Rides Progression

One of the challenges in the grading of rides is that each ride is different. There can be much debate generated as different riders have different capabilities, riders bring various bikes and attitudes to rides. Grading is influenced by:

• Distance
• Ride pace
• Ride profile (flat vs. hills)
• Path surface quality
• Tyre smoothness and pressure
• Bike type and set-up
• Weather conditions (wind, rain, heat, chill)
• Personal health and capability (physical and mental)
• Inclination on the day
• Number and frequency of rest/re-group stops

The Rides Coordinator and the Rides Committee from time to time review the grading of Bike North rides to ensure consistency across the programme. The purpose of this page is to provide more information about our rides to help you choose the best one for you. The table below provides information on aspects of Bike North's rides with the aim of providing a development progression for those wanting to upgrade their riding skills and capabilities.

This is not a definitive list of all Bike North rides; rather it is a list in ascending order of difficulty of the rides programmed during the next 90 days.

Please contact the Rides Coordinator if you have any further questions.

How to use this table

Click on a ride to see when it is next programmed to be run

Pace

• slow spin means less than 15km/hr average, suitable for beginners
• gentle means less than 15-17km/hr average
• relaxed means a relaxed pace of 17-19 km/hr
• moderate means 19-22 km/hr average
• brisk means 22-25 kms hr average
• fast means greater than 25 km/hr and is most suited to road bikers. Typically long sections of these rides are run at averages greater than 25km/hr.

Hilliness and metres climbed

• Blank means the ride is fairly flat
• means some short but sometimes steep pinches, or just rolling terrain
• means some longer steady climbs or steep pinches on an undulating route
• means several long and steady climbs throughout the ride, sometimes with steep sections
• means the route is very hilly and will include all types and grades of climbs

The "metres climbed" number is taken from GPS data and gives a comparitive indication of the how much climbing is done on this route

Rides Progression - Rides scheduled in the next 90 days

Rides with no data are not listed. Rides are shown here at pace at which they will be run, so there may be more than one version of the same route at different paces.