ride routes 13th & 14th december

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no baby as yet so i am planning to ride saturday and race sunday.  fingers and legs crossed that he doesn’t come till monday. 

so a nice easy one saturday and we will take a pleasant cruise up hale rd and back along kalamunda and guilford rds.  the pace will step up once we cross the bridge in bassendean, but apart from that i am expecting an easy ride.  as there is racing on sunday, we will not split into 2 groups as we need to save the legs.

sunday will be a case of “who is not racing”.  so far we have our best turn out ever for a race event at the joondalup classic.

“a” grade men – brendan

“b” grade men – ryan, judd, stuart, peter, james, jerrard, mark, ben, paul, mike, melvyn, chris, john

“b” grade women – lorraine, bec w, lisa, nicole???

as this takes out most of the regular sunday riders, there are many a mountain point available to be claimed.  the map shows some cat 2 climbs, but make them all cat 1 and let me know the first 5 riders to the top.  for those that are planning to tackle the sunday ride, make sure you check the map as there will be a few tricky points to navigate.  good luck to you and we will see if we can get a rouleur onto the podium.

south perth rouleurs saturday ride 03 (hale rd)

south perth rouleurs sunday ride 02 (darlington & mundaring weir)

new team kit

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i have added a new page at the top that provides details of the new team kit order.  we will be taking orders over the next couple of weeks, but availablity of items will depend on us reaching the minimum requirements per garment.  you can let me know what you want either via e-mail or by filling in the order sheet at the coffee shop on saturdays.  like last time, we will not be ordering extra kits, so whatever you don’t order this time, may have to wait at least another 6 months before we order again.

CHRISTMAS RIDE AND BREAKFAST

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The Christmas ride and breakfast will be on Saturday 20th December

Christmas fancy dress for riders is highly recommended

And don’t forget some Christmas bling for your bike too!

A sumptuous breakfast will be waiting at the end of the ride

at Palazzo Ghossein in City Beach (details later)


Don’t miss out on this wonderful end-of-year social event for the South Perth Rouleurs

Everyone welcome!


$10 per person on the day

Please RSVP by Weds 17th December

if possible

admin@southperthrouleurs.com.au


Jerard’s wife Tania is helping me with the breakfast but if there is someone whose partner could also come and help it would be much appreciated.

Lorraine

saturday 6th december – gooseberry hill

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ride report by peter.

 

december already and there is a lot of things on the plate.  christmas, christmas parties, spr christmas breakfast, new kit to be ordered, oh, and a new baby needs to be scheduled in there at sometime.  it looks to be a busy few weeks.  in keeping with the season of giving, i am giving you guys the chance to step up and take control of the group.  when #2 son appears, it is unknown how much time i will be able to spend in the saddle but we need to keep a tight reign on the group or it will just become another group ride. 

see, we do have some girls in the group
see, we do have some girls in the group

to that end, i devised a cunning plan.  in the words of the great blackadder, “as cunning as a fox who’s just been appointed professor of cunning at oxford university”.  i needed to split the group up to protect the weaker riders from the pace of the stronger ones.  then while the fast boys are smashing themselves apart, the rest of the group can build to a more sustainable pace.  as riders progress in their ability, they can then step up to the faster group, or if the stronger guys have been brought down by illness or injury, they can use the second group as a recovery ride.

now how this helps me, is that when the stronger riders are self flagellating at the front, the only guys that they will be hurting are those that have volunteered to go in group one.  if they get dropped, they are usually strong enough to make their way back without me having to worry about them.  with group two, the natural order of things will find a few guys and girls that will step up and take control of the group to keep it together and help the struggling riders.  russell was that person today and i thank him for it as it makes my life easier. 

so, how to make the split.  how do you tell someone which group they are in.  well i didn’t have to.  i put a bloody great hill in the middle of the ride and that made the decision for me.  gooseberry hill is long and steep.  not as long as some of the sunday hills nor as steep as some of the others, but definitely a new thing for the saturday ride.  for many it was the extra incentive to say “group 2 for me” for others it would be a long painful morning. 

about 40 were willing to ride this morning and we set out on a fairly new route.  a zig-zag course through belmont and maida vale found us on hawtin rd which is the last stretch of the hale rd route.  this gave us and easier approach to gooseberry than i had originally mapped out as we could cross kalamunda rd at the lights.  the selection point was the roundabout and i barked orders as we approached and then watched the group split fairly well in two with about 20 heading straight up gooseberry and the other 20 turning left via ridgehill rd. 

as i had slid back through the group to let everyone know what was going on, i started the climb well down in the placings and had a lot of ground to make up.  i was surprised at the amount of traffic that this road gets and we had to go single file at the start which allowed a few of the boys a fair gap up ahead.  i stuck on hugh’s wheel for as long as i could and we picked up a number of riders before the road flattened out slightly.  knowing that this was the calm before the storm, i tried to pick up as much ground as i could before the steepest part of the hill started.  as the gradient sapped the strength from my legs, i was past by judd and a couple of others, including julian  who is climbing exceptionally well lately (note to drug testers).  ryan was well ahead and i have a feeling that hugh was also up the road.  as the grade finally settled to the point where you could actually see the finish, i accelerated around judd and the others since i could now measure the effort to the line.  i managed to hold julian’s wheel, but was in no state to try to come around.

we waited and watched the riders come up one by one in many a state of emotional and physical disrepair.  the last rider was rob, an old mate from work who was back on break from liberia in west africa.  not much riding going on there and i was surprised to see him volunteer fro group one.  the look on his face at the top of the hill said it may have surprised him too.

a nice descent down the zig-zag complete with a view of the city made it all worthwhile and provided a good reprieve for the legs.  a regroup at the top of ridgehill rd provided us with an indication of just how far ahead the second group would be.  a looooong way.  it took us ages to get up gooseberry, then the zig-zag is not the most direct route to the bottom, so we were at least 15 min behind with about 45 min of riding to go.  the group splintered on the descent and quite a bit of organisation was needed to get it back together for the run into town.  once we were complete, the boys on the front lit the fuse and were off.

i expected that we may roll through, or even half the group roll through, but the front few were keen to just power through the wind running single file until the pace slackened.  another rider would then come to the front and take the strain.  the tailwind combined with the diesel motors of judd and nick along with the turbo of ryan and the rotory engines in james and ben, kept us humming along at around 50 kph for most of helana valley rd.  by the time we hit great eastern hwy it was clear that there was a group 1 and a group 1.5 due to the pace. 

we had picked up another rider on the way and i spent most of helena valley rd chatting to sean o’neil who has been one of, if not “the”, top triathlete in perth the last few years.  he was a handy asset to have on the return journey and did a lot of work on the front as we came through the rollers in mt lawley.

every time we regrouped at the lights, the pace would be on so that only the strongest survived to the end.  if we discount gooseberry hill, as we did regroup three times after the climb, then it is actually pace that determined who should be in group 1 and 2.  as far as i was concerned, it was the best and hardest saturday ride i had been on in ages. 

we rolled into the coffee shop about 10 min after the first group had landed and they all had their coffee’s

ryan's new bum hole
ryans new bum hole

and sustenance on the table as we arrived.  there was no way we were going to catch them, but it had them worried and they were trying to stay away for the rest of the ride.  the important thing was that they stayed together.

as for the saturday ride from now on,  am keen to get feedback on whether this is the way to go.  i think that people will eventually fall into the group that they feel comfortable with and it should make the ride more pleasant for all.  if we do proceed down this path of two routes, it will not always be a hill that will be added, but usually a extra lap to give the group two riders a head start for the ride home.  however, expect the pace to be high in group one as the chase begins.

in other non-riding type news, just a reminder that the ride on the 20th of dec will be the christmas breakfast in which we will not (as tradition dictates) be riding hard and you will all be encouraged not to be too serious and either dress up or decorate your bike.  the breakfast will be held at jerry’s palace in city beach so just be aware that the ride home will be a bit longer that usual and it may pay to organise some small groups to ride home together.

the next run of team kit will be underway soon and i will be posting details on the blog just as soon as i bolt down some of the finer points.  like price.  there will be the standard kit plus potentially some extras, like undergarments and t-shirts, as long as we get enough orders to reach the minimum required per style.  keep an eye on the blog as well as look for the signup sheet circulating around the coffee shop.

i forgot to mention that ryan fell off and hurt his bottom on the way to the ride this morning.  luckily it wasn’t his spr kit that he got a hole in.

your cycling holidays in the alps

you may occasionally see some of the group riding in an “aussies in france” jersey and wonder what the hell that is about.  last year, christophe took a group of cyclists over to france to ride some of the little hills they have over there.  after a bit of a hiatus this year he is organising it again for august next year.

fabrice, who acted as a guide last time, will be joining the tour again and will be organising a quote over the next couple of weeks.  the distances have been kept below 100km per day to make sure that everyone enjoys themselves without being too exhausted the next day.  total rider numbers will be kept down to 20 so if you are interested contact christophe by e-mail.

 

Arrivée From To 17/08/2009 km Climbs
Etape 1 Eze Eze 18/08/2009 58.3 Col de la Madone de Gorbio
Etape 2 Eze St Martin de Vésubie 19/08/2009 79.2 Col du Turini
Etape 3 St Martin Vésubie Isola 2000 20/08/2009 58.1 17 km de montée pour Isola 2000
Etape 4 Isola 2000 Barcelonnette 21/08/2009 86.6 Col de la Bonnette – le col le plus haut d’europe
Etape 5 Barcelonnette Embrun 22/08/2009 71.3 Col du lauzet, col de st apolinaire
Etape 6 Embrun Briançon 23/08/2009 73.5 Col de l’Izoard
Etape 7 Briançon Alpe D’Huez 24/08/2009 72.0 Col du Lautaret, Alpe d’Huez
Etape 8 Alpe d’huez Alpe D’Huez 25/08/2009 94.0 Col du Glandon, Col de la Croix de Fer, Alpe D’Huez
Etape 9 Alpe d’huez St Michel de Maurienne 26/08/2009 88.5 Col du Lautaret, Col du Galibier
Etape 10 St Michel de Maurienne Val d’Isère 27/08/2009 89.0 Val d’Isère
Etape 11 Val d’Isère Beaufort 28/08/2009 70.5 Cormet de Roseland
Etape 12 Beaufort Le Grand Bornand 29/08/2009 98.4 Col des Saisies, Cote d’araches, Col de Romme, Col de la Colombière
Etape 13 Le Grand Bornand Annecy 30/08/2009 74.8  
Etape 14 Annecy Genéve 31/08/2009 73.9  
Départ     1/09/2009    
      TOTAL 1088.1  

ride for youth

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some of you will know anna who regularly does the sunday hills rides but may not know that she is doing the ride for youth fundraising bike ride.  the ride travels from albany to freo over 5 days, covers 700kms and is raising money for youth focus.

youth focus is a WA non-for-profit community based organisation that works with young people 12-18 years of age who are showing early signs of suicide, depression and self-harm.  so as part of the fundraiser, she is selling wines, by the dozen, from salitage wines.  there 6 different wines available and would make a good christmas present.  prices are below that of the bottle shops and you can find the order form here.

ride routes 6th & 7th december

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holy crap it’s december.  where has my year gone.  i think i must have left it in my other pants.  we are looking at a warm one on saturday and it will be good to get the riding gear on without having to worry about armwarmers, vests, bootie covers, knee warmers, etc, etc, etc.

to celebrate such a nice warm saturday ride we are going to do something different.  i want to try to break the group up a bit.  i.e. a group 1 and a group 2.  the way we are going to do this is by imposing a massive hill in the middle of the ride.  namely gooseberry hill.  if you have joined the fun of the sunday ride, then you may have experienced gooseberry.  if not think hard about which group you want to play in.  the group 2 riders will skip gooseberry and head over the easy side of ridgehill rd.  it will then be up to group 1 to try to catch group 2 on the way home via guilford rd.  with easterly winds this may be a hard task.  so make sure you look hard at the map so that you know exactly where we are riding as this is a very new route.

sunday i will have to miss out on the fun as i will be taking number 1 son to the christmas parade in the city.  after the work kids christmas party the night before, at adventure world, we should be all santa’d out till christmas day.  so to make it easy for you i am sending you on a kind of reverse of what we did last week.  most people should know the roads, but make sure you tally up the points as we start a new month in the mountain points this week.

south perth rouleurs saturday ride 15 (gooseberry hill)

south perth rouleurs sunday ride 01 (carradine & peet) 

sunday 30th november – soldiers rd and canning mills

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ride report by peter.

 

after a successful outing on the bike yesterday, i decided to have a run at the hills to really test out how bad this cold has affected me.  dr ronny’s big brother kenny was in town from over east and ronny wanted to make sure we took him out to see some hills.  there were a number of our current routes we could have followed to show him the hillier parts of perth, but instead i mapped out a new one that meant that we had to go exploring.  this is always dangerous as sometimes google maps does not exactly match the real world.  i tried to add in a number of climbs that we generally have only done as descents.  solidiers rd being the main one as this is one of the best mid-ride descents that we do when we head out to ride around rolystone. 

about 20 or so riders toed the line this morning and dr paul and mark kicked things off with a couple of jokes.  if you have every shared a table at the coffee shop with dr paul, you know that this can be a very dangerous thing.  but always very funny.  we headed out to albany hwy for a pleasant and uneventful trip to the base of the kahuna.  we were not headed up the kahuna, but this was the back way into kelmscott and kept us off the main roads.

we then headed towards the base of canning mills rd which loomed large above us.  i was saving this for later so we turned off just before the climb started.  a slight detour and u-turn and we were soon on brookton hwy and going up our first categorised climb.  this was a short section of brookton and was only to get us to the start of soldiers rd.  it was only a cat 2 climb as the grade was not steep and the distance short.

stu set the pace from the start and i sat on his wheel.  a couple of looks over the shoulder and the group was still pretty much together.  it was going to come down to a sprint and when we saw the turn off, stu, kenny and i wound it up.  it was a short sprint and then we had to negotiate a right hand turn to get into soldiers rd.  i will be changing parts of this route soon.

stu – 5, peter – 3, kenny – 1.

 

i cannot remember the climb up soldiers rd.  we have done it before, but it was probably well over a year ago, if not longer.  i can remember coming down it so many times, but the grades and distances are deceptive when you are descending.  we took off with mark and john leading the charge.  it starts with a quick descent followed by a sharp uphill before leveling out for a bit.  by the time we hit the main part of the climb, a group of 5 had established themselves at the front.  stu was on the charge again with brendan marking him close by.  kenny was climbing alongside and seemed to be doing it easily while jerry and i sat at the back hanging on as best we could. 

the lower slopes with the nice hotmix surface were not too steep and no-one could really get away easy.  as the road wound its way past churchman’s brook dam, it steepened up somewhat and the corners made it hard to know what was coming next.  the corner where scott came off ages ago was actually quite steep when tackled form this direction and this is where brendan made a move.  he said later that he had a look at stu’s heartrate monitor and thought that he was almost at max, so to hit him now.  kenny easily went with him and i had to chase to try to get on. 

i didn’t quite make it but kept the pace on as best i could to stay ahead of stu and maximize points.  i was losing ground to brendan and kenny who were engrossed in their own tussle with little attacks on each other to see who would crack first.  stu made up a bit of ground a couple of times, but i was constantly looking over my shoulder to see where he was and make sure he didn’t creep up on me.  on the last few pinches of the climb, brendan managed to shake off kenny and had a nice gap at the top.  a flattish section to the line provided a nice run for me to time trial up to kenny and pass him within about 50m of the finishline.  sorry, but i needed the points.  stu dropped jerry but he managed to hold on to fifth place.

brendan – 10, peter – 7, kenny – 5, stu – 3, jerry – 1.

 

we regrouped and headed down canns rd another road we usually do the other direction and this time it made a nice change.  at the bottom we turned into carawatha but the other side from which we usually tackle.  the descent is always fast so i expected that the climb would be hard and it was…a bit.  it wasn’t as hard as the f_ckenberg and it certainly wasn’t easy, but overall it was a bit short to really cause any damage.  everyone is usually panting when we come up the other side, but this side didn’t seem as brutal.  kenny had shot up the hill like a rocket and brendan took off after him.  it was a bit too steep for me and stu and jerry also left me behind.  as it was not that long, there was no time to make up any ground and that is the finishing order.

kenny – 10, brendan – 7, stu – 5, jerry – 3, peter – 1.

 

we changed the route somewhat and headed down the other side of carawatha and onto albany hwy.  as we turned onto brookton and about to head towards the base of canning mills rd, there was the depressing sound of air leaking out of a tyre.  michael had another puncture.  i think starting next year we will have a page of the most punctures during the saturday and sunday rides.  i’m sure michael will “win”.  as we pulled over to watch him change it, someone wondered out load where melvyn was.  he was definitely with us a the top of the last climb, but had managed to disappear.  i rode back up to the base of carawatha but didn’t see him.  as i rode back to brookton, i heard him yell from a side street.  he had got a puncture and had rolled around the corner to change it.  i was lucky to see hear him as i didn’t see him at all.  i rode back to the group to let them know what was going on and so we could wait for him.

we headed towards canning mills rd and to the dreaded climb.  this is not a favourite of mine as it is just too steep for me to get into a proper rhythm.  kenny and brendan took off up the road again and left me to my own world of pain.  as i kept them in sight for a while, i watched kenny put in a number of attacks on brendan to try to break him, but he just set tempo and pulled him back each time.  i eventually was past by stu but tried to keep him in sight to not concede much ground.  i was starting to struggle a bit and found holding the effort for a long time a challenge.  i started slipping back but it wasn’t till hugh caught up to me that i thought i better pull my finger out.  a few hard pedal strokes and he was off my wheel.  i kept the pressure on as best i could and eventually caught up with stu.  it was close to the top of the climb so i continued to push to make sure he didn’t come with me as the hill flattened out.  i saw brendan and kenny in the distance and i thought that i may be able to chase them down.  however, they were playing a chase game of their own so were pushing a big gear as well to stay away.

i eventually made it to chevon rd and the official finish line but brendan and kenny were nowhere to be seen.  they had continued up the road to the end.  stu kept plugging away and stayed ahead of hugh till the end.

kenny – 10, brendan – 7, peter – 5, stu – 3, hugh – 1.

 

we took off along chevon rd and headed towards karagulen servo for a quick stop.  the chevon rd used to be used a lot by us but back in the old days where we would only do one or two hills on a sunday.  those days are long gone.  a quick refill and we headed to pickering brook.  a truck was held up as we climbed one of the bonus climbs but provided a nice draft for a couple of us as he slowly came past.  nice to climb a hill with no effort.  quite a few turned off as we headed through bickley valley as some were headed home while others were looking for a quick way to the coffee-shop.  michael and mark managed to get a nice break on the rolling hills through bickley and started the last climb with a buffer.  this has worked in the past for some riders and they were a dangerous pair to allow to escape. 

as we climber the last little pinch before the mundaring weir climb, kenny changed down from the big ring wth an almighty crunch.  chain off and he was stopped.  bad timing, and this put him out of contention for the climb.  i was also just off the back as the days efforts and lingering sickness were taking their toll on my energy levels.  by the time i started the climb, brendan, stu and jerry were up the road.  i couldn’t push my cardio up for an extended period so thought it best not to chase.  being a sadomasochist (cyclist) i put it in the 53×14 gear and pushed a 40rpm seated cadence all the way to the top.  i picked up and past a few riders but john managed to stay just ahead of me the whole way.  just as we reached the last pinch, we saw another rider up ahead.  it was mark hanging on to fifth spot and he was nervously looking over his shoulder to make sure he held it, which he did…just.  in retrospect if i had pushed a descent gear at a constant tempo, there wasa  chance i may have caught him and grabbed a extra point.  unfortunately not the case.

brendan – 10, michael – 7, stu – 5, jerry – 3, mark – 1.

 

at the end of the day this meant that brendan was now 1 point ahead of me on the total november mountain points.  that one extra point would have been good, but as he has “won” the weekly overall for two weeks, he would have still been ahead on a count back.

i’m getting tired and running out of time so i will summarise the return trip.

  • coffee shop was good if not a bit busy.  there was a table booked where we usually sit.
  • no land speed records today on the descent as the wind was not favourable.
  • mr dickhead was in a small 4wd and decided that two lanes were not enough and passed us very close which made mark comment on the apparent small size of the drivers manhood.  he took offence to that and words were exchanged.
  • no sprint along welshpool but john and melvyn did the work along the entire stretch.
  • a pretty messy sprint along berwick as traffic was everywhere and taking up both lanes.  either melvyn or brendan got there first.

 

so, i made it to the end even though my top end is still a bit clogged up.  a week off the bike didn’t heal me, so a week on the bike is planned for this week.  see if i can blow it out of my system, or just blow up my system.

saturday 29th nov – freo and cott

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ride report by peter.

 

so a week off the bike with the vain hope that it would give me time to recover from my cold.  unfortunately it is still lingering and starting to piss me off somewhat as everyone else i know got over it quickly.  i am still somewhat snotty but at least i am not having coughing fits that kind of screwed me around on the great perth bike ride (gpbr).

so, with a pleasant day predicted with the sun shining and little wind to speak of, i was expecting a big turnout and was not disappointed.  there were between 50 – 60 riders waiting to go this morning by the time i turned up (late again).  we were going on a gentle lap of the river but the reverse direction of the gpbr and including cottesloe to break things up a bit.  it was a fairly standard route that we used to do quite regularly and one that i often map out when i am not coming as everyone knows the way.

we rolled out and didn’t even make it to the lights at mill point rd when chris was out with a flat.  he told us to keep going as with a group this size, we would be taking up a lot of space.  also, as the ride had only just begun, we would be on cruise mode for a while and with the help of james and ryan, who stopped with him, he should be able to catch back up. 

the rest of us headed out to canning hwy and down towards freo.  i didn’t last long on the front and soon joined the tail of the group so that i could get a good draft.  i just found that i could not sustain a decent effort for very long and was probably more of a hindrance at the front.  we turned off the hwy and onto burke drive which was our first designated fast section.  usually the group really goes to town here as the long stretch with no intersections to slow you down makes for a fast pace.  for some reason, no-one was in the mood for dancing.  i was also content to sit on the back of the train and watch the frustrated car drivers not be able to get around due to all the traffic islands on that stretch of road.

about ¾ of the way along burke drive i see a figure heading up the road.  young bec decided to have a crack and went off the front.  melvyn thought that he better not be shown up by her and took off in pursuit.  however, he was no match for the current state women’s criterium champion and never came close.  the rest of the pack soon picked him up on the hill over pt walter.

the group was playing nice today and stopped after the roundabout, but it was not necessary as since the pace had not been on, the pack had not been strung out.  we happily continued down towards the left bank.

along this stretch the pace was on and some of the boys were keen to go off the front.  i made a half-arsed attempt (as i only have half an arse worth of effort in me) and got caught in to man’s land.  i did notice jerry and brendan and a few others off the front, but it was all a bit of a haze for me by then.

a nice cruise past cottesloe with an opportunity to enjoy the view (i love summer or even summer-like weather), and we were headed for home.  i got a text and as we are almost at baby-time, i had to check it in case i had missed a call.  it was however from chris, and he wrote – “i’d like to publicly apologise to my team mates ryan and james for my use of faulty equipment.  i hope they caught back up.”  it turns out that chris didn’t have the proper valve extenders for his deep dish rims and could only put half the required amount of air in his tyre.  the other guys left him at raffles and chased us down in swanbourne.

the pace home was actually quite civilised and i got to have a chat with a few people that i hadn’t caught up with for a while.  mike (tall guy, ice-cream jersey and argon 18 bike) is now working a 4 and 2 roster out of china so most of his riding is confined to a trainer.  and lisen who used to be a regular, but has been caught up doing the whole doctor thing and has not had time lately.  it was good to see them out again along with a few new faces to the group.

the pace did eventually pick up as the road rolled through dalkeith and jerry made sure that he sat on ryan’s wheel so that he could take him on the line by the war memorial.  i was happy to still be with the group by now and had to laugh when lisen asked if i wanted to get out when i was boxed in on the left hand side.

we ended up passing the elite cycles group around the university and this may have caused some confusion leading into the sprint.  we had enough spr riders up front to set the pace, but elite were tucked in behind all the way along mounts bay rd.  i managed to get to the front early on to test the body out on a extended effort, but was soon overtaken by james and then got boxed in by the other 30 or so riders that came around.  in the end i am pretty sure it was ryan on the line, but i was too far away to make out the minor placings.

coffee for all and we managed to fill up the outside area easily as the pace had not been high enough to lose too many riders.  ronny had joined us from the elite group and it was good to see him and john up and about after their altercation with a spped sign at the gpbr.  i am riding on borrowed time at the moment as the imminent birth of son #2 will be putting a serious cramp on my riding hours.  however, regardless of my situation, this is a reminder that our next spr breakfast will be on in a few weeks time on the 20th dec.  this will be the christmas breakfast and will be held at jerry’s place palace in city beach.  the ride will be very casual and fancy dress will be recommended.  stay tuned for more as we get closer.

The website for the South Perth Cycle Club