see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. with the school holidays just around the corner, now is a great time to get the kids out on their bikes. the weather is not too hot and perth does have a pretty good series of bike paths, once you get to them. easter monday was ben’s first ride out and about with clip-in pedals on his road bike. a couple of stop, unclip but lean the wrong way falls, but we have all been there. he has been putting the big hours in on zwift, now it is time to see how that relates to the real world. just need to find a really small powermeter now…
ride leader sponsor – the ride leader sponsor for april is Melody Wheels who are a multiple return sponsor for the club. they are a wheel building specialists in the same way as one might distinguish a medical specialist from a gp. they do precision wheel building and wheel repairs, and that’s the only thing they do.
2017 annual report – prior to the agm held last weekend, we released our 2017 annual report. please take the time to have a look so you can see all the good work that was done last year. there are lots of people in the club that have contributed many hours of effort in providing events and services to the rouleurs community and they deserve to be recognised.
which ride for me – after the changes that the club introduced over the last couple of weeks, we have had another look at our guide for choosing the ride group for you to ride in. this concentrates primarily on the transitional through to main 3 rides, but still makes some very good points that all out riders should remember. see the previous post for all the details.
spr volunteer register – are you rocking up every saturday thinking, “wow, there must be a lot of behind the scenes organisation that goes into this”. well you are correct, but you can also be part of it. we are putting together a register of volunteers that we can call upon to help out with events, etc. check out the previous post and put your name forward to help out.
the ring criterium series – summer is done, the march equinox has come, and crit racing has finished for the season. and what a season it has been. the ring summer crit series finished up last sunday with the leederville round. the series itself was another success story, and whilst numbers were higher in some rounds compared to others, the overall patronage of the series was strong. check out the wrap up from an spr perspective in the previous post.
city of kalamunda cycling survey – the city council has put together a draft bicycle plan and are requesting feedback from riders who use the area. there is some good work in there and the city of kalumunda has even identified “training roads” as areas where the more endurance based riders choose to ride. have a look at the draft plan and click on the link to give feedback. we need to ensure that the results are not just some of the more vocal cyclist hating residents that we have had to deal with.
crawley road safety improvements – the city of perth is looking at options for the stretch of road that we ride on during the sat, sun, tue and thurs earlybird rides. they are looking at restricting access and putting in speedhumps as well as options for bike paths along the river. please take the time to let them knowthat we, along with other big packs, regularly ride that stretch of road and they need to make sure pack cyclists are taken into account. the last thing we need is more traffic furniture to dodge.
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.
ride routes – with westerly winds predicted on saturday, we will head to the coast to aim for a nice push home. also, in light of the dams ride on this weekend, the sunday hills rides will head further north to avoid any confusion.
saturday 7th april
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 1/2 – trans mosman 40.39km spr saturday
fast/main – reabold & cottesloe 50.91km spr saturday
sunday 8th april
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 9th april
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am
south stock 33.76km spr monday
tuesday 10th april
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 11th april
ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am
interval training – stock road repeats
thursday 12th april
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 13th april
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am