so school holidays have finished but don’t let that stop you from taking the kids out on the bike. the heritage trail is a great place to ride as the dirt is easy and the gradients are not steep. there are places to see and ice creams to be bought at parkerville store. let the next generation of spr riders experience the freedom of riding your bike. you never know that some of their youthful joy may rub off on you and you remember why you started riding in the first place.
ride leader sponsor – there is no ride leader sponsor for this month. if you have a business that you think would benefit from advertising on our blog/facebook/emails then get in contact with the club. all money goes towards providing vouchers for the ride leaders who give their time to ensure that the group is riding to our standard.
tips and tricks – when you are riding by yourself, one of the most frustrating things is sitting at a set of traffic lights and watching every other direction get green except you. understanding how lights are triggered will help you get around this without having to mount the pavement and pretend to be a pedestrian. as you approach the intersection you will see a number of cut marks in the road surface. these are the induction loops that are used to sense when a vehicle is waiting. contrary to some people beliefs, these do not sense the weight of a car, so jumping up and down on your bike will not help. what they do is sense a change in frequency to the electromagnetic field over the coil of wire. this is caused by a conductive material being placed above it (i.e. the steel in the bottom of a car). so firstly, what you need to do is stop your bike on top of the loop. if you ride around it, it will never know you are there. there should be enough metal in your cluster and spokes to set it off, but with the new fangled carbon and alloy bikes, there is less and less conductive material. what you can do is lean you bike to one side to give the loop more metal (chain, rings, cluster) to detect.
ride routes – looks like some nice weather this weekend with southerly winds blowing instead of easterly’s. take advantage of it and train your little legs off.
saturday 4th february
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 reverse river 40.58km spr saturday
fast & main groups – south lake 51.99km spr saturday
sunday 5th february
all rides start at coode st carpark at 7:00am
development group – coffee ride
short – brktn weir 82.89km spr sunday
long – carr peet obs 97.72km spr sunday
monday 6th february
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am
south stock 33.76km spr monday
tuesday 7th february
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 8th february
ride starts raffles bike path at 5:30am
interval training – stock road repeats
thursday 9th 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 10th february
ride starts under the narrows (sth perth side) at 5:30am