Saturday Community Rides

While most of us know about the Saturday community rides, here's a separate post for further publicity (and linking purposes!)


The Community Ride is on every Saturday - 6.30 am start at City Centre Square; back no later than 8.00am. The rides are suitable for road, mountain or hybrid bikes All standards are catered for. Coffee at City Centre Cafés upon return.

Riders break into 3 or 4 groups - as a guide -

A Group : Travel around 35-40km at an average speed of around 30kph. You will need a road bike and to be quite fit for this group. This group is for those riders that just like to go fast. The ride can include climbs such as Red Hill.

B Group : Travel around 30km at an average speed of around 26kph. Again a road bike is recommended for this group, but the speed is a far more acceptable level for social interaction. The route will generally be around Sawtell and return.

C Group: Travel around 25km at an average speed of around 20-22kph. This group caters for a wide range of riders, and does include mountain and hybrid bikes as well as road bikes. You will need a reasonable fitness level for this group and a good understanding of gearing and drinking whilst riding.

D Group: Travel around 19km at an average speed of around 16kpm. This group caters for a wide range of riders, and includes the younger riders, together with the newcomers. It is likely, that in coming weeks this group will break into 2 groups along Hogbin Drive, in an endeavour to best cater for all riding levels.


Initiated by Coffs Harbour councillor - Ian Hogbin and supported by Coffs Cycle Club, Coffs Triathlon Club, Coffs BUG & Coffs Harbour City Council.

The Community rides got a bit of a plug in Australian Cyclist - March/April 2007:
http://www.australiancyclist.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=2280

Disclaimer:

These rides are open to the public. All ride leaders are volunteers who generously donate their time to plan and conduct these rides. All persons joining these rides do so as volunteers in all respects and as such accept sole responsibility for any injury howsoever incurred. The appointed ride leaders cannot be held liable in respect of any injury resulting from participants engaging in such ride activity.

If you'd like to be on the mailing list for the Community rides, send an email to Ian and ask to be put on the community rides mailing list:
ian.hogbin(at)hqb.com.au