Ride Routes 3rd – 9th December

Good evening all. Just a few things to highlight this evening. First up, you can still get tickets for our out-of-lycra Christmas event in the shop – all the details below. On a related note, don’t forget to nominate someone for an award in our Social & Race Award Nomination survey below.

Next up, congratulations to Toby Brown for his win at the Westral Wheelrace last week! The Westral is the 2nd oldest Wheelrace in Australia, dating back to 1897. It is a handicap race over 6 laps (1,500m) with riders assigned staggering starts around the track according to their heats. Nice one Toby.

Lastly, on behalf of the Committee I would like to offer thanks to Mandy McEvoy for her contribution to SPR’s social media presence these past twelve months. Many of you will have seen Mandy’s announcement in her last post yesterday of her decision to step down from the Committee. Thank you Mandy 🙏🏻

See you at the races now that the Crit season is here – if that is your thing. Seriously, though – if you are interested in racing, whatever your level of experience, please get in touch with Steve by email on race@southperthrouleurs.com.

Daniel

 

The Rouleurs Run Radelaide — The Tour Down Under is a festival of cycling, first staged in 1999 and now the biggest cycling race in the southern hemisphere. There is The Race, The Challenge Tour, the buzz of the village and the overall electric atmosphere. Get amongst it, go to everything, get up early for a ride, catch the starts, the finishes, ride everywhere and swim at the beach. This is when the City of Churches becomes the City of Cycling.

If this is something for you, contact Andrew vp@southperthrouleurs.com.au to find out more or be added to the “The Rouleurs Run Radelaide” Facebook group. 

https://tourdownunder.com.au/

 

Tickets available here!

 

SPR Social & Race Award Nominations 2022 — Each year SPR recognises riders and volunteers for their achievements and contributions to all things cycling.

Please give a few minutes to nominate these individuals in a quick survey via this link. There is a prize of nutritional goodies for cyclists for one lucky responder so don’t delay.

The awards will be presented at our Annual Christmas Ride to be held on Saturday 17 December 2022 at Dome after the ride. Come along for the ride in Christmas dress – there is a prize for the best dressed bike and/or cyclist.

Any queries, get in touch with Carol at comdev@southperthrouleurs.com.

 

SPR Kit — The Kit Shop is open. Closes 9 December for deliver mid-January.

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

1. 4Five+ Twilight Series – Round 3

2. NBCC Splendid Park Criterium

3. WCMCC Wangara Criterium

4. RCCC Twilight World Champs @ DRMC Rnd 1

Announcement: We’ve needed to delay the Watertower Challenge until next year. Stayed tuned.

 

From the Ride Coordinator — Glorious weather this weekend, so we’re expecting good turnout for all rides. Main groups will do South Lake on Saturday. While the route is unchanged , the ride is quite different with ongoing improvements to Berrigan Drive and Jandakot Roads over the last few years.

Sunday long hills doesn’t have a late regroup point at a water stop, so make sure to top up with whatever you need in Kalamunda, after the first climb up Zigzag at about 32km. We’re always looking for ways to improve our ride routes, and for new routes to add to our repertoire. If you have suggestions for either, feel free to email these to ride-routes@southperthrouleurs.com.au. The Ride Leader group has initiated review sessions to consider suggestions, and recommend changes and new routes. We’d love to hear from you.

Remember the **all** Sunday rides now start at 6am.

Saturday 3rd December

Sunday 4th December

Monday 5th December

Tuesday 6th December

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

Wednesday 7th December

  • Ride starts Raffles bike path at 5:30am
  • Rides start at Coode St carpark at 10:00am
    • Midweek Transitional – <returns March 2023>

Thursday 8th December

Friday 9th December