“Cycling to help feed the homeless this Christmas”
Ride details
The Sacred Heart Mission Community Cycle is a FREE ride from Frankston Visitors Centre (Melway's map 100 A9) to the Sacred Heart Mission in Grey Street, St Kilda (Melway's map 58 A9), on Saturday the 22nd of December, 2007.
Route description
The ride from Frankston to St Kilda is a regular route for many cyclists and it is well known for its long stretches with few traffic lights, it's mostly flat elevation and its wonderful views over the bay.
Ride start: 8.30am, Saturday the 22nd of December 2007
Start location: Frankston Visitors Centre (view
map)
Route distance: 40.5km
Ride finish time: 11am
Ride pace: Approx 22kph average
Ride finish location: Sacred Heart Mission (view
map)
Detailed route map: View
the route here
Ride cost: FREE! FREE! FREE!
Ride etiquette
As the ride is about fun and celebration of Christmas, the pace will be kept slow and gentle, with plenty of time to chat and wave to the kids along the way. The ride will be ridden 2-up and any breaks in the group will be encouraged to regroup. THIS IS NOT A RACE, its about fun!
As some new riders will also be joining in on the ride and meeting up along the road, please take care and help introduce any newbies on how a group ride is run.
Dress ups
All riders are encouraged to dress with a Christmas spirit. Leading the ride will be Santa and his nine reindeers with the rest of the group following. So wrap your bike in tinsel, or dress as an elf, snowman, what ever. Lets make it a fun ride! Even better- several prizes will be given away at the end for the best dressed, so make sure you hang about at the end!
AGGHHH... HILLS!
Some of the newer riders will be of course worried about the hills. Well fear not! The route is mostly flat with only a few km's of small rolling hills around Beaumaris to get the legs working. View the elevation map below to get an indication of what to expect (relax- they ARE small and the pace will be slow).
40km too far?
If 40 km's sounds too far for you to ride or you are short of time, feel free to join up with the group anywhere along the route (see map above). Just wait for the group to roll past (you won't miss us- look for Santa and his reindeers) and jump onto the back of the group.
Getting to Frankston
Many riders will be riding down to Frankston before the ride while others will be catching the train down. If you are planning to catch a train down to Frankston for the start, please note that the last two trains to make it into Frankston for the 8.30am start are as follows-
Leaving Flinders St 7:00am – arriving Frankston 7:58am
Leaving Flinders St 7:20am – arriving Frankston 8:18am
Full train timetable can be found here
The Frankston Vistors Centre is a short 5 minute ride south from Frankston Station. See the map link below for further details- http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Sacred-Heart-Mission-Community-Cycle
Supporters
Food Donations
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How can you help?
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Spread the word
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