there has been a bit in the news lately about the auditor general’s report that was released on wednesday. the findings from that report were that perth cyclists were among the community’s most vulnerable road users and that incomplete networks had led some cyclists to hang up their bikes. now instead of giving my opinion on the matter i will leave it to someone more qualified. spr’s own sarah smith is the community engagement operations manager for westcycle and has penned an article for the online paper, watoday. see the article here.
ride leader sponsor – no ride leader sponsor for october as the one i had lined up was no longer available. i kind of ran out of time to sort out an alternative, but i know there are a few companies out there that are interested. i will sort you out for next month.
rules of engagement – please read the previous post if you come out on any of our rides. it is up to all members to enforce these rules.
spr quarterly breakfast – this was postponed from a few weeks ago due to some clashes. it is now back on next saturday 24th. come and join the club for a low-key breakfast after the main ride. see the previous post for further details.
spr watertower challenge – you may have seen that entries are now open for the spr watertower challenge. for those of you that are relatively new to the club, it is a participation ride for teams of 3 that takes in a number of the high water towers scattered around perth. the majority of these towers are found on the tops of hills, but not really big hills. there are 2 distances a metric century (100 kms) and an imperial century (100 miles/160 kms). the ride is supported with feedzones and a sag wagon and is open to any cyclist out there. more info on the watertower event page. spread the word. registrations close tuesday midnight.
watertower volunteers – we are still looking for a couple more volunteers to help run this event. nothing too strenuous is required. need someone that had a ute/4wd or trailer that can act as sag wagon during the event. petrol money provided. more info on the previous post.
tour of margaret river – the tour of margaret river teams have been set and we have 2 teams of women and 2 teams of men with a couple of reserves.
italy trip – would you like to ride your bike over in italy next year. there is a trip being organised where you can join/leave at your leisure. if you are interested, more info is available on the previous post.
smashfest criterium series – the dates for this years smashfest criteriums at tech park are just being finalised. at the moment we are looking at 2 before christmas and 2 in the new year. this year they will all be held on a saturday afternoon on the following dates – 21st nov, 5th dec, 9th & 16th jan. after this we will also have on the same circuit, the aussie day crit, renae’s race and the state champs. discussions are also on around an spr/rccc club crit champs for just our riders with a social event on afterwards. stay tuned for more info.
ride routes – it is almost that time of year where we don’t need lights for the earlybird ride. we are close. really, really close.
saturday 17th october
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 abernethy 39.96km spr saturday
fast & main groups – hale & ridgehill 50.58km spr saturday
sunday 18th october
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 – brktn weir 82.89km spr sunday
long – roley obs 100.16km spr sunday
monday 19th october
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am
main group – south stock 33.76km spr monday
tuesday 20th october
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
spr tuesday 36.37km (river ride)
ride starts frasers carpark at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
wednesday 21st october
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30am
spr wednesday 14.22km (uci masters)
ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am
development group – stock road repeats
thursday 22nd october
ride starts under the narrows (cityside) at 5:30arm
spr thursday 37.26km (cott & freo)
ride starts frasers carpark at 5:45am
development group – interval training kings park
friday 23rd october
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am