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.