Sunday Ride 22/01 The Depths aka the original BG Ride

 *Sunday Ride 22/01 The Depths aka the original BG Ride*

I have consulted the BOM, WeatherZone and the Mystic Runes.  As usual the weather, if it eventuates, is forecast to arrive at dawn. I must yet again face my own personal Kobayashi Maru and make a weather call this Sunday. 

So, we have set the original BG Ride and we will use the mark 1 eyeball to make a weather call. If it’s raining, storming or the winds are too high we will call it. As thunderstorms are possible the hills are unwise. A short beach loop will allow us some freedom to change things if the weather allows. 

Weather Call: 6:30 am

Meet: 7:30 am in the City

Route: Anzac Hwy, Military Rd, U-Turn at Bower Rd and return

Coffee at Skala Bakery or Semaphore

Return via Henly Beach Rd

We will need to interrogate Ferry as to why he had that Lycra dance video in his possession. 

Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd 15/02

 Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd 15/02

The weather for Sunday looks like a fantastic summer’s day. Warm with light winds. Perfect for a cruisy ride along the beach. So, I expect to see everyone out. You know who you are. 

Meet: In the City, Hindmarsh square 

Time: 7:30 am

Route: Outer Harbor via Port Rd. Victoria Tce, Esplanade, 

Semaphore 

Return decided at Coffee 

Coffee: At Semaphore 

I was sorely tempted to go back to the hills this week as a I under the volume for the Tour de Cure and don’t want to suffer like last year. However, I will spare you but I may tack on a hill on the return.

Sunday Ride 08/02 – The Ranges

 Sunday Ride 08/02 – The Ranges 

The weather looks nice for Sunday so we will do the Ranges Ride this weekend.  It will be cool in the morning before warming up to 33 degrees with light winds.

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

We will consider adding Little Italy prior to coffee and Mt Osmond on the way home.

See you Sunday. Only a short post this week.

Apparently, it’s going to bucket down in Coober Pedy buts that a long way away Brian so you can still come out for a ride. See you at the Tower.

Sundays Ride is No Excuses 0102 - Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy home via Port Rd

 Sundays Ride is No Excuses 0102 - Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy home via Port Rd

Given everyone hit the carbon-fibre horse hard last week we will schedule an easier week with a no excuses flat ride. The weather report for Sunday morning looks nice and cool on the current forecast, 16 degrees with light winds from the south to kick off. Given winds are from the south we will reverse the direction to give us a push to OH.

Weather Call 6:30am

Meet: In the city 

Time: 7:30 am

Route: Anzac Hwy, Military Rd, Seaview Rd, Military Rd, Esplanade, Outer Harbor, Esplanade, Semaphore

Coffee at Semaphore

Home via Port Rd

This weekend is a weekend of obligation in my house with the WWE Royal Rumble on early Sunday morning. That means pizza, corn chips and red-wine for dinner. Yay!

Brian we can pick you up at Glenelg about 8am.

BG New Year Ride Sunday Ride – Hahndorf 04/01/26

 Sunday Ride – Hahndorf

It’s light winds and 27 degrees on Sunday so perfect weather for Strudel. This week’s ride is Hahndorf via River Rd

The earlier meeting time didn’t really work so we will revert to standard.

Meet: 8:30 am at the Mt Lofty Bollards, that’s the top of the hill

Route: Old Mt Barker Rd, Mt Barker Rd, Aldgate Valley Rd, Mylor, River Rd Hahndorf 

Coffee at Hahndorf, caffe to be selected but Otto’s by default

Return Route decided at Coffee!

I drove the Epic course today so will have some notes to discuss on Sunday. Some key ones

1.    The first true hill we hit is the bottom of Flagstaff Hill and this is a wall. Only a couple of hundred metres but it will be chaos

2.    The route is undulating even when descending

3.    Flagstaff Hill, Wickhams Hill, Gemmell Rd are the main climbs. With Wickhams being the hardest

4.    There are a couple of walls and pinches at Meadows, Church Hill Rd Echunga and Military Rd after the first pass through Nairne

Sunday XMAS Ride – The Long Ranges aka Pain is a Way of Life 20/12

 Sunday XMAS Ride – The Long Ranges aka Pain is a Way of Life 20/12

This year just keeps giving. The Weather for Sunday is 24 degee’s and there might be a storm or maybe then again there may not be a drop. Given the nearness of TDU week and the Epic Ride I will set the planned Long ;Ranges and we will see what Sunday brings. 

Weather Call: 6:30 am

Meet: 7:30 am at the Tower

Route:  Tower, Nortons, Ashton, Basket Range, Forrest Range, Greenhill Rd, Lenswood, Swamp Rd, Greenhill Rd, Beaumont Rd, Tanemerah Rd, Gum Flat Rd, Range Rd, GreenHill Rd

Coffee at Uraidla

Home via Nortons 

Sundays Ride 14/12 is the Long Beach - Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy

 Sundays Ride 14/12 is the Long Beach - Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy

The weather report for Sunday looks good 23 degrees with Moderate winds. Given the hot weather has arrived this week and we need get a long ride under out belt we will do a long beach ride on Sunday.

Weather Call 6:30 am

Meet: In the city 

Time: 7:30 am

Route: Anzac Hwy, Military Rd, Seaview Rd, Military Rd, Esplanade, Outer Harbor, Return the same way. 

Coffee at Semaphore

Return: Anzac Hwy

Return for those doing the epic: Continue up Greenhill and home via Penfolds Rd

Lots of riders out and about so lets get out for a pre XMAS ride. We will book two short ones for Sunday 21/12 and 28/12 for anyone wanting a Christmas ride.

Sunday Ride 7/12 – BG XMAS Party – Lenswood / Fox Creek Loop – with Bailouts

  A Very Bastardi Christmas to you all

This Sunday is the Christmas Show Ride. This year we asked Santa what the BG’s had asked him to bring them for Christmas. He said Beer, Burgers, Chips, Six-Pack Abs and Dura-Ace.

We can’t manage the Dura-Ace but we can manage the Beer, Burgers & Chips and to counter to the impact on those Six-Pack Abs we propose a small-ish bike ride beforehand. 

So, before we all go into a month of eating and drinking far too much here is the pre-emptive calorie burn ride.  

Weather looks perfect for a change. 21 degrees, light winds

Like every Christmas we set the Full Monty for this ride and then sanity prevails. We will do the Norton’s, Lenswood, Cudlee Creek loop.

NO CITY MEET. Modified start time so we won’t be rushing or stalling for time as beer doesn’t start until 11:30am.

Meet: Tower Hotel at 7:45am for a leisurely departure by no later than 8:00am 

Route: Norton’s, Ashton, Basket Range, Forest Range, Lenswood, Fox Creek (downhill)

Cudlee Creek ETA 9:45 am. A quick coffee at Cudlee Creek. We should depart Cudlee Creek no later than 10:30am

Back: Then back down the Gorge, Stradbroke Rd, Glen Stuart Rd and back to the Tower. 

The Monty: If anyone is feeling frisky and wants to go up the Corkscrew and complete the Full Monty go for it.

Lunch: I have booked a large table under Aldo for 12pm. We are aiming to reach the Tower for Christmas Lunch by 11:30 am so we can have a beer first. Kitchen opens at 12pm 

If you are not riding, we would still like to see you all for a Christmas catch up.

Sunday Ride 30/11 – A little Italian Pain

Sunday Ride 30/11 – A little Italian Pain

No not me. I am a big Italian pain.

A slightly early post this week as tonight is the work Xmas party, so I am posting before I forget. The quality of the weather forecasts has dropped substantially so it may be wet and windy Sunday or it may be sunny. Regardless a flat ride is a no go with the car race.

If the hills are doable, we will mix things up a bit we will do the rarely used Little Italy loop.

Weather Call: 6:30 am

Meet: 7:30 am at the Tower

Route:  Tower, Nortons, Ashton, Pond Rd, Little Italy (Burdetts Rd), Basket Range, Forrest Range, Deviation Rd, Greenhill Rd

Coffee and the obligatory pastry product at Uraidla

Return: Greenhill Rd, Lofty, Mt Osmond Rd, Backstreets, Glynburn Rd back to the Tower.

If the Hills are not doable, we will do a flat ride avoiding the city. Either via Cross Rd or Grange Rd

See you Sunday.

Sunday Ride 23/11 – BG TDU Epic Training loop - Lenswood/Fox Creek Loop

 Sunday Ride 23/11 – BG TDU Epic Training loop - Lenswood/Fox Creek Loop 

Evening BG’s with all the shitty weather, we have been loath to schedule the longer hills loops. This Sunday is 30 degrees and lights winds (it’s shitty Saturday) and the access to the city is cra-cra. 

So, we have set a ride longer hills loops to make sure that (a) you have lots of credit in the calorie bank for Christmas, (b) We have a decent long hills to prep for the TDU Epic

Given that a recon by bike of the actual EPIC route will be a full day this is a good substitute. So, before we all go into a month of eating and drinking far too much here is the pre-emptive calorie burn ride.  

Meet at the Tower Hotel at 7:30 am for a leisurely departure

Route: Norton’s, Ashton, Basket Range, Forest Range, Lenswood, Fox Creek (downhill)

Cudlee Creek ETA 9:45 am. 

Coffee at Cudlee Creek. 

Return via Gorge Rd, Corkscrew for the mad 

We should depart Cudlee Creek no later than 10:30am to get us all back on time.