i love how events like the tour of margs brings people within the club together. people that may not necessarily socialise that much normally get thrown together and spend time training up for an event. some of the teams have also taken it to the next level. spr women’s 2 recently all got matching socks for the event. spr women’s 1 went a step further and have personalised team towels. unfortunately the men’s teams are not quite as organised and will be lucky if we even bring enough food down with us. 🙂 however, after a number of years of doing this event, i can say that it is a great way to get to know people especially over the team “family” meals. put it on your list for next year.
ride leader sponsor – the ride leader sponsor for november is Sharon Gleeson an Independant Consultant for Arbonne Phytosport. Arbonne Phytosport provides products that are vegan certified, gluten free, dairy free and contain nothing artificial. formulated with plant-powered ingredients, essential branched-chain amino acids, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, and botanical extracts, these products promote increased endurance and energy, and boost nitric oxide production to support blood and oxygen flow in muscles
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.
technical regulations – there have been a couple of changes to the wa technical regulations in relation to racing. firstly, any juniors that renew their licences after the 1st october and move up an age group are then eligible to race in their new division. this means that some junior riders will now be able to ride in the tomr. secondly, there has been a technical exemption for the tomr to allow road bikes to use disc brakes. there have been lots of new bikes released in the last couple of years that have disc brakes and the tomr is meant to encourage more people into racing. as such, if your current bike has discs, you don’t need to find a different bike to ride. click on the letter to see all the details.
henk vogels foundation charity dinner – your chance to meet protour bmc rider, 2016 aussie olympian and former 1hr world record holder, rohan dennis. the henk vogels foundation is holding a charity dinner on the 4th of november. all proceeds from the dinner will go back into the sport of cycling. click on the flyer for more information and links to purchase tickets.
spr kit – we should have the latest order of spr kit available for collection this saturday after the main ride. it is expected to hit perth tomorrow, but we will let you know if it is delayed.
spr gloves – there are a small number of gloves available in black/green that were done as a sample before we finalised the white ones. limited stock, in the club shop. see the previous post for more details.
race licences – there are a couple of different types of licences that you can get when you become a member of spr. a recreational licence and a racing licence. recreational licences are for those that really only do the club training rides and want a bit of insurance coverage. it covers a full year from the time you purchase it. a race licence covers you for both training and racing and is necessary if you want to pin a number on. race licences are only valid for the calendar year which means that they expire at the end of december. however, the 2017 licences can be purchased from the 1st octoberand will then give you 15 months of coverage. if you are looking at upgrading to do some racing next year, or need one to do the summer crit races, then now is the time to join or renew.
ride routes – we get another taste of summer this weekend with saturday being the polar opposite from last week. strong easterlys and a top of 37 should mean that we get a full contingent of riders hitting coode st at 7am. this give you, the rider, a lot more choices. fast, fast 2, main 1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 etc…
saturday 5th november
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 abernethy 39.96km spr saturday
fast & main groups – morley drive 50.77km spr saturday
sunday 6th november
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 – coffee ride
short – brktn weir 82.89km spr sunday
long – carr peet obs 97.72km spr sunday
monday 7th november
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am
south stock 33.76km spr monday
tuesday 8th november
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 9th november
ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am
interval training – stock road repeats
thursday 10th november
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 11th november
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am