inclusive.  what does that mean for our club???  we provide training rides for all levels, we provide race opportunists for all levels, we let pretty much anyone ride with our club.  but should it be much more than that???  we now have over 420 members in the club and with the greater size comes the inevitable groups within groups.  it is natural for little cliques to form as friendships are often forged through a common suffering (i.e. fast group).  it is important, however, to remember where we came from.  no-one here rolled out of bed one day and started their riding as an ‘a’ grade racer.  we all start from the bottom, wearing the wrong clothes (ask ryan about his first hills ride), forgetting to unclip at the lights, getting dropped way too early.  what makes this club strong is the acceptance of these things and the kind word of encouragement that may be needed to keep someone going.  a number of people have come up to me and have thanked me for giving them a push six months previously, and explained to me what a difference that has made to their mindset when it came to riding.  being an inclusive club is recognising that everyone is different, but we welcome them along regardless.

ride leaders – it is in the clubs best interest to develop new riders so that they ride in a safe manner.  put your name down here to ensure the club grows to its potential.  with the nice weather now arrived, expect more people to be joining us.  the club needs you even more to represent it in ensuring the ride etiquette is followed.

criterium race 02 – in conjunction with rccc we will be holding the secondof our 4 race series of criteriums at technology park.  both ‘a’ grade and ‘b’ grade have been pre sold, but there are still positions in ‘c’ & ‘d’ grade as well as women’s ‘a’, ‘b’ & ‘c’.  if you are not racing, or before and after your race, we will need a few volunteers to make the day run smoothly.  put your name down on the previous post if you can help out.  it would be greatly appreciated.

c grade ladies – last race we had to combine the ‘c’ grade ladies with the ‘b’ grade ladies.  it was a bit fast and not the best outcome for those that wanted their own race.  we need numbers to support the ‘c’ grade ladies category.  check out leigh’s post and put your name down to race.

tobitech training – intending to race in the uci masters race this march???  uwct packages now available.  see the previous post for more details.

ride routes – on sunday there will be no earlybird ride, but the main ride will leave at 6:00am.  this allows the groups to get out and back to help out with the criterium when they get back.  there are no rides scheduled on christmas day.  however, if you don’t have the “burden” of kids and need to burn off the festive cheer, then feel free to meet up and go for a ride.  if you want to organise something, add to the comments.  boxing day we will have both the usual thursday (fast/main/main3) ride at 5:30am under the narrows, plus the public holiday ride directly afterwards (split at the carpark into fast/main1,2/main 3,trans)

saturday 21st december

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 canning vale 42.34km spr saturday

fast & main groups – hale rd reverse 51.37km spr saturday

sunday 22nd december

all rides start at coode st carpark at 6:00am

short – khna weir 72.23km spr sunday

long – khna can mills 94.55km spr sunday

wednesday 25th december

no official rides on today, but if you are keen to get out i am sure that there may be a few people meeting at coode st at 7am.

thursday 26th december

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

early lap – spr thursday 43.54km (cott & freo)

all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

development group – public hol 58.97km spr special (fast/main/trans-m3)