2012 Audax Alpine Classic

[blc]

Thought i'd get a thread going for the 2012 AAC... so, anyone else heading to Bright in Jan next year?

[hannos]

4am start for the 250km event.

Yet to find a place to stay though

[blc]

Should have mentioned in the op - I'm in for the 200 this year. Would've liked to do the 250 but earned a DNF on the Fitzs Epic.

Hannos, I don't know what the situation is like in Bright itself atm, but looking of town for accommodation might work. My crew usually stay at the hotel/motel in Harrietville. 10 min drive to/from rhe start but it's a great spot.

[JV911]

My crew usually stay at the hotel/motel in Harrietville.

that's what i've done in the past. it's a nice flat 25km ride to bright and just a k from the base of hotham

[Gassy]

4am start for the 250km event.

Same. except I re-book my accomodation every year in January as I leave. ( 3rd time for the 250. 13 x 200's and 130 in 2006)

[Chuck]

3rd time for the 250. 13 x 200's and 130 in 2006

[Daccordi Rider]

Myself and the wife are off for our 3rd crack and hopefully have 1 or 2 riding buddies who we have conned into going as well. Can't wait. We spend a week there, have a house in Bright this year but have been in Porepunkah the previous 2 years which is also great.

I have put a thread in the Training section, interested to see what everyone does to prepare, hope some of you are happy to share.

[hannos]

Yay got a room in the Porepunkah Hotel/Motel

How far is Porepunkah from Bright?

[JV911]

How far is Porepunkah from Bright?

a whole 7km

13 x 200's

is that a typo?

[hannos]

How far is Porepunkah from Bright?

a whole 7km

Cool. I can ride to the start of the 250.


Riding home might be problematic though

[jules21]

the 250km ride (AT) 4am! it's gonna be a long day in the saddle. pray the weather holds out.

if anyone is hard up for accommodation, let me know as i have a friend who may not make it but has paid for accommodation in bright. no guarantees but i could enquire.

[Gassy]

13 x 200's

is that a typo?

No, I've done a few. That's a whole lot of suffering up Mt Buffalo over the years, although it's probably better that I don't think about it. Never been fast but manage to finish, except too hot for me though in 2006 (40+).

Looking forward to this year. Training is going well, done more kms than ever before and I've dropped some kgs this year and am the lightest i've been so it should help. (Pity that i'm just 17 years older than when I first started back in 95. )

My training varies every year.Usually it's just the bare minimum, always train around the Dandenongs where I live, sometimes do Mt Donna Buang a few times, ride to work etc. I try and get in a few 100km+ hilly rides always. at least 5-6 hours in the saddle on hills is good. That seems to get me through.

The alpine 200 is only 130kms of riding anyway!

[Daccordi Rider]

I could not claim my climb of Buffalo as riding last year either, more like crawling, it was pathetic, was doing about 9km/hr. So take another 20km off!

[jules21]

i think Gassy meant that 70 km was downhill

nothing wrong with 9 km/h up buffalo after doing falls and 2 x tawonga..

[Daccordi Rider]

I'm with ya Jules. Funny how it still feels like 200km, even with all that decending. Even funnier was how I swore halfway up Buffalo I would never do it again if I just gritted it out and finished. Then next day I'm already rethinking my training etc for next years assault. We must be mad.

[hannos]

i think Gassy meant that 70 km was downhill

nothing wrong with 9 km/h up buffalo after doing falls and 2 x tawonga..

I was doing 12km/h up Buffalo this year. That was a long long climb

[Eleri]

I'm doing the ACE 250, at a comfortable pace. I would have been happy to have achieved 12kph up Buffalo at the end of the 200 this year!

There's a bunch of us going again from Dulwich HIll Bicycle Club. Looking forward to it.

Training starts in earnest ... about now!

[notwal]

Pity about the 4AM start. You're going to have to cart all those lights up all those hills.

[anth73]

Pity about the 4AM start. You're going to have to cart all those lights up all those hills.

If you're worried about a cup full of water in terms of weight being the difference then you shouldn't be doing ACE250.

[skull]

If I have completed my immigration back to the mainland and have passed all the visa requirements I am going to be spoilt for choice when it comes to audax events in Victoria.

[Eleri]

Pity about the 4AM start. You're going to have to cart all those lights up all those hills.

If you're worried about a cup full of water in terms of weight being the difference then you shouldn't be doing ACE250.

It's important that it's not too easy.

I am wondering where I am going to take all the extras I need though. I'm thinking I might try and fit a spare tyre in there somewhere. Might have to get a bigger under seat bag thingy. My bike's not very big though, so there isn't a whole lot of real estate at the back of the bike. Last thing I want is 249 km of chafing from a too-big bag.

[pawnii]

you guys are soft! i'm doing the ACE250....with no water, helmet or shorts

[jules21]

you guys are soft! i'm doing the ACE250....with no water, helmet or shorts

that should earn you a spell in a padded cell

[Eleri]

you guys are soft! i'm doing the ACE250....with no water, helmet or shorts

I hope I'm not riding behind you then :

[feral grasshopper]

you guys are soft! i'm doing the ACE250....with no water, helmet or shorts

I hope I'm not riding behind you then :

Oh, I don't know, could be amusing.