Sunday
Ride 22/12 – The Ranges
A
short hills ride for the pre-Christmas hit out so it will be the Ranges Ride
this weekend. The weather looks good 24 degrees with a bit of a breeze.
Meet:
7:30 am at the Tower
Route:
Tower, Nortons, Ashton, Basket Range, Forrest Range, Deviation Rd, Greenhill Rd
Coffee
and the obligatory pastry product at Uraidla
See
you Sunday. Only a short post this week.
Sunday
Ride 13/12/24 – Hot Weather Policy
As
Sunday’s forecast is for 40 degrees on Sunday the BG hot weather policy is
activated.
Sundays
Forecast is 40 degrees, moderate winds and it will be warm overnight. Hence the
ride is short and designed to get us home by 10am before the heat. We will
decide on the road if it’s better to ice coffee at Henley / Glenelg or ride
back to town and ice coffee or sparkling red (not that there is anything wrong
with that) at Norwood
Meet:
7:00am in the City – Please Note the Early Start
Route:
The Original. Anzac Hwy, Bower Rd, Henley Beach Road Return
Coffee
To be decided by consensus.
Make
sure you freeze your bottles.
A
Very Bastardi Christmas to you all
This
Sunday is the Christmas Show ride. It will be a Beach ride with optional hills.
We
did consider the 80km Full Monty with 1700m of climbing but decided it’s
Christmas and we should show goodwill to all fitness levels.
Meet
in the City at 7:30am.
Route:
Outer Harbour via Port Rd and return to Glenelg, A caffeine stop at Glenelg.
Depart Glenelg by 10 am
Up
Cross Road to the Freeway.
Low
Climb option: Boucat St, Evard St, Giles Rd (small climb) Sunnyside Drive, Devereaux
Rd, Greenhill Rd, Hallett Rd, wait for the climbers or down to the Tower for
early beer.
Climb
Option: Up the freeway, Mt Osmond Rd, Dashwood Drive, Greenhill Rd on to Hallett
Rd, Kensington down to the Tower.
The
Pace as always for the Christmas Ride is leisurely as the Pub isn’t open until 11:30.
Lunch:
We are aiming to reach the Tower for Lunch by 11:30am. I have booked a table
under Aldo. If you can’t Ride or have decided to do the full Monty we would
still like to see you all for a catch up.
Sunday
Ride – TDU Reconnaissance
This
Sundays ride is the TDU Reconnaissance to give us a potential look at a few of
the roads that will make up this year’s Epic TDU tour. The route here is provisional
but the aim is to give an option to ride the Knotts Hill Rd either before or
after coffee. Note: Coffee will be late on this ride so pack a snack.
Weather
Call: 6:30am
Meet:
At the Bollards at 8:30 am
Route:
Bollards, Mt Barker Rd, Aldgate Valley Rd, Mylor, River Rd, turn Left and then
right to Verdun, Onkaparinga Valley rd to Balhanna.
Option
for early coffee at Balhanna.
Route:
Balhanna, Greenhill rd, right onto Swamp rd, Swamp Rd to Lenswood, Lobethal Rd
to Forrest Range Deviation Rd
At
this point we either do Deviation Rd and have coffee at Uraidla or do the climb.
If we do Uraidla it allows people to avoid the climb.
The
Climb straight away.
Route:
Right turn onto Hunters Rd, Knotts Hill rd Climb, Ashton and through to Uraidla
for coffee.
Give
people the option
Route:
Deviation Rd, Uraidla, Coffee, Deviation Rd, Forrest range, Right turn onto
Hunters Rd, Knotts Hill rd Climb, Ashton and through to Nortons.
This
ride is used to be one Brian organised, I think we will have more chance of
seeing him at the Christmas show.
Sunday Ride 24/11 – Outer Harbor via Port Rd – No Excuses Club ride
As this Sunday is the last Sunday of the Month its early for a club ride however as the BG Christmas ride is soon let’s bring the No Excuses ride forward. The weather websites I look at are a bit contradictory about Sunday morning so we might get a nice dry window or require scuba tanks I am not sure. They all agree however that Saturday night will be wet hence it will be a weather call in the morning.
Weather Call: 6:30am
Meet: In the City, Hindmarsh square
Time: 7:30 am
Route: Outer Harbor via Port Rd. Esplanade, Military, Seaview Rd
Coffee: At Skala Bakery
I am sitting here working on my personal laptop waiting for the remote help desk to call me back.
A reminder early bird prices for the TDU Epic end on the 1st of December
Sunday Ride 17/11/24 Velo Adelaide - Hahndorf via Uraidla
It is Velo Adelaide 500 this weekend in case you didn’t notice the aerobatics overhead. So as is usual for this weekend starting in the city is not advisable. Hence, we will head for the hills on the much loved and rarely used Handorf - Reverse the Strudel ride. As every weather forecast, I look at changes its mind about the arrival time of the cool change I will book a weather call just in case.
Weather Call: 6:30am
Meet at the Tower Hotel Carpark: 7:30am
Route: Norton Summit, Woods Hill Rd, Greenhill Rd, Uraidla, right onto Rangeview Dr, Carey Gully Rd, Gum Flat Rd, Tanahmerah Rd, 250 degree right hairpin turn on to Beaumont Rd, left onto Onkaparinga Rd, Right onto Ambleside Rd, Hahndorf
Coffee at any place that looks good
Return to be discussed at Coffee, Default to River Rd, Aldgate Valley Rd
Note this ride has the option of a savory breakfast baked good followed by a desert baked good…..not saying, just saying.
Sunday Ride 27/10 – Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy
This week is the beach ride down ANZAC highway and out to Outer Harbour. Weather looks good so I expect everyone out.
Meet: In the City, Hindmarsh square
Time: 7:30 am
Route: Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy. Seaview Rd, Esplanade, Military, Lady Gowrie and return
Coffee: Determined by legs but Semaphore on the return looks likely
The TDU Challenge tour is back so that may change the BG TDU week plan.
Ride for Jason
All, in memory of our friend and riding buddy Jason we are organising a Big Blue Table breakfast at the Largs Pier hotel on Sunday November the 10th after our Sunday Ride. As Jason had friends in multiple riding groups, we will be extending the invitation to everyone who knew him.
After a debate over which of the two pubs Jason loved, we had a choice of Uraidla or Largs Pier. We have decided to stick to the flats unless circumstances intervene as this will make the ride accessible to all.
I would like to book next week so if you can please let me know if you intend to come along as that would be very helpful.
The big blue table donation page is under my name at
https://bigbluetable.com.au/aldo-macolino
Sunday Ride 18/10 – This week ride is sheer bloody minded obstinance – Cudlee Creek or Bust
Last weekend the weather forecast was great for Cudlee Creek, but we got rained on Sunday Morning. The result was yet another impromptu beach ride. So, this is the Forth attempt to transition out of Winter with some gentle climbing and then some superior cake at Cudlee Creek. This time the forecast looks superb for cycling, Sunny 26 degrees and moderate winds. hence no weather call and we will start at the Tower.
Meet: Tower Hotel at 7:30am (NOTE: The daylight savings shift))
Route: Tower, Glen Stuart Rd, Morilata Rd, Stradbroke rd, Gorge Rd, Cudlee Creek
Coffee and Cake: Cuddle Creek
Easy Return: Out and back
Hard Return: Corkscrew Rd – Montacute Rd
Sunday Ride 13/10 – Another attempt at Cudlee Creek
Last weekend we decided against Cudlee Creek as the radar
was showing rain in the hills so we did the hills face
This is the Third attempt to transition out of Winter with
some gentle climbing and then some superior cake at Cudlee Creek. This time the
forecast looks good hence no weather call and we will start at the
Tower.
Meet: Tower Hotel at 7:30am (NOTE: The daylight savings
shift))
Route: Tower, Glen Stuart Rd, Morilata Rd, Stadbroke rd,
Gorge Rd, Cudlee Creek
Coffee and Cake: Cuddle Creek
Easy Return: Out and back
Hard Return: Corkscrew Rd – Montacute Rd
Please Note: We have been informed by various of our little
birds that Babette has now completed training the new owners and has departed
the business. We have varying opinions on the impact a change on management has
had on the quality and quantity of the cake as well as the speed of service.
The BG’s Coffee and Cake committee will need to convene to discuss the outcome
post ride.