Sunday Ride - No Excuses - Fathers Day

This Sundays ride is the No Excuses ride Outer Harbor Via Port Road. We had great numbers last Sunday so looking forward to the warmer weather getting people out.

Meet in the City at 8:00 am

Last week was the last ride on the Winter Schedule and we return to the usual Beach/Hills alternation from this week. We have made a couple of changes to the Ride Guide to make the return to the hills more approachable.

• the 9th of September will swap from Cudlee Creek/Birdwood  to Hahndorf in order to satisfy the Strudel cravings
• the Meadows Loop is pushed back  2 weeks to the 28th of October 
• The TDU reconnaissance will need to be discussed as the actual route is not pleasant for a small group as it travels along Main South Rd  

Yeah I know Fathers day is kinda of a excuse, Sorry for not updating the Blog I have been offline.

Sunday Ride - Anything can Happen

This Sunday was meant to mark the end of the Winter Ride schedule with us heading back into the Hills to Hahndorf. However as we slogged it back to Glenelg from Outer Harbor into the wind/gale on Sunday it was mentioned that this was perhaps the outcome of ride planning done in the comfort of a warm day in March and a glass of chilled Riesling. The consensus was we need to ease back into Hills and give people who havent ridden through winter a chance to start coming out again.

Hence I will take a cue from Canberra and perform a back-flip. This Sunday's Ride will be a Anything can Happen ride.

Meet in the City at 8:00 am 

If the Weather is as good as the forecast we may include an optional Hill at the end.

The Vuelta Espana begins the weekend. Stage 9 looks interesting

Sunday Ride - Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway

This Sundays Ride is Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway.

• Meet in the City at 8:00 am

Believe or not we are rapidly closing in on Spring and this week marks the last ride of the official Winter Schedule. We head back into the hills next week with (weather permitting) with a Hahndorf run. 

For those that have been Hibernating over winter here is a quick refresher course 

This is a Bicycle, we get up on Sunday mornings and ride it with the BG's

This was a Bicycle a few years ago, Graham has been riding one in Queensland

This is also a Bicycle...Try riding one with the BG's, we dare you, we double dare you

Sunday Ride - Hallett Cove

Sundays Ride is down to Hallett Cove 

• Meet in the City at 8:00 am

I had a call from the Veloce Paninoteca Coffee shop that closed on us the day of the Anniversary. They apologised for the inconvenience and I said I would raise it with the group if we wanted to return. 

Sunday Ride - No Excuses

This Sundays ride is the No Excuses ride Outer Harbor Via Port Road

Meet in the City at 8:00 am

Sorry for the late blog update and lack of a reminder email. I have no excuse.

Sunday Ride - Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway

Sundays Ride is Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway

Meet in the City at 8:00 am

There will also be a extraordinary meeting of the beach ride coffee sub-committee to decide on the coffee and return destination. We seem to have bad luck with our choice of cafe's as they keep shutting. 

Some suggestions that have been for our new beach destination.

1. 303 By the Sea - Very good choice for groups of < 6 riders 
2. Cafe Salsa - certainly has the room but not one is sure if they do coffee and cake. Well they definitely do coffee
3. West Beach SLSC - No one has been there so may require reconnaissance
4.  Malabo, Swedish Tarts or another one on Henley Square
5. Cibo at Glenelg
6. One of the three Cafe's on the Broadway at Glenelg. Pirate something, Organic Cafe and that Bradway Kios

Or we start our own Bastardi Cafe. The menu will have to include the 3 special meal deals. Brutto bastardo (Ugly Bastardi), Duro bastardo (Hard Bastardi), Povero bastardo (Poor Bastardi). 

No they weren't Italian brothers who played on back line for Collingwood in the 70's

Tour de France 
It has been a fantastic tour and by this Sunday we will know how its all ending. One things for sure there has been a lot of trouble keeping rubber side down and Philippe Gilbert ended up down a "slight ravine".

Sunday Ride - Hallett Cove

Sundays Ride is down to Hallett Cove

Meet in the City at 8:00 am

Weather looks good so no  excuses. See you Sunday.

10th Anniversary Ride Report

The 10th Anniversary ride on Sunday was a huge success. We have 18 riders gather in the city in the morning to be greeted by David Bills. Billsy wasn't riding as he had a clash and  that poor Giant of his is apparently in multiple pieces. We think he he should do the right thing, buy a pistol and put it out of its misery. Lots of people we hadn't seen in while and it was a great turn out for a fine winters day.

After lots of catching up I had to channel Brian for first time that day and get the ladies to stop gas bagging and start riding. You think we hadn't ridden together in while.

We had a good run down to the beach and then turned north and the wind while it didn't seem much mad it a bit of slog. The large group riding skills certainly aren't as slick as they used to be. We were a bit ragged to say the least. At Outer Harbor I instructed the crew to take a Brian lecture on pulsing, holding the wheel and pace setting as read. The one thing no one had forgotten was the location of the sprint points with all the sprints hotly contested. 

We returned to Glenelg for coffee only to discover that the coffee shop that took my booking, name and number had gone out of business in the two weeks since I had booked. Yep out usual  luck in booking stuff has held. No wonder we have never managed a club trip. We had 18 riders plus Alf, Michael Richardson, Kate and Oscar. Thankfully Cafe Esca up the pier could accommodate us so crisis averted. 

Steve Balmer showed us the 10 year anniversary jersey and it looks great. I will publish the picture once I the tweaking is finished. 

It was suggested by Frank that we schedule another 10 year Anniversary in the warmer weather as a number of riders expressed disappointment and the cold would have put a few people off. I was thinking to try around the time of the first hills ride and the delivery of the 10 year jersey. 

It was a fantastic day so a great thank you to everyone who attended.

Dried fruit and nuts

Hey you get a free Max V02 test and $200. 

http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/Sansom-Institute-for-Health-Research/Laboratories-and-Facilities/Clinical-Trial-Facility/Volunteers/Cyclists-WANTED/

The trial concerns the effects of dried fruits and nuts. I have ridden behind a few people where I can testify to the effects...

Sunday Ride - BG 10 Year Anniversary

All

This Sundays ride is the Bastardi (Grassi) Gruppetto  10 year anniversary ride. Please invite anyone who has ridden with us in the past to come along and celebrate.

When: Sunday July 15th. Meet at Hindmarsh Square in the city at 8:00am

 This will be the No Excuses ride for this month

The Ride: We will reprise the Original BG ride which was City to the Beach via Anzac Hwy, turn at Bower Road. As the currently riding BG's will find that a little short, the ride will be

• Anzac Highway to Outer Harbor, returning to Glenelg for Coffee

I haven't ridden in years

There are multiple bail out points for people who haven't ridden in a while on this route. e.g. Bower Road where we originally turned. We will all aim to return to Glenelg for Brunch/Extended Coffee at around 10:30 am

Non Riders 
If your calves are really soft and you don't plan to ride. Meet up with crew for Extended Coffee at 10:30 am 

Brunch/Extended Coffee:  Will be at  Veloce Paninoteca on the Glenelg Marina. http://www.velocepaninoteca.com/   I am not sure Bastardi's do brunch. In any case the plan is to have a longer coffee stop than normal, have a chat and order something more substantial than a cannoli.

Steve and Billsy