Sunday Ride - Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway

Sunday Ride - Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway

We return to the flats on Sunday and it looks like another cracjing day weather wise 20 degrees and light winds. We had a really great turn out last Sunday so lets keep it up this week. 

Meet: 7:30am in the City

Route: Anzac Highway, Glenelg, Outer Harbor, Return to Glenelg

Coffee at Glenelg

Return: Back to the City or tack on a extention to get fitter

Next week is the 5th Sunday of the month and is a bit nebulous route wise.  Not sure how many people want an Epic and I dont want to scare people off so a route discussion at Coffee would be appreciated.  

Sunday Ride - Cudlee Creek

Sunday Ride - Cudlee Creek

Last Sunday was anything goes. We headed out to Bradbury were the vets had a race on. Warren and I were briefly convinced we had our racing legs back as we chased the Vets D Grade up the hill into Bradbury. All up a cracking day in the Hills. Thanks to Tobias for the route sugestion.

This week we head to the Hills again but a much more gentle amount of climbing as a we head up to Cudlee Creek and the best cake in town.  The out-back route is 75km and only 800m of Climbing so perfect if you havent been in the hills for a while.

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

Route: City, Parade, Tower Hotel, Glen Stuart Rd, Morialta Rd, Stadbroke Rd, Gorge Rd to Cudlee Creek

Coffee: Cudlee Creek Cafe 

Normal Return: Back Down Gorge Rd  

Hard Return: Fox Creek, Swamp Rd, German Town Hill, Freeway 

Virgo/Smith/Homburg Harden Up Special: Fox Creek, Lobethal Rd, Forrest Range, Deviation Rd, Greenhill Rd, Lofty (Ah the good ol'e days)

Sundays Ride is "Anything Can Happen"

Sundays Ride is Anything Can Happen

Yet again the club seems to be the victim of me doing Ride planning on the couch with one too many glasses of shiraz. In the interests of getting back to a normal Hills/Beach cadence next week this week is Anything can Happen.

Meet in the City at 7:30 during which a Civil discussion will take place about the route and coffee.

Meeting Time: 7:30 am

Route: City to Whereever and return Sometime 

Coffee: Somewhere 

TDU Cancellation

The TDU has been cancelled again next year and as a result there isnt an event / occasion to target. Lets discuss Coast to Coast, Revolve 24 ect at coffee. 

Sunday Ride - BG Club Ride - Outer Harbor

 Sunday Ride - BG Club Ride 

Due to the long weekend Sunday was scheduled as "Anything Can Happen" which usually results in a long meandering route through the hills usually out to north or south to take advantage of the break. However the weather forecast for Sunday is  dodgy. Hence we will revert this one back to the BG Club ride to Outer Harbor.

Meet in the City at 7:30am

Route: Outer Harbor via Port Rd 

As always when the weather report is like this we will make a weather call on WhatsApp at 6:45am Sunday.    

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

 All

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.