Sunday Ride 30/08 – Cudlee Creek out and back – Last Day of Winter

This Sunday is the last day of winter, and, in a rare act of seasonal co-operation, the weather actually looks good. Mostly sunny, light winds and no real chance of rain. So, if the BG’s can report to spring training we can finish winter properly with a gentle roll to Cudlee Creek. Out and back is available if you still have winter legs, and there are no tough climbs to worry about.

NOTE: It’s the last ride of Winter so as per mormal we will return to our normal start time of 7:30am. 

Meet: Tower Hotel at 7:30am

Route: Tower, Glen Stuart Rd, Morialta Rd, Stradbroke Rd, Gorge Rd, Cudlee Creek

Coffee and Cake: Cudlee Creek

Easy Return: Out and back

Hard Return: Corkscrew Rd – Montacute Rd just in case anyone has discovered spring legs a day early.

I will not schedule a weather call on the current forecast. It looks like a great chance to farewell winter, test the legs gently and discuss who has been pretending to train over winter, Brian???. 

Also, a reminder we do Corkscrew at least once a season. It wont be Sunday but just letting you know.

See you Sunday.

Sunday Ride 2/08 – Special Request Easy Ride - Beach Ride: Henley Beach, Outer Harbour, Semaphore Coffee and Port Rd Home

 Sunday Ride 2/08 – Special Request Easy Ride - Beach Ride: Henley Beach, Outer Harbour, Semaphore Coffee and Port Rd Home

The BOM has been consulted, and Sunday morning looks nice with light winds and gasp! sun. We have a request from Dave for an easy ride. We are a bit unsure if that is due to lack of riding fitness or a surplus of Guinness with a Jamison chaser…..or four. 

It’s also the last round of the home and away season so I assume there will be a bit of football watching.    

Weather Call: 7:00 am

Meet: 8:00 am in the City, Hindmarsh Square

Route: City, Henley Beach Road, Henley Beach, Seaview Road, Military Road, Esplanade, Outer Harbor, then back along the coast to Semaphore.

Coffee: Semaphore

We can discuss the whole Sydney Swans fiasco. Footballers indulging in strippers and cocaine. Who would have thought it possible.

See you Sunday.

Sunday Ride 16/08 – The Ranges

 Sunday Ride 16/08 – The Ranges 

We have a request for a easy ride next week so it will be a short hills ride for the Sunday hit out this week. Let’s do the Ranges Ride and see if we can talk Michael into not having a sausage roll.  The weather looks good 17 degrees 0% chance of rain with light winds.

Meet: 8:00 am at the Tower

Route:  Tower, Nortons, Ashton, Basket Range, Forrest Range, Deviation Rd, Greenhill Rd

Coffee and pastry products at Uraidla

See you Sunday. Only a short post this week. It’s been a bugga of a week. I even gave the AI a strong cup of really hot tea to write this post but it refused.

Sunday Ride 02/08 – No Excuses Club Ride - Beach Ride: Henley Beach, Outer Harbor, Semaphore Coffee and Port Rd Home

The BOM, WeatherZone and Windy have been consulted, and Sunday morning looks nice with moderate winds and sun before the change rolls in around midday. It will be cold and as we have some people returning and as it’s also the first Sunday of the month, we will do a No Excuses Club Ride in reverse using the route the Fog/Mist/Drizzle/Stealth Rain stopped last week. 

Weather Call: 7:00 am

Meet: 8:00 am in the City, Hindmarsh Square

Route: City, Henley Beach Road, Henley Beach, Seaview Road, Military Road, Esplanade, Outer Harbor, then back along the coast to Semaphore.

Coffee: Semaphore

We can discuss the wash up from the tour. No excuses see you Sunday.

Sunday Ride 26/07 – Beach Ride: Henley Beach, Outer Harbor, Semaphore Coffee and Port Rd Hom

 Sunday Ride 26/07 – Beach Ride: Henley Beach, Outer Harbor, Semaphore Coffee and Port Rd Home

The BOM has been consulted, and, in a shocking development, Sunday looks like a classic winter beach-ride. The weather is partly cloudy, 8 to 16 degrees, with a possible shower and Light winds. In other words it should be rideable with a light spray jacket in the jersey. However as its also the weather that produces stealth rain we will book a 7am weather call.

Weather Call: 7:00 am

Meet: 8:00 am in the City, Hindmarsh Square

Route: City, Henley Beach Road, Henley Beach, Seaview Road, Military Road, Esplanade, Outer Harbor, then back along the coast to Semaphore.

Coffee: Semaphore

Return: Semaphore, Port Road, City. 

Rug up, bring a light jacket, and remember that if the BOM is wrong we will either be smug or soaked. See you Sunday

PS: I am going out again on Saturday Night but will try not to twinge my back as badly this time

Sunday Ride 19/07/26 – Mylor via the Bike Track

 Sunday Ride 19/07/26 – Mylor via the Bike Track, 

The forecast for Sunday is looking, dare I say it, almost sensible: mostly sunny, and a cool 10-15 degrees at Mylor a moderate north-westerly. That is winter code for grab the chance to do some Hills while it is there. With a few BGs injured and some enjoying holidays where its warm. we will keep this one civilised and keep it short only going as far as Mylor.

Weather Call: 7:00 am probably not needed on current forecast.

Meet: 8:45 am at the Lofty Bollards, that’s the top of the hill.

Route: City, Lofty Bike Track, Mt Lofty Bollards, Old Mt Barker Rd, Mt Barker Rd, Aldgate Valley Rd, Mylor, River Rd.

Coffee: Mylor depending on consensus, pastry availability and how much whining is coming reserve bench.

Return: decided at coffee. 

Given we have people recently sewn shut, people away, and winter legs of uncertain legal status we are doing a short ride. That means numbers are looking on low side. So, I will break with BG Tradition and ask you to please confirm if you intend to ride. Hope to see you Sunday.

Sunday Ride – Short Beach – Hallett Cove 12/07

  Sunday Ride – Short Beach – Hallett Cove 

The Sunday forecast looks a bit bleak weather wise 15 degrees, Cloudy, Medium Winds. As Hugh is out for this week and we won’t have to listen to his objections to Hallet Cove will “Carpe Diem” and plan to do the short ride down to Hallett Cove via Henley Beach Road or Don Bradman Drive. We can call the route in the morning depending on the situation.   ANZAC Hwy still looks a bit too heavy with roadwork to book it in for a ride. Brian if we ride we expect you to be waiting at your front gate with a French press of coffee and croissants.

Weather Call: 7:00 am 

Meet in the City at 8:00am

Route: City, Henley Beach Rd, Seaview Rd to Glenelg,  Esplanade, Wheatland St, Kuri Parade, Brandon Tce, The Cove and Return

Coffee at Glenelg 

Return via Henley Beach

Tour Down Under very preliminary BG plans without timing calculations

Stage 3 - Thursday 21 -  Our Epic ride substitute day off work on the bike day.

Ride out to a Position along Greenhill rd to watch 2 passages of the Pelton and somehow get lunch.

Depending upon timing given there are. Position the second viewing to ride through Lobethal, Cudlee to Corkscrew or Ashton, Montacute.

Stage 5 – Willunga pilgrimage via the Bike track

Stage 6 – Ashton, Watch race, Gum Flat Rd (downhill), Hahndorf, Watch race,  Germantown Hill, Aldgate, Watch race

 

Sunday Ride 05/07 – Outer Harbor via Port Rd – No Excuses Club ride

This week is the No Excuses ride and the weather for Sunday looks like dare I say it good after such a wet week. Unfortunately, my information is that ANZAC Hwy is a still a roadwork nightmare.

So, we repeat the OH loop again.

Weather is 15 degrees and light winds. No chance of rain. So, No Excuses, I expect to see everyone out. Brian and Steve this means you.

Weather call. 7am

Meet: In the City, Hindmarsh square 

Time: 8:00 am

Route: Outer Harbor via Port Rd. Esplanade, Military, Seaview Rd

Coffee: At Semaphore

Return via Henley Beach Rd

The Tour Down Under routes are set and it’s a long one this year. Given there is no Epic we will get the maps out Downfall style and plan how the BG’s will view this year. The women’s stages are the same as the last 3 stages so we may need to move a couple of divisions around https://tourdownunder.com.au/race/stages

Stages

Stage 1: Tues 19/01 Henley Beach to Gumeracha 165km

Stage 2: Wed 20/01 Angaston to Angaston 145km

Stage 3: Thur 21/01 Lobethal to Campbeltown 166km

Stage 4: Fri 22/01 Glenelg to Victor Harbor 145km – Women’s Stage 1

Stage 5: Sat 23/01 Christies Beach to Willunga Hill 116km – Women’s Stage 2

Stage 6: Sun 24/01 Norwood to Stirling 136km – Women’s Stage 3

Sunday Ride – The Ranges aka Pain Lives Here 28/06

 

Sunday Ride – The Ranges aka Pain Lives Here 28/06

This Sunday’s weather looks, dare I say it, quite nice 10 degrees, sunny with light winds . So as per BG winter policy we will do a short Hills this Sunday with Pain Lives Here. 

Meet: 8:00 am at the Tower

Route:  Tower, Nortons, Ashton, Basket Range, Forrest Range, Deviation Rd, Greenhill Rd

Coffee at Uraidla

Return negotiated at coffee

In local cycling news I got an email from the Epic Tour people saying there is no Epic this year. On the upside Hugh can’t be tempted by either the short route or a buffet lunch with a chilled rose. Apparently, the men’s and women’s TDU will be run concurrently. Hmm logistics. Anyway, we will be planning a BG TDU this year once its published.

Sundays Ride 14/06 is a Possible Hills Ride

The forecast for this Sunday looks Sunny, cold at 9-14 degrees with light winds. This normally means a great day for BG winter vertical metres albeit on the shorter side for those lacking fitness. 

The issue we have in ride planning is that it looks like it will absolutely be tipping it down on Saturday like when Noah was a boy. This may make hills a little less desirable but possibly preferable to the navigating the contents of the gutters in the city.

So, the plan is to rock up to the Tower Hotel, look skywards, and if the Hills look do-able we will ride the Montecute loop rolling through to a sausage roll for breakfast at Uraidla. 

Meet: 7:30am at the Tower Hotel Carpark

Turf Ride: Glen Stuart, Montecute Rd, Ashton, Basket Range Rd, Uraidla

Turf Coffee: Basket Range Rd 

Surf Ride: Tower to the Parade, City, Henley Beach Rd, Semaphore

Surf Coffee: Semaphore

Rug-Up as regardless of choice it will be cold. Some people call me in-decisive, but I don’t know about that.