Sunday Ride - Hahndorf via the Old Freeway

Sundays Ride is Hahndorf via the Old Freeway.

Meet in the City at 7:30 am or Bollards at 8:30 am 

The Route 

• City - Glen Osmond rd - Old Freeway - Aldgate Valley rd - River Rd
• Coffee at Otto's
• Return to be discussed at Coffee but defaults to a return via the same route

Be aware it is the Bay to Birdwood on Sunday hence we are not out to that side of the hills. 

Weather looks good so a good opportunity to kick off spring training. 20 degrees light winds.

Sunday Ride - Beach Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway

This Sunday's Ride is Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway. Also the BG Druids have noticed its now well and truly daylight at the start so we are moving to the Summer start time. 

The Route: Outer Harbour via Anzac Highway
Start Time: 7:30 am

Typing Druid Cycling into Mr Google yields pictures of mountain bikes. Nice but.

Sundays Ride - Return to the Hills

This Sundays Ride is the Hills ride held over from last week. The weather looks fantastic 23 degrees, light winds. 

Make the effort to get out. This is the first ride in the Hills so we will make sure we regroup at the top of the climbs and major turns.

The Ride is the modified Pain Lives Here loop to allow for a cafe stop at Uraidla. Coffee comes up way to soon on the standard loop so we have added extensions.

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

The Route 

Full Ride

• City, Nortons, Ashton, Basket Range, Forest Range, Swamp Rd. (50km to Coffee, 1100m ascent)
• Regroup at corner of Swamp and Greenhill
• Return via Beaumont Rd, Gum Flat Rd, Rangeview Rd or just Greenhill
• Coffee at second best bakery in Uraidla 

Ride to Ease back into the Hills (40km to Coffee, 950m ascent)

• City, Nortons, Ashton, Basket Range, Forest Range, Deviation Rd
• Regroup at corner of Deviation and Greenhill
• Greenhill Rd onto Rangeview Rd
• Rangeview Rd onto Spring Gully rd
• Piccadilly Rd, Swamp Rd into Uraidla
• Coffee at second best bakery in Uraidla 

The Slow group should be at Coffee 

Home at your leisure 

Vuelta 2019

The climbs on this years Vuelta have been ridiculous. This was stage 13, 27% on a goat track.

Stage 13, Pinches of 27%

Sunday Ride - Winters last kick

This week was meant to be the first ride back into the Hills after winter. I have holding off posting Sundays ride in the vain hope that the weather forecast might improve. Instead it has gotten worse. 

So instead of a Hills ride we will do a Beach ride by consensus in the Morning:

Meet in the City at 8:00 am

If the weather gives us a window we may do close hills. 

The weather and all the other things in life have been conspiring against us getting good numbers out. Let's see if we can get the BG's rebooted for the new season. If you have a mate that might like to ride please invite them along.

Sunday Ride - No Excuses Club Ride

This Sundays ride is the No Excuses Club Ride. Make sure that you attend to get the status update on our fantasy Vuelta team. 

When: Meet in the City at 8:00 am

Where: Even if you don't know the route by now your bike will. Outer Harbor via Port Road

Winter is Over
This Sunday is the first day of Spring, if you couldn't tell by the Magpies swooping you. So Sunday ride marks the end of the Winter Schedule and next week we will return to the Hills. The route will be decided by weather and Whatsapp. We will make sure there are escape routes for those of us with Winter calves.

VELOGAMES FANTASY - LA VUELTA

Well, three stages in, and so far so good... still plenty of time to crash and burn though...

MR

VELOGAMES FANTASY - LA VUELTA

Hi All

BG now have their own fantasy team for La Vuelta on Velogames.

Here are our current team selections.

Suggestions accepted on WhatsApp until 5.00pm today.

Note that Roglic was 24 points, and no one else was more than 14.

Note that I've made Brian DS, so all blame for failure is ascribed to him.

MR

Danish TV used Augmented Reality to cover the TdF

Check out the video of Danish TV using Augmented Reality to cover the TdF. I can see  Brian gathering us all around one to explain the latest pace line variation.

Sunday Ride - End of the Winter Schedule - Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway

This Sunday is the last ride on the winter schedule. It's scheduled as a road less traveled and so given the weather report we will try to do last weeks ride which is definitely less traveled.

Route: Outer Harbor via Anzac Highway 
Meet in the City at 8:00pm

I know it doesn't feel like it but next Sunday is the first day of Spring and is the No Excuses Club ride so you have two beach rides before we start doing hills. Time to come out of hibernation and get training. 

I have already been swooped by my first magpie of Spring. 

Saturday Rides
We are going to start doing Saturday morning rides to give people some options to get fit. These will be organised on Whatsapp and will be of the short, sharp and shiny variety. The initial aim will be rides that get us homeward bound by 10 am and are accessible to help build fitness. Hence they will be set more by consensus than by planning.

If you are not on Whatsapp please download the application and send Michael, Brian or Myself your phone number and we will join you to the chat.

NCC Racing

Two big NCC events coming up, back to back weekends. This Sunday is the Last NCC Winter Criterium before summer crits - followed by the Macclesfield Classic road race to celebrate the first day of spring to following weekend. Both events catering for graded Juniors, Womens and Mens racing.

Not long to the CSA Super Series. Train to race, or better still, race to train. Get your team together, get nominated, get racing.

Join the NCC facebook events for all updates. And see Entry boss for nominations and race details.

https://entryboss.cc/calendar/norwoodcc

Brace your selves winter is almost over. So much racing coming up, get training you slackers