Friday, January 17, 2025

Sunday Ride 17/01 – The Ranges

 Sunday Ride – The Ranges  

TDU week is here so we will head to the Hills to give legs a final polish for the Adelaide Epic Ride.  Weather is Sunny 35 with moderate winds so freeze your bottles.

Meet: 7:30 am at the Tower

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

Coffee at Uraidla

We wont dawdle as I expect a sausage roll shortage and I don’t want to hear the whining if we have to settle for lentil pies.

Epic Ride Preliminary Arrangements 

There doesn’t appear to be a huge amount of detail about the start. The FAQ’s say riders start from 6:00am and the strava map shows the start zone is on George St not the Parade proper. If that’s the case we will do what we have done previous years. 

Forecast: 27 and moderate winds

Time: 5:30 am

Meet: Gather at the National Pharmacy

Regroup Points – Tentative 

It’s a long ride so I suspect we will be breaking up. However here are some suggested regroup points.

Ashton as it will chaos at Nortons

Mt Lofty 

Echunga 45 km  – I assume a rest stop is here

Mt Barker 75km 

Lenswood 100km

Uraidla