I mentioned late on Friday night that with rain on the way there wasn’t likely to be anyone out for our usual Saturday morning ride.
The rain never eventuated but obviously most of the other cyclists had heard the forecast and switched their alarms off.
I turned up on time at our meeting place to find only two others ready to take advantage of the great cycling conditions. (It was humid and windy but I reckon most conditions are still great for cycling.)
The other two wanted to forgo our usual ride in preference of searching out a larger group we know of across the other side of Perth.
We headed off toward the city and then continued through Bentley and beyond. After riding for some time we found the group we were looking to find. There were about 35 to 40 cyclists heading in our direction so we quickly turned around and joined them.
The Barrack Street group moves a little quicker than we would normally on a Saturday. At one point we were sitting on around 50 km an hour before we settled down to around 40 km per hour.
There was a couple of times that I was stretched but it was exhilarating. It’s great to get out of your comfort zone and push yourself like that.
My only question, When can I do it again?
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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Yes, talk about getting out of your comfort zone! The Barrack street mob travel at insane speeds! I joined up with them last year when I was at my peak fitness and strength (just after our 4000km training ride!). After a number of sprints up into the 60’s, and frequently maintaining speeds in the 50 k’s per hour I was dropped after about 40km. But what fun!! My ambition after that was to stay with them for the entire ride!! Due to various factors I never got the chance to join them again, and my fitness has gone decidedly backwards since then, but I still maintain that glimmer of ambition.