Hmmmm first i've heard of that been accepted for road events in Aus. I know MTB usually let that one through but I thought any open road event had to have Aus standard sticker bar none..........that is if they check of coursescotto wrote:a snell compliance label ( ie usa, some euro) is acceptableDarrylH wrote:Has everyone read the small print that states that helmets will be inspected for an Aust standards sticker? I had forgotten that I bought my last helmet o/s - didn't intend to do anything competitive where a helmet inspection may be required! Luckily I still have my old one.
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
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Brakes sure got a workout though as i'm not the best descender
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby nickj_d » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:54 pm
They were definately checking helmets last year, though can't say whether they were accepting anything other than ASHAKS wrote:..........that is if they check of course
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby DarrylH » Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:43 am
But my Bell Sweep does not have one.
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Postby HAKS » Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:02 pm
I retract my previous comment thenDarrylH wrote:Having now read the blurb they sent out, it does say that Snell is OK.
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I thought the event crew did a fantastic job. Good signage, great rest stops with friendly volunteers and lots of food. I am going to send them an email to congratulate them.
By the way, does anyone know what was the story with the ambulance?
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+1MREJ wrote:I thought the event crew did a fantastic job. Good signage, great rest stops with friendly volunteers and lots of food. I am going to send them an email to congratulate them.
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby mrgolf » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:42 pm
Congrats to all who achieved their personal goals today.
365 days to go.
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby Schmenz » Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:16 pm
Ambulance - guy came off down Fitz hill at speed. Lots of broken ribs, not sure what else but the ambo said he was pretty messed up.
Saw a guy in the med area with heaps of scrapes too
Can I just say I love the grafitti on the final hill. I completely lost my sh.. when I saw the space invaders. So so great!
One major mess up.... Put sunscreen on my arms, but took my leggings off at the last minute. All I can say is owwww, and pleasssse don't blister!
Met some awesome people along the way, great first cycling event! Pretty stoked with 106 after only 3 months experience
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A good assortment of ute driving abuse screaming bogans too.
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Postby scotto » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:06 am
...oh, and to the headwind gods, i say this "$*_%& you" !
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Postby HAKS » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:34 am
The group I was with altered our call to suit from "car back" to "w*nker back". Main problem we had was back along Uriarra road. A white patrol or similar made every effort to get as close to the riders as possible and plenty of others thought the best place to overtake was on a blind crestjimsheedy wrote: A good assortment of ute driving abuse screaming bogans too.
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby Schmenz » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:36 am
oh my god!scotto wrote: ...oh, and to the headwind gods, i say this "$*_%& you" !
after the last checkpoint i was going down the hill lucky to hit 30kms/hr! i was pedalling my life out going no where!
so ridiculous!
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Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby blc » Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:02 am
I started out with aspirations of the 205 but cramps got the better of me going up Honeysuckle. Caught up with a mate doing the 165, so decided to stick with him. I guess I still finished the 165 (+20km) in just under 12 hours.
++ for camping at Stromlo. Nothing better than stepping out of the tent and being at the start plus a friendly bunch of people.
Congrats & thanks to the organisers and volunteers!
See you next year....
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Postby Haydo » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:15 am
Pretty much did a solo ride all the way out to Tharwa lol, was some good climbs and descents out that way, wind made me a bit wobbly on a few of the steep descents! I think my ride time was a bit over 4 hours but close to 5 hours all up with all the stopping and flats. My average speed was 25km/h and max was 67km/h.
There was an idiot in a white el falcon I think, coming really close to every cyclist yelling and beeping on the last part, few cyclists were driven off the road. I hope someone managed to get his number plates.
Otherwise I thought it was a good day and well organised, might do the 165km next year!
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby Schmenz » Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:28 pm
i hit a new high speed!
71.9km/hr before Tharwa.
Havent checked my max on the way back but I dont think it would be faster. I got stuck behind 2 people hammering the brakes on the way down to the dam, and then the cars were all held up, and i had to do my darndest to not hit the cars.
Single file in situations like that people.
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby nickj_d » Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:34 pm
My Garmin plot gives me a max speed of 81.1km/h which for me is fast!! That would've been on the long straight decent between rendezvous cr and fitz's hill, and would've been just before I got the death wobbles and nearly s#@t myself. After that scare I toook it easy going down fitz's, but still managed to get the death wobbles
I wont get the sight or smell of that wombat out of my mind for a long time. It looked like some mutated bacterial alien orc formation.
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Re: Fitz Challenge - 2011 Edition. Who's in and which one?
Postby HAKS » Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:39 pm
Think my max speed was about 75km/h heading down towards the point hut crossing turnoff.
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Postby nickj_d » Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:49 pm
or sensible. after the first scare i realised it wasn't worth coming off and took it a lot easier. the second scare was when i was taking it easier. after that, i wasn't taking any chances. the strong gusty crosswinds on some of those desecents didn't make me feel safe either.Schmenz wrote:ok way to make me feel slow then
You weren't alone there. That descent down to the uriara flat was crazy. I think i got up to 25km/hr there!Schmenz wrote:after the last checkpoint i was going down the hill lucky to hit 30kms/hr! i was pedalling my life out going no where!
so ridiculous!
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