This Sundays Ride is the No Excuses BG Club ride

This Sundays Ride is the No Excuses BG Club ride. The weather looks great for a beach ride at 33 degrees.

Meet in the City at 7:30 am

Sunday Ride - Cudlee Creek

This Sundays ride is out to Cudlee Creek 

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

The route is The Parade - Tower Hotel via St Bernard's Rd. St Bernard's Rd  to Gorge Rd and then Cudlee Creek cafe for Coffee 

Return routes to be discussed at Coffee but always a plethora of option from there

I have been seeing lots of Roo's in the hills lately so watch the verges.

The descent rocks.....

Sunday Ride - Outer Harbor via Anzac Hwy - Social Pace

Sundays ride is a Beach ride Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway.

We have taken the feedback that the last Beach Ride was a tad quick. The aim of the BG is for everyone to come out and enjoy their cycling regardless of form. So we discussed how to make the rides approachable and encourage people to come out.

So this Ride is a BG Social Pace ride which will work like this.  Brian has volunteered to act as commissionaire an enforce the speed limit. This is really a codification of what we try to do anyway with a speed limit and regroup points.

• City - Glenelg - Last Roundabout  on Military rd ( the white house) - Social Pace (max 34 kph wind dependent) 
• Last Roundabout  to Caravan Park crossing hump - Fast guys can stretch their legs
• Cafe Salsa (Regroup)
• Cafe Salsa to West Lakes Boulevard lights  - Social Pace (max 34 kph wind dependent) 
• West Lakes Boulevard lights to Bower Rd  - Fast guys can stretch their legs
• Regroup around the corner on the Esplanade
• Esplanade to Marina - Social Pace
• Marina to Outer Harbor - Sprint
• Regroup Outer Harbor
• Outer Harbour to West Lakes Boulevard lights  - Social Pace (max 34 kph wind dependent) 
• West Lakes Boulevard lights - Bus Stop  - Fast guys can stretch their legs
• Regroup at the service station
• Service Station to Coffee - Social Pace (max 34 kph wind dependent) 
• Coffee Home - Social Pace

Sunday's Ride is the Reverse Meadows Loop - Civvies Week

With the weather looking cracking, Sunday's Ride is the reverse Meadows loop, brought forward by two weeks.

The route from the city will be Belair, Blackwood, Clarendon to Meadows, returning via Echunga and Mylor.

The ride will be at a modest pace with no drops.

Meet in the city at 7.30am.

For something different, it's also unilaterally declared civves week. Make sure you come in any form of lycra OTHER than the BG kit. A crap prize, such as me buying your coffee, will be on offer for the person voted worst dressed.

Example follows:

See you Sunday.

MR

Sundays Ride is the No Excuses ride

This Sundays ride is the No Excuses ride Outer Harbor Via Port Road. Weather looks great for a beach ride.

Meet in the City at 7:30 am

Sunday Ride - Beach

Sundays Ride was left flexible as a "Roads Less Traveled" ride. However given the big week most people had last week with the TDU changes, we have decided a beach ride is in order.

Meet in the city at 7:30

Route - Anzac Highway to Outer Harbor  

Sunday - TDU Recovery

Due to the change in TDU format there has been a bit of too and fro about Sundays ride.

At the end of the day people lots of people are doing there own thing Sunday ranging from corporate hospitality (*$&#$*) to family picnics . Hence we will stick with the normal Beach recovery ride.

• Meet in the city at 7:30 

Route is Anzac Highway to Outer Harbor (or whatever the legs are good for)

Tour Down Under Challenge Ride

A early start at Glenelg start and a Saturday ride this year for those doing the Challenge Ride. We will meet in easy reach of the faster group departure areas. 

The meeting point will be under the trees near the Glenelg Rotunda from around 5:30 am 

The departure is at 6:00 am we may actually touch the pedals by 6:15 am 

The weather looks quite cool so we will only schedule two stops. Provisionally the designated Refreshment stops for the BG are as follows:  

• Sellicks Hill 48 km (to be decided on the road if anyone needs water)
• Yankalilla 71 km
• Goolwa 124 km

Regroup points if required 

• 100 metres past the top of O'Halloran Hill
• Just past the Sellicks Hill KOM
• Top of the climb into Victor Harbor 

As we are  "The Bastardi", here is the traditional TDU Italian Phrase that may be helpful on this year's ride. 

• A sausage with onion please - Una salsiccia con cipolla per favore
• A sausage with no onion please - Una salsiccia senza cipolla per favore
• Beer is the best recovery drink - La birra è la migliore bevanda di recupero
• Where can I find a beer and a sausage - Dove posso trovare una birra e una salsiccia

Sunday Ride - Hahndorf via Uraidla (NCC Kermesse)

This Sunday is the start of the TDU week. Sadly there is no Ride like Crazy this year. So we will give the legs a light hills Sundays Ride to get the week kicked off. The route will be Hahndorf via Uraidla via Norton Summit. The exact route to Hahndorf to be decided on Sunday as will the return leg.

Meet

• In the CIty at 7:30 am or,
• at the Tower Hotel at 8:00 am

We are going past Uraidla as the Norwood Cycling Club is having it annual RAPHA Uraidla Kermesse https://www.facebook.com/events/1189715774524302/  and the BG's will have a few mates riding.

The weather looks good for Sunday but Tuesday and Wednesday look like great days to taper for Saturday so get out and make the most of it. 

I will issue our TDU ride post on Monday. 

TDU Week - You have been warned

As it's TDU Time be aware the Police will be paying attention to cyclists

Particular attention paid to

• non-wearing of helmets by cyclists;
• cyclists disobeying road control devices including traffic lights and stop signs;
• cyclists riding in large groups/more than two abreast causing traffic hazards;
• cyclists riding at night without lights.

 A direct focus on the following areas

• Tour Down Under staging areas and race routes;
• Highlighted crash times and dates from 2018;
• Popular areas cyclists frequent (including the coastline between Outer Harbor and Seacliff).