Happy New Year 2017 - Sundays Ride is the the No Excuses Club Ride

Happy New Year 2017 - Sundays Ride is the the No Excuses Club Ride

A Happy BG New Year to you all.  I have seen everyone has been putting in the Kilometers over the break.

The First Ride of the year is the No Excuses club ride and the weather forecast is for 30 degrees and light winds.

Meet at Hindmarsh Square in the City at 7:30am

The ride is Outer Harbour - Glenelg

I wont be able to ride so if someone could make a note to discuss the prefered arrangements for Ride Like Crazy and a BG Alternate and let me know I would appreciate it. 

Dan and Phil's new kit!

KIT IS HERE

For all those who ordered kit, it has arrived.

If you want to collect it to put it under the tree, you can pick it up from my office - MasterPlan - 33 Carrington Street, Adelaide - during business hours from now until 11.30am Friday.

Billsy or I will be happy to help you out.

Those at HASSELL get a special delivery service.

If you can't get it before the end of the week, I'll be back in the office on 9 January 2016. Otherwise give me a call to make some other arrangements.

Have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year period, see you all on the road soon.

Michael.

Sunday XMAS Beach Ride and break up

Due to the way Christmas and New Years day fall this year this will be the last Bastardi Ride for this year 2016. This week is a beach ride for our last ride of the year.

Meet: Hindmarsh Square in the City at 7:30 am

Ride: Port Road - Outer Harbor - Glenelg for coffee.

It's fair to say we have probably lost more Sundays to weather this year than most since the group started. So make the effort to get out and say merry Christmas and farewell 2016.

Sunday Ride - TDU Reconnaissance and Ride Report

Sunday Ride - TDU Reconnaissance

This Sundays ride will be Brian's TDU Reconnaissance. Brian hasn't decided on a route but as usual there will be lots of escape options for those that need to be home early.

Meet in the City at 7:30 am

 The full TDU Route is here http://www.strava.com/routes/5684530

Sunday Ride Report - Riders on the Storm
Eight BG made no excuses and arrived for the club ride last Sunday. We had all checked the weather and figured it was slow moving and we would get to coffee at least before anything hit.

Suffice to say what started as Calm winds and Humid  had developed into a significant but not scary headwind and humid by the time we reached Victoria Parade. Brian wasn't there but we didn't need to be told and started a pace line. Our pace line was thing of beauty, no shirkers, smooth and given the wind reasonably rapid. Brian would have dried a tear.

The pace line was functioning perfectly when about a kilometre from the first turn we were hit by a howling gale. The pace slowed but we kept it together working hard trying to get to everyone to the turn through alternate showers and dust. 

We thought the turn would bring some relief, boy was that a mistake. When we took that slight left turn which is basically a turn from North to North West we were hit by 83 kph winds blowing from the NNW.  In one sphincter clenching moment all eight of us shifted sideways and had to hang on to the bikes for dear life. The Pace Line was totally destroyed as everyone tried to get some separation. We know the wind speed because Mike Tilley checked the BOM website. Through some exceptional bike handling we all stayed upright .

However nothing stops the sprint for Outer Harbor glory although this one goes down as the slowest ever recorded with Mike Tilley taking it out while sprinting full pelt at 18 kph. You realise if it was calm he would have been doing 65 kph.

To say our trip back down the beach with the tail wind was rapid is the understatement of the century. I the "Captain Slow" of the BG was touching 50 kph at one point on Military Road while watching the rest of the group pull away.

Discretion is the better part of Valour, so we abandoned at Henley had coffee and rode home.    

Man Down

I am sorry to report that last Saturday Graeme came off his Bianchi and was taken to RAH via ambulance. Scans and XRays showed fractures in his right pelvis – opposite side to previously.

The BG's wish Graeme a Speedy recovery and hope that he has a great Christmas.

BG NO EXCUSES Club Ride

BG NO EXCUSES Club Ride
This Sunday the No-Excuses ride returns to normal programming. We have lost lot of Sunday’s to weather this year, none the less the numbers have been disappointing. We had a magnificent day and ride in the southern hills last Sunday but only a few BG’s to Enjoy it with.

So with only 8 weeks to go until the TDU stop making excuses and just Ride.

WHEN: 7:30 am Sunday Morning

WHERE: Hindmarsh Square in the City

ROUTE: Port Rd – Outer Harbor – Glenelg – Anzac Hwy – Home

COFFEE: At the Glenelg Marina

See you Sunday.

Sunday Ride - Cherry Gardens - road less travelled

This Sunday is a Roads less travelled series ride and was suggested by Dan. 
We will head south to Windy Point, regroup at the service station then down main road to Cherry Gardens Rd, Ironbank Rd, Morgan Rd, Woolcook Rd, Longwood Rd, Bradbury Rd  and through to Mylor for Coffee. Home via Lofty and Nortons.

Meet in the City at 7:30 am

These roads are really unfamiliar territory for me so i have made an attempt at mapping the route but will cede to more knowledgeable Bastardi.

Here is the rough route: http://www.strava.com/routes/7072282

I am sure this isn't good for the Derailleur

SUNDAY RIDE - Corsa Dello Stivale

As communicated earlier this month we have deferred the No Excuses ride until this weekend Sunday the 20th  and will use the Ride to support the St Clair Cup Criterium known as the “Corsa Dello Stivale”. As we know from our rain soaked trial lap the St Clair development has created a fantastic criterium circuit which AV Jenning has offered to host the Cycling SA Super Series – Stage 6.

The BG No Excuses Ride will be on Sunday November 20th we will ride Anzac Hwy, Outer Harbor and then return via Port Road for Coffee at the St Clair village.

It’s called the “Race of the Boot” because the circuit is boot shaped. However on the theory that everything sounds sexier if it’s said in Italian it is known as ….

Corsa Dello Stivale
The Cycling SA Super Series – Stage 6 – AVJennings St Clair Cup Criterium known as the “Corsa Dello Stivale” event will be on Sunday, 20 November 2016 at St Clair on a 1.05km boot shaped course around the central park and waterways on St Clair Avenue.

http://sa.cycling.org.au/Racing/CSA-Super-Series/Stage-Details

Racing starts at 9:00am through to approx. 1:30pm and will include:

·         Masters (9;00am start)

·         Elite men (9:55am start)

·         Elite women (11:05am start), and 

·         Juniors (TBC)

All the major SA teams will be there (including Sam Web’s USG-Bike Station Racing Team) and young Bastardi Lewis and Elliot Walker will probably be racing in the Juniors (if included in the program).

The event is sponsored by AVJennings and we will be there to present prizes to the winners.
It is hoped that all the Bastardi Gruppetto can call in and enjoy some of the racing as part of the Sunday ride.

Sofies Ride

Last Sundays was meant to be Sofie’s ride when we celebrate the birth on the 9 November 2012, Alf Macolino & Chris Withams granddaughters Sophie & Sofie. As you know they shout the group coffee and cake. Unfortunately last Sunday wasn’t fun in the weather department and while we note some BG’s braved the conditions Alf and myself though discretion the better part of valor.

Hence Sofie’s ride will be this weekend.

Cheers Aldo

Sunday Ride - Pain Lives Here

Sundays ride is Pain Lives Here 

• Meet in the City at 7:30 or
• Meet at the Tower Hotel at 8:00 am

Are we scared yet....

Amy's Ride 2016, Man Down and No Excuses Change

Meet up details 

AMY's RIDE

Meet in Hindmarsh Square to ride to Flinders University  @ 7.00am

• Please try to be not to be late as we will leave @ 7.10am sharp 
• We will ride at a steady pace to Flinders. Meet @ Flinders around 7:40.
• The "off" for Amy's Ride will be at 8:00am

If you want to ride straight there, meet at trees behind the goal posts on the oval, If all else fails look out for BG jerseys.

BG Beach Ride: Those not doing Amy's Ride but looking for a Sunday roll to the beach meet @ Hindmarsh 7:00am (yes its early, but you will be home early) and ride down to Flinders with the group and do the Seacliff / Hallett Cove beach ride from there.

Man Down 
Unfortunately Geoff had a fall on the the final leg home Sunday. It was  slow speed so hopefully back on the bike soon. get better soon Geoff.

BG NO EXCUSES Club Ride
I know we promised that the BG Club Ride would always be the first Sunday of the Month, always a beach Ride. Well one out of two isn't bad. As this Sunday is Amy's Ride we will not have the No Excuses beach ride. Instead we will defer that No Excuses ride for November until Sunday the 20th  and use the Ride to support the St Clair Cup Criterium known as the “Corsa Dello Stivale”. As we know from our rain soaked trial lap the St Clair development has created a fantastic criterium circuit which AV Jenning has offered to host the Cycling SA Super Series – Stage 6.

The BG No Excuses Ride will be on Sunday November 20th we will ride Anzac Hwy, Outer Harbor and then return via Port Road for Coffee at the St Clair village.

Corsa Dello Stivale
The Cycling SA Super Series – Stage 6 – AVJennings St Clair Cup Criterium known as the “Corsa Dello Stivale” event will be on Sunday, 20 November 2016 at St Clair on a 1.05km boot shaped course around the central park and waterways on St Clair Avenue. 

http://sa.cycling.org.au/Racing/CSA-Super-Series/Stage-Details

Racing starts at 9:00am through to approx. 1:30pm and will include:

• Masters (9;00am start)
• Elite men (9:55am start)
• Elite women (11:05am start), and 
• Juniors (TBC)

All the major SA teams will be there (including Sam Web’s USG-Bike Station Racing Team) and young Bastardi Lewis and Elliot Walker will probably be racing in the Juniors (if included in the program).

The event is sponsored by AVJennings and we will be there to present prizes to the winners. 


It is hoped that all the Bastardi Gruppetto can call in and enjoy some of the racing as part of the Sunday ride.