So please don't be put off and come out at least for the early stages of the loop if you feel your not up to the full journey.
We are doing the Meadows loop in the clockwise (Mt Lofty first) direction. This allows a selection of escape routes of varying degrees of distance and difficulty for those without kilometers in their legs. The anticlockwise direction doesn't work as well for escape routes.
The full loop is mapped here and I suggest if you haven't ridden it before to download the map to either your GPS or phone . The first part is easy to follow but there are a few roads less traveled on the southerly return.
https://www.strava.com/routes/15983215 94 km (from the city) 1338 m of ascent
Meeting Times
7:30 am in the City
8:00 am at the Tollgate (bottom of the freeway bike track)
8:30 am at the Bollards
It's good for you
Riding Consistently Can Cut Your Risk of Early Death by 23%
For once not a BS study, the sample size is big enough to be meaningful at 57,000
