Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - With Greater Sydney in lockdown its good to see our Griffith BiciSport members donning the winter lycra and lapping the Griffith area most mornings.
Griffith rides in winter are chilly with 4-5 degrees the morning norm - so good gloves and over boots very much the go. Mid week rides start at 6am from the Budd Service Corse and then head off to the outskirts of Griffith towards Lake Wyangan which can also include the only climb in Griffith towards Pioneer Park not far from the Griffith Airport. Coffee is taken in the Griffith main street. The longer weekend rides start at 7am and can include the 120k loop to Leeton & return.
Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - Mike Taylor (left) & Frank Signor (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)
Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - Peter Budd
Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - Frank Signor (left) and Peter Budd
Happy Wheels Waterloo is open during these Covid lockdown times and a pleasure to see such varied “interesting bits”
Tour de France 1962 - the Neutral Spares cars from 1962 had the iconic cut out doors to assist with rider service
SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES
Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way.
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
Raoul Westbrook has returned home after 9 weeks in hospital after the car accident and is on the road to recovery. Best wishes to Raoul from your team mates at BiciSport.
COVID RACE CANCELLATIONS LOOMING WITH 28 AUGUST LOCKDOWN
June & July was a pretty slow period for major races …. so a bit of a winter recess was part & parcel of the Covid outbreak. However, things are going to be a lot more pressing with the Greater Sydney Covid lockdown now extended to 28 August.
Latest cancellations -
Port Macquarie Ironman - 5 September
Orange Newcrest Challenge - 11-12 September.
Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for any race cancellation updates
SINGLETON STATE TEAMS TIME TRIAL - TTT TRAINING NOW STARTS 22 AUGUST IN TERREY HILLS
By the time you read this it could be time to dust off the time trial beast and start thinking about the NSW Team Time Trial Championships on Saturday 30 October at Singleton
BiciSport training sessions for the prospective TTT teams will commence 22 August at Terrey Hills based out of Miramare Gardens (Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Rd).
Details are in the Special Events section of this website
RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM
July 31 - Greenhills Mittagong Handicap (Southern Highlands)
July 30-1 August - Tour of the Tropics (Qld-NRS)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK
Tues 27 July
Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee
Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am
Wed 28 July
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 29 July
Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am
Belgian Waffle Ride @ Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps
Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee
Sat 31 July - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit Professional Cycling Team (Germany)
A third division German team that operated on the fringe of the big league but never had the budget (nor the inclination ?) to go any further. It was more of a half way house for riders who were on the way up or alternatively on the way down the cycling totem pole. The best known team rider was Linus Gerderman who most certainly was on the way up after he left Winfix.
The Commonwealth Bank Classic had just finished (forever) and Mike O’R received a call from the Herald Sun Tour promoter …. Mike, do you want to manage the German Winfix team to the 2004 SunTour ?. Mike naturally said yes, and so began the FunTour 2004. What followed was shades of good fun, bad fun and outright shambolic fun.
The shambolic bit was everywhere to be seen … Mike organised a local team masseuse but that turned sour within just 24 hours (he sniffed a total shambles and just walked out) and a part time replacement masseuse was somehow located (a nurse from Shepparton). To add some interest there was a surprise … a real German “Manager” was also on the FunTour (he couldn’t speak a word of English) which relegated Mike to every job the real Manager didn’t want to do (be it bus driver, accommodation consultant, mechanic, babysitter, human Google Mapster, team car driver or financial-currency adviser).
The team equipment was a train wreak as it (the equipment) had been flogged senseless since the European season started in January and this was now late October. The team equipment wasn’t worth a cracker. Budget ? … what budget ? … it was a European holiday of sorts. The additional Assistant German Manager (who shall remain nameless) spoke perfect English but also bought the wife and son.
To the race itself and Mike O’R picked up a hefty fine from the commissaires caught pacing a German rider back to the main peloton out the back of rural Ballarat somewhere (it was either that or miss the time cut and send the rider home) … geez !. The final end to the FunTour was the Assistant Manager who drove like a maniac and thoughtlessly crashed the team bus on the last day on the drive into Melbourne. Are we having a fun tour yet ?.
The best bit of the FunTour 2004 was meeting three outstanding individuals who were professional, diligent, kind and thoughtful - Thomas Liese, Jorn Reuss & Timo Scholz. Three gentleman indeed but the rest ….
