Ride Tuesday 5th August

Meet Mortimer Pk.

Have your dirt with you

and aim for a 0930 start. 

The goal is Maryknoll and their " not to be forgotten" coffee.

One New Ride & a Mea Culpa

Firstly, the Mea Culpa.

 Last Tuesday's ride to the Container Cafe was inadvertently blogged (by me) as a Thursday ride. Fortunately, most riders read between the lines and came Tuesday.

The New Ride. 

Thursday 31 July. (Yep! A proper Thursday.)

Meet Puffing Billy car park, Gembrook.

0930

Dirt bikes,

A tour constructed by Jutta and Kirsten of roughly 37km.

They can't remember if there are any hills.

There is the option to extend the ride which can be chosen once we see what the initial 37k holds for us.

Jon

Ride Thursday

Not knowing the reliability of the weather gods on Tuesday, a ride is to be risked, with minor precautions.

Flatland ride with virtually no muddy surface.

Raincoat.

Later start to allow drivel to go away.

Start  1000

The Stadium

Going to Container Cafe

Road bikes probably ok

O.I.C. Kirsten.

Ride Thursday 24

As some of us remain on a recovery curve from Kirsten's two recent exercises in riding masochism, this Thursday's endeavour will be a breeze.

Off to the Orchard (Browns).

Meet Emerald library.

0930.

Dirt bikes.

Jon

A

Kirsten's NEW RIDE on Dridaym which she had only driven before.

I blogged this map so we have a record of what to avoid in future rides.

Ride Friday 18 July

Meet at Sheepstation Park, Woori.

1000hrs

Dirt bikes.

NEW RIDE 

Convenor  Kirsten

Tuesday 15 Ride

Meet at Stadium for ride to Mordy. 0930 and sealed surface. 

If the weather gods turn against us, then we will each execute our respective plan B's.

Check out my ride

Check out my ride on Strava.
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Tuesday 8 July ride cancelled

Tuesday 8 July. Braham / Mississippi etc

Start:  Woori 9.30

Sorry no stats but graded medium difficulty. Gravel ride.  Check blog Monday evening. If Jane Bunn says rain, ride will be cancelled.

Ride 1 July

Start Woori.

0930.

Dirt bikes.

Headed to Hazeldeane then being led by Kirsten on a newish route she assures me, she has ridden once before and had nearly to walk part of it.

Distance: 50k+

Elevation: likely a lot 

Mega rating: C to VC 

Monday 23 Paradise Valley Hotel 2pm

Hi all

Coffee and drinks catchup for all that want to and  can attend at Paradise Valley Hotel. 

Have missed everyone's smiling faces and chatter.

Yvonne

Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer

Thursday 26. Kirstin's hard gravel ride.

Start : Woori 9.30

52 km. About 600 m climbing. Very similar to last Thursday's ride but better coffee opportunity.

Weather dependent. ATM looking questionable.

New Riding Criteria

In an effort to better define the difficulty of upcoming rides the following scale should be used - 

L-LS 

Low level intensity and or likely to cause a rider to sweat (Werner excluded). Examples of activity level intensity expected include getting on and off the bike !

M

Medium level intensity. This is best described as going in a forward direction at a speed just faster than slow walking. This sort of ride would exclude steep hills / strong headwinds and unpleasant weather conditions while including mandatory coffee breaks every 20 kms as defined by sect 12.3 of the groups riding award conditions 

MC

Medium level to challenging. The levels of difficulty here may be rider dependant i.e. Any ride after 8.30 a.m. (Jurgen), any ride involving dirt (Kirsten), any ride without an appropriate coffee break (Mike & Kerri, any ride without a 4 decker "Vanilla Slice " (Jon) etc,           

C

Challenging, These rides include a significant amount of sections where it will be difficult to talk and ride at the same time. "Phraseology" here may include grunts or single word answers. Best here not to ride alongside any of the groups more talkative riders          

VC

Very challenging. Includes all of the above as well as times where it may even be difficult to breathe at all ! Observable behaviours will often include riders falling from their bike (excludes Werner who falls for other reasons ).If a rider does collapse first aid will be immediately applied if / when we can find out who has the first aid kit (Kirsten ?) 

AK

Defines a ride that will be absolutely "knackering". A super challenging ride that will push your survival ability to the limit ! Steep hills, string headwinds, unrideable conditions, delayed coffee breaks etc The observable behaviours here may include the rider dismounting at completion and throwing their bike in the general direction of their car then crawling into their vehicle and departing wordlessly (hmm maybe I'm just describing me!)     

AK + D 

Defines a ride that will be absolutely knackering and also include delusional behaviour. Observable behaviour here will be a rider temporarily emerging from a coma at the end of the ride to say "Great Ride Guys let's do it again next week !     

   

 

             

  

Tuesday ride Postponed

Rotten weather and lots of it forecast for Tuesday.

Hence, ride postponed 

Mike

ps Im still learning how to spell Yuters name ! 

Tuesday ride

Weather is against us. Ride postponed.

Mike

Thursday 19th. Gravel ride

Start Woori 9.30 am. Distance about 50km. Elevation 677m. 50 % gravel, the rest sealed. Difficulty rating M _H

Tues - 17th Gembrook - 9.30

 Mixed condition bike ride (sealed / unsealed) to yet to be determined destination. We can celebrate Uters Ozzie Citizenship - her Aussie nickname is now "UTE" a very appropriate OZ name 

Mike      

Thurs 12th - Monbulk Footy Ground 9.30

 A ride from Monbulk to the Carriage Cafe and return mixed terrain - expected cold morning hence 9.30 start. For anyone free

Mike       

Thursday 5 June. Upper Yarra Dam

Start:  9.00 am. Hardware car park Warburton E.

Easy ride, about 50km return, some undulations but no serious hills. If the short distance does not  meet your expectations then feel free to start at Woori or elsewhere.