South Perth Rouleurs | elPrez | Activity https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/members/admin/activity/ Activity feed for elPrez. Sat, 14 Nov 2026 20:37:46 +0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ac0ff166e455da6994d83c7f4c45a2cf elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51905 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:20:15 +0800 saturday morning at south perth

The end of and era.Like any good TV show, at some stage it is easier to do a reminiscing “clip” show than write any new content. So after 13 years of writing a blog, this is my […]

]]> 4b956e2e0a9b89bdc8bf6d08bad63209 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51893 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:50:42 +0800 VOTE HERE

At last years AGM we introduced electronic voting as a way of negotiating the Covid restrictions around the size of gatherings. This year we wish to continue that as we feel that it gives better […]

]]> f4b3a120c489db02dae95c0348d30847 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51885 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:42:33 +0800 I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how i write the blog post this week as there are a few things that need to be discussed. Primarily it is the AGM that we are holding next week in which we not only vote in […]

]]> b7712e32cddbc8e418df22903fd3f8d1 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51876 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:27:14 +0800 Left to right: Mike Bonner, Luke Ellis, Anna Massey, Jordan Brock, Peter Mah, Meg Thomas, Andrew Ballam, Daniel Harvey, Julian Johnson

This is a photo of the 2013 committee being as dysfunctional as possible. […]

]]> 8ba2e76400123a1ebf53694026feb835 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51822 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:35:04 +0800 As if life for a cyclist isn’t hard enough. We are abused by drivers for being on the road and abused by pedestrians for being on the path. Now even the paths don’t seem that safe for cyclists. A number of […]

]]> a515dcd69268a71712d670253f41e92f elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51798 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:05:20 +0800 Calm sunrises with a bit more than a hint of humidity make for fast mornings on the bike. For the weekday earlybird rides, lights are now mandatory and please remember to set them to solid (non-flash) to […]

]]> 9ef4249fae90390b1aa989cfa5702e30 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51792 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:36:11 +0800 All good things come to an end. Even though a few weeks ago I wrote about the Beverley weekend no longer running, I thought it was still important to recognise what made it a successful event. Besides Toby […]

]]> 028b57fd74f42e2f462009c73f1a4422 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51786 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:21:32 +0800 It was certainly a little cooler on the ride this morning and definitely darker for the 5:30am start. As we head towards the cooler months make sure that you have the right kit to tackle the earlybird rides. […]

]]> 73dfac73cda34ba7004539a90e35f7b3 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51779 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 07:31:09 +0800 As per the premier’s announcement last night, the restrictions on Perth will be eased at 6pm tonight (Friday). This means that we are no longer limited to the 1 hour exercise, with housemates only, within a […]

]]> 5969314c7038bf2f9461a15ba220f8e0 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51773 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:35:52 +0800 Wow, the end of January already. As we move into the end of summer, there is still lots of racing and riding to go. Both Peel and RCCC have crits on around Rockingham and Baywater as well as the West Coast […]

]]> d3a70fe115d554af2bc276e4ffe42f58 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51763 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:59:33 +0800 So the days have been hot and windy and it certainly feels like summer. The reprieve from the easterly’s that dominated the past 3 or more weeks is welcomed, but it feels like we still have lots of summer to […]

]]> 48c38abbe60511a6a54b375b496f8bcb elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51756 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:48:43 +0800 The Rover Road Race of 1897 was the brainchild of Percy Armstrong, noted rider and entrepreneurial owner of the Rover Cycling Agency. The gruelling event of 116 miles over rough turn of the century roads […]

]]> 75a0ea315065998db456edb4ed664683 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51750 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:37:48 +0800 With the formation of AusCycling there is now an additional level of membership available for riders to take out. Similar to our Extraordinary membership, the Club Add-On allows people to support another club […]

]]> eaef892903980c0bb97dc69607dbbf9d elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51733 Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:08:28 +0800 So long. Farewell. Aufwiedersehn. GoodnightI hate to go and leave this pretty sight.Not that 2020 has been such a pretty sight, however. But in closing off this year, I think that we should reflect on just […]

]]> c746637c874a1f47668beafd83ee824c elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51725 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:55:01 +0800 As we come to the end of a very interesting year, I thought that a final reflection on some of the positives was in order. New kit design, new ride leaders jerseys, new supplier, new look for the club – This […]

]]> 27e22dcded965d2c5c3e1d744245c4dc elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51720 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:12:44 +0800 doug has presents on hand

It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. While the same jingles and jangles are being played across shopping centres around the world, just don’t listen too closely to the tone […]

]]> 426d451a3883352f257d8000b08a8348 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51710 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:17:59 +0800 Mt Everest. The highest point in the world standing at 8848m above sea level. At altitudes of higher than 8000m climbers enter the “death zone” where the atmospheric pressure is about 1/3 of that at sea level […]

]]> d29137fe4f04009ea20b3093ea1dccb2 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51689 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:12:21 +0800 Cape Heroic with Meegan Fyfield.

“Well home now after what was my longest ride to date. I did the Le Cape Heroic 300km in the best part of WA, Margaret River. We started at Margaret River up to […]

]]> 5cd9d2c3f4dcdf7fb5db918d55d7da1b elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51684 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:43:44 +0800 Released into the wild last weekend was the new ride leaders kit. A slight variation on the current kit but different enough to stand out in a crowd of green. So, you may ask “why are these people so special […]

]]> 37e5092c56de8908d75367314ff79cc1 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51668 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 11:34:32 +0800 Although racing is not everyone’s cup of tea, there is an important aspect of it from the clubs perspective. That is exposure. Getting the new colours out on the road, being in amongst groups of other riders […]

]]> 0e91516ed132bf50f86a564815d311bc elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51656 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:10:15 +0800 The Tour of Margaret River is a special race for the WA racing scene as it gives people of all abilities a chance to compete over a multi-day, multi-stage event. Most of the big races in Australia tend to […]

]]> 89c83c29b43af26100217e1312f9ec41 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51648 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 05:17:38 +0800 As a five teams of riders prepare to start the Tour of Margaret River tomorrow morning, SPR had just as many representing the club last weekend at the Tour of Gracetown. The club is made up of a diverse group […]

]]> 2f65da1f7c071211a5688926d3e17f5c elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51629 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:33:45 +0800 As we slowly do more kit orders over the next year or so, we will see a change in our look out on the road. There are already smatterings of the new in amongst the old and sometimes even the original kit […]

]]> ba8ab59f40c9edd187b5ebc211f7a685 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51622 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:55:27 +0800 Two weekends in a row of successful events for the club signals the culmination of a lot of behind the scenes work. The type of events also reflects the type of riders we have in the club. We are not a racing […]

]]> ced7a41a68b49212e7c67aa091c8394c elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51614 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:31:23 +0800 An absolutely perfect day for riding last weekend and an excellent day for finding some Watertowers. We are hoping that we get the same this weekend for the Beverley TTT to complete the back to back weekend […]

]]> f9109e4ac2ca3d7f198a0c42167d7424 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51606 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:15:46 +0800 Julian on his way to a podium finish (see the green blur way at the back, that is me being dropped). Photo – Nick Cowie

Racing is still going strong in post-covid WA with big fields filling the startlists. […]

]]> 8406b2730f57189f113a3764a4a7be9b elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51596 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:44:46 +0800 Skippy the bushranger

It has not been a particularly good week for the club as far as accidents have been concerned. There were 3 incidents on Saturday and luckily all were bike vs bike interactions with only […]

]]> 14402fd03e7af9ef744174e2b1477422 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51578 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:20:54 +0800 Rainbow Inception

There was a vote over the weekend in which 6 of the 8 state cycling bodies voted to disband Cycling Australia and join AusCycle. Westcycle abstained from voting on the grounds that none of […]

]]> 4e7cd69d343d7d4774be7edba934e4df elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51540 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:18:29 +0800 Photo: ZW Photography

It’s not easy being green, but it certainly makes it better if you win your race. SPR had a number of podiums last weekend at the State Championships with 6 medals out of the 24 club […]

]]> fcea04d3e079ead420fd9fd6e56805af elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51531 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:04:11 +0800 Family is especially important at this time

So, today is R U OK day. It is a special day that has been running for a number of years and for most people it has passed by without question. However, 2020 isn’t […]

]]> 132d69a8866fb801a377aa2994d5251c elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51516 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:05:17 +0800 Numbers are certainly growing now that the weather is getting warmer and the mornings lighter for the earlybird rides. The Thursday ride, in particular, boasts at least four groups and probably should be […]

]]> 94a1b124760d8f7d844ce9daf61eb8ee elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51483 Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:39:17 +0800 Every year the month of July is usually full of suffering. The Tour de France has normally started and a bunch of riders are cutting a big lap of the hexagon. Although over in France the riders are suffering, I […]

]]> eebf9a54245073e434064213581e9454 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51478 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:06:57 +0800 The WaterTower Challenge, Beverley Race and Tour of Margaret River. September, October, November. From a pandemic stand point we are lucky that they are all coming later in the year. From an organisation […]

]]> 6344199d2950beebf089eb2125900765 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51444 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:25:54 +0800 It was a dark and stormy night, but we have had a few of them lately, so another one won’t be much of a surprise. What was a surprise was that our club reporter Claire Tyrrell has recently returned from […]

]]> e7efea4651d010ee70ef6582e2a507a5 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51423 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:43:57 +0800 Aloysius Parker Photography

So the picture of Dave and myself was about 5 minutes before i found out what not doing any intensity work for over a year does to your performance in cyclocross. It wasn’t […]

]]> f852ed52d5be54a5c51559f76f881f01 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51410 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:31:56 +0800 “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” John F. Kennedy

In this mid-pandemic world nothing stays the same for too long. If you can […]

]]> 5f208ba7c7e286c8d5f681cfbcbd3d7c elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51399 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:53:36 +0800 Mud racing made a comeback last weekend along with mountain biking. So now we have road racing, time trialling, cx, mtb racing and I think that the velodrome has just reopened. Slowly we are climbing our way […]

]]> 4a43048deb1a877c819dc17bcfa85d19 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51360 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:21:01 +0800 Melbourne’s Bourke St during peak times

Sitting here trying to think about something positive to write about in relation to cycling. We have a lot to be thankful for here in WA and with group riding and cafe’s […]

]]> 4b47614917b196541d45d202caa5e1f8 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51349 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:19:10 +0800 Cold and wet and dark…but able to ride. Wednesday Stock Rd repeats.

We have a lot to be thankful for in WA. Although we often joke that WA stands for Wait Awhile, there are a number of things that we can […]

]]> 91898042a7dccaf63da8dc0397f8e13d elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51334 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:36:43 +0800 Mo chasing Sarah at Peel. Photo Nancy

Are we there yet? It feels like this journey has been quite long, but at the same time we all know that we are no where near the finish. As things look a bit grim in […]

]]> 41366ca3305a00869fea60540e51b4c7 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51311 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:20:33 +0800 Contemplating how much this will hurt. Photo Nancy

Racing has commenced in Perth with last weekend seeing the first post-COVID ATTA time trial at Champion Lakes and this weekend Peel Districts will be holding […]

]]> 3242348700344dc43220266895e41d8b elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51279 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:19:41 +0800 Fresh mornings along Shelley

We are very lucky here in Western Australia. Being the most isolated city in the world certainly has it’s benefits when the entire planet is gripped by a pandemic. With only two […]

]]> 1a58f61eff05f6557c85181a192554ba elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51270 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:15:11 +0800 Don’t stand so, don’t stand so, don’t stand so close to me. Photo Amanda Nabi

Getting back in the groove is proving a bit more difficult for me at the moment. Some days in the office and other days at home, […]

]]> 64acfdc1645788a3d3b084216b9f948f elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51253 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:29:24 +0800 Welcome back. With the state government lifting restrictions on gathering sizes and allowing contact sports training, the new SPR Committee met on Tuesday to discuss how we “reopen” the club. Limits around group […]

]]> e8feebbdccb2f1d1b855fa924b560826 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51236 Sun, 24 May 2020 06:20:55 +0800 So the voting for our AGM closed last night and we had over 100 members vote on who they would like to represent them. Unlike our usual “hands-up” in the cafe after the ride, this time we had a proper online […]

]]> 8421d0892b9a1601142a1070c5de2a07 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51230 Sat, 16 May 2020 07:59:32 +0800 As previously mentioned, the Covid-19 pandemic has meant a number of changes to the way that we need to operate. Although restrictions in our state are beginning to lift, group riding to the scale that our club […]

]]> 103297b83fb8c461e5979792994b289c elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51224 Sat, 02 May 2020 12:04:51 +0800 one of the side effects of the coronavirus lockdown is that we missed our AGM this year. the date was set and we had already called for nominations, but the ban on gatherings and then the closure of the […]

]]> 12df6b33b8911e08695aec6c641686a5 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51200 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 10:53:48 +0800 it has been a couple of weeks since we shut down the spr rides and i thought that it was a good time to check in to see where we are up to. the rules have been constantly changing but i think that we are all well […]

]]> 0b15d6778c889335c3156967085623a4 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51177 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:21:45 +0800 The last week and a half has been quite stressful for the SPR committee.  Every day there has been a discussion on what the clubs response will be to the Covid-19 pandemic. An important outcome of this discussion […]

]]> d260b099c1e30ff056be10419137d179 elPrez wrote a new post https://southperthrouleurs.com.au/?p=51166 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:35:12 +0800 where to start. there is so much information, advice and opinion floating around at the moment that it is worth stopping and taking stock of our current situation. over the weekend the committee had a lengthy […]

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