what a wild week for weather.  after having an extended summer we have finally hit a spell of cold, wet and windy.  perfect weather for sitting up late to watch the giro as you know that you won’t be up at pre-dawn for the earlybird ride.  however, if you did manage to head out (des & laurensia – i saw on strava) then extra kudos to you and full belgium points. hopefully, we can get some riding in before the next downpour.

kit orders and collection – if you still haven’t collected your kit you can do so via the instructions on the previous post.  if you are looking at ordering new kit, the orders close this weekend and information on how to order can be found on this post.

road id – as in the previous post it is important to carry some form of id on you while you are riding.  brendan found out the hard way that with all his info in his locked phone, it was hard for his riding companions to access any of it while he was unconscious.  graham has negotiated a 20% discount with road id that is only valid till the 19th may.  make sure you take advantage of it.

armadale kermesse and grand fondo – you may have heard about this event that PIHC is putting on.  catering for all types of riders as it has both a grand fondo participation ride plus a kermesse (longer criterium) race on at the same time.  although, we would like as many people to enter and support this event, we are also running the race with rccc.  this means that we will need some volunteers as well.  we will post more info this week as to what jobs we need filling.

spr boot camp – a bit of cross training is being offered to keep you fit over winter.  see the previous post for details.

ride routes – hopefully the break in the weather will allow a bit of riding over the weekend.  i am slowly getting the sunday ride routes remapped into garmin, but it is taking a while.  the long course is a bit tricky at the start so make sure you have a look at the route.  remembering that it is mother’s day so the coffeeshops are bound to be busy.

saturday 11th may

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special

all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

development group – novice shelley 36.06km spr saturday

transitional – trans shelley 40.59km spr saturday

fast & main groups – south st 51.23km spr saturday

sunday 12th may

ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am

early lap – earlybird 40.93km spr special

all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am

short – spr sunday 70.93km (kahuna)

long – spr sunday 90.54km (canning mills & peet & patterson)