Coffs BUG ride.
So we decided to do another Coffs BUG ride.. this time a Medium grade one, a bit of a drive (1.5 hours ) south down the highway. Scotts Head to Stuarts Point, start time 9.45am for a 10am departure. Approx. 35 km return.
We decided it was worth going to a) test the trailer set up, b) a different way to get us riding that sort of distance, and c) it would be more social than just us trying to clock up that many km by ourselves. (We ended up joining up to Coffs BUG... at the end of it. I am pretty keen to help out in any way I can with bicycle advocacy.. more bike paths I say!)
We arrived to find that Bob and Barbara (who live about 100 metres from our place in the next street, and who we met on the Big Ride) were there. Barbara had apparently considered knocking on our door during the week to ask us to go on the ride (but hadn't.) The mental telepathy had done just fine instead!
The ride was pretty cruisy.. we had no problems keeping up, and didn't even get overtaken on the hills (a nice change from the Big Ride.) It was a smaller group than the Breakfast ride, so it was easier to talk to people, and this time we got to learn a few names. Riding with the BUG is a safer way to ride on roads - a case of motorists seeing a few riders, and (hopefully) being more alert as to other riders ahead. The leaders are very caring, so less experienced riders are well looked after.
Needless to say there was a little bit of interest in the triplet, and how we got it. I guess if you can't confess to a bit of a mad-sounding jaunt overseas to pick up a special kind of bike while you're in a group of bike riding enthusiasts, then where can you confess to it?
So, around 13 km to Stuarts Point. Stop at the local takeaway, order lunch for a bit later, sit down and have a snack.. then zip the 5km out to Fisherman's Reach and back. Pick up lunch.. coast down to the park, and eat burgers by the river.
Anyway, here are some photos of the day...
The group at Fisherman's Reach .
Caitlin did her 'pillion photography' thing; this one is taken from our bike, looking behind (yes, we did get ahead of the triplet a couple of times), while Mum tries to keep the bike steady, on the road into Stuarts Point.
Fisherman's Reach.
Stopping after a hill to regroup and wait for the slower riders. A good excuse for a rest.
Us at Stuarts Point. Team Blue.
Awww....
And this is how the bikes are travelling.
We decided it was worth going to a) test the trailer set up, b) a different way to get us riding that sort of distance, and c) it would be more social than just us trying to clock up that many km by ourselves. (We ended up joining up to Coffs BUG... at the end of it. I am pretty keen to help out in any way I can with bicycle advocacy.. more bike paths I say!)
We arrived to find that Bob and Barbara (who live about 100 metres from our place in the next street, and who we met on the Big Ride) were there. Barbara had apparently considered knocking on our door during the week to ask us to go on the ride (but hadn't.) The mental telepathy had done just fine instead!
The ride was pretty cruisy.. we had no problems keeping up, and didn't even get overtaken on the hills (a nice change from the Big Ride.) It was a smaller group than the Breakfast ride, so it was easier to talk to people, and this time we got to learn a few names. Riding with the BUG is a safer way to ride on roads - a case of motorists seeing a few riders, and (hopefully) being more alert as to other riders ahead. The leaders are very caring, so less experienced riders are well looked after.
Needless to say there was a little bit of interest in the triplet, and how we got it. I guess if you can't confess to a bit of a mad-sounding jaunt overseas to pick up a special kind of bike while you're in a group of bike riding enthusiasts, then where can you confess to it?
So, around 13 km to Stuarts Point. Stop at the local takeaway, order lunch for a bit later, sit down and have a snack.. then zip the 5km out to Fisherman's Reach and back. Pick up lunch.. coast down to the park, and eat burgers by the river.
Anyway, here are some photos of the day...
The group at Fisherman's Reach .
Caitlin did her 'pillion photography' thing; this one is taken from our bike, looking behind (yes, we did get ahead of the triplet a couple of times), while Mum tries to keep the bike steady, on the road into Stuarts Point.
Fisherman's Reach.
Stopping after a hill to regroup and wait for the slower riders. A good excuse for a rest.
Us at Stuarts Point. Team Blue.
Awww....
And this is how the bikes are travelling.There were a few other photos.. As the Blogger in Charge here, however, I retain the right not to publish any unflattering ones of me. (And believe me there were a few of them... I should ride 35km every day ... and not eat rubbish in between.)
Labels: BUG ride, training, transporting, triplet
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