ride routes 29th & 30th august

a dry but cold morning predicted for this weekend so hopefully we get some decent numbers out for a ride.  the wet weather seems to have scared some people off recently and numbers have been down.  i will be back in the saddle so no early morning photographer duties for me and young ben.  we will split if the numbers allow, and have the two groups traversing both leach and south streets to get to freo.  a detour through cott before home via dalkeith.

sunday, for those not doing the city2surf, will involve both sides of the kahuna with roleystone high school in between.  four climbs with three of them in pretty quick succession will certainly test the legs.  after 2 weeks off the bike, i look forward to everyone beating me to the top.

there is a race on this sunday as well with the masters classic being held down in wandi.  you have to be of a certain age to be involved but that is ok, since the average age of our group is pretty much over that certain age.  good luck to those that are having a crack.

the vuelta a espana starts this weekend and we will be running another tipping comp.  check the page link at the top of the website for more info and how to enter.  all entry dollars will be returned as prize money, so the more that enter, the bigger the prizes.  i am hunting down a live streaming site so that we can also watch the race as we did during the giro.

south perth rouleurs saturday ride 09 (risley & cott)

south perth rouleurs sunday ride 15 (kahuna & canning mills)

city to surf

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for any of you that actually get off the bike and run, daryl has 2 entries to this weekend’s city to surf that he no longer needs.  if anyone wants to run instead of ride on sunday, send me and email and i will forward it through to daryl.

UPDATE – ENTRIES HAVE BEEN CLAIMED

tour de timor

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some of you may have wondered why stu was on the mountain bike a few weeks ago during the saturday ride.  well he is currently over in timor racing in the tour de timor. 

first stage was yesterday and covered 130kms and finished with a final 10km climb.  there are over 300 people entered and stu came 19th in the first stage with the results on cyclingnews.

sunday 23rd aug – cyclosportif, byford

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Team B Byford Report by Shun

The day started off at 7am for the drive down to Byford. When reaching Mead Rd, I was surprised to find an empty housing estate rather than the start area.

After going around the block (or hectare?) I eventually saw the cyclo-sportif sign lying next to a fence.

Crawling down the side road I found a parking and it started to rain lightly. Not a good start to the day.

Amusement for the next hour as cars turned up and did 10 point turns to backup to Warrington Rd to find a parking space.

Eventually the SPR gang started to turn up in and we all met at the briefing point.

After the usual briefing and pinning the tail on the donkey with the numbers we all huddled together waiting for the start.

Lorraine hobbled up and helped us with our misc car keys and wallets.

Finally the B team got to the line and started off.

As we went down the road, the wind from the right kick in and Doug assumed the position to let me half wheel him for some shelter.

Snuggle’s must have started to get frisky and moved up to the front for some long pulls, and then dropped to the back for short breaks.

After the 3 time, I yelled to him that we needed to get a blood/urine sample from him after the event.

I think he snorted and me and went even harder???

It was about 13k’s in when I heard ‘ease up’ from the back and I relayed the message to Snuggles (phew).

As we approached the climb up to the Serpentine monastery we decided that the best approach would be to go up the climb at our own pace and regroup.

I went off the front at my own pace expecting to be passed eventually and didn’t want to hold everyone up too much.

As I went around the first corner, the first of a couple riders from other teams had already dismounted and started the long walk up.

About 50 meters and I dodged a few who were zigzagging.

As I got to the 3/4 point, Tim and Paul went past and I met them at the top a minute later.

When I found out Tim had a fair about of body weight on me, I vowed to join in more Sunday hill rides! Great effort from the big guy!

After a quick break, BD said hi to his breakfast again, we were off.

I rode my brakes for most of the descents and Melvyn kept an eye on me to make sure I didn’t lose contact with the group too much.

Eventually we hit the dam and had another climb and I saw Tim pass me to head to the top again.

More descents on the rough country roads after this kept us on our toes.

The ride back into Byford was comfortable until it started raining for the last 10k’s in.

When we crossed the line, first thing on everyone’s mind was to get changed into something warm and dry.

Lorraine’s refuelling station was open with chocolate brownies and coke which was most welcomed!

Off to the lunch and Cameron Myer’s garage sale.

All in it was a great day and thanks to everyone for coming and flying the SPR colours.

vuelta a espana tipping comp

well it is time for another grand tour as the pros line up for the vuelta this coming weekend.

we will be running another tipping comp and have set up a new tipping home page.  same rules apply as the tour tipping comp and there is a page outlining them.

you can now access all the pages easily using the page menu above, so register your team name by adding your comments to the vuelta home page.  cost will be $10 and there will be prizes for each category.

good luck.

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saturday 22nd august – tv stations

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kind of a ride report by peter.

another weekend off the bike for me as i just can’t seem to shake this cold.  two weeks of coughing and spluttering and a week and a half of no bike can be quite soul destroying.  anyway, i was playing “official photographer” today so with the young lad in tow,  followed the group around the course. 

there were quite a few out and only a few brief showers along the way.  the group didn’t split and waited on wanneroo rd when dr greg got a puncture going through some roadworks.  pretty uneventful from my perspective (inside a car), but anyone else is welcome to elaborate on how the ride went.

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If you can network this flyer to your contacts and those keen should contact Kelly Seward at: research@pihc.com.au or on 0418928338.

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ride routes 22nd & 23rd aug

another nice wet weekend predicted so we will keep close to town on saturday.  the tv stations provides a nice way to warm up once the pace is on but usually allows the group to stick together after the downhill.  just remember that you turn off halfway along kings park and then come home via dalkieth.  i am sure that the last time we did this route, the main group was not caught.  novice group rides as usual.

sunday sounds like a nice relaxing ride through john forrest national park but not before heading up greenmount.  only 4 climbs that are fairly well spaced out means that there is a lot of transitional sections to ride and chat.

there is a cyclo-sportif on this sunday down at byford so good luck to the 2 teams that we have entered there.  we have one in each of the a and b distance but both have to tackle the hill.

i will be taking the remaining kit to the coffeeshop this saturday, so if you haven’t collected you can pick it up there.  even if you don’t ride you can still collect, otherwise it will be by appointment with me.  drop me an email.

south perth rouleurs saturday ride 06 (tv stations)

south perth rouleurs sunday ride 04 (greenmount & parkerville & mundaring weir)

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