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My husband Johnny and I were in Israel in late May and fortunate to be invited by Ted & Dina Silverman to join one of your wonderful Saturday rides. Although we are experienced road bikers we had never ridden off-road before. What an experience! Whereas we usually get off our bikes if there's sand or gravel on the road, here we were riding through it. It was a bit scary, pretty exhausting, but absolutely exhilarating.
What a great, friendly, encouraging and helpful group of people we rode with, especially David and Ted who organised bikes for us to borrow and really got us going. Through pardesim and fields, along a country lane that could have been anywhere in the world, it was a beautiful ride. And breakfast at the end at Spingo(?) was a fitting climax. We really enjoyed meeting this group of Israelis and hope to join in again next time we come to visit Israel.
Ride Report - May 23rd 2009 -Wheels of Hope
There was no official ride on the 23rd May due to the annual "Wheels of Hope" Ride. Many of our riders participated but I am not sure how many. If you want to see photos of the ride go to:- http://www.shvoong.co.il/he-IL/145/670/
Ride Report - May 16th 2009 - by John
Sorry everyone! No photos today as both John and David were not there with their trusty cameras. Only 9 riders were there! What's happening! The route was one we have travelled many times - +/- 30kms. Nothing out of the ordinary and a breakfast stop at SPINGO.
Please remember that this coming weel is the "Wheels of Hope" ride. Let's have a good Cyclenix turnout.
I'd like to think that the low turnout today was because people forgot that we were starting 30 minutes earlier! Remember, Summer is here and to beat the heat we need to start at 7am and not 7.30am.
Gabi volunteered to take us to new pastures today and we had a great ride"discovering a new route on the Northern side of Weitzman Street. It was a wee bit sandy and there were a few slight uphills, but nothing that even a beginner could not handle. The weather was perfect, no wind, not humid and certainly not too hot.
Having traversed the "new" section we ended up at the top of the hill leading down to the new cemetery to the West of Kfar Nachman and from there, we travelled towards Rishpon turning North just before the gate that exits the Western fields of Ra'anana. The rest of the route was along paths that we had often ridden and we ended up at our favourite "watering hole, SPINGO!
Our thirst and hunger satisfied it was back to home base. And so another 34 kms was under our belt. A nice ride, good company and good food, not to mention a lot of good exercise. See you next week at 7am!
הרכיבה בשבת 2.05.08 , באיזור לכיש - בית גוברין.
משתתפים 12 רוכבים
מזג אויר נוח,
רכיבה בדרגת קושי בינוני +++.
רוב המסלול הוא בדרכי עפר נוחות ,חלק עם שיפועים קלים עד בינוניים+.
המרחק כ 35-40 ק"מ.
כארבע -חמש שעות רכיבה.
מפגש : מושב לכיש
שעת תחילת רכיבה : 08:00
במסלול : יציאה מלכיש דרומה על שביל ישראל דרך השדות לשמורת הטבע גבעת גד, טיפוס מעלה לקבר השייח,תצפית על הסביבה,ירדה חזרה והמשך לבאר שבשבת,יער אמציה,
סכר אדוריים, מערות חזן ,אתר מערות מסתור מימי בית ראשון, רכיבה לצומת אמציה,דרך הפטרולים של 1967 ,ציר צביקה,חורבת בית לוייה,פסיפס(מוזאיקה)יפיפיה,פגשנו אטובוס מלא תיירים מורמונים,שטחי אש של בא"פ(בסיס אימונים פיקודי)לכיש,שביל ישראל ,לתל לכיש, וחזרה למכוניות.
Short and sweet! First of all welcome back to a few riders whom we haven't seen for sometime.... Martin, Jean, Alison and Avraham. Get back into the habit. It was good to have you back with us. Today's ride had its fair share of sand!!!Ugh! We set off from our usual meeting point travelling through the industrial area of Ra'anana and onto Batzra but instead of heading for Bnei Tzion from there we tuned East towards Sde Warburg. I haven't travelled thin that part for some time and just could not believe the development that's taken place at Sde Warburg. Anyway, on we went through the fields with the intention of heading for Tira! It was only an intention though because we somehow got side tracked and ended up in the Tel Mond area from where we headed back to our favourite "watering hole" Spingo! After satisfying hunger and thirst it was homeward bound back to Ra'anana. Another pleasant 30+ kms under our belts.
Bound East
A baker's dozen collected at our meeting point in the crisp, morning sunshine. In the 13th century, Baker's sold 13 loaves of bread to avoid being punished for "selling short". Bread was sold by weight and not number. Punishment could be losing a hand, being flogged, or some other cruel measure. In Kabbalah, the number 13 is regarded as being something good - so with that lucky omen, we set off towards Hod HaSharon via Givat Chen. We would like to welcome back Freddy, and hope to see him regularly!
This section of the ride was a pleasure, as the recent rains had compacted the earth. We headed towards Ramot HaSharon and then turned down to the Yarkon to follow the river all he way to Tel Aviv. The river was bubbling in parts and it was great to see the number of cyclists out enjoying the route.
This part of the ride was technically difficult with a lot of ditches (which claimed one or two of us), branches swatting us and the speed junkies barreling from the opposite direction. As Moni said, no time for dozing....
We hit the Yarkon park where we had a short break to take in the rowing contest. After that, we set off on a cycle path that goes past Reading, Tel Baruch towards the Herzelia Marina. The day was glorious, with the sea sparkling and the white sailboats drifting by. At the marina we turned inland and whizzed through Herzelia Pituach and Gan Rashel to make a beeline to Arcaffe to replenish ourselves after the 45 km we had covered.
Fourteen cyclists met at the regular meeting place for the weekly ride. The general consensus was first to tackle the garbage hill and then head in the direction of Tel Mond, so that’s what we did. Riding east out of the parking lot, we crossed Weitzman Street, entered the fields, and reached the hill in no time. Some of the riders made it the whole way up without pausing or walking. Others, including yours truly, dragged their bikes up. It was worth the schlep though, as the view from the top was stunning.
Leaving the hill, Avi led us through Bnei Tzion and along a beautiful country lane lined by trees and horse paddocks. We oohed and ahhed, first over the foals and then over two fluffy puppies that peered at us from behind a fence. As Ingrid put it, the whole scene looked like it had come from a travel guide of Great Britain. Unfortunately, that’s where Great Britain ended and Saudi Arabia started, as we hit sand. We trudged along until we reached the road that leads to Spingos (Route 5511), and there we discovered four damsels in distress, stranded after the gear on one of their bikes had snapped. Luckily the handymen in our group managed to shorten the chain so that the owner could at least ride to Spingos for a more permanent repair.
We then passed the (lunatics in the) ultralight aircraft soaring above us, crossed under Route 4 at the Batzra exit, and headed north. Again we hit sand, this time all the way to Tel Mond. At some point Ted stopped and started yelling “Keep to the left!”, and to my horror there on the right were two huge bee hives. We passed them without casualties, rode into Tel Mond, and waited gratefully in a shady street opposite strawberry fields while Ted fixed his puncture.
From Tel Mond, we returned again along the eastern side of Route 4, with the more sand and more bees (who seemed to think that John was a flower). We crossed back through the Batzra tunnel and onto Spingos, no longer able to resist the temptation. From Spingos it was home.
It was a 32+ km ride, not easy but very enjoyable. The weather was perfect and the technical prowess of some of our group was impressive.
Ride Report - April 4th 2009 - Bitronot Ruhama by Ted
The way down on route 6 was a hint of what lay ahead. Great weather and amazing vistas that the rolling hills of the Negev can deliver in Spring. We reached Ruhama after a brief stop at some improvised “toilets” in Zomet Kama which could have been reason to regret coming so far for so much “S---“ and then after almost coming to grief with the Cops for driving in the wrong direction. Oded set off without too much pomp and led us on a trail of ups and downs or what seemed to be more up than down. Poor Ingride rightly returned to the car as she was not yet over her recent flu and we wish her a speedy biking recovery. The rest of us did not feel too much better as it is decidedly disastrous to start a ride with hills but we rolled on regardless and soon warmed up, spellbound by the Impressionistic paintings that lined the route. Carpets of Van Gough and Renoir flowers and trees and fields in a multitude of colours rose out of the ground in huge patches. Yellows, reds, purple and mauves were the predominant shades as the cool breeze caressed us under the azure sky above with green distant hills framing the ideal picture. And incredibly, there were more flowers then stars (I counted as I rode). The weather warmed up and some of us reminisced about our last ride to the area a couple of years back as we attacked the colourful magnificent undulating hills. In awe at the blaze of colours, we braked often to shoot the amazing scenery, an absolute must. We stopped to graze by the “billabong” and soon set off across the mini wetlands as some of us got our tootsies wet (cool our heels?). Jules had a slight fall with apparently more serious consequences and we wish him well and hope he rides with us often. A cornucopia of colours continued to overwhelm us with as we expressed “aahs’ and “oohs” etc., and who could blame us. It was simply brilliant and a perfect day for the perfect ride. Oded called it a volume and not technical ride which it was and we thank him and Gabi for making it possible. And yes, David did find Ingride eventually.
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Israeli Police Force in conjunction with the Israel Cyclists' Association call
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THE BOTTOM LINE ! : ALL RIDERS PARTICIPATING IN THE CLUB'S ACTIVITIES MUST ACCEPT THAT THE CLUB
CONSISTS OF A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, FOND OF RIDING IN EACH OTHERS COMPANY, ON
THE BASIS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT NO ONE TAKES OR BEARS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR
OTHERS AND EACH IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN LIFE, HEALTH AND BELONGINGS.
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