Total Rush Shop Ride

Our Saturday shop ride has been running for over twenty years. It kind of runs it self with a number of loyal shop riders who come along each week for a fun hit out followed by coffee.

Notes:
Riders must be on a drop handlebar-style road bike to participate in this ride: No TT bikes or Flat Bar bikes.
This route traverses tram tracks - if you are new to riding over tram tracks or aren't super confident please make yourself known and we will look out for you on these bits.

Details and route description:
7:00 am Leaves Total Rush Cafe (Cafe is open from 6:45 am for your pre-ride caffination!)
7:25 am Passes through St Kilda (meet at Luna Park on Beach Road)- you'll see the pink train coming, just jump on the back as we go past - we do not stop and wait.

Route can be viewed here

Once we hit Beach Road we roll in a two-by-two formation the whole way to Mordy with an emphasis on no riders being dropped. Pace is usually around 28kph from St Kilda to Mordy.

Once we arrive in Mordialloc, the ride will take a quick break before riding back to St Kilda where we finish and regroup the ride at Luna Park.

This is where you can get spicy!

The bunch often splits into separate groups (sometimes we form as many as three groups) consisting A, B and C groups and so on.

A - 38-50+ kph
B - 33-40 kph
C - 25-28 kph

This is where you can get a good hit out, as it is a race back to Luna Park. But don't worry if you can't hold pace, we we regroup and wait for everyone near the Public Toilets on Beach Road across from Cavell St.

Then we ride together as a group heading back to Rush Cafe for a well-deserved coffee and breakfast.

Rider brief:
We pride ourselves on being smooth, smart and stylish. 
Smooth - We ride in a predictable manner, with no surging, indicating obstibles and signalling directing changes
Smart - We ride with IQ, we're compassionate on the road and looking out for others
Stylish - we ride in a tight two by two formation where appropriate and do not overlap wheels and change speeds unessesarily

Please be carefull when riding the tram tracks. There are a number of places, including Domain Road and Toorak Road where we cross tram lines and uneven surfaces. 

We take pride in the safety of our riders so ride does not run if it is raining, or if the ground is particularly wet.