bunch rides adelaide

alborwick

are there any weekend bunch rides around adelaide I could join on while
visiting later this month for a week?

I'm a b-grade roadie from auckland, planning some long slow ones to improve
the aerobic base while my wife's at a conference. Itd be nice to hook up and
see some local routes too.


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Michael Warner

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:43:13 +1200, alborwick wrote:

> are there any weekend bunch rides around adelaide I could join on while
> visiting later this month for a week?

You could try the Cobwebs ride on Saturday morning, setting off at 8am
from the northern end of Wigley Reserve, Glenelg (near the end of Anzac
Highway). We do 50km along the coast to Outer Harbour and back via Port
Adelaide, and there are usually 3 groups ranging from 25-40km/h or so,
which rest and regroup halfway. I can only make it alternate weekends due
to work :-(

I went with the fastest group last time, and the bastards managed to
drop me about 3/4 of the way through each leg, reaching 45km/h on the
way back. I'm saving for a better bike :-)

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Scotty

theres a few rides....
Norwood club meet on cnr Cross Rd and Unley Rd at 8am (Mobil Service
Station). Rides vary from the coast to into the Hills
Others meet at 8am Mega Bike on King William Rd, Hyde Park (its south of the
city mile...dont confuse it with King William St), various bunches depending
on average speed you want to go.

Lots of other little groups around too....anywhere along the coast from
Glenelg to Outer Harobur you'll find cyclists out for a jaunt....

We meet at No 1 Anzac Highway for our ride at 8am..small group of 4-6 guys.

No doubt there are plenty of others too....good luck and I hope the weather
improves!!


"alborwick" <aborwick@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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> are there any weekend bunch rides around adelaide I could join on while
> visiting later this month for a week?
>
> I'm a b-grade roadie from auckland, planning some long slow ones to
improve
> the aerobic base while my wife's at a conference. Itd be nice to hook up
and
> see some local routes too.
>
>
> --
> aborwick at xtra dot co dot nz
>
>

alborwick

"Michael Warner" <see@homepage.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:43:13 +1200, alborwick wrote:
>
> > are there any weekend bunch rides around adelaide I could join on while
> > visiting later this month for a week?
>
> You could try the Cobwebs ride on Saturday morning, setting off at 8am
> from the northern end of Wigley Reserve, Glenelg (near the end of Anzac
> Highway). We do 50km along the coast to Outer Harbour and back via Port
> Adelaide, and there are usually 3 groups ranging from 25-40km/h or so,
> which rest and regroup halfway. I can only make it alternate weekends due
> to work :-(
>
> I went with the fastest group last time, and the bastards managed to
> drop me about 3/4 of the way through each leg, reaching 45km/h on the
> way back. I'm saving for a better bike :-)
>
> --
> bpo gallery at http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/mvw1/bpo


Reckon I could handle the ride, may show on 26 June, thanks for the info
Michael.
Get a new bike, you wont regret it!

Alastair

Michael Warner

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:59:59 +1200, alborwick wrote:

> Reckon I could handle the ride, may show on 26 June, thanks for the info

I should be there, weather permitting (I don't care how cold it is, but I'm
not enough of a masochist to ride for fun in the rain).

> Get a new bike, you wont regret it!

Getting fitted on Friday, in fact. I was offered a very good deal,
overcoming the last vestiges of guilt :-)

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alborwick

"Michael Warner" <see@homepage.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:59:59 +1200, alborwick wrote:
>
> > Reckon I could handle the ride, may show on 26 June, thanks for the info
>
> I should be there, weather permitting (I don't care how cold it is, but
I'm
> not enough of a masochist to ride for fun in the rain).
>
> > Get a new bike, you wont regret it!
>
> Getting fitted on Friday, in fact. I was offered a very good deal,
> overcoming the last vestiges of guilt :-)
>

I dont get paid for it, so I never set out in the rain. Cold? Its been about
15 degrees here.

I'm on a Giant TCR carbon, yellow decals, red helmet. It was also a great
deal, leave the guilt behind!

Michael Warner

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:21:00 +0930, Scotty wrote:

> Lots of other little groups around too....anywhere along the coast from
> Glenelg to Outer Harobur you'll find cyclists out for a jaunt....

That stretch is great - long, flat, not much traffic and almost no lights.
I live in Torrensville, so I like to do a triangle with Port Road and Anzac
Highway in whichever direction gives me a tail wind along it :-)

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Michael Warner

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:31:56 +1200, alborwick wrote:

> I'm on a Giant TCR carbon, yellow decals, red helmet. It was also a great
> deal, leave the guilt behind!

How about that? This is a TCR1, even though I thought I could only afford
a TCR2 - maybe they want to lose the 2004 floor stock? I couldn't find
anything remotely affordable in carbon elsewhere. I didn't like the yellow
decals, alloy cranks and spoke-challenged wheels on the TCR2
anyway.

My lowly OCR3 fits well, and the frame geometry and stem length look the
same, so I'm hopeful - only expecting to need a 12-25 cassette and
narrower bars (if the OCR is anything to go by).

Still trying to get in 30km/day in this shitty weather on my shitty OCR in
the meantime, though :-)

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