Saturday, May 31, 2008

Saturday 31st May - Reverse Canning

ride report by rob

really warm this morning - no boot covers or leg warmers (sounds awfully 80's!). About 25 in the group this morning and with our fearless leader heading over to kalgoorlie to try his luck in the menzies classic, chris called the route...."and when can we go fast?" comes the well known south african call from the back...bannister road and shepperton road...just like 'normal'!! 'that'll be my 'breakaway point' nick reminds us.

we head off up coode street and round on to canning highway. everyone appears to be in good spirits as the rain looked like it was going to hold off. we get down to north lake road (which has been the usual left hander for this route in the past) and the pack seemed to almost lead itself! not this time though - on to stock road. as we came round the final turn on canning the reminder that there is a reasonable climb before stock road looms large in front of us. feeling good this morning i thought i'd give it a bit and see who came with me. nick was on the front and seemed to slow just before the incline started so i went round...must have been a 'mechanical' something or other?? half way up i was still feeling good but could hear some heavy breathing just behind me. give it a bit more to see what happens...3/4 of the way up and i'm thinking i might even hold them off before....ryan flew past...again...then chris...then nick...then...doh! regroup at the top of the climb and round on to stock road.

an easy cruise along stock road to south street. after the climb i was content to sit back in the pack and have a bit of a rest. rounding on to south street we rolled down the first drop and then prepared for the first of several rolling hills. the guys on the front started to pick up the pace a bit with about 4 getting a bit of break on the group. i decided to go up and play and the pace stayed quite high...until chris came past and spoiled all our fun...(just kidding mate) - we'd dropped a couple off the back from the first climb, so as is our group's philosophy, keep it together for the most part and play on the flats, we pulled back and sorted out a re-group.

the rest of south street was an easy cruise although by the time bannister road came up i suspected that i may have stayed out the front for just a little too much of the ride. this might challenge to hang on. just as we rolled up to the turn i was about to step on the gas and a car rounds from the right hand land and straight in front of us - those of us on the front throw the anchors out with the familiar 'SLOWING' call...but i think that given the close call on this one there where a few other words included in the call that may not warrant reporting! with most of the wind taken out of our sails and also being in the big ring, it was a grind to get back up to speed. that also meant a bit of cat and mouse started to see who was going to go first. not long before melvin takes the initiative and flies past with one other on his wheel. a couple more of us stand up and start to chase them down. then its on. legs start spinning and hearts start pumping. a bit of a gentlemanly roll through starts but it's at pretty high speed. soon it comes down to every rider for themselves and the grimacing looks forward commence, pleading for the road to end. ryan takes off the front and pushes his wheel hanger hard. this doesn't last long and he's off by himself leaving us all to mop up the scraps.

rounding on to nicholson road the front group slows down for a well earned breather and the standard regroup. we head back up to roe highway and i turned around to see mike b at the back, most unusal to see him there, but understandable. will be good to have him back up to top gear when everything gets sorted. once we're all on we get back up to cruising speed with nick on the front starting his usual push. the call goes out to start a roll through which everyone seems happy to oblige - nice stretch of road along to albany highway and then up along to shepparton road. paul comments to me that the bannister road stretch was ok this time, but the rolling hills on shepparton road may test. yep!

as we round on to shepparton road, the usual suspects start to step it up. chris comes past and i jump on his wheel. as he moved across to the left i don't know why, but i thought it might be fun to push off the front as hard as i could. felt pretty good too for about 2 or 3 hundred meters. then it hurt. i was coming up to the lights and praying for them to go orange because i really needed the rest now. no such luck. nick, melvin, chris, gerrard, ryan, paul....bugger it...push now or you're off the back! managed to stay on and got a much needed respite behind the group. clearly making breaks on the pack is not my strong point...might stick to the hills i think. the rest of shepparton road was fast but the front pack stayed in touch. everyone appeared to be getting ready for the riverside drive sprint.

lights at the causeway slowed us up coming off the downhill on shep road so we all got a standing start. just as we come up on to the first bridge, melvin decides to take the lead and puts in a spurt off the front. i'm sure i heard chris say 'leave him out there'...but i could be wrong?? the rest of us hang back and the group is pretty bunched up as we come around on to riverside drive. chris is coaching the guys around him..."wait til the lights; wait til the lights"...we all oblige and by this time melvin's back with the rest of us. as we get to victoria avenue lights the call goes out and we're off. nick pushes off the front with chris on his wheel. i try to hang on with the knowledge that there's a big group behind me. nick pulls left and chris goes round. ryan flies past and a couple of others try to hang on. 'car right!!' we hear from the back and gerrard goes past, legs flying. as i looked up front it appeared that ryan won the sprint, but not by too much...the rest of us sit up and start sucking in the oxygen.

as we rounded into the coffee shop there's a whole bunch of chatter about gerrard's sprint - apparently the "car right" call was directed at him mainly, given that he figured the left hand land was full and there was a perfectly good bit of road just the other side of that little white line with a nice clear run to the front. i'm still not not sure that he managed to get up to the 70km/h he said he was doing...but who am i to say...? there was a radar set up on the side of the riverside drive as well. ryan said he had to brake because he didn't want to get fined....mmmmm??

lorraine was at the coffee shop sporting her new look (the hair AND the plaster cast). bit bored she says, so much so that she's started to make homemade marmalade...so we can all expect some lovely darlington preserves coming our way next week...lorraine??

thanks gerrard too...the details of that operation you performed (a fractured 'what was it again'?). the information to us blokes about how to avoid a similar outcome ourselves is most helpful!

and yes, i got to actually stop in and have coffee this week - she who must be obeyed and those 2 kids she keeps insisting are mine are all over east at the moment...ahhh the simple things in life!

thanks for the ride all.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

ride routes 31st may, 1st & 2nd june

i'm off to kalgoorlie this weekend for the menzies race. a 132km handicap with a $3,000 first prize. however, 6hrs drive each way should make it a loooong weekend.

hope you all have a good ride.


saturday 31st may
canningvale reverse

sunday 1st june
carradine & peet

monday 2nd june
public holiday ride

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

sunday 25th may - state road championships

the road state champs at roleystone had a few changes this year. for one thing they were in may as opposed to august last year, and this year they did not have a support race. instead you had to enter to what was on your licence. in my case this was the masters 2/3 race as it was my birthday today and i turned the ripe “old” age of 36, making me well qualified for the category.

so this was to be my birthday present to myself. a 114km race, in potentially crappy weather, along undulating roads, with a bunch of guys that would try to hurt me and the worse uphill finish that i know of. sounds like a wonderful day…. for a masochist.

six of us had registered for the day. this was not without a lot of badgering, abuse and guilt trips from me. initially, when the registrations closed, i was the only one from our team entered. after they extended it by a few days, we ended up with mike, stu and mark entered. however, those three are all in the masters 4/5 category so it meant that i was still riding on my own. luckily, bruce and jerry had last minute entries to provide some company for me in my division.

so the day rolled around and i found my way to roleystone high school. i made a point of getting there early as i knew that parking would be a premium as this was a similar course as we did for the tour de perth. registration was fairly painless, but they couldn’t tell me what order we would be starting which seemed a little disorganized for a state title. i had time to catch up with a few people before i got ready, but is still hadn’t spotted any of my team-mates. as mentioned on saturday, mike had decided not to ride due to medical reasons. this still left another four guys that i was keeping my eyes out for.

as the start time rapidly approached, i finally caught up with bruce, so at least i had one team-mate to ride with. we later found out that jerry had to operate on some guys doodle instead. they joys of being a urologist. stu and mark rushed to get registered but we at least had two more in the other masters division. ryan was not racing today as he would have had to ride with the open men. it probably would have been good for him to see what the next level up was like to play with. i was glad that i was that little bit older.

the start list had out division at around 16 riders, so i expected that a break my get away, based on the previous few races that i had contested. it seems to be that in the smaller groups, there isn’t that incentive to chase. however, we would have to wait to see what happens. this was a state title after all.

a few non starters put our field at just under 15 riders for the roll out. the open men had a five minute head start on us and the masters 4/5 men would be leaving after. the last race at dardanup had a field that would not even roll through just to share the load. i was wondering if that’s what would happen again.

we headed out along brookton hwy where the road would undulate for an expected 55km before we would retrace out steps and head back to roleystone. the guys didn’t roll through, but everyone seemed content to do a bit of a turn at the front before peeling off and dropping back. this at least meant that the pace would not be as pedestrian as the last race, but not too hard that we would all be struggling early.

i was trying to take note of the terrain as we headed out past karagulen as i thought that it would be important as we headed back towards the finish. my game plan was to sit in the pack, do the appropriate amount of work on the front, and keep the group together as long as possible. after an aborted attempt to get in the break at dardanup, i found that i didn’t have the legs to keep a break going. i needed the numbers around me to get me to the end of a 100km plus race. therefore, i would chase down breaks in preference to trying to create them.

about 10 or so kms into the race a guy in budget forklift kit (budget-boy) got a flat and had to drop back to the support van. i didn’t take any spares as i thought that if i flatted, i probably would be able to get back on anyway. luckily this guy got a good draft from the support ute and made it back into the pack, though, not without serious effort.

about 20km into the race the first attack went out. i really couldn’t believe that this guy was serious as he tried to go out by himself. the group reacted well and quickly pulled him back. for such a small group there was not much team tactics and besides bruce and myself, the only other guys in the same kit were three elite cycles guys. those guys did play the team game a bit and would not chase if they had a team-mate who attacked. it was a bit strange though, as everyone jumped to get on the break, the two other elite guys would end up behind the pack and would have to chase to get on anyway.

all the way out to the turn around little attacks would head up the road. the main antagonists were bikeforce-boy, csc-guy, glennparker-boy and multiplex-dude. these guys would all try repeatedly to break away on almost every hill and small rise. however, they would only try to go by themselves. if they had worked together, they might have got away with it. at one stage, one of the four headed up the road. i turned to one of the elite guys and said, “lets leave the bugger out there”. he agreed and we didn’t chase but left him to suffer about 50 metres in front of us. he eventually got bored and came back to the group.

at the turn the group was all together, but three guys tried to go hard out of the u-turn to try to get away. everyone had to go hard but we all caught back up before the next hill. about then, glennparker-boy attacked and got a little way ahead. no-one really panicked and we left him out for a bit. it seemed the thing to do now and we would often leave them ahead to burn themselves out a bit. bruce was starting to suffer a bit as his new young baby has contributed to his lack of training/sleeping/fitness. he had done some work earlier to bring back some breaks and was now paying for it. however, he was about 25 kms further along than he thought he would get.

a further attack on a hill and bruce said farewell and dropped off the back with one of the elite guys. i managed to get back on the group but was also feeling it as my quads were starting to cramp whenever i got out of the saddle. bugger, i thought. i could now see myself getting dropped on one of the attacks if i couldn’t go hard at the appropriate time. i fell into damage control and sat at the back of the group and tried to get as much fluids into me as possible. i usually run quite dehydrated during rides but this was one of the side effects if i ran too dry. any climbs from now on, i needed to stay seated to keep the cramps at bay.

the attacks kept coming and at one stage we managed to drop a couple more guys. they managed to get back on but everyone was starting to feel it a bit. i had managed to drink most of my powerade and half my water and was feeling better in the legs. as we came towards karagulen servo the hills may have shaken a few more guys off the back. i wasn’t really concentrating on anyone else by then as i was trying to just stay in touch. as we came up the hill past the servo and headed towards the turn off, i saw the csc-guy and another rider have a quick chat and then the other guy went to the front. so, there seemed to be some collusion in the group that i didn’t know about. it didn’t seem to matter as multiplex-dude took off and put a few more into distress.

by the time we hit the turn onto chevin road, i was counting the amount of riders left in the group. wow, i thought. i have made it into the last eight riders. i was quite happy at that stage, but was still worried about the last couple of k’s and how they would pan out. the open men had already entered the circuit and it started to become interesting as we now had one or two of them dispersed amongst us.

i took the hill on chevin well, didn’t cramp and stayed with the others. i started to consider my options for the finish. at the tour de perth, i was just happy to be in the group at the end of the day, so didn’t really even sprint. today, with a few more races under my belt, i felt that i should actually do something. still not sure what that was going to be.

we turned off peet rd and on to the final couple of k’s up to the finish. i changed to the small ring to make sure i wasn’t over stressing my quads as the last bit was almost all up hill. i was sitting on the back and suddenly realized that there was a gap to the front. i sprinted around csc-guy and another rider as they had no more to give. you could actually see the finish from here and i was surprised that you couldn’t find anything else. all those previous attacks took their toll in the end. i looked around and realized that i was in the final six.

through the round-about and heading towards that last damn climb and i was waiting for someone to make a move. glennparker-boy was on the front and the others were all hanging off him waiting…waiting…waiting. the climb started and still no-one made a move. the group was actually sitting in the middle of the road, so there was room on both sides for the sprint.

at 200 to go, i decided that i better do something and started to sprint. i saw the multiplex guy start his sprint from the right just as i started mine a bit further back on the left. just as we were about to come past the from guys everyone reacted. the glennparker-boy stood up and crunch, his bike didn’t want to play and something went wrong at the worst possible time.

i didn’t care by then as i had committed myself and gave it all i had. 200 metres doesn’t seem like much, but the road just didn’t seem to want to stop and i was running out of legs. both quads had started cramping again, but i didn’t care by then and pressed on. i felt a rider come past me at speed and thought, bugger, i stuffed it up. i sat down but kept pushing letting out a bit of a scream as my thighs rebelled on me. the line was coming and so were other riders. i kept pushing and through the bike to the line, not sure whether i made it or not. i was not looking at the other rider and i swear there were black spots in front of my eyes as the blood was sent to the legs.

i knew i didn’t win, but did i hold on to second or not??? i rolled up the road a bit to get my heart-rate back down to something resembling normal. normal for finishing a bike race anyway. i headed back to the finish line to try to find anyone i knew that may have seen the sprint. mel’s mum amanda thought she saw me take second and clare also confirmed it for me. i now had to check with the judges. two had me second and one had me third. majority rules and i held onto second but not by much.

the guy that came third was bikeforce-boy who did quite a few attacks during the race, while the guy that won had the same strategy as me. conserve energy and wait to see what happens at the end. the discussions on e-mail during the week between the race team had been about training hard and racing smart. was i smart going when i did??? maybe, maybe not. i may have started a bit early as i ran out of puff before the end, but if i had waited a bit longer, would i also have to negotiate the other riders to try to get to the front. it didn’t matter, i was happy with a silver medal at the state level, even if it is for the old man division.

the masters 4/5 men were coming in after us and we had mark and stu in the group. when we saw them at the turn-around, they had a bigger group that seemed to be working well together. it also came down to a sprint and stu managed to hang in for a very respectable 4th not far off getting third. mark also finished in the pack which was a great effort considering how much time he has been spending off shore on oil rigs instead of the bike.

so a good day for us and it is only a matter of time before one of us can crack a first place. no money for 2nd but a nice medal instead, so i am off to kalgoorlie this week for a crack at the menzies race.

i got home after the race and was wearing my medal. my wife asked whether everyone got one (like a participation medal). yea of little faith in my ability on the bike. i had to set her straight and she was very surprised. not enough to let me buy a new bike though.

Monday, May 26, 2008

sunday 25th may - welshpool & observatory & kalamunda

ride report by rob

a crisp but not cold this morning as it had been raining most of the night and some the heat was being kept in. with it raining throughout the night though, it was a struggle to overcome the pillow demons and get out the door. wasn't helped when i arived down at the meeting point at 7am and there wasn't anyone else there! pete had said that 6 of the usual crew were racing, but i thought there might still be a couple to go up into the hills with. as it is not my usual ride (family commitments and all) i had no idea of the route anyway so started to think about going back to bed (not really - i would have gone for ride...!). eventually a few others turned up and then ryan rolled in at about 10 past 7 (i think was hoping that he might have been able to chase us down again as he did last saturday and prove to us all the true awsome power he possesses... - so such luck gadget!). he then says, "does anyone know the route?" and we all look dumbly at each other. darren pipes up and says "i "think" i do, but i'm not....." "good" we say - "you're it!"


8 of us head out and roll along berwick street picking up one more along the way. darren and me are on the front through to welshpool road and then decide to take a break at the back for while before we get to the first climb of the morning. coming up to the lights at roe highway, some kid on a trail bike comes out of a side street on the right hand side of welshpool rd and crosses the dirt medium strip at a great rate of knots. he lands on our side of the road, wobbles about a bit (he is not a good rider), slips and slides around in front of us as he kicks the crap out of the throttle and heads off towards the lights. by the time he hits the intersection the 2nd set of lights are very red and the cars start to pull out from the left hand off ramp lights, as is their right given they have a green light and all. does trail bike dude care. nope. he gives it everything the bike has and swerves around the first car coming out and misses the bonnet by about a bee's male appendage. not clever - dumb - will die.

he heads on, shaking our heads and discussing all the variations that little episode may have looked like if he wasn't so damn lucky! we get to the first climb and start working our way up. ryan drops to the back as is his usual way. i lead off the front with a couple of the other guys holding on for a while. the group stretched out about 1/2 way up when ryan flies past me - do i break rythym and try and hold his wheel?? not likely (even if i wanted too!). we get to the top and start rolling around the intersection waiting for the rest of the crew to arrive. greg apparently decided that the hills for him wasn't actually on for him today so pulled off. after the re-group we headed on up and around towards the observatory. john was commenting to ryan how with the way the weather was this morning it was like riding through belgium. wet roads but a beautiful mist and glistening trees it was really quite superb. had us "pining for the fiords..!". the next climb up to the observatory was good...john lead with me on his wheel. ryan flew past...again.

after the re-group at the top we headed off down to the hill again to go and find mundairing road climb. now that was fun!! darren calls out "10 minutes of pain"...."15 for me" we hear from the back". i lead off the front with john on my wheel, starting to hurt a bit but still able to keep a good rhythm going while remaining seated in a reasonably high gear. ryan flew past....again. we get to the top at kalamunda and i'm already thinking about the coffee shop. "right" says darren. "we head across to the zig zag, down there andback up to kalamunda for coffee." "what???" my legs scream. another climb before coffee?? but we're already up here!! why don't we just go there now...??" must be my soft saturday ride mind talking to me - sunday ride much harder!

the zig zag is lots of fun - although you do have to pedal. the gravel all over the wet road on the hairpin turns are interesting. at the bottom ryan comments that his biggest fear is hitting a kangaroo at speed...certainly not unheard of! anyway, after the re-group we head across to kalamunda road with my mind wondering just where i was going to get the motivation for this climb - i'd been off the front every other climb so we couldn't lose face now, could we. after the 1st 3rd i was dead set going to stop. this hurt. ryan flew past....again. where's that friggin coffee shop....why did we come down....why did i get up this morning....is there a bus....?? john held my wheel all the way up...i could hear the heavy breathing and clunking of gears as he searched for something lower than granny gear....finally though we get to the top and head round to the coffee shop. quick service and a welcome break.

when we get back on the bikes and start out across to canning road, ben pulls up along side of me and comments that he's feeling it now - 1/2 and hour off the bike and the legs do not appreciate being reintroduced to the pedalling motion. the ride along canning road was fast, but those rolling hills really hurt after the coffee break. arrived at welshpool road - woo hooo...! 73kms an hour and john and me actually overtook ryan....then ryan flew past....again. it's a lot of fun down there and you certainly get a few looks from car drivers when you overtake them on the inside lane!

regroup at the school (some dodgy looking characters sitting in a car outside the school that ryan said someone should tell them that school kids aren't here on a sunday --- thanks for that mate!!). heading along welshpool road at a reasonable pace with ryan on the front doing the work. i pulled out from his wheel thinking i'd go to the front and do some work but as soon as the wind hit my chest i knew i didn't have the legs for it so pulled back in, much to ryan's displeasure who i think was looking forward to a rest by then. at the lights i suggested that we roll through and each have a turn doing some of the work. it would appear though that we neglected to set the ground rules so it took about 3kms to work it out by which time we had about 1km left of rolling through (which was good when it worked) and then hit shepparton road. the learner driver at the front of the lights stalled three times and made us all wait 2 sets of lights before she (well, we 'think' she, but then we couldn't be sure....) finally got going. we headed back along shepparton road and the usual disintegration of the group took place til it was just me, ryan and john left at canning hwy. john headed off right and ryan and me finished off with the cruise back along mill point road.

all in all a good morning out. my legs know i rode today

saturday 24th may - tv stations

well back to blogging again. it has been a while and it will probably take me a while to get back into the grove. however, what i would like to do is get a few more people involved and give them access to blog at will. all this means is that you have to register as a user on blogger and then i can authourise you to blog on this page. i will still post the ride routes and my view on the rides, but this will allow other opinions and views on the world of cycling. so, register yourself and drop me an e-mail to let me know. i want to set the blog up as a south perth ride site rather than my site.

so, after months of bitching about the dark early mornings due to day light savings, i can now bitch about it being dark as we are only a week away from winter. well, it was dark this morning, and i had to strap the lights on to get to the start. the threat of rain kept a few away, but we still had about 30 or so turn up. the tv stations was the route and it would take us north to nollamura and back down wannaroo rd before taking a diversion around kings park and the karrakata cemetery.

it was an easy roll out down mill point road and we got the opportunity to wave to the old bikeforce group as they headed the opposite direction. or more importantly, see who was still riding with them. their choice. we rolled quite easily all the way up great eastern and across ascot to the north side of the river. the group stayed together well until the end of grand prom, where we did a quick left/right turn to get onto dianella dr. this is a slight hill that takes us up to yirragan dr which contains some nice fast sections before hitting waneroo rd.

well the pace went on as soon as the front boys realized that everyone made it through the lights unscathed. i let myself drift towards the back of the group as i was racing on sunday and didn’t need to put too much into my legs. lisa was hanging on at the back so i fell back to help her up the hill. mike b was also at the back so we formed a protective draft around her to help her back to the group. meanwhile, a number of attacks had gone off the front along yirragan dr, with the usual suspects trying to shake it up. unfortunately the “hamstring injury” that ryan has, did not stop him from going hard off the front and forcing everyone to chase.

mike and i looked after lisa until we got to the regroup point on wanneroo rd where the group had found a nice bus-stop to park in. an easy cruise down onto charles st and across to thomas rd to take us around the back of kings park. mike then told me that he would not be racing on sunday as his previous medical condition had started acting up again, and that was the reason he was hanging at the back of the pack. hope he gets it sorted out, as he is a demon on the hills when he is in form.

about half-way down past kings park, we turned off to head around the back of the hospitals and cemetery to lengthen the ride a bit. this also allowed us to come home the usual way through dalkeith where the boys could give it another go. unfortunately, just as we came through the claremont shops, it started to rain. we had been pretty lucky up till then, but maybe pushed it a bit staying out so long. didn’t change the ride much as we were already on the home straight.

the usual attacks happened around the back of dalkeith, but i stayed out of it again, content to get towed along. by the time we “regrouped” at mounts bay rd, the rain had stopped, but the roads were now sufficiently wet enough to make it uncomfortable.

as we headed towards the coffee-shop, everyone was trying to get into the right hand file to get ready for the sprint. i got sick of getting a face full of water from the bike in front, so started to time-trial ahead of the group. i wasn’t going hard, but managed to gap them a bit and force them to chase. i let them catch me before they wound up for the sprint and got back into the right hand file. as we past the old swan brewery and the pace started to pick up, i checked my back and jumped across into the right hand lane.

this has two main benefits.
1. it cuts the corner.
2. it is harder for the guys in front to get on your wheel.

i started the sprint and got a good jump on the guys. so much for saving my legs for sunday’s race. i saw that ryan had also started his sprint, but he was a few bike lengths behind me, so i was hoping i had enough to keep him off. unfortuntately he took me before the line, but i managed to hold on to second. a sign for sunday maybe.

no coffee stop for me today as i had a mountain of things to organize for both my birthday and the state championships, the next day.

however, i heard the news later that lorraine had a bingle less than 50m after leaving the coffee shop and had broken her wrist. hope you get well soon and back on the bike. in the meantime, it will have to be on the home trainer like stuart o’grady and brad mcgee, so you are in good company.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

ride routes 24th & 25th may

i have decided to start blogging again. they are never going to release my other pages, as i have had to put in a request three times now and it is still blocked.

i also miss the act of blogging, and i guess there are a few people out there that miss the content no matter how puerile.

so, starting this weekend i will be happily blogging away.

so this sunday we have the state road championships in roleystone and six of our regulars will be attending. as we are all old farts, all of us will be contesting the masters divisions over 114km. it is also my birthday on sunday, so my present will be to do a long race potentially in the rain. woo-hoo. for this reason i have kept the sunday ride away from brookton hwy as it may get congested.

saturday 24th may
tv stations

sunday 25th may
welshpool & observatory & kalamunda

Thursday, May 15, 2008

ride routes 17th & 18th may

finally got one of my blogs back up and running, so this will do for now.
i will only be posting the ride details here and not writing up any blogs until i get my other sites up and running. i don't want to do anything that may cause this one to go down again.

new start location for those that don't realise, look at the previous post.
we have a race on sunday down at dardanup so i won't be leading the sunday ride.
i'm sure there are capable hands available to lead.

saturday 17th may
hale rd

sunday 18th may
greenmount & parkerville & mundaring weir

Friday, May 9, 2008

ride routes 10th & 11th may

new start location is at the end of coode st on the foreshore at south perth

saturday 10th may
freo & cott

sunday 11th may
gooseberry & kalamunda & bickley