Ride Routes 29th January – 4th February

There is no time to wait if you want to secure early bird rates for the Tour de Gracetown (TdG) by Monday 31 January. Check out this link for registrations and information on the event, Saturday 22 October 2022 which offers three distances: 107km; 86km or 65km.

To register for the longer distance join team SPR. The TdG is a great opportunity for those newer to cycling to work towards this event over the year. It is also a wonderful weekend away with fellow cyclists and partners who are encouraged to come along. There will also be two social rides on the Sunday after the event.

Contact Carol via comdev@southperthrouleurs.com.au if you have any queries, want to enquire about a team for the shorter distances or have questions about accommodation for the event for yourself/partner or as a support person. Accommodation costs $75 per person for three nights or $150 for a double room.

Check back later tomorrow for the link to book accomodation.

Book accomodation on the shop here.

Getting dropped with SPR – There has been some feedback and discussion recently around group selection and the art of getting dropped with SPR (😎). So I thought it would be helpful to re-visit some our thinking as a club to ensure everyone gets the most out of our rides.

First up, almost all of our rides are intentionally **drop** rides.

It’s not that we want to leave you out on your own (though you should check the route), it’s that we have lots of groups out of the road and know that if you do get dropped there will be a group behind you, which you can join when they catch you, and which might be more suited to your capacity on the day. Our last Main ride (and Development / Transitional) are no-drop rides so that we don’t abandon you.

Have a read of our Club Training page for all the details. A key comment, ever so diplomatically put, notes that you may need “to drop back to a slower group behind you on the road if you have been overly ambitious in your original group selection.“

Here’s some perspective:

First, we are keen for you to move up groups and stretch yourself. That’s what training and group riding is all about. And feel free to sit at the back of the group and sit out of the roll through if/when you need to. As a guide, its probably not ideal that you spend 99% of every ride that way, but sitting out of the roll through is definitely OK. If you have questions about this, and how to do so safely, ask a Ride Leader or reach out online.

Equally, we know that everyone has that day when they want to take it that little bit easier. As a guide, pay attention to the group if you don’t normally ride with them, and don’t tear everyone else’s legs off because you think you’re taking it easy. Again, look to the Ride Leader if you’re unsure.

See you out on the road.

Lights – Quick reminder regarding lights. The days are getting shorter again – keep this in mind as you head out to our EBRs.

 

 

 

Free Track Sessions – We may need to defer to the experts on whether sessions at the track count towards your Festive 500, but other than that, if you (or your children) have ever thought about giving track cycling a try, then this is for you.

Midland Cycle Club is offering both Junior and Senior cyclists Three (3) Free Sessions at the Track with a fitted Track Bike. In particular, this is a good opportunity for Dad’s / Mum’s in our sport to encourage their kids to come and try cycling in a safe and controlled environment, namely being the Velodrome.

Criterium racing this weekend – If you want to race, or get in on the action watching others race, read on.

1. 4F Sanctuary Summer Series #2

2. PDCC Summer Criterium Series 2021-22 #6

From the Ride Coordinator – So a couple of updates for everyone on some of our regular rides that are not our main ride on Saturday.

Firstly, after taking a well earned break over Christmas and also the prolonged Australia Day period, our monthly Sunday gravel ride will return in the last week in February just in time to train for those considering the epic SeVen (Five or Three) event in May. I’m sure those competing in that event will want to get more than a monthly ride in, but hopefully these training days will help augment your other training for that event. So just confirming, the monthly SPR gravel ride will return on February 27th and will continue past the SeVen event throughout winter (pending its popularity of course).

For those devotees of our Friday Recovery ride we will also be trialing an amended route throughout February and March to the long standing route that will take out the ever increasingly dangerous intersection at the corner of Nicholson Rd and Bannister Rd that has seen a number of near misses on the ride route due to faster moving traffic coming down the hill on Nicholson Rd. You can see the modified version here. After the Shelley sprint the route will now turn left onto High Rd and continue to the end of this road before rejoining the existing route at the Nicholson Rd roundabout. The route is roughly 4kms shorter and the route length of 38kms is also more appropriate for what we are trying to promote as a genuine recovery ride after the Thursday RL ride. We will be trialing the new route and distance from February 4th until the end of March at which point we will review the future of the route with the the committee and membership.  So if you are in anyway nostalgic about the changing of routes, you may want to join us tomorrow for the last ride along the old route (including the Willeri bump and Bannister Rd) as it will be the last one for at least a few months.

Finally, an early heads up, for those who ride regularly on Sunday, stay tuned for some new ride routes being uploaded and chosen over the coming weeks. The ride lead subcommittee and some of our members have been busy over the summer in mapping some new ride routes. So whilst they are not yet loaded, we are just trying to whet your appetite for some new rides in the very near future. Stay tuned.

Saturday 29th January

Sunday 30th January

Monday 31st January

Tuesday 1st February

  • Ride starts under the Narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
  • Ride starts Frasers ave at 5:45am
    • Development group – interval training kings park

Wednesday 2nd February

Thursday 3rd February

Friday 4th February