The "Commando"
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The "Commando"
Postby BarryTas » Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:33 pm
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby Baldy » Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:41 pm
Roadie: Did a sweet loop round Ferntree,Sandfly,Howden[replaceable with Tinderbox/Huntingfield] today. My new knicks are great.
MTBer: Do you wear undies under them?
Roadie: No.
A legend was born.
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby fixedlegs2012 » Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:32 pm
Macca Graeme McVilly used to train on the commando route....which he coined many years ago. It used to also involve Verrona Sands and the Mtn to be ascended and around 160ks not the 90ks it is today. Who is Graeme McVilly well the best cyclist to come out of Tassie many years ago now. 71,72 Aus Road Champion, Herald Sun Tour 71,73 and 74 Winner, plus a host of other cycling achievements.
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby BarryTas » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:08 am
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby fixedlegs2012 » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:25 pm
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby possum-magic » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:45 pm
The most commonly accepted version seems to be the Hobart-Kingston-Huntingfield-Margate-Sandfly-Longley-Neika-Fern Tree-Hobart variant, which is about 60km from Hobart. Others seem to throw in the additional section through Blackmans Bay and Howden, and there are even some that add on the loop around Tinderbox as part of their standard Commando loop.
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby BarryTas » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:41 pm
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby BarryTas » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:46 pm
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby AndyRevill » Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:22 am
Andy
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby BarryTas » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:20 am
AndyRevill wrote:I've thought about adding in the Tinderbox loop as part of my ride home, what's the condition of the dirt section like for a road bike?
Andy
it's fun i have lost a biddon on there once though.
but i like gravel
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby BarryTas » Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:38 pm
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby AndyRevill » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:33 pm
The Domane is supposed to be for the rough stuff so I'll have to give it a goBarryTas wrote:
it's fun i have lost a biddon on there once though.
but i like gravel
Cheers, Andy
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby AndyRevill » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:10 pm
It's now in my list of routes home
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby Ryanhyltoncummins » Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:00 pm
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby 2wheels_mond » Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:50 pm
Mind adding a photo or scan of the article? I'd love to read it.Ryanhyltoncummins wrote:sorry to bump a prehistoric thread but there is an article in the latest cyclist magazine where they document and photograph this commando loop, apparently there is a short and long version pretty much the only reason i found this thread
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Re: The "Commando"
Postby Ryanhyltoncummins » Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:47 am
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Re: The "Commando"
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