No more organised hillclimbs, but just give us a call Don, and I'll meet ya there for a little pain-time.leximack wrote:Fun day, anymore of these this yr?
Kev.
Postby Kev365428 » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:27 am
No more organised hillclimbs, but just give us a call Don, and I'll meet ya there for a little pain-time.leximack wrote:Fun day, anymore of these this yr?
Postby brendancg » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:12 pm
Postby Chuck » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:16 pm
Spiza wrote:Looks like you were hurting a little Chuck
Postby Chuck » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:32 pm
OBR is in your backyard, I think you'll handle Razorback. I'm sure the guys would be happy to have you alongbrendancg wrote:I missed out on this day due to City to Surf but I am keen to ride the hill as well. Do you mind if I tag along one day? Keen to experience a serious hurting climb outside my current comfort zone.
Postby BadBlood » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:38 pm
Postby Chuck » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:39 pm
Postby BadBlood » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:44 pm
Postby Chuck » Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:46 pm
Finished with the bunch. The finish was a farce with a car in the middle of the road at the intersection 100mtrs from the finish. Everyone on the anchors to try and avoid it and the bunch just rolled over the line at about 15 clicks. An anticlimax after an hour+ of racing. Still a good day, feeling better and better nowBadBlood wrote:How did you go Chuck?
I broke a spoke with 16kms to go and had to retire
But tomorrow is another day
Postby zozza » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:20 pm
Postby brendancg » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:31 pm
Thanks, it is good to know. OBR is only 9 odd minutes of pain though, Razorback is nearly 1 1/2 times that. Testing, I look forward to the opportunity though.Chuck wrote:
OBR is in your backyard, I think you'll handle Razorback. I'm sure the guys would be happy to have you along
Postby Chuck » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:24 pm
Postby leximack » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:47 pm
i told you mtbing was safer then a bunch sprint at the Regatta.Chuck wrote:Nice riding out at the regatta today Lou. The fili connection really came through 1st and 3rd.
Action packed again with a huge spill on the last lap which split our bunch. You guys were very attentive (Paul Sherwins favorite word ) staying near the front of the group the whole race. Good, smart racing, well done mate.
Postby aeroslave » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:54 pm
Just luck...the guy that fell down was 2 bikes ahead of me....needed to do some double jump impromptu cyclo cross on the grass...painful fall, i feel sorry for the guy.Chuck wrote:Nice riding out at the regatta today Lou. The fili connection really came through 1st and 3rd.
Action packed again with a huge spill on the last lap which split our bunch. You guys were very attentive (Paul Sherwins favorite word ) staying near the front of the group the whole race. Good, smart racing, well done mate.
Postby aeroslave » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:55 pm
leximack wrote:i told you mtbing was safer then a bunch sprint at the Regatta.Chuck wrote:Nice riding out at the regatta today Lou. The fili connection really came through 1st and 3rd.
Action packed again with a huge spill on the last lap which split our bunch. You guys were very attentive (Paul Sherwins favorite word ) staying near the front of the group the whole race. Good, smart racing, well done mate.
We had a few stacks today, all self inflicted
Spizza popping a wheelie whilst clipped in and not landing well was my favourite.
Luckily mtbers are tough and the bikes are tougher
How did you go Chucky?
Don
Postby Spiza » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:09 pm
Postby zozza » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:42 pm
Onya mate, always thinking of the othersSpiza wrote:Somebody had to provide the entertainment
Postby Chuck » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:22 pm
No good had fun thoughleximack wrote:
How did you go Chucky?
Postby Kev365428 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:43 pm
Postby aeroslave » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:22 pm
Kev where is the interclub? any chance its on arvo?Kev365428 wrote:Was almost going to head outh to Penrith for that race, but I can still recall quite vividly the last time I was there - One rider came down in fromt of me in the final sprint, and only by an Act Of God I somehow managed to miss him.
What is it with that circut, that so many stack happen on the final sprint?
I mean, the track is wide, flat and smooth, yet there always sems to be something that happens there in a lot of races.
Unlucky Chucky that you didn't go better.
Doing the interclub on Saturday?
Kev.
Postby aeroslave » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:24 pm
Postby Chuck » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:27 pm
The crash was quite spectacular Kev. We were running the reverse way to normal and on our last lap we caught B grade, they didn't go any faster so the front of our group started to ride through B grade. Not pointing fingers or saying who's right or wrong that's just how it happened.Kev365428 wrote:Was almost going to head outh to Penrith for that race, but I can still recall quite vividly the last time I was there - One rider came down in fromt of me in the final sprint, and only by an Act Of God I somehow managed to miss him.
What is it with that circut, that so many stack happen on the final sprint?
I mean, the track is wide, flat and smooth, yet there always sems to be something that happens there in a lot of races.
Unlucky Chucky that you didn't go better.
Doing the interclub on Saturday?
Kev.
Postby leximack » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:34 pm
i dont think any place is particularly worse than others, when multiple groups converge at the saem time expecially on the last lap or 2 there is going to be troubleaeroslavebigbelly wrote:Landsdowne I reckon is just as bad. Regatta is not too bad its just that special races like this there are too many riders....when there are 40+ riders in the group and there are five groups all riding at different speeds...the congestion when a higher grade catches up is really bar2bar!
Postby leximack » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:37 pm
thanks Kev, when the next few mtb races get out of the way i will give you a buzz.Kev365428 wrote:No more organised hillclimbs, but just give us a call Don, and I'll meet ya there for a little pain-time.leximack wrote:Fun day, anymore of these this yr?
Kev.
Postby aeroslave » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:04 pm
Chuck wrote:The crash was quite spectacular Kev. We were running the reverse way to normal and on our last lap we caught B grade, they didn't go any faster so the front of our group started to ride through B grade. Not pointing fingers or saying who's right or wrong that's just how it happened.Kev365428 wrote:Was almost going to head outh to Penrith for that race, but I can still recall quite vividly the last time I was there - One rider came down in fromt of me in the final sprint, and only by an Act Of God I somehow managed to miss him.
What is it with that circut, that so many stack happen on the final sprint?
I mean, the track is wide, flat and smooth, yet there always sems to be something that happens there in a lot of races.
Unlucky Chucky that you didn't go better.
Doing the interclub on Saturday?
Kev.
This was all happening on the back straight. At one of the small bridges a guy from B and a guy from D came together (feel free to correct me Lou, you were a little closer) and the guy from B hit the railing and him/bike went flying, literally, onto the grass while the guy from D lay spralled across the middle of the road. How know one else came down or ran the guy over I don't know, there were cyclists going every which way.
Re the interclub, really wanted to do this one mate. Onfortunately when I put it to the better half she said she was going out with her cousin that arvo/evening
so I didn't end up registering.
Postby zozza » Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:49 am
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