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

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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.