It takes but a moment to look beyond the bike and see that every rider is someone’s something and that everyone has a story just waiting to be told. that is the opening spiel for tony lendrum’s latest project, “beyond the bike“. the aim of the project is to show that cyclists are real people. people with families, jobs and hobbies. people that contribute to society. people that have every right to come home at night, not just some faceless lycra-clad riders that are taking up your space on the road. tony has run two sessions so far and yesterday a large number of spr riders shook off the lycra to get their photo taken and tell their story. if you get the opportunity, this is something that we encourage you should be part of.
ride leader sponsor – january’s ride leader sponsor is spr member Gonzalo Ramirez, who owns Watch Zone a boutique watch repair and sales specialist. more info on the previous post.
rules of engagement – please read the previous post if you come out on any of our rides. it is up to all members to enforce these rules.
memberships – on the 31st of december a bunch of race memberships and some recreational memberships expired. overnight we lost in excess of 250 members. there are a bunch of reasons for you to become or renew your membership. see the previous post for more details.
smashfest race 03 – this saturday afternoon we will be hosting race 3 of the smashfest series at tech park. on top of multiple grades for both men and women, there will be a “latte laps” specifically for women that are unsure about taking that next step towards racing. this is a low key, non-competitive roll around the circuit with a few more experienced women as guides. it is the first event on the schedule and kicks off at 1:00pm.
spr crit champs – as part of the summer crit series, we will also run a spr crit championship. this will again be a points based system given to placings 1 through 10. “a” and “b” grade will be given a difficulty multiplier and a leaderboard will track progress. there are 7 races that we are putting on this year, but your points for the best 5 races will be used. this allows you to have holidays, miss races and still be in the running. more details on the previous post.
uwct training – this week we will move the regroup point to the caltex servo just after the swan river bridge. there is no water tap available around the bakery and george was trying to setup his antique business where we were waiting. again, only a 20min regroup from when the first riders arrive, so make sure you check your clocks. more info on the uwct training ride can be found on the previous post.
bike and helmet stickers – we are doing another run of the bike/helmet stickers. the idea is that this will make it easy for everyone in spr to actually know who they are riding with rather than “that german guy on the black canyon bike”. the price has been slightly subsidised and you can purchase them via the spr shop. please be aware that these are for spr members only. last time we did this, some members were also purchasing for non-members, so we were subsidising them as well. see the previous post for more details.
ride routes – unfortunately there are no public holidays this week, so no extra km’s to be had. the weather is predicted to be a little bit cooler as well, so we should have a good ride.
saturday 9th january
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 rebold 38.69km spr saturday
fast & main groups – karrinyup 52.14km spr saturday
sunday 10th january
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special
ride starts at coode st carpark at 6:00am
uwct training – spr 2016 uwct training course
development group – coffee ride
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
short – brktn weir 82.89km spr sunday
long – carr peet obs 97.72km spr sunday
monday 11th january
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am
south stock 33.76km spr monday
tuesday 12th january
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
spr tuesday 36.37km (river ride)
ride starts frasers carpark at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
wednesday 13th january
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
spr wednesday 14.22km (uci masters)
ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am
development group – stock road repeats
thursday 14th january
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30arm
spr thursday 37.26km (cott & freo)
ride starts frasers carpark at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
friday 15th january
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am