H'eroica 2012 - Ride Like Heroes

Event Details

Time: September 16, 2012 from 9am to 1pm
Location: Adelaide Hills from Norton Summit at 9am
Street: Blockers Rd
City/Suburb: Basket Range
Website or Map: http://ridewithgps.com/routes…
Event Type: italy, hill, fun, community, ride, group
Organised By: Angus (Special K) and Easy Tiger
Latest Activity: Sep 18, 2012

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Event Description

H'eroica 2012 is back and might even be bigger and better than 2011.

L'Eroica is an event in Italy that travels through the wine region of Chianti during spring along the strade bianchi.

The Adelaide Hills has so many hidden unsealed roads and ever-opening expanses of hills, and car-less roads provide a sublime experience, that need to be shared. Logically it seems like the ideal region to have it's own L'Eroica on these mostly unsealed roads.

This event's aim is to be fun, inspiring, eye opening, a bit of a challenge as well as including our non riding family and friends in a get together. Like the Italian event is help on the strade bianchi roads of the Chianti region we are riding the unsealed roads of the 'Little Italy' region of the Adelaide hills - Norton Summit to Lenswood like you've never ridden before.

Like L'eroica we encourage you to dress, or ride, in some vintage cycling gear. We leave Noton Summit at 9am (Magill 8am) and arrive at the Yangoora Estate winery, Lenswood, at around 11am where they will be offering pizza from their wood fired oven as well as cheese platters and home-made cakes and coffee. Families are welcome to join us too.

Sunday September 16th meeting at the Natural Resource Centre carpark, Norton Summit, at 9am.

If you are riding up meet at Magill at 8am

The road surfaces will be a mix of bitumen & compacted gravel roads - "strada giallo". Accordingly your carbon fibre racer should not be used, but mountain bikes, cross-bikes, touring bikes, single-speeds, and whatever else deemed fit for purpose.

All welcome!

You should have your own insurance, be a good bike handler, have spare tubes, food, water, mobile phone. this website and ride creators accept no responsibility for any property damage, personal injury or death inured during this event. This is a BikeSA registered event.

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Comment by Matt Jones on August 17, 2012 at 15:06: Do you reckon slicks would be OK, or would MTB Knobblies be better ?

Comment by Gus K on August 17, 2012 at 14:53: Oh, no no no... it's not even ok for some adults! The pizza at the winery at the end is great. They've got fun places to play and hide and some animals wandering about.

Comment by Michelle Crick on August 17, 2012 at 14:42: Would any of the ride be ok for kids?

Comment by Michael Bland on July 25, 2012 at 18:26: mmmm, pizza & wine ,mmmm

Comment by Ol' Dr. Cadence (Mathew) on July 24, 2012 at 14:18: was devastated that i missed last years ride, ive been told by so many AC'ers how blimen awesome it really was! I hope to be able to do it...i really do.

Comment by Michael Fraser on July 9, 2012 at 21:05: Dear Gus, I would love to attend, however I am riding Amy's ride at Lorne. May be next year. Michael

Comment by Big Block on June 18, 2012 at 22:07: I am doing my City to Bay supporters role. I too enjoyed last years ride and was looking forward to this years ride. Any chance on a date change???

Comment by Pete Roberts on June 10, 2012 at 22:43: Talking to Kate tonight, I think I have talked her into riding our Tandem on this trip.

It will be good training for our Kangaroo Island tandem tour we have in October...

Looking forward to that pizza already !