Sunday, 3rd December 2023
START TIME 9:00AM
THE MORGAN GRINDER
It's only 3 weeks until Christmas!!!! Where did 2023 go?!?! Anyway, get in the mood for the holidays by blowing the cobwebs out on Morgan Road! Earn that cake at RH by grinding your way through this one! A great advertisement for electric bikes, I'm picking there'll be more discontent than a home-owner whose fixed mortgage is about to come up for renewal. This one's a bit like a blind date. You go into it with a little bit of hope, but your heart sinks when you meet at the starting point and you realise what you'll be riding later. No more than 10 minutes after you started you wish you were having your back waxed by a naked sumo wrestler, whilst covered in jelly and sawdust singing "Unchained Melody". Halfway up the second hill, you find out there's no alcohol in your drink (bottle) and a night of unbridled passion with your mother-in-law seems like it would be a pleasant distraction. By the end, as you pull into Robert Harris, more tired than a reporter who's spent the day trying to get an answer out of Winston, you'll struggle to slot your bike into the bike stand (when did my bike get so HEAVY??) 73 minutes after everyone else arrived, and you'll wish that you had instead decided to go well, anywhere else really. Despite this, people keep telling me it's good for me. I must confess that I only half listen, because they're only half my bloody weight and they've had 73 more minutes at the cafe than me. Please stop telling me what's good for me. If I'd wanted self-righteous pr1ck5 telling me what to do I'd have voted for them! See you Sunday
Route 1 - Check it out here!
Start Matamata Primary School flagpole, L Broadway, (straight through roundabouts with care) S Peria, R Gunn, straight Landsdowne, L Morrinsville-Walton, L Piakoiti, straight Henry Watson, L Matai, R Station, L Kowhai, R College, L Firth, R Tainui, L Arawa and home to Robert Harris. (Approx. 35 km) .
Route 2 - Check it out here!
Start Matamata Primary School flagpole, L Broadway, (straight through roundabouts with care) S Peria, L Peria, R Morgan, L Piakoiti, R Piakonui, R Paratu, L Morrinsville-Walton, R Kiwitahi Station, R Milliken, L Morrinsville-Walton, R Piakoiti, S Henry Watson, L Matai, R Station and home to Robert Harris. (Approx. 63km).
Route 3 - Check it out here!
Start Matamata Primary School flagpole, L Broadway, (straight through roundabouts with care) S Peria, L Peria, R Morgan, L Piakoiti, R Piakonui, R Paratu, L Morrinsville-Walton, L Chepmell, R Bell, R Morrinsville-Walton, L Kiwitahi Station, R Milliken, L Morrinsville-Walton, R Piakoiti, S Henry Watson, L Matai, R Station and home to Robert Harris. (Approx. 72km).
Route 4 - Check it out here!
Start Matamata Primary School flagpole, L Broadway, (straight through roundabouts with care) S Peria, L Peria, R Morgan, L Piakoiti, R Piakonui, R Paratu, L Paratu West, L Paratu, L Morrinsville-Walton, L Chepmell, L Bell, R Starky, R Tahuroa, R Morrinsville-Walton, L Kiwitahi Station, R Milliken, L Morrinsville-Walton, R Piakoiti, S Henry Watson, L Matai, R Station and home to Robert Harris. (Approx. 86km).
Tail End Charlie this week - TBD on the day
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