We are back for the SPR Water Tower Challenge 2021 Edition after a great event last year.
Ride against the clock in teams of 3, through the Perth suburbs in search of water towers. You will likely find water towers that you never knew existed and visit suburbs you do not usually ride through.
And remembering that water towers are built on the top of hills, you will have the opportunity to do some climbing as well 😀 – choose either the Imperial (170km and 1,800m of climbing) or the Metric tonne (103km and 1,300m of climbing).
This is a fundraiser for the club and helps support the Rider Leaders Programme that both members and non-members enjoy 365 days a year.
The event is open members and non-members.
To whet your appetite I’ve included some photos from my team’s attempt last year.
All of the details are on the EntryBoss event page, which is where you sign up!
Find a team and get involved.
Inaugural Gravel Ride – Don’t forget our first gravel/dirt ride this weekend (weather permitting!) – we have prepared an easy route that starts at the Darlington post office where we travel north to Lake Leschenautia across to Chidlow and return on the northern side of the heritage trail to Bellevue and then back to the Darlington Post Office. The total distance is 56ks along fairly easy going trails. If anyone is not keen on going to the Lake there will be an alternate option of just the Heritage Trail. This is a no drop ride so everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the scenery. With all the rain that we have had there are plenty of streams flowing and frogs croaking to enjoy. Please remember to bring enough water and food for the journey and spare tubes.
All the details below.
SPR Women’s Health Talk & Afternoon Tea – Female cyclists can often encounter health issues that require careful monitoring or maintenance. Come join Dr Rachel McCormick and PhD Scholar Serene Lee to discuss these issues and how they can be managed to lessen the impact they can have on your cycling and health.
The club will be putting on afternoon tea!
Now fully subscribed – thanks everyone for supporting the club – but for more information see the full post here.
SPR Tour de France Dinner – The SPR Committee is pleased to announce that we are this year again holding our Tour de France dinner. This year at Chez Pierre.
With the recent lockdown, this has been re-scheduled to Thursday 5th August (after the Tour has finished but the best we could do!). Enjoy the night!
Sorry, sold out.
From the Ride Coordinator – So if you’re anything like me and really sick of the weather (my road bike is suffering from separation anxiety) then neither I or the BOM have good news for you this weekend with yet another front (or two) due to pass over the greater Perth area. Let’s hope there is a enough of a break to get our Saturday ride in.
However, we are hopeful that we get enough respite from the combo of heavy rain and driving winds to kick off our inaugural regular gravel ride around the Heritage trail with optional extension to Chidlow. So if it’s “just lightish rain” as opposed to the stuff we have been experiencing, then come and meet us at 7.30am on Sunday departing from the car park opposite the Darlington post office for a bit of fun on the Heritage trail. We have a couple of options to choose from if the numbers stack up. One that does the Heritage Trail loop only, and one that goes further up to Chidlow. So if you’ve ever wanted to give gravel riding a go, this may be the weekend to try it. If the weather is looking too difficult to hold, a call will be made Saturday evening at around 7-7.30pm so keep an eye out on Facebook for confirmation it is on. If it is and you are driving to the start, remember to pack a change of clothes or at least a towel.
Saturday 31st July
- Ride starts under the Narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
- Early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special
- Hills ride starts at Coode st carpark at 6:30am
- Short Hills –
- All rides start at Coode St carpark at 7:00am
- Development group – novice shelley 36.06km spr saturday
- Transitional 1/2 – trans canning vale 42.34km spr saturday
- Fast, Main – south lake 51.99km spr saturday
Sunday 1st August
- Rides start at Coode st carpark at 7:00am
- Development group – coffee ride
- Short – khna weir 72.23km spr sunday
- Long – khna can mills 94.55km spr sunday
- Ride start at car park opposite the Darlington Post Office at 7:30am
- [NEW] Gravel – Heritage and Chidlow spr gravel
Monday 2nd August
- Ride starts under the Narrows (Sth Perth side) at 5:30am
Tuesday 3rd August
- Ride starts under the Narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
- Ride starts Frasers ave at 5:45am
- Development group – interval training kings park
Wednesday 4th August
- Ride starts Raffles bike path at 5:30am
- Interval training – stock road repeats
Thursday 5th August
- Ride starts under the Narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
- Ride starts Frasers ave at 5:45am
- Development group – interval training kings park
Friday 6th August
- Ride starts under the Narrows (Sth Perth side) at 5:30am