ride routes 3rd and 4th december

a week off the bike and i am suffering bad.  somehow managed to stay with the fast group this morning, but i think it was more luck than skill with the crosswinds that we had.  the uci course hurt on wednesday and the tuesday small chainring session was a struggle.  think i will ask santa for a new set of legs for christmas.  not sure if i would want something like george hincapie’s legs with varacose veins popping out everywhere or maybe i should go for marianne vos’ legs.  not as strong as the guys, but would do ok in perth b grade and would look good in a pair of heels.

ndcc classic – this sunday we will have 25 people racing the northern districts classic.  included in this will be a bunch of girls on their first or second race ever.  actaully 8 of the 12 women racing are from spr, so there will be a lot of support for them.  however, as some of them are new to spr, we are short a few jerseys for the day.  if you are heading along, can you please bring any spare jerseys that you have especially the smaller size ones (men’s s or xs, or women’s sizes).  also, as there are so many people headed out do we have any volunteers to take the tent and esky out for the day.  i will be watching the christmas pagent on sunday, so will not be at the race.

cyclocross sweat and sand series – kicks off on saturday at claremont showgrounds run by pmbc, see here for more details.

main 2 – we are looking for a new ride leader for main 2.  russell thinks that it is time for him to move on and wants to be pushed a little harder, so is heading up to main 1.  i would like to thank him for all the time he has spent keeping that group together and i really appriciate all that he has done.  if someone would like to step up (or down from main 1) to look after this group it would be great.

main 3 – steve and some of the guys have banded together to re-form main 3.  this group will take any of the faster riders from the transitional group as well as any that are struggling to hang on to main 2.  this group will provide a step between the trans group and the longer faster main groups without getting smashed.

movember – thanks for all that donated to the movember cause.  we managed to raise over $1000 this year but you can still donate here.

christmas breakfast – it is on again and this time we have a venue rather than someone’s house.  more info here and make sure you rsvp if you are coming.

ride routes –  don’t forget our new coffee location on saturday and diversion to the ride route (see here).

saturday 3rd december

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

early lap – spr earlybird ride

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

development group – spr saturday 35.48km (novice shelley)

transitional – spr saturday 41.18km (reverse river ride)

fast & main groups – spr saturday 49.09km (abernathy rd)

sunday 4th december

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

early lap – spr earlybird ride

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

short – spr sunday 82.79km (brookton & weir rd)

long – spr sunday 97.99km (carradine & peet & observatory)