Alberton and the South. Groups Rides.

[Blokman]

Thanks Trubie. I have done .

 

Lots of groups, friends,clubs riding from Swartkoppies and Kliprivier drive . With the numbers we have lets keep this thread going.

The chirps , the humour ,how the rides went ,who's riding where . Who got dropped. Who's flying.

 

For those who don't know : 7 am Sat & Sun . Parking at Rietvlei near the start .

Short loop about 40 km

Long could be anything from 60 to 80 or more.

 

So lets hear it from the Midpack weekend warriors, beginners,pros the lot.

 

And the old guys.

Edited March 1, 2012 by Blokman

[Agteros]

Please explain for us occasional visitors:

How/when is the 'or more' on the long route decided?

How to identify the short slow/fast groups?

[Trubie]

i'm making a comeback this weekend

after month off following a flat one (some call it Fast One) crash

 

 

you decide when you get to the lido, long you go straight, short you go left

 

the slow group rides slow, fast one little faster - wink wink

[Blokman]

Million dollar question .

We are a rather loose arrangement of cyclists and we are not divided into slow med etc.

In general .Fast in front slow to the back.

 

Long and short . The split happens at the robot near the Lido hotel. A few kms from the start Long carries on straight with the R 82 towards Walkerville .

Short goes left through to the R59.

 

An idea is to pitch up and do the short.Look things over talk to the guys.

 

Edit. I see that I had finger trouble and actually posted two identical threads. E mailed admin to remove one .

Edited March 1, 2012 by Blokman

[Cyclewizz]

Please explain for us occasional visitors:

How/when is the 'or more' on the long route decided?

How to identify the short slow/fast groups?

 

You must go with the guys wearing their SA racing kit !!!

[Agteros]

You must go with the guys wearing their SA racing kit !!!

I'll just follow you closely if/when I get there

[Agteros]

i'm making a comeback this weekend

after month off following a flat one (some call it Fast One) crash

 

 

you decide when you get to the lido, long you go straight, short you go left

 

the slow group rides slow, fast one little faster - wink wink

 

Details Trubes, details!

You doing the short loop, or going big on your first weekend back?

[W@nna-BE]

hey hubbers

 

everyone still meeting at 7am near Rietvlei ??

[Blokman]

Sorry , thought this thread was dead and buried . Did not ride today but I know of some groups that started going 7.30.

 

Mods ,can somebody please remove that 'S' . Should be Group rides in the thread title.

Edited June 3, 2012 by Blokman

[W@nna-BE]

thanks Blokman, my mate and i were out there early and saw the 2 small groups, on our way back on the road to "Eye of Africa", we were unsure where to go so we turned around and headed back to Lido area when we saw the groups, my mate was not feeling up to joining the group, i will definitely be joining the group next weekend !

[funjunkie]

Hey, want to join a Group ride tomorrow in the South.

Just confirming, are the groups still leaving at 7:00am.

[Blokman]

If it's summer it's seven. Won't be there myself , enjoy.

 

Edit: Uhm , don't worry, they get on well without me.

Edited November 2, 2012 by Blokman

[funjunkie]

Cool, thanks.

Looking forward to the ride.

[Thatch]

Hi

 

Does this group still operate?

 

I am looking to get back into training. Last ride in Jan.

 

Meeting time and place?

[Quick Peddler]

There is another thread similar to this one. Should stick with the other one as it is more complete. It is called Alberton_jhb south riders