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Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:21 pm
by Robomac
Hi Guys. A quick note to let you know the 2013 Heritage Bank Ipswich100 will be held Sunday April 14. The website has all the details and is open for applications to be capped at 1500 entries. All entries in the draw for a framed genuine Green Edge jersey signed by the 2012 Tour de France team. Robomac

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:24 pm
by AUbicycles
I have moved this post - Info/Announcements is for BNA forum info and announcements. This probably best belongs in the Qld section.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:25 pm
by RobM
Website link: http://www.ipswich100.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Any one doing the 160km option? It will be my first time. Hoping i can tack onto a bunch to conserve my energy for the final hills

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:47 pm
by elantra
RobM wrote:Website link: http://www.ipswich100.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Any one doing the 160km option? It will be my first time. Hoping i can tack onto a bunch to conserve my energy for the final hills
What "final hills" Rob ?

there is a loooong climb after 85 km and a long climb at 115 km and then you have to battle the remaining 50 km of undulating suffering.

Not all the bunches will welcome add-ons. :?

Addendum - brainwave ! you are a southside boy correct ? - therefore prob could ride with the Crouching Tigers hidden dragons bunch.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:31 pm
by RobM
"Final Hills" = I read something about the 'dirty dozen' hills at the end of the ride which can cause grown men to cry.

Fair point about bunch jumping - although I do make a point of asking first and doing my share of pulls.

I saw those Crouching Tiger guys on Facebook - ill send them a message and ask.

Cheers

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:32 pm
by brett.hooker
I will be there... 160km for me... Going to be a hard day, but worth every moment... A mate from work is joining me... We are both 25-28kph riders... Will be doing our best...

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:17 am
by RobM
Onya Brett!Don't worry, I'll be in for a long day as well.
Just hope that the weather is good (not too hot or raining). Just remember to keep eating and drinking to fuel you up.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 3:09 pm
by dclnmurray
elantra wrote:
RobM wrote:Website link: http://www.ipswich100.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Any one doing the 160km option? It will be my first time. Hoping i can tack onto a bunch to conserve my energy for the final hills
What "final hills" Rob ?

there is a loooong climb after 85 km and a long climb at 115 km and then you have to battle the remaining 50 km of undulating suffering.

Not all the bunches will welcome add-ons. :?

Addendum - brainwave ! you are a southside boy correct ? - therefore prob could ride with the Crouching Tigers hidden dragons bunch.
If you are talking about us the Crouching Tigers, most of us have now dropped from the 160 and only doing the 100 this year. lack of preparation and all that being the excuse. Few are still doing the 160. I noticed it is easy to stay bunched but as soon as Boonah arrives, most dribble out in ones and twos because of what is coming up and being hit by cramps :)


Dave
Dave

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:51 pm
by marinmomma
brett.hooker wrote:I will be there... 160km for me... Going to be a hard day, but worth every moment... A mate from work is joining me... We are both 25-28kph riders... Will be doing our best...
It's actually a 170k ride! Better to be prepared for that and plan for that extra 10 k now. Have fun and enjoy!

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:07 pm
by brett.hooker
Haha... What's 10km between friends... :-)
Big ride for me, but first of many!!!
Got another big weekend planned; weather permitting!!!

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:12 pm
by marinmomma
brett.hooker wrote:Haha... What's 10km between friends... :-)
Big ride for me, but first of many!!!
Got another big weekend planned; weather permitting!!!
At the pointy end of 100 miles its a lot!!

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 11:17 pm
by brett.hooker
marinmomma wrote:
brett.hooker wrote:Haha... What's 10km between friends... :-)
Big ride for me, but first of many!!!
Got another big weekend planned; weather permitting!!!
At the pointy end of 100 miles its a lot!!
Yes, seriously, I know... Especially with all that climbing... I might be crying like a baby at the end...

Are you riding?

Will be good to put faces to names...

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:35 am
by marinmomma
No not this year, focusing on racing at the moment!
Dont you join with the Lifecycle bunch for Tuesdays river loop?

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:11 pm
by brett.hooker
Don't know about that bunch???

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:34 pm
by marinmomma
brett.hooker wrote:Don't know about that bunch???
Oops wrong person!

Good luck tomorrow hope that the weather stays fine for your ride, enjoy it, it's beautiful out there!
I might be wishing that I'd signed up for the 100 miles instead of my race about 1pm tomorrow :mrgreen:

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:18 am
by brett.hooker
Good luck with the race!!!!

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:57 pm
by marinmomma
brett.hooker wrote:Good luck with the race!!!!
Thanks, tough race with some quality racers, was happy to finish...5th out of 7 :roll:

How did your day turn out?

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:55 am
by brett.hooker
Great training day yesterday (mt cotton and mt gravatt for 106km) on the back of mt Nebo (88km) on Saturday... Clocked up another 66km today.

Counting down to Sunday now... 170km is a whole other ball game...

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:49 am
by Venus62
brett.hooker wrote: Counting down to Sunday now... 170km is a whole other ball game...
Very pleased to be doing the 50km... My first of these sort of events. Riding with some friends so should be good. Hubby doing the 100km.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 4:21 pm
by dclnmurray
At this early stage looks to be a southerly breeze similar to last year. Isolated showers around with a start temp of 14ish and 21 around 10am.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:28 pm
by brett.hooker
Venus62 wrote:
brett.hooker wrote: Counting down to Sunday now... 170km is a whole other ball game...
Very pleased to be doing the 50km... My first of these sort of events. Riding with some friends so should be good. Hubby doing the 100km.
Best wishes!!! Hope you have a blast!!!

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:29 pm
by Big_Red
Venus62 wrote:
brett.hooker wrote: Counting down to Sunday now... 170km is a whole other ball game...
Very pleased to be doing the 50km... My first of these sort of events. Riding with some friends so should be good. Hubby doing the 100km.
Good on you for having a go. The 50km is a fun ride with not much in the way of hills at all. I've done the 50km 3 times now, twice on the mtb and last
year on the roadbike, so I shall be giving the 100km a crack this time. Looking forward to see how i go for the 2km cat 5 hill around the 45km mark, and
if i average > 25kph over the 100km i'll be stoked.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:03 pm
by Venus62
Thanks guys. My husband's done the 100 km before so I've heard all about the climb on that one! Good luck to you all too.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:41 am
by BrisVegas
Big_Red wrote:
Venus62 wrote:Good on you for having a go. The 50km is a fun ride with not much in the way of hills at all. I've done the 50km 3 times now, twice on the mtb and last
year on the roadbike, so I shall be giving the 100km a crack this time. Looking forward to see how i go for the 2km cat 5 hill around the 45km mark, and
if i average > 25kph over the 100km i'll be stoked.
Good on you for stepping up to the 100km. I did it last year for the first time (hadn't done the 50) and it was my first ever 100km ride. That hill isn't so bad. It's only steep for a little bit and you can stand up and grind it out. I was pretty much bang on 4 hours or 26.5km/h avg and that was with probably 20 minutes spent at the side of the road dealing with cramps in the second half!

Watch out for pot holes around Peak Crossing. I broke a spoke there.

Re: Heritage Bank Ipswich100

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:32 am
by Big_Red
Well, i virtually have a new bike since i did the ride out at Ipswich last year, having replaced the 25 year old mavic rims that were on it (that had a 13-21t 6 speed freewheel on campag record hubs - which i was continually breaking spokes on) with a set of ProLite Como's which i've done a hassle free 1,500+ km commuting on sofar. Wheelset change necessitated an upgrade to new cassette, RD & chain, and i've recently swapped out the downtube shifters for set of ultegra brifters (makes a huge difference to riding!) and put on a new headset with a shorter stem.

I can't forsee any problems with the hills for the 100km after having done Mt Gravatt Mountain several times, which is supposed to be a cat 4 hill. Besides, if you have to go up, you must have to come down the other side some time and i need to break my speed record of 70kph...