Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor out and back

 Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor out and back

As you all know Café Veloce Dad (Nonno) who could produce 100 coffees in 5 minutes and get them all perfect has sold the business. We gave the new owners a few visits and unfortunately the BG now declare Veloce Café Glenelg deconsecrated. 

As such this Sundays ride will be a modified Beach out and back to Outer Harbor to accommodate an interim coffee shop. The weather has also intervened and looks ordinary for Sunday so it will be a weather call this Sunday.

• Weather Call: 6:45 am via WhatsApp
• Meet: Hindmarsh Square 7:30 am
• Route: City, Port Rd, Victoria Parade, Outer Harbor, Esplanade, Military Rd, Seaview Rd, West Beach
• Coffee at Scala Bakery West Beach as at least the carrot cake will be edible.
• Return Seaview Rd, Military Rd, Esplanade, Outer Harbor, Victoria Parade, Port Rd, City 

The BG Café subcommittee, i.e. Dan, has been tasked with selecting a new Café for beach rides. We wish him luck.

Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd – No Excuses Club ride

 Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd – No Excuses Club ride

Yes I know I said it would be hills. I have changed my mind for a couple of reasons. It is the No Excuse ride week, it’s a long weekend and mainly because I haven’t done a ride plan beyond next week. The weather looks good Partly Cloudy and 21 degress. So, I expect to see everyone out. 

Meet: In the City, Hindmarsh square 

Time: 7:30 am

Route: Outer Harbor via Port Rd. Esplanade, Military, Seaview Rd

Coffee: At Glenelg

Looks like we are in for warmer weather with Sunday bucking the trend. So I have looked up the BG hot weather policy and found two things. One was that the policy  was last used in February 2019 by Michael and that in 2017 we were getting numbers in the 20’s.  Sorry for the scheduling confusion I need to find an evening to sit with down with the almanac and a good bottle of red and draft a 18 month ride guide.

Sunday Ride 24/09 is Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy

The weather report for Sunday looks great, 28 degrees with a Northly wind. A very typical spring day and an opportunity to air the new kit.

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 Glenelg

Return: Anzac Hwy

Sorry for the brief post this week. The only news is that TDU Challenge tour is definitely gone which is not really a surprise. We will catch up on Sunday and see what options we might do apart from Saturday and Sunday rides. 

Sunday Ride 17/09 – Cudlee Creek to avoid the City Bay Fun Run

Transition out of Winter was a bit hard to schedule this year with the City-Bay on this weekend. Getting into an out of the city was a palaver last time we tried a flat route on a fun run day. So, its back-to-back hills however we have been gentle and picked Cudlee Creek so no tough climbs to worry about. 

Meet: Tower Hotel at 7:30am (NOTE: The Early Start)

Route: Tower, Glen Stuart Rd, Morilata Rd, Stadbroke rd, Gorge Rd, Cudlee Creek

Coffee and Cake: Cuddle Creek

Easy Return: Out and back

Hard Return: Corkscrew Rd – Montacute Rd 

BG Business Matters

23-24 Ride Guide: The current ride guide expires in October so its feedback time before I start to compile the 23-24 ride guide. Please be gentle on me.

2024 TDU: Okay the Challenge tour “seems” to have been replaced by a series of guided bike rides. If that’s the case, I think we may organise a couple of extra BG Rides. Current plans have us on the Willunga pilgrimage on Saturday and in the Hills Sunday. 

Sunday Ride – Pain Lives Here 

We are now out of Winter so back to the normal schedule for this Sunday with Pain Lives Here.  Weather is sunny with light winds but it will be chilly in the hills so rug up.

We have not been getting anyone in the city for the hills rides so we will set a start time the Tower Hotel only which gives us an earlier return. Please reply if you’re intending to ride.

Meet: 7:30 am at the Tower

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

Coffee at Uraidla

The weather is improving so hopefully we will see you Sunday.

Sunday Ride – Beach (Bower Rd) via Port Rd – Fathers Day – Welcome To Spring

Sunday Ride – Beach (Bower Rd) via Port Rd – Fathers Day – Welcome To Spring

This Sunday is Fathers Day so for those with a leave pass we will do a short ride down to Bower Rd rather than Outer Harbor. This should get everyone home for Lunch with time to spare. The forecast for Sunday morning looks good and it is the first Sunday of the month it’s the No Excuses ride. It looks like we are coming into some good spring weather. Please Note the 7:30am start

Meet: In the City at 7:30am

Route: Bower Rd via Port Rd, Military, Seaview Rd

Coffee: At Glenelg

For those who decided not to ride over winter well its not winter any more.

I got a welcome to spring from a Magpie on the river.

Pain is Weakness leaving the Body.

 

Sunday Ride – Montecute Training Loop

 

Sunday Ride – Montecute Training Loop

This Sundays weather looks really good. Partly Cloudy, so no sunburn, 17 degrees, so cool so you don’t sweat too much, and light winds so no pushing into a breeze. This means two things. Firstly, no weather call phew! Second, according to the ruling at the meeting of the ride setting subcommittee three weeks ago we will be reporting for Spring Training. That means short Hills. We will stick to the hills face with multiple escape routes for those lacking fitness or carrying winter kilos.

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

Route: Magill Rd, Glen Stuart Rd, Morilata Rd, Stradbroke Rd, Montecute Rd

First Regroup / Escape Route: Top of CorkScrew

Route: Montecute Rd, Marble Hill Rd, Ashton

Second Regroup / Escape Route: Ashton

Route: Ashton, Basket Range, Basket Range Rd, Uralidla

Excruciating slow Coffee and a fast Sausage Roll: Uraidla

Return: Via Nortons, Via Lofty

On the cycling front a work colleague left on Thursday riding Mt Gambier to Geelong as part of gradually, over many years, riding Australia furthest point East-West and only a few 100km short of furthest North-South on the mainland. They are almost done after this one.

Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd

 Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd

The weather looks a bit ordinary but still ridable, so I will schedule a weather call for the morning. I was hoping to do a short hills ride but I can testify that its damp up there.

Weather Call: 7:00 am

Meet: In the City, Hindmarsh square 

Time: 8:00 am

Route: Outer Harbor via Port Rd. Esplanade, Military, Seaview Rd

Coffee: At Glenelg

Sorry for the late post. Yesterday got a bit hectic.

 

Sundays Ride is Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy

 

Sundays Ride is Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy

The weather report for Sunday morning looks okay at the moment, 16 degrees with light winds. Saturday looks a bit average so I will book a weather call for Sunday in case it doesn’t clear up.

Weather Call 7:00am

Meet: In the city 

Time: 8:00 am

Route: Anzac Hwy, Military Rd, Seaview Rd, Military Rd, Esplanade, Outer Harbor, Return the same way. 

Coffee at Glenelg

Return: Anzac Hwy

Last week allowed for some organizational discussions for Spring, TDU and Summer. We will plan to do two rides TDU weekend. On Saturday we will pilgrimage down to Willunga hill with the current plan being via the Bike track and Seaford train station. We will stay flexible in case a better transit option appears. On Sunday will repeat what we did this year and ride up to Uraidla as that worked well.  

Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd – No Excuses Club ride - Sunday 6th

Sunday Ride – Outer Harbor via Port Rd – No Excuses Club ride

As this Sunday is the first Sunday of the Month and the weather looks good 15 degrees, Partly Cloudy and Light Winds it’s the No Excuses ride. So, I expect to see everyone out. 

The weather looks so nice in fact I am not scheduling a weather call. 

Meet: In the City, Hindmarsh square 

Time: 8:00 am

Route: Outer Harbor via Port Rd. Esplanade, Military, Seaview Rd

Coffee: At Glenelg

Funny this was the same weather forecast as the last No Excuses ride which made typing easy.  Any day I can avoid a weather call is a good day.