Riding for a Smile
Quite a few BUG members took part in the ROMAC Ride for a Smile in April this year. Brian Whitcher completed the whole 500km as a solo rider. Ian Scott was part of a team and clocked up well over 200km in riding himself – he’s considering taking on the whole 500km in September! Marc Schmidt, Cameron Scott and Garry Paskin appeared in the wee hours of the morning and did a sterling job as pacemen and Marc and Tracey are now considering whether they could take on the challenge on their tandem; Cheryl Dooley is the Promotions Manager for the event and also rode in the ladies team as did Deb Meredith, Ann Bartley, Dale Casley, Erica Scott and Sue Sheath.
For those of you who don’t know this ride, solo riders and teams of up to six riders will attempt to ride 500km in less than 24 hours. The average speed for these cyclists is expected to be 28kph. Individual riders will be allowed a 10- minute “comfort” break every 2 hours and at around the halfway mark there will be a 30 minute break to allow a change to warmer gear for the night riding and a hot meal. Money raised helps to bring children from developing countries to Australia for life saving and/or dignity restoring surgery.
There are lots of ways BUG members can be involved in this very worthwhile event. If you can ride at an average of 28km (and in the “train” you save about 10% of your energy), you may wish to become part of a team of riders (teams can have up to 6 members) to take on the 24-hour challenge. The event is also running a ladies team on the top track which will not complete the 500km, but which will keep a lady on the track at all times, going at whatever pace they feel comfortable with. In April many of these ladies were invited to join in the “train” of riders and found they could keep up easily and really enjoyed the ride. Pace riders are also needed, as are people to help organise activities and to display their bikes and we know we have the most interesting bikes in the region in this group.
Deb Meredith riding the top track for the ladies team
Cheryl Dooley, riding for the ladies team, being invited to join the ride "train".
The ride train in action
It’s hoped there will be live entertainment all day as well as other activities including:
- Helmet checks for both children and adults including the correct way to wear a helmet (so many wear one without doing them up correctly)
- Cycling skills development “fun” particularly for children, on the criterium circuit adjoining the velodrome
- Road safety forum which discusses all aspects of road safety for children
- Fun rides on the top of the velodrome
- Displays of various bicycles eg various types of single bikes eg road versus mountain, as well as tandems, triplets, trikes, recumbents and combinations for family riding.
- Bike checks i.e. checks of brakes, gears and tyres and basic “how to” advice on bike maintenance.
Interested? Contact Cheryl Dooley on 66543793 or at dooleydy@bordernet.com.au or check out the ROMAC website http://www.romac.org.au/news/coffs
For those of you who don’t know this ride, solo riders and teams of up to six riders will attempt to ride 500km in less than 24 hours. The average speed for these cyclists is expected to be 28kph. Individual riders will be allowed a 10- minute “comfort” break every 2 hours and at around the halfway mark there will be a 30 minute break to allow a change to warmer gear for the night riding and a hot meal. Money raised helps to bring children from developing countries to Australia for life saving and/or dignity restoring surgery.
There are lots of ways BUG members can be involved in this very worthwhile event. If you can ride at an average of 28km (and in the “train” you save about 10% of your energy), you may wish to become part of a team of riders (teams can have up to 6 members) to take on the 24-hour challenge. The event is also running a ladies team on the top track which will not complete the 500km, but which will keep a lady on the track at all times, going at whatever pace they feel comfortable with. In April many of these ladies were invited to join in the “train” of riders and found they could keep up easily and really enjoyed the ride. Pace riders are also needed, as are people to help organise activities and to display their bikes and we know we have the most interesting bikes in the region in this group.
Deb Meredith riding the top track for the ladies team
Cheryl Dooley, riding for the ladies team, being invited to join the ride "train".
The ride train in actionIt’s hoped there will be live entertainment all day as well as other activities including:
- Helmet checks for both children and adults including the correct way to wear a helmet (so many wear one without doing them up correctly)
- Cycling skills development “fun” particularly for children, on the criterium circuit adjoining the velodrome
- Road safety forum which discusses all aspects of road safety for children
- Fun rides on the top of the velodrome
- Displays of various bicycles eg various types of single bikes eg road versus mountain, as well as tandems, triplets, trikes, recumbents and combinations for family riding.
- Bike checks i.e. checks of brakes, gears and tyres and basic “how to” advice on bike maintenance.
Interested? Contact Cheryl Dooley on 66543793 or at dooleydy@bordernet.com.au or check out the ROMAC website http://www.romac.org.au/news/coffs
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