Southern Suburbs Road Cyclists
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A social group of road bike riders for the new rider. Ride with experienced riders at a sedate pace on easy, quiet routes to learn the basics of group riding and riding in general.
Want to take the next step from just riding your bike on your own? This is the place.
Home of the 'L' Ride (for beginners/or a cruise)
Home to the 'P' Ride (for post beginners, a little more challenging)
Location: Port Noarlunga and Surrounding Area
Members: 95
Latest Activity: on Sunday
Welcome
Welcome to the group page of the Southern Suburbs Road Cyclists.
A road cycling group based in the southern suburbs. Home of the L ride and P rides, a great place to start if you are new to group cycling and want to join in.
We have four different types of ride, L rides, P rides, training rides and special events.
L Rides
If you're not sure where to start, this is probably the ride for you.
- Designed for beginners/new riders or those returning to riding
- Flatish routes
- Quiet roads
- Learn group riding skills
- Regular re-groups
- Sedate pace (20kmh)
- Approx 40km
- Tailend charlie to ensure no one gets left behind
P Rides
The next step up from the L rides, want to go further, faster and do more climbing? This ride is for you.
- Designed for intermediate riders, those with good base fitness who want to move to the next level
- Multiple routes (see below)
- Hills
- Learn group riding skills
- Regular re-groups
- Intermediate pace (25kmh)
- Approx 40-65km
- Tailend charlie to ensure no one gets left behind
Training Rides
The training rides are for those who want to improve their speed and fitness. If you want to race, train for racing or just speed yourself up, this is the ride for you.
- Intermediate/advanced level
- Learn race skills
- Climbing technique
- Faster pace (30kmh+)
- 18-38km
Special Event Rides
One off rides that are a bit special, these include long distance epics, climbing marathons and special occasion rides (Christmas special for example). There are no real generic guidelines for these rides as each one is different.
L and P rides are every fortnight on a Saturday morning (routes vary), training rides are every Wednesday night from Moana. Range riders is every Tuesday morning from Junk food corner at 6am. See the events for more details.
Strava Group details here
Strava group and the passcode is Noarlunga
SSRC Routes
Rating is 1 - easy, 10 - very hard
| No. | Route | Type | Distance | Climbing (m) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brighton – Outer Harbour | P | 63.4 | 374 | 5 |
| 2 | Happy Valley & Veloway | P | 47.1 | 671 | 7 |
| 3 | Cox's Hill | P | 47.2 | 670 | 7 |
| 4 | Aldinga | P | 53.9 | 543 | 6 |
| 5 | Blewitt Springs (long) | P | 63.1 | 836 | 9 |
| 6 | Blewitt Springs (short) | P | 54.6 | 766 | 8 |
| 7 | Aldgate | P | 43.4 | 903 | 7 |
| 8 | Willunga Hill & Range (short) | P | 46.4 | 645 | 7 |
| 9 | Willunga Hill & Range (long) | P | 55.5 | 706 | 8 |
| 10 | Penny's Hill | P | 58.4 | 683 | 8 |
| 11 | Kangarilla, Meadows & Willunga | P | 61.5 | 667 | 8 |
| 12 | California & McLaren Flat | P | 44.1 | 451 | 5 |
| 13 | McLaren Vale, California | L | 43.2 | 406 | 4 |
| 14 | Bayliss & Aldinga | L | 44.7 | 311 | 3 |
Video
Check out the videos for a couple of our rides:
Other Information
Riders ride at their own risk of injury or bicycle damage and are strongly advised to have some form of cycle specific insurance.
Group creator and admin retains the right to remove people from this group.
Cheers
Michelle and Phil
Discussion Forum
SSRC/Muddies racers
Started by Patrick O'Kane. Last reply by David Ellison on Sunday. 595 Replies 0 Likes
http://www.southernvets.org.au/startlist.pdfGuess I won't see Mr King until the end of the race then ;) How much did you pay the…Continue
Tags: racing
Phat Forkers stuff
Started by Matt Jones. Last reply by Matt Jones Apr 21. 8 Replies 0 Likes
To keep the group cleanish, put all your discussions in here please :)To kick things off we will have a ride next Sunday, 10th Feb at Cleland, probably a 2~3 hour round trip.I'll put an event up here…Continue
Joining
Started by Matt Richards. Last reply by Michelle Crick Apr 2. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hi All,Would like to join the SSRC on P and L rides. I can manage a 100km ride in about 4.5 hours with a few stops. I travel for work so mainly ride on the weekends and average 60 - 80kms. Bit…Continue
looking for some riders
Started by kylie roberts. Last reply by Michelle Crick Mar 24. 16 Replies 3 Likes
hi my name is kylieand I am head of butts on bikes for prems a charity group to help out our NNU at flinders hospitalwe are looking for some riders that would love to join us in a charity bike…Continue
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Comment by Matt Koukourou on September 22, 2012 at 8:55 -
And how long will you make us wait Michelle
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Comment by Michelle Crick on September 21, 2012 at 22:16 -
Exciting times boys and girls... we have a jersey design...but you will have to wait to see it :-))))
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Comment by Phil Crick on September 18, 2012 at 21:23 -
I've put up Wednesday training rides for October. The 10th October is the first one after daylight savings.
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Comment by Steve S on September 16, 2012 at 16:29 -
Yes, a great ride. Thanks Matt
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Comment by Matt "Boz" on September 16, 2012 at 15:39 -
Great ride through the hills today - thanks to Matt Jones for organising
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Comment by Matt Jones on September 13, 2012 at 21:30 -
Hey Scott, Best place to park is either my house , or near the crafers roundabout. Where the first refresh stop was on the VeloAdelaide ride
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Comment by Scott Swinfield on September 13, 2012 at 17:03 -
@Matt Jones - I'm keen too but haven't been around that area much where are the bollards and where's the best place to park?
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Comment by Paul Mc on September 13, 2012 at 14:31
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Noted, I will see you at the Bollards 8.45am unless I hear otherwise :-)
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Comment by Matt Jones on September 13, 2012 at 12:57
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30Km and a Tollgate to Bollards ride :).
Make it 8.45am at Bollards, for a 9am rollout.
Michelle, that means leaving my house at 8.30am if thats going to work.
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I am in.
I will be starting from my work 7.00 am for 7.15 start from the car park at the rear of 235 Unley Road Malvern, corner of Wattle Street, plenty of parking and toilets available. I will then ride up Cross Road and the track to Lofty but stopping at Crafers to meet our group leader Matt Jones. Everyone is welcome to join me at Malvern or meet Matt at our designated meeting spot Matt decides apon. After finishing the ride we can descend back to Malvern, this will add 30 kms to the 46 km route Matt is running.
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