ride routes 28th jan – 3rd feb

so it is now safe to get back onto facebook as the barrage of tour down under posts have ceased.  the club had a very good and visible presence in adelaide and we even saw some screen captures of ritchie porte soloing past a large contingent of club members.  by all accounts it was an awesome with lots of hills, pro-spotting and local racing involved.  there was even a sagan wheelie competition winner.

ride leader sponsor – the ride leader sponsor for january is Stadium Triathlon Club.  perth’s largest triathlon club caters for athletes of all abilities and has training programs to suit all goal.

ride etiquette – on the sunday long hills last week there was an incident that i found a little disturbing.  one of the stronger riders was stung by multiple bees and quickly pulled off the front of the group in obvious distress.  people asked if he was okay and he responded “no”.  however, no-one actually stopped to see if he was alright.  it was a passing motorist that actually stopped to render assistance.  the rider lost vision in one eye for a period of time and this is from someone that isn’t allergic.  now we are not sure if people didn’t stop because he is considered one of the stronger riders and therefore could look after himself.  however, this was not just a case of getting a flat tyre and could have resulted in something much much worse.  these are club group rides and we should be there to look out for everyone in the group.  this happened towards that base of the climb where there would be a regroup at the top.  if you took 10 sec to slow and see if they were alright, you would have caught up quickly.

tips and tricks – i realise that there are always new riders joining the group and also people that are new to cycling.  what we would like to do here is just give a few little helpful hints that people may not know about.  so the first thing is personal hygiene.  not to say that you are stinky, and i know that you would wash your kit after every ride.  however, how often do you wash your helmet and your helmet pads.  these little suckers soak up so much sweat, especially during a summer ride.  often people just let it dry and wear it next time.  you will see salt crystals forming on the straps, but you will not see the bacteria in the inside pads.  giving the whole thing a hose out after every couple of rides is quick to do and will mean that your helmets lasts longer.

ride routes – the “beasterly” winds that make summer unbearable on the bike are back.  as such, we will get an awesome tailwind along benara rd to get us home.  coffee awaits.

saturday 28th january

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 benara 39.90km spr saturday

fast & main groups – benara rd 50.76km spr saturday

sunday 29th january

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

development group – coffee ride

short – wlsh weir 62.23km spr sunday

long – wlsh weir kal 101.71km spr sunday

monday 30th january

ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am

south stock 33.76km spr monday

tuesday 31st january

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

spr tuesday 36.37km (river ride)

ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am

development group – interval training kings park

wednesday 1st february

ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am

interval training – stock road repeats

thursday 2nd february

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

spr thursday 37.26km (cott & freo)

ride starts frasers ave at 5:45am

development group – interval training kings park

friday 3rd february

ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am

spr friday 42.01km (shelley)

friday training/recovery ride