Originally Posted by existence
that sounds right up my alley perhaps i need to get involved and give some of those poseurs a bike lesson kekekeke (only kidding!!) also i used to train in the middle of the night...and have been debating if i would be ok on beach rd at 2am??? any advise? id wear reflectives ofcourse.
im thinking partilcuarly in summer time. is it suicide on a bike?
Beach Rd., especially between Mordy and (at least) Bay Rd. is pretty much dead on week nights after 8:30/9:00pm, except, of course, for a few hot nights in the middle of summer. It's ghostly after 9:30pm, and very safe. I saw a guy on his bike down there when I was driving home a couple of Fridays ago at about 1am!!
Some of the group rides are detailed here:
http://www.skcc.com.au/index.php?opt...d=11&Itemid=30
I think here are at least 3 weekday group rides a week on Beach Rd., around 6am.
I liked doing the Thursday night 'hill' ride, as described in the link. I used to jump on the group on Earl St., Kew, at the bottom of the Princess St. hill, after they'd crossed the Eastern Fwy, around 7pm. I haven't been able to do it lately. No slipstream on the hills (obviously) really sorts everyone out, but, no matter good you're going, there'll always be some little 55kg kid who leaves everyone behind in the last 200m
The Tuesday night ride comes down New St. anywhere from 6:35pm to 6:50pm, depending on the wind, then they turn around at Parkdale/Mordy anywhere from 7:10pm to 7:25pm. The ride down is half to 2/3 pace, then they hammer all the way back to the Elwood BP servo, on the cnr of Dickens St. and Marine Pde., which I guess is the "finish line"
The standard and numbers has dropped a little in recent months, probably coz more and more dangerous peanuts have latched on, but it's still a good 'tosser-fest'