Group road rides from Emmarentia/Greenside/Parkview

[#Roadie no more]

Hi,

 

Are there any groups that ride (road) from the above mentioned areas during the week from around 5am? I am struggling to motivate myself to get up at that time to ride alone!

 

Cheers,

 

P

[zuludog]

i am looking at riding on a tues and thurs morning - MTB though - Emmarentia Spruit etc.- if you keen let me know.

[andydude]

You can always join the Engen group? I live in Emmarentia and leave the house at 5h and go the opposite route past Adamson and Milner until we meet somewhere around Northcliff Corner then turn around and jump in. Beware they are crazy fast on Tue and Thu, but more relaxed on Wed.

[eddy]

Or join the Dunkeld ride.

 

Leaving from the Circle outside the vet in Craighall (cnr Buckingham and Clarence - the extension of 1st ave West) at 5 on Wednesdays or 5:15 on Fridays. Both rides come through Emmarentia so you can drop off there on way home if you feel like it but finish at Guru in Parktown North for coffee.

[V12man]

5am at the Engen in Rosebank - Tuesday - Friday - it's a bit faster than the Dunkeld ride - quite a lot faster actually...

[eddy]

5am at the Engen in Rosebank - Tuesday - Friday - it's a bit faster than the Dunkeld ride - quite a lot faster actually...

 

Too much faster actually...

[V12man]

Too much faster actually...

 

If you want to ride fast, you have to train faster.....

 

Actually I think it is just Dunkeld that is slow...

 

There is a 4:45 group from the dam wall too... small and by invite only... but suitable for SS, MTB and medium paced road bikes.

[hayleyearth]

If you want to ride fast, you have to train faster.....

 

Actually I think it is just Dunkeld that is slow...

 

There is a 4:45 group from the dam wall too... small and by invite only... but suitable for SS, MTB and medium paced road bikes.

 

I am going to join the Dunkeld group

I have to get used to my new pedals/shoes before the weekend's race

[V12man]

I am going to join the Dunkeld group

I have to get used to my new pedals/shoes before the weekend's race

 

Come ride with me tomorrow young lady - slow... because I have been off sick for a couple of weeks...

[hayleyearth]

Come ride with me tomorrow young lady - slow... because I have been off sick for a couple of weeks...

 

4:45am?

From where?

We only stay 4.5km away from eachother...and I think the Engen on Tana is the halfway spot and downhill for both of us..

[V12man]

4:45am?

From where?

We only stay 4.5km away from eachother...and I think the Engen on Tana is the halfway spot and downhill for both of us..

 

At the traffic lights on Emmarentia dam wall - 0445 - there will be a couple of others too = that's about 200m from the Engen.

[hayleyearth]

At the traffic lights on Emmarentia dam wall - 0445 - there will be a couple of others too = that's about 200m from the Engen.

 

done!

[eddy]

 

 

There is a 4:45 group from the dam wall too... small and by invite only... but suitable for SS, MTB and medium paced road bikes.

 

Is that an invitation for Wednesday ?

[V12man]

Is that an invitation for Wednesday ?

 

Tuesday....

[Thug]

At the traffic lights on Emmarentia dam wall - 0445 - there will be a couple of others too = that's about 200m from the Engen.

 

When I go and ride ICG, I pass there around 4:40.

 

How far do you ride and pace?

[V12man]

When I go and ride ICG, I pass there around 4:40.

 

How far do you ride and pace?

 

Depends on how fast you are leaving home... think its about 35 odd

Hill st, Wicklow, Jan Smuts to the top of Forestown, Oxford, Jellicoe, Bompas, Jns smuts, up Conrad through linden, sometimes up northcliff and back via dam wall - on my SS usually average about 21.x kph from home back to home.