we are getting close to the end of financial year and as such, everyone is having a EOFY sale. now mostly this is a great thing for cyclists as there are bargains to be had. the downside for us, however, is that councils also seem to have a end of financial year spending spree and try to get as much road works done as possible. for those that have ridden around the river this week, burke drive has a couple of filled in trenches cut across the road and melville beach pde is ripped up. if you did wed stockies, then you would seen parts of that climb ground down and levelled. now the upshot is that we will eventually get nice new surfaces to ride on. the downside is that in the dark, some of these things are not easy to spot. please take care and make sure that you call any uneven road surfaces when riding in the group. some of the roads now resemble a cheese grater and would not be the best thing to be sliding along if you come off.
ride leader sponsor – 
our ride leaders for june are proudly sponsored by return sponsor, Seeton Consulting. they are Chartered Accountants in South Perth providing Cloud based accounting and taxation solutions to small businesses specialising in franchise operations.
entertainment books – this year the club has decided to sell the every popular entertainment books as a way to raise funds. even better there is now an app available so you don’t need to carry vouchers with you. there is also a cool function where you can see a map of your location and all the available offers in the area. check out the previous post for more details and links to registration.
swan valley cyclosportif – every year we put together a number of teams to participate in the bwa swan valley cyclosportif. it is a great opportunity for people that have never ridden competitively before to experience it in a non-competitive format. essentially it is a team time trial so you will only be riding with people you know. spr usually has a number of teams entered and should be able to cater for a wide range of abilities. see the previous post for further details.
tour of margs 2017 expressions of interest – as per previous years we are looking at putting multiple teams in for the tour of margs in november. this is a 3 stage teams based race with a team time trial and 2 road races. expressions of interest are now open and you can check out the previous post for more details, we would like people to be committed if they say that they want to do it this year.
tour of esperance – if you are thinking of heading down to esperance in july, then make sure that you take your bike. this year the tour of esperance will be holding a handicap race on the 16th july with lots of prize money to boot. being a handicap race, everyone has a chance of winning the prize. check out their facebook event page for further details.
saturday start locations – we have revamped the group start locations on saturday morning. please have a look at the map so you know where your group will congregate. this makes it easier for ride leaders to give you a briefing before the ride starts. see the previous post for more details.
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hursday training ride – this week we implemented a new system of splitting the thursday group ride to keep the size manageable. we think that we have come up with a good way of splitting the groups, but we need you to be honest about your own abilities. have a look at the strava segment for the ride so you know where you sit. there is nothing to stop you stepping up to challenge yourself, but this will at least provide a guide as to how much more challenging it will be.
ride routes – you may have noticed that some of the ride route maps are not showing up. recently garmin changed the address in how it embeds onto webpages. i am slowly changing them all, but it takes time so am really only doing it as i change the ride routes. if there is a linked address below the non-existent map, then this will also take you to the same place. this monday is wa day. public holiday protocol will be in place with the normal rides and splits. dome westralia in the city will be open so you can still have your coffee/breakfast wrap/banana bread/apple pie to refuel after the ride.
saturday 3rd 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 reverse river 40.58km spr saturday
fast & main groups – ewen st 50.26km spr saturday
sunday 4th 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 – coffee ride
short – goose kal 63.41km spr sunday
long – darl weir 100.09km spr sunday
monday 5th june – wa day
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am
south stock 33.76km spr monday
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
public hol 58.97km spr special
tuesday 6th june
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
spr tuesday 36.37km (river ride)
ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
wednesday 7th june
ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am
interval training – stock road repeats
thursday 8th june
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
see previous post for ride groups
spr thursday 37.26km (cott & freo)
ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
friday 9th june
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am