Ride Report - June 27th 2009 -By Francis
To the river and sea
John Masefield wrote:
"I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky". And so we did.
A magnificent 11 set off from Burgata - regulars and new faces as well. Welcome to the brave northerners, Menachem and Beverly, and also to Orna.
We made our way along Nahal Alexander down to the sea and the sky. And there were some sailboats going by too. The sea wasn't too lonely as quite a number of cyclists were enjoying the view and two of our group had a quick dip to cool off.
On the way back, we stopped for some turtle spotting. Nahal Alexander has a rich ecosystem and is one of the very few coastal plane rivers that flows all year round. By the time we got back to our cars, we had covered 36 km. Luckily, the heat remained at bay as there were clouds hovering most of the ride. We finished an enjoyable ride at Zingers, a charming restaurant in Burgata.
Ride Report - June 20th 2009 -By David
An Impromptu Ride
Participants: Eight 7.00 am starters (reduced to six at Mandarin).
Route: At Gabi's suggestion decided to ride down to the Marina and off-set the heat with some cool of the sea. At the Marina decided to continue south to Mandarin - at Mandarin decided we might as well go on to Tel Aviv - at the Old Port decided to ride along the Yarkon - at the Ramat Gan stadium, decided to take a refreshment stop at Ramat Hahayil - thereafter decided we needed to ride back home!! (via Ramat HaSharon and Herzliya) - total distance 43 kms.
Conditions: Hot but hardly noticed. The small group enabled riding at a brisk pace thus generating "self-induced air-conditioning".
Bottom Line: Good route - good company - good exercise - good way to spend a few hours in the saddle.
Ride Report - June 13th 2009 -By John
There was no path that we traversed today that we had not ridden on other occasions - The Ra'anana Industrial area, the fields and orchards of Bazra and Bnei Tzion, the Udim Nature Reserve, the Yaqum Nature reserve....we even stopped at our old haunt Cafe Buono, only to find that there was no room to accommodate the 13 Cyclenix riders, so on we rode to Gofferman's at Rishpon. What was different on this ride was the order in which we put the different parts of the route together. So whilst the whole route was one we had ridden before, putting the various sections in a different order gave the impression of a "new" route.
During the ride two incidents occurred. Merrill took a bad tumble falling off and rolling down into a ditch resulting in some nasty grazes and a bruise or two (fortunately nothing too serious) but she did manage to carry on after being expertly patched up by our "resident 'Jack of all trades' David. Shortly thereafter, Shaul had a flat tyre and, yes, you guessed it...David to the rescue again while we all looked on and Hylton went for a walk....The photos show it all!
So, another 30 kms under our belt and another enjoyable outing with Cyclenix.
Keep riding and keep smiling.
Ride Report - June 6th 2009 -By Frances
Summer's here...
13 of us set off at a little after 7 from Yad Lebanim. Welcome back to familiar faces we haven't seen in a while.
We set off on a well-known route towards the sea and the cool breeze. By the time we got to enjoy the azure sea and white sails of the tiny boats, the sun was already fierce. The sand didn't help and a few of us wilted a bit in the heat.
We ventured on through the reserve and passed through a sleepy kibbutz Ga'ash. We then passed by Cafe Buono, where the boys (of course) admired some vintage cars. The Harley boys were obviously still in bed, as there were none to be seen.
We soldiered on, and by the time we got to our popular watering hole (Spingo), our numbers had dropped to 10. After hydrating and consuming a few calories, we had only a short ride home. The trip was around 30km, but seemed so much longer because of the sand and the heat.
Check out these sites 
Israeli Police, cyclist rules of the road:
Israeli Police, Bike Riding Rules
Beginner's Mountain Bike Info Guide:
http://www.romp.org/rides/beginnerguide.html
Bicycle Unit of the Civil Guard (Mishmar Ezrahi),
The Department of Community Affairs and the Civil Guard of the
Israeli Police Force in conjunction with the Israel Cyclists' Association call
on you to join the Cycling Unit of the Civil Guard.
Volunteer Now .
Follow the link for more details .
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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