ride routes 20th & 21st sept

we haven't had a play up by the tv stations for a while so i thought we would scoot past them this saturday and visit fatcat. we should again get a good run home with the breeze on our backs, but you know that means that it will be in our face first.

on sunday, mark, jerry, stu and i will be competing in the state team time trial (masters division) down at pinjarra. as stu was the only brave soul to venture out last week (and since he will be racing) i have mapped the same route as last week.

saturday 20th sept
tv stations

sunday 21st sept
kahuna & peet & patterson

ride routes 13th & 14th september

with the predicted overnight storms on friday night, i am not expecting a record turnout for this saturday. we will hang close to the city as they are predicting very strong sw winds around +30 km/hr by 9:00. however, this will give us an exceptional run up mounts bay rd with a tail wind.

sunday there will be two south perth rouleurs teams competing in the cyclo-sportif at york. reports are that there are over 600 riders registered for the event. should be a big day. hopefully the south perth colours will be flying well. for any others left behind and looking for a hills ride, i have mapped out an easy one (to follow that is) up the kahuna then across to the observatory. enjoy.



saturday 13th september
cresswell & herdsman

sunday 14th september
kahuna & peet & patterson

ride routes 6th & 7th september

we are going to tackle hale rd again on saturday, but this time in reverse. this means that it should be downhill from kalamunda to welshpool which will make it more fun. we will then go hard along welshpool and again along shep rd into the city. don't forget to vote afterwards

sunday is fathers day so this year ask for the present of being allowed to come out and ride with us instead. it will be better for you than socks or jocks.

saturday 6th sept (state election)
hale rd (reverse)

sunday 7th sept (father's day)
greenmount & parkerville & mundaring weir

ride routes 30th & 31st august

a three stage sprintfest awaits us on saturday. all flat and fast, but we will regroup after each hit out.
sunday will see us tackle both sides of the kahuna in the same ride which means that there has to be a descent in between. the weather has been excellent for riding, so i hope to see you all on the road this weekend.

saturday 30th august
shelley & bannister rd

sunday 31st august
kahuna & canning mills

ride routes 23rd & 24th august

ride routes posted by peter

to counteract the ride from two weeks ago when i made everyone sprint into the headwind along nicholson rd, i am getting us to come home via guilford rd with (hopefully) a nice north-easterly tailwind. however, we will need to negotiate ridgehill rd first.

sunday we will tackle welshpool rd again and hopefully i can redeem myself against young alistair in his sandshoes, before we tackle mundaring weir and kalamunda rd. this week we will be doing all the climbs before coffee and if i start to wuss out i need someone to step up and call me a blouse to pressure me into completing the circuit.

embedding the maps is still playing up so you will have to click to view them.

saturday 23rd august
ridgehill road
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/482888159

sunday 24th august
welshpool & mundaring & kalamunda
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/629109743611

ride routes 16th & 17th august

ryan, stu and myself will be down at collie this saturday for a leisurely 104 km handicap event to donnybrook and back. should be a fun day. as for the rest of you, i am sending you around the river.

sprint points are at the climb past the mosman park bowling green with a regroup under the water tower further up the hill and around the corner. again on burke drive along attadale with a regroup before you get back on the hwy for the run home.

make sure someone looks after jens as he still doesn't know his way around perth. stick together and generally look after one another.

sunday will be a fun day too. we are keeping it tight and looping around the same area. a strong will is necessary to pass the coffee shop and head down the zig-zag, but i am assuming peer pressure will keep the group together again.

sorry, the orginal post had the maps that were wrong. i thought they were fixed.

saturday 16th august
river ride
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/505052704

sunday 17th august
welshpool & observatory & kalamunda
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/404541584

ride routes 9th & 10th august

ride routes posted by peter.

so we will have another crack at the sth lake route that we tried out almost two months ago. i have taken out the section of armadale rd and we now turn onto berrigan drive instead. hopefully this is a better choice.

on sunday, we will try the canning dam route that i posted a few weeks back. due to the weather, we didn't make it all the way out there so will try again this week.

the mapmyride maps are still not working as an embedded map so you must click on the link to go to the actual site.

saturday 9th august
sth lake
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/222757718205

sunday 10th august
carradine & canning dam
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/93434412

ride routes 2nd & 3rd august

routes posted by peter.

well, i will not be joining you on either day this weekend. i have family commitments on saturday and sunday will see a few of the team heading down to pinjarra to race in the pinjarra classic support race. most of us are under-done and will probably get dropped on the first hill, but we want to make a showing in the new colours as the race team was the catalyst for getting the kit in the first place.

so, saturday should be pretty straight forward. nice and easy down to attadale. hard along the riverside then regroup after the pt walter hill. hard along the left bank, but then easy past cott and enjoy the view. normal hard back home through dalkeith. remember to keep an eye out for weaker riders and try not to leave too much destruction behind you. we pride ourselves on being a good social group, so look after each other.

i will try to meet you all at the coffee shop, but it will depend on quite a few things. as for a replacement coffee shop, we are looking at a few places in south perth, but they have to be suitable for us and they have to be happy to have us there. we are working on it.

sunday, should be a nice short and sharp ride for anyone interested. gooseberry and kalamunda rd are pricks to climb, so think of us racing when you are on them.

thanks to everyone that provided equipment to get our german friend on the road. he should be out with us next week. he said he read the blog and is a bit worried that we are a bit hardcore. i told him we talk it up a bit.

the maps seem to be having problems so you will have to follow the links to see where we are going.

saturday 2nd august
freo & cott

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/957241350

sunday 3rd august
gooseberry & kalamunda & bickley

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/australia/perth/526673061

ride routes 26th & 27th july

ride routes posted by peter.

i am expecting a big turn out on saturday. people generally get inspired when the tour de france is on and with an aussie doing well, even more so. they are predicting a break in the weather so i think people will also want to head out to prevent going stir crazy.

it will also be our first outing with the majority of riders wearing their new spr kit. it should make a good sight. look forward to seeing you there.

there are still a few kits not yet collected. get in contact with me and we can arrange for a pick up time, or if you prefer, i work in the city and you can collect from there.

saturday 26th july
hale rd

sunday 27th july
carradine & canning dam

ride routes 19th & 20th july

the official launch of our new group is this saturday where we will meet after the ride at my place for breakfast. i emailed out invites earlier in the week so that we could organise catering, but if you aren't on my e-mail list, then don't fret as you can still come along and have a coffee. lorraine is providing the coffee and catering so don't forget to bring your $10 on the day. if you just want to join us for coffee, then throw us a $2 coin and we will be happy.

there will also be the kit distribution for those that haven't received theirs yet and raffled prizes, including sunnies courtesy of euro optics, and subscriptions courtesy of ride magazine and bicycling australia magazine.

james has provided us with a set of top quality electronic scales to weigh the bikes in with (sorry mark those electronic fish weigh scales were just not going to cut it) and i will provide allen keys and a torque wrench so you can take the non-essentials off. this provides a more accurate weigh-in as the bike must be able to make it all the way around on our saturday ride first.

so come and enjoy the saturday social occasion as the sunday ride will be a killer.

saturday 19th
special launch breakfast ride

sunday 20th
kahuna & peet & canning mills

ride routes 12th & 13th july

i know it has been a long, long wait, but the cycle kits have finally arrived. i am really happy with the result and the group will look awesome all riding the same kit together. first delivery will be this saturday at the coffee shop after the ride.

if you cannot make it this week, then don't fret, we will be having the official launch the following saturday after the ride. this will involve coffee and food, plus the official bike weigh-in, spot prizes and kit delivery for those that didn't get it this weekend. it will be our social kick off for the new south perth rouleurs. more details will be posted soon.

thanks to our advertisers for helping out with the kit to get it off the ground and thanks to everyone for being so patient.

so, riding for this weekend.
saturday will be a nice and easy lap of the river through freo and cott.
prevailing winds should make for a nice run home.

sunday will be a new route that we will explore. not new roads, as such, but i just bolted a few different routes together to make a new one. sounds like a fancy marketing trick really.

saturday 12th july
freo & cott

sunday 13th july
darlington & mundaring

ride routes 5th & 6th july

scabby beach road is an old favourite that we haven't done for a while. if the predicted winds are present, it should make for a fast ride home.

after a fairly successful cyclo-sportif ride last weekend, it will be good to get back into the hills for a change. hopefully the weather is fine though they are predicting an over night low of 2 deg on sunday morning.

don't forget to put your team in for the tour tipping comp. prizes available and all entry fees are put into the prize pool. teams and riders must be in by saturday 6pm. http://tourtipping.blogspot.com/

also, the haiku winners will be announced at coffee on saturday.

UPDATE
if anyone wants a bag of fiori coffee for home, lorraine will be meeting us at the coffee shop on saturday. $7 for a 250g bag (whole/plunger or expresso) and orders can be made via the comments on this post.

saturday 5th july
scarborough beach rd

sunday 6th july
patterson & canns & urch

ride routes 28th & 29th june

ride routes by peter

another newish course this saturday.
we have done a similar one in the past back when simon used to lead us, so the hill next to the golf course will not be new to some of you.

sunday we have our first cyclo-sportif race that does not clash with a proper wacf race.
it is nice and close too as it starts at the velodrome in midland.

saturday 28th june
cresswell & herdsman

sunday 29th june
kahuna & peet & patterson

ride routes 21st & 22nd june

ride routes by peter

a couple of new routes this week as i was getting a bit bored with the others.

we will be heading down south on saturday along north lake rd and as it will be our first time, we will be taking it easy.

sunday is a monster day and i will be suffering due to lack of recent hills rides. four climbs plus a couple of bonus ones will certainly test the legs. should be a good day.

saturday 21st june
sth lake

sunday 22nd june
welshpool & mundaring & kalamunda

ride routes - 14th & 15th june

routes posted by peter.

moderately strong ne winds predicted for saturday, so lets have a fast run down benara rd.

no sunday ride for me again this week, but i will endeavour to meet the group for coffee. it will be a hard course on sunday. not because of the climbs, but to see who has the will-power to ride past the coffee shop after only one climb and keep going. be strong.

saturday 14th june
benara rd

sunday 15th june
kalamunda & observatory

ride routes 7th & 8th june

with the predicted ne winds this saturday, i thought a nice smash down guilford rd with the tail wind would be in order. that small bump that is ridgehill rd was put in as a extra bonus.

i am out this sunday. not racing, but paying penance for leaving the family for two nights when i headed to kalgoorlie. hopefully i will be cross training on the mountain bike with the young lad in tow.

also, the cycle kit is underway at cannibal and we should have it (hopefully) within three weeks. i will be sending out an e-mail soon detailing how much you owe and how to pay. i really need to collect all the funds before the kits are dispatched, as the order is quite expensive.

saturday 7th june
ridge hill rd

sunday 8th june
canning mills & peet & patterson

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

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

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

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