Ride Routes 14 – 20th January

It’s that time of year again, with the Tour Down Under starting tomorrow.

For those that are/have headed over … enjoy.

For everyone else, you’re welcome to consider some passive aggressive sharing with the hashtag #notradelaide 😎

  

Annual General Meeting — It’s not until late March, but I want to flag our AGM so that you all get to start thinking about it early.

Each year at the AGM, all office holder and general committee positions are declared vacant. We do this to ensure that the committee is representative of our broad membership and the opportunity is there to see the committee evolve to meet our members’ changing needs.

Please do consider if the SPR committee is a place you might contribute to the rouleur community.

Positions on the committee include:

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
  • Race committee representative
  • Ride Coordinator committee representative
  • Women’s Interest committee representative
  • Kit committee representative
  • Community Development committee representative
  • Training and development representative
  • Membership & Communications representative
  • General committee members

There is also an opportunity to assist the club on the following sub-committees, and new volunteers are always welcome:

  • Race sub-committee
  • Kit sub-committee
  • Community sub-committee
  • Women’s interests sub-committee
  • Training and development sub-committee

For details of our current committee see here.

If you are interested or have questions, please get in touch – either by email (president@southperthrouleurs.com.au or admin@southperthrouleurs.com.au) or via our Facebook page.

AusCycling Review — Many of you will know that several years ago, the national sporting body changed from Cycling Australia to AusCycling. At the time, the changes were problematic – there were good sides of the changes as well as some real problems.

Many of the issues remain – to the extent that many SPR members (particularly those who do not race – the majority of our members) see no real impact of AusCycling on their/our experience as cyclists.

We have a good local State Manager in Matt Poyner though the WA office is severely understaffed. We do also have a well-staffed WestCycle office (also a path to SPR membership, and an organisation with positive impact locally) though these two cycling bodies still have yet to establishing a good working relationship.

AusCycling yesterday announced a review of the new organisation – have a read on Facebook here (as you can imagine, some lively discussion already) and the formal news post here.

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

1. WCMCC Bibra Lake Criterium

 

From the Ride Coordinator — Some things are worth repeating, particularly when safety is at stake. Red lights mean stop. If you’re at the front of a group, then orange lights mean stop, and call it loudly so that the riders behind know to slow down. If for any reason the group splits due to a red light, then ride really easy until those left at the lights have caught up. If they know the group will wait up, they are less likely to shoot a light. It’s much easier to get a group through a set of lights if the size is kept below 15 riders.

Lets all help by cooperating at the start, to ensure we set ourselves up for success. Enjoy the good weather again this weekend.

Saturday 14th January

Sunday 15th January

Monday 16th January

Tuesday 17th January

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

Wednesday 18th January

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

Thursday 19th January

Friday 20th January