| Hello, South City Cycling Club. |
| Oh, hi. |
| I want to find out about joining the club. |
| Right. I can help you there. |
| I'm the club secretary and my name's Jim Hunter. |
| Oh, hi Jim. |
| So, are you interested in membership for yourself? |
| That's right. |
| OK. Well there are basically two types of adult membership. |
| If you're pretty serious about cycling, there's the Full membership. |
| That costs $260 |
| and that covers you not just for ordinary cycling |
| but also for races both here in the city and also in other parts of Australia. |
| Right. Well, I'm not really up to that standard. |
| I was more interested in just joining a group to do some cycling in my free time. |
| Sure. |
| That's why most people join. |
| So, in that case you'd be better with the Recreational membership. |
| That's $108 if you're over 19, and $95 if you're under. |
| I'm 25. |
| OK. |
| It's paid quarterly, and you can upgrade it later to the Full membership if you want to, of course. |
| Now both types of membership include the club fee of $20. |
| They also provide insurance in case you have an accident, though we hope you won't need that, of course. |
| No. |
| OK, well, I'll go with the Recreational membership, I think. |
| And that allows me to join in the club activities, and so on? |
| That's right. |
| And once you're a member of the club, you're also permitted to wear our kit when you're out cycling. |
| It's green and white. |
| Yes, I've seen cyclists wearing it. |
| So, can I buy that at the club? |
| Ah.. no, it's made to order by a company in Brisbane. |
| You can find them online: they're called Jerriz. |
| That's JERRIZ. |
| You can use your membership number to put in an order on their website. |
| OK. |
| Now, can you tell me a bit about the rides I can do? |
| Sure. |
| So we have training rides pretty well every morning, |
| and they're a really good way of improving your cycling skills as well as your general level of fitness, |
| but they're different levels. |
| Level A is pretty fast - you're looking at about 30 or 35 kilometres an hour. |
| If you can do about 25 kilometres an hour, you'd probably be level B, |
| and then level C are the novices, who stay at about 15 kilometres per hour. |
| Right. |
| Well I reckon I'd be level B. |
| So, when are the sessions for that level? |
| Ah... there are a couple each week. |
| They're both early morning sessions. |
| There's one on Tuesdays, and for that one you meet at 5.30 am, |
| and the meeting point's the stadium. |
| Do you know where that is? |
| Yes, it's quite near my home, in fact. |
| OK, and how about the other one? |
| That's on Thursdays. |
| It starts at the same time, but they meet at the main gate to the park. |
| Is that the one just past the shopping mall? |
| That's it. |
| So how long are the rides? |
| Ah.. they're about an hour and a half. |
| So, if you have a job it's easy to fit in before you go to work. |
| And the members often go somewhere for coffee afterwards, so it's quite a social event. |
| OK. That sounds good. |
| I've only just moved to the city so I don't actually know many people yet. |
| Well, it's a great way to meet people. |
| And does each ride have a leader? |
| Sometimes, but not always. |
| But you don't really need one; the group members on the ride support one another, anyway. |
| How would we know where to go? |
| If you check the club website, you'll see that the route for each ride is clearly marked. |
| So you can just print that out and take it along with you. |
| It's similar from one week to another, but it's not always exactly the same. |
| And what do I need to bring? |
| Well, bring a bottle of water, and your phone. |
| You shouldn't use it while you're cycling, but have it with you. |
| Right. |
| And in winter, it's well before sunrise when we set out, |
| so you need to make sure your bike's got lights. |
| That's OK. |
| Well, thanks Jim. I'd definitely like to join. |
| So what's the best way of going about it? |
| Ah.. you can... |