H'eroica - we ride Little Italy

Event Details

Time: September 11, 2011 from 9am to 12pm
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: Dec 2, 2011

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Event Description

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.

We are calling it Adelaide Cyclists H'eroica.

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. It would be fantastic to get the families up for lunch. They are bike and children friendly and love to share their beautiful spot with as many people as they can.

A ride, an exploration or unknown roads and great food and friends, hat more could we want! I hope you can put it in your calendar to join in. There might even be a lucky prize draw as well!

RSVP please so we can judge numbers. No one gets left behind.

Sunday September 11th meeting at the Natural Resource Centre carpark, Norton Summit, at 9am.

If you are riding up meet at Magill at 8am

The route [here] will be from Norton Summit, down the valley to Moore's Rd, to Marble Hill then Pound Rd, Blockers Rd, Mawson Rd to Fox Creek.

Download the map/ cuesheet here [PDF]

Download the Garmin route .tcx file here.

Return route can be either by Carey Gully, Piccadilly Valley or Cudlee Creek and Gorge Rd.

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, we will break the peloton into two speed groups that will stay together so no one is left behind. It's not a race, it's a exploration!

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.

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Comment by Gus K on December 2, 2011 at 18:56: Hello H'eroicans.

The Wheeler magazine has published it's latest edition with a little piece on H'eroica. I've posted ithere.

Comment by Clive Palfrey on September 22, 2011 at 22:58: Very nice show Don, love the way you presented each shot with the movement.

Comment by Gus K on September 22, 2011 at 20:44: Hi everyone. Just thought you would like to know that Snappy Don has posted a video slideshow from H'eroica here or...

Comment by Martin Rawley on September 20, 2011 at 13:01: Great fun, great company and well organised. Same time next year ?

Comment by Gus K on September 13, 2011 at 12:49: Smudge has posted up his photos from Sunday:

http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/photo/photo/slideshow?albumId=30867... (or here)

Comment by Ian Rawley on September 11, 2011 at 21:42: Thanks all for a great day out, good variety of hardware, mix of age groups and an easy going atmosphere, particularly at the end when the wine and pizza came out... Afterwards we made our return via the Mawson trail from just the other side of Croft Rd and were safely back on the Linear Park by 13h45. Hats off to my stoker Martin, for a big effort and nerves of steel on some challenging descents during our return journey.

Comment by Pete Roberts on September 11, 2011 at 21:20: PS. There must have been more photos showing all the pain in our faces...

Comment by Pete Roberts on September 11, 2011 at 21:16: For those who what to know, Strava shows Blockers Road to peak at 21.7%

Comment by Gus K on September 11, 2011 at 20:42: Thanks everyone for coming. I don't know about you but a lot of me is starting to hurt -- but that's also because I fell off 3 times, one chain got stuck, once leaving the winery (of course) and once in ET's driveway. Other than that there were no other accidents, one puncture, no spit from the rather friendly alpacas (who were more than excited to see us on the return), four seasons of weather and yes, the grades were steep in parts but looking at the image above was anyone surprised?

Comment by Dave, Lewiston on September 11, 2011 at 20:11: Excellent day out, with great company, four seasons in one day, pizza, coffee, wine, and some cracker hills to climb. Nice to see so many Gawler Wheeler riders there too - at least 6 of us, and two of the new jerseys. My first time on a mountain bike in many years, and I've fallen in love with the gearing all over again. And god, I love the Adelaide Hills.