
group rides – there is an article on cycling tips that everyone i know is sharing on facebook etc. here is a link to it. well worth a read as there are a great number of tips that our riders should understand when riding in a group. we are a club and are doing club training rides, so we need to show some commitment to a level of organisation that other non-organised rides suffer from.
kit collection – the latest order of spr club kit has arrived. delivery arrangements can be found on the post here.
spr drink bottles – last chance to order the new drink bottles as it will be closed on the 20th october. get your orders in. more info here. we will only purchase what is ordered and will not be holding stock.
boot camp – get your beach body back before the weather gets hot. free boot camp on tuesdays at 6am at the ryrie ave reserve playground in como. run available beforehand if you are interested.
state senior graded road championships – as per the previous post, we are co-hosting this event at the start of november. let us know if you are available to help out during the day, setting up, line judging, refreshment selling, lead/support car driving. or even let us know if you are racing.
spr watertower challenge – it’s on again and we already have a couple of teams registered. go to the event page for more info. download the flyer and email it to all your cycling friends. this is not just for spr members but open to the general public.
ride routes – due to the cancer ride on this weekend, we will route our rides away from the south perth area. last year all the groups sat and waited for quite a while at the berwick intersection before we could actually get moving. hopefully most of the riders are through by the time our groups come back along albany hwy.
saturday 19th october
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 reverse river 40.58km spr saturday
fast & main groups – freo & canning vale 52.11km spr saturday
sunday 20th october
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
short – wlsh weir 62.23km spr sunday