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The penultimate month is right up and personal now as we cascade into Christmas,...my family has already got a secret Santa up and running,....so,...rides,...a great way to miss the shops,..
Christmas Party
Is at the Maritime Museum venue down for Thursday 4th December. We have decided this event will proceed,.. currently 27 registered,...so looking for another 15 members and guests. Venue hire is $10 per head to go to the Museum – a great cause in itself! It'll be a great night,… music, … BBQ,… free off street parking,... so Lets support our club with your presence for a guaranteed top social occasion,... Please register here.
The Club Get Together is slightly later, so as not to clash with other events,… down for Saturday 22nd. We're going into West End with traffic and people galore but we'll slip in on a bike on a zero footprint,... ...going for 'Good Good' West End 2/24 Beesley St,... you can slip up from the bikeway along the river. See you there 8 am to 10. More details here.
Peter Brennan’s Warwick Supported Tour is on in 2 weeks set for Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th. Always a top weekend away with mates, very social and great riding. Registrations are still open but close tomorrow the 1st. Details here, Please Consider.
One interesting ride coming up is on Sunday 30th a Moreton Bay loop ride 45 km at a leisurely pace taking in the Kippa ring to Petrie rail trail (fully concreted) Meryl Perry has put the ride on and will lead it. Details here So,... Please Consider.
John Stevens has his 2 Points from Gumdale ride on every Sunday morn commencing from the Eastside Village Shopping Centre at 6.30 am. A brisk paced very enjoyable ride hugging the coast in places. Please support this ride.
Aileen Franklin has her Bayside Breeze Sunday morning ride on both the 9th and 23th, leaving Lota train station at 8.05 am,...with quiet streets, Bushland and water views,.. just what you want to ease into the day,..
Regular Mid-Week Rides
Regular rides on the calendar - check them out. These cover the Tuesday Alt. Oasis to Sandgate, and Thursdays Coffee at the Beach and the Redcliffe Run.Please check in with Iain Moore for his regular rides that have not appeared on the calendar ATM.
Club Jersey Order
We will place another Jersey Order in the coming weeks. However, Scody require a min of 5 jerseys. We have two guys who ride midweek with me who a very keen to get their hands on one,.. so I need another 3 to make it happen. Please message me ASAP so I can get this happening. You will get one final reminder when I get the numbers before closing off the order.
Ride Reports
These reports are now coming in after every multi day ride, so that's an exciting addition to our library of events with a pictorial history of places we have been,..
Peter Skinner’s Western Front Way – a journey along the 1000km trench lines of WW1available here
You can see all the ride reports on our News page here
The Central NSW Cycle Trail 16 day ride (details here) is currently happening with 5 members going well,... there were a couple of hick ups first up, but as always, very experienced tourers solve them quickly and enjoy the riding,.. so we hope to see some pics in a few weeks,...All the best to David, Lawrence, Robert, Gary and Ian,..
More Varied Rides are in the works for 2026,.. so,.. we have a focus on keeping the variation of ride events coming onto the calendar with one a month being the goal.You will hear more on this topic,... Also we will have a Rides Planning Meeting possibly early February,.. so,.. please keep an eye out for that.
AGM – Date Claimer
The Club AGM is set for Sunday 1st February 2026,.. 8 am till 10 am. Please keep this date free,...Thank You.
And now for something completely different
Most of us know the UCI runs the grand tours like the Tour d’ France but did you know they also run an “Indoor Cycling Championships”? It’s not on the track and these riders have some serious skills! The next worlds are coming up on 7 November inGöppingen (details here) and you can check out short video highlights from previous years athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSdKBK0gfr4
Well that's it for now,...
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