Role call guys for this Sundays ride. Ipswich-Mt Alford-Mt French-Boonah-Ipswich. It's a gentlemans ride so the pace will be nice and easy - we're not there for an A grade race at threshold all day. The climbs up Mt Alford and Mt French are at your own pace so if you want to hammer it then go for it/want to take it easy then you take it easy. We'll regroup at the top and then continue on as a group. There is a cycling road race on at Mt Alford (won't affect our ride due to different courses) so more than likely there will be food/snacks/drinks on offer there if you want something extra besides water/snacks you brought along. If you don't feel like climbing up Mt French you can continue on to Boonah (the turnoff for mt french is about 1-1.5km south from the centre of Boonah). Breaky/brunch?/lunch
is at Boonah. We might grab some snaps from the hill overlooking Boonah/Mt French and the valley after lunch before we then continue on back to Ipswich.
The ride will start after the first train arrives at Ipswich from Brisbane so catching the train to the start is an ideal option. If you have the legs you can ride to the start (I got a road race on the day before so I won't be organising a ride from brisbane to Ipswich). Or you can drive and park somewhere near or around Ipswich. I'll be catching the train to the start as I have a road race the day before, doing the ride and then riding back to Brisbane if the legs are still keen.