Crit racing at Stromlo
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby HAKS » Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:38 am
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby vinvin » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:19 am
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby twizzle » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:41 am
I take it you didn't notice all of the gouges in the surface of the track at that corner.vinvin wrote:Hey, can you pedal through the bottom corner (going clockwise)? You know the one where there is a bit of a chicane and then a hard right turn? I wasn't sure so I stopped pedalling and I was thinking "well this probably isn't right" lol.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby yyeric » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:00 pm
http://www.vikingscycling.org.au/events ... IntCatId=3
10 race pointscore series for all grades
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby Bantam Roosta » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:12 pm
Mick Rogers was racing tonight. His new bike is beautiful. It's a Pinarello Dogma 60.1. Black with electric blue trimming. It's nice to see the big names come and mix it up a bit. Vicki Whitelaw is also a regular when she is in town.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby LoveB » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:08 pm
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby HAKS » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:40 pm
Well done . Was thinking yesterday I bet Rogers would have been there last night.Bantam Roosta wrote:Well I finally got into the top 10. Admittedly there were only 15 in the field tonight. Finished with a 9th place. I'm happy with that. My goal has been to score some points. Next goal is a top 5.
Mick Rogers was racing tonight. His new bike is beautiful. It's a Pinarello Dogma 60.1. Black with electric blue trimming. It's nice to see the big names come and mix it up a bit. Vicki Whitelaw is also a regular when she is in town.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby Ross » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:05 pm
CapitalSummer Criterium is on Saturday 22nd Jan. A new race to the capital as part of a multi sport festival coordinated by triathlon ACT. If you are around, get down and race. http://res.au.eventdirector.net/TACT/SI ... geID=21080
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby yyeric » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:28 am
ME/MF only got 5 in the group with some other female riders (perhaps D grade), i believe.
Went solo on 4th lap, and didn't get chased back until the end. Quite happy with the solo effort.
Then joined the MD race about 5 mins after the finish.... stayed in the pack for 35mins and was out 11mins to go.
Good fun though. Wll start in MD next time.
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Postby LoveB » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:33 am
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby yyeric » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:27 pm
love to see some photo though
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby yyeric » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:56 pm
MC+MD+WB on the line together for the 6PM start.
Field got split early in the race by C grade riders with the assist of cross-winds. I got caught in no-man land between MC pack and MD pack.
Riding duo with another guy for almost 10 laps, hated every bit of today's wind!!!! Got caught back to MD pack at around 8 to go. Smooth riding to get my heart rate back to around 160.
Kicked again at 2 laps to go. Gained around 50km from the MD pack, then only got out-sprinted at the line.
Great race though
First time racing D grade and it's all very fun!
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby rockviewau » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:12 am
gettin married are ya??? welcome to weekends of sitting home, where a ride is ur best friend as it means u can leave the house..... heheehHAKS wrote:Well done . I'd love to be out there but $$$ is tight at the moment so no license for me
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby HAKS » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:55 am
That and saving for a house so no unjustified spending.rockviewau wrote:gettin married are ya??? welcome to weekends of sitting home, where a ride is ur best friend as it means u can leave the house..... heheehHAKS wrote:Well done . I'd love to be out there but $$$ is tight at the moment so no license for me
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby rockviewau » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:03 pm
yeah, we just moved in to our place and get married in april, so im good at quiet nites!!! must have u over for a bbq then (its cheap!!)HAKS wrote:That and saving for a house so no unjustified spending.rockviewau wrote:gettin married are ya??? welcome to weekends of sitting home, where a ride is ur best friend as it means u can leave the house..... heheehHAKS wrote:Well done . I'd love to be out there but $$$ is tight at the moment so no license for me
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby Bantam Roosta » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:37 am
I don't see the problem. A licence is fully justified.HAKS wrote:That and saving for a house so no unjustified spending.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby HAKS » Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:37 pm
Does that mean you'll pay for it then .Bantam Roosta wrote:I don't see the problem. A licence is fully justified.HAKS wrote:That and saving for a house so no unjustified spending.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby nescius » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:06 pm
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby auskonrad » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:51 pm
I'm trying to decide which club to join....
... and are non-CA & CCC members allowed to have a crack at these warm up crits before they dump a ton of cash in the direction of CA and the club? I've not done one, so want to see if I like it first.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby jcjordan » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:55 pm
You just saw one of the problems with the Wednesday night series and it only gets worse. From what I saw last year it was generally one crash for each grade each night. The circuit is not designed to handle 60-70 riders in a bunch but the organisers insist on not putting any sort of limit. In addition they run there events based on a team structure, so if you are not in a team you are well behind the 8 ball.vinvin wrote:There was a nasty looking crash too, in B Grade I think, fifty metres from the finish line. The patient was kept on the road for at least half an hour before an ambulance took him away with full spinal caution. Hope he's alright.
This is why I stick to the ACTVETs series on Tuesday night.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby jcjordan » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:01 pm
If you are over 35 you can join the Vets on Tuesday night. $90 a year for a licence (if join now you get a 2012 licence) and $3 to race. Plus we run a road race nearly every weekend of the year. With CA you will be lucky to see one every 6-8 weeks on the weekends and pay $10 to race. Plus their licences are around $200 a year.auskonrad wrote:Would Vikings members be able to participate in CCC crits/events and vice versa?
I'm trying to decide which club to join....
... and are non-CA & CCC members allowed to have a crack at these warm up crits before they dump a ton of cash in the direction of CA and the club? I've not done one, so want to see if I like it first.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby nescius » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:21 am
I raced in the medium race last night and true to form there was a nasty crash, two of the four man break away went down (luckily I was off the back by then!), both looked to be in a bad way. The ambulance came for one (rumour has it that he punctured a lung) and the other managed to walk away but was probably heading for the hospital as well. I don't know what caused the crash, but given that it was the four man break away and they were reasonably experienced riders you can't really blame it on the numbers, it was just an accident. Not a great start to the season thoughjcjordan wrote:You just saw one of the problems with the Wednesday night series and it only gets worse. From what I saw last year it was generally one crash for each grade each night. The circuit is not designed to handle 60-70 riders in a bunch but the organisers insist on not putting any sort of limit. In addition they run there events based on a team structure, so if you are not in a team you are well behind the 8 ball.vinvin wrote:There was a nasty looking crash too, in B Grade I think, fifty metres from the finish line. The patient was kept on the road for at least half an hour before an ambulance took him away with full spinal caution. Hope he's alright.
This is why I stick to the ACTVETs series on Tuesday night.
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Re: Crit racing at Stromlo
Postby twizzle » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:11 am
Unless it's some completely random factor outside the control of the participants (ie. a Kangaroo, a sudden strong wind gust on an otherwise calm day) : Accident's don't happen, they are made.nescius wrote:it was just an accident.
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