Sunday Ride - Surf and Turf

Sunday Ride - Surf and Turf 

This ride was originally planned as Turf and Surf but based on some requests last Sunday we have decided to reverse it. This is partly because I expect a few of you will have had a bit of a bacchanalian Saturday night watching the "evening" Grand Final. I certainly intend to. So out of respect for fitness levels and hangovers we will do the rarely used Surf and Turf.

Meet in the City at 7:30am

Surf Route: City, Anzac Hwy, Esplande, Military Rd, Turn at Bower Rd, Return to Glenelg (Original BG route)

Coffee at Glenelg

Turf Route: Anzac Hwy, Greenhill Rd, Hallett Rd, Penfolds Rd, Norton Summit, Descend

Second Coffee at Norwood 

Nina and Warren are excused as they are at the Grand Final and will probably sleep in anyway. 

 Sunday Ride – Is last week’s cancelled Ride

We Return to 7:30am Starts and the Hills - Pain Lives Here

The scheduled hills ride is Pain-Lives-Here as it gives the less fit people a chance to stretch their legs on Nortons and then ride through to Ashton before snagging a table and a Pork Sausage roll at Uraidla while they wait for the Deviation Rd group (Hint).

Route: Pain lives Here (The Ranges). Return via Lofty

Times: 7:30 am in the City and 8:00 am at the Tower Hotel carpark

Coffee: Uraidla and/or Norwood

Impromptu AGM

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We took the opportunity of the bad weather last Sunday to meet up for coffee and talk through the future of the club. The main topic is numbers for sunday rides.  As we ride for fitnes,  to socialise, catchup and destress and numbers are key to enjoyment. We have had some candid feedback from a few people on why they are not coming out so have decided on a few actions based on that feedback.

It's been pointed out that our group riding discipline has gone to hell in a handbasket. This is making it hard as people are spread out over the road and the enjoyment of riding in a group is lost. We did some number crunching and the average pace of beach rides has risen 2 kph in recent years, The average spped has slowly crept up for 26kph average in 2016 to a  28kph average). Hence we have decided to go back to the basics laid down by the BG founders. 

Commitments and Ride Times: Sunday mornings were originally chosen as in those days it was quite on the roads and avoided kids sport. The world has moved on and that isn't the case anymore however any alternate slot has the same issues as Sunday mornings. So Sunday Mornings remain

Flat Ride Discipline: On flat rides the front riders will maintain a Median pace of 32 kph and adjust as appropriate for head/tail wind. This is fast enough everyone gets a workout and someone who in not so fit can still stay with the group without to much trouble as long as they keep their nose out of the wind. If numbers permit we will also put a sweeper at the back to keep the group together.

Hills Discipline: This is one we have fairly much stuck to but is reinforced. We stop at the top of every hill and collect the group. We make sure there are early exit options.

Mid Week Fitness: Sundays are social. Mid week is for training. Once we hit daylight savings we will organise a Wednesday evening training ride.

Pub Call: We are as much social as fitness so when the moons and stars align, we call PUB. The ride will end at a suitable beer garden and any non-riders for the day welcome for a catch-up and chin wag.

Lets just get out an ride.

Sunday Ride - Return to 7:30am Starts and the Hills - Pain Lives Here

 Happy Friday BG's

Sunday Ride - Return to 7:30am Starts and the Hills - Pain Lives Here

Here I sit in Shorts and a T-Shirt contemplating the weather forecast for Sunday and swooping Magpies. 

On Sunday we return to 7:30am Starts and the Hills. 

The scheduled first hills ride is Pain-Lives-Here as it gives the less fit people a chance to stretch their legs on Nortons and then ride through to Ashton before snagging a table and a Pork Sausage roll at Uraidla while they wait for the Deviation Rd group (Hint).

Route: Pain lives Here (The Ranges). Return via Lofty

Times: 7:30 am in the City and 8:00 am at the Tower Hotel carpark

Coffee: Uraidla and/or Norwood 

I was waiting for the weather forecast before posting. I will post a weather call by 6:45am on Sunday on Whatsapp. We will shunt this ride to next week if its a no-go.

Sunday Ride Guide for 2021 /22

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Here is the Ride Guide for 2021 /22

In general we have kept what works, tried to avoid the clangors and added some variety.

What's Changed and Notes

• Trying to stick to Hills rides on the more quite roads
• We have moved any club ride that clashes with a public holiday
• The Two Coffee stop ride has proved popular so we have tried to include rides where this is an option
• Christmas Day and New Years Day fall on Saturday's so we have scheduled no rides for the relevant Sundays
• We have no dates or routes yet for the TDU so its a place holder for now
• We have not scheduled any Epic 100km plus rides but we will discuss and see what numbers are interested and maybe do some other Routes
• We have dropped the Kat Killer Klassic by popular consent 
• Heritage round is scheduled for a late February beach ride 

Some Suggestions for Alternate Epics

There has been some suggestions for longer day out epics given sportifs are in short supply. 

• McLaren Vale via "Sea to Vines" trail. Those after a short ride can return to Glenelg at Hallett Cove. Brunch and a Glass of Wine somewhere in the Vale and return by the same trail. 120km, 800m of Climbing, 14% Alcohol. Partners can meet us in McLaren Vale. 2pm return to the city
• Barossa - Hills Out and Northern Connector bike track back 140km, 1200m of Climbing. This would be a quick Lunch and return. Short ride would return from Cudlee Creek. Out and back on the Northern Connector would be shorter and quicker but also depressing. Partners can meet us in the Barossa. Late return to the city.

Sundays Ride - No Excuses Club Ride.

Sundays Ride - No Excuses Club Ride

Sundays Ride is the No Excuses Club ride and is the first ride of the post winter schedule. Looks like we will have a good day for it so No Excuses.

Meet in the City at 8:00am

Numbers have been really piss poor lately. If you intend to ride can you respond to the WhatsApp post. If you wont be riding can you respond and let us know why.   

We want to keep the Club true to its origins. Accessible social rides across a range of abilities without a lot of obligations on members. Keeping a reasonable attendance is part of that.  

Next week we revert to early starts and start going uphill again. 

Also if you haven't seen Brown Bears strava art you are in for a treat.