Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
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Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby mexicanmagic » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:17 am
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby cyclotaur » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:27 am
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby mexicanmagic » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:49 am
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby cyclotaur » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:25 pm
If not, I'd look for another gear or two. It gets pretty tough on the last pinch of about 1 km to the top after 80-90 mins of climbing. Have fun !!
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby VRE » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:00 pm
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby cyclotaur » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:03 pm
You love that BIKE !VRE wrote:Hmmm... now I have the urge to ride up there again on the Vivente tourer. I love that mountain .
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby clackers » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:18 pm
But coming up the longer, less steep but rougher dirt road from Launching Place is great for your hybrid's wider tyres and lower gearing.
I rode a drop bar on Il Padrone's infamous annual Snow Ride a few weeks back, but three of the five riders were on flat bars.
The descent is so much fun, too - you're going to have a great time whatever you do.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby clackers » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:19 pm
Great bike for itVRE wrote:Hmmm... now I have the urge to ride up there again on the Vivente tourer. I love that mountain .
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:20 pm
as for bike, if your coming up from launching place definitely a roadie. I have a compact crank and was very thankful for my 11-28 cassette, especially the last 1km
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby clackers » Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:48 pm
The hybrid probably has even lower gearing, YVP, probably a triple up front.yarravalleyplodder wrote:
as for bike, if your coming up from launching place definitely a roadie. I have a compact crank and was very thankful for my 11-28 cassette, especially the last 1km
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby VRE » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:11 pm
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby il padrone » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:46 pm
Last kilometer is pretty steep. A sub-30" gear is mighty handy.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby cyclotaur » Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:33 am
... but you are an a-typical rider, VRE.VRE wrote:My Vivente tourer has 50/39/30 on front and 11-34 rear, giving me a good range of gear ratios. I typically use the 39/20 combo when riding up Mt Donna Buang.
My guess is mexicanmagic (like most people) will need something a fraction lower than 39/20 !!
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Sat Sep 07, 2013 3:23 pm
yeah but how heavy is your hybrid? and the roadie will be a lot more fun on the descent, which is your reward for going up in the first placeclackers wrote:The hybrid probably has even lower gearing, YVP, probably a triple up front.yarravalleyplodder wrote:
as for bike, if your coming up from launching place definitely a roadie. I have a compact crank and was very thankful for my 11-28 cassette, especially the last 1km
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby clackers » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:54 pm
It's also a 26km climb from Launching Place, YVP, much of it uncomfortably on dirt. Nothing wrong with a wide tyred flatbar or even MTB. It's how the owner of the local motel likes to do it.yarravalleyplodder wrote:yeah but how heavy is your hybrid? and the roadie will be a lot more fun on the descent, which is your reward for going up in the first placeclackers wrote:The hybrid probably has even lower gearing, YVP, probably a triple up front.yarravalleyplodder wrote:
as for bike, if your coming up from launching place definitely a roadie. I have a compact crank and was very thankful for my 11-28 cassette, especially the last 1km
Oh, and MTBers like Cadel know how to descend.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:06 pm
There is no dirt coming from launching place, I thought it was dirt coming up from healsville. I certainly didnt encounter any dirt when I did it from launching place, unless there is a different way upclackers wrote:
It's also a 26km climb from Launching Place, YVP, much of it uncomfortably on dirt. Nothing wrong with a wide tyred flatbar or even MTB. It's how the owner of the local motel likes to do it.
Oh, and MTBers like Cadel know how to descend.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby il padrone » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:22 pm
Dirt road begins here at the curved timber bridge at Mallesons Glen, and continues up to Pantons Gap, where it is sealed for a bit, then goes back to gravel here, just after Don Gap. The dirt then continues all the way to here, just after the hang-glider take-off ramp, a km or two before the gate at the main summit road.yarravalleyplodder wrote:There is no dirt coming from launching place, I thought it was dirt coming up from healsville. I certainly didnt encounter any dirt when I did it from launching place, unless there is a different way up
I'd reckon about 13kms of the 26km climb is unsealed.
The Healesville road to Pantons Gap is all sealed tarmac.
It has looong been thus - I recall doing this road, descending, in 1979, just a few weeks before they closed the Healesville rail-line service. Maybe you took a different way up. The only other route (all-sealed road) is the main road from Warburton.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby snark » Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:18 am
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby __PG__ » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:28 pm
Lovely climb, can't wait to get the new bike out there.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:48 pm
yes that was the way I went but having a look at your maps I know the route your talking about. I automatically assumed you would take the road from launching place to warburton and then up the hill, as you know my road bike is too pretty for any dirt roadil padrone wrote:Dirt road begins here at the curved timber bridge at Mallesons Glen, and continues up to Pantons Gap, where it is sealed for a bit, then goes back to gravel here, just after Don Gap. The dirt then continues all the way to here, just after the hang-glider take-off ramp, a km or two before the gate at the main summit road.yarravalleyplodder wrote:There is no dirt coming from launching place, I thought it was dirt coming up from healsville. I certainly didnt encounter any dirt when I did it from launching place, unless there is a different way up
I'd reckon about 13kms of the 26km climb is unsealed.
The Healesville road to Pantons Gap is all sealed tarmac.
It has looong been thus - I recall doing this road, descending, in 1979, just a few weeks before they closed the Healesville rail-line service. Maybe you took a different way up. The only other route (all-sealed road) is the main road from Warburton.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby clackers » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:37 am
That would be these guys I snapped, Simon!snark wrote:I did the partial dirt road route about a month ago on the Donna Done Dirty ride and had a ball. The "rules" for that were road bikes only (but there was a tandem.
I think they would have had quite a momentum hooning down past Cement Creek Road ... wouldn't like to have been in their way.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby clackers » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:39 am
Glad that was cleared up, YVP.yarravalleyplodder wrote: I automatically assumed you would take the road from launching place to warburton and then up the hill
You should give that Don Road route a go sometime - it's the (even more) scenic way - but your precious mount will get a bit of dust on it.
Another advantage this time of year is that it's blocked to cars.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
Postby snark » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:15 pm
I passed them going up, and they were doing it tough going in that direction!clackers wrote:That would be these guys I snapped, Simon!
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I think they would have had quite a momentum hooning down past Cement Creek Road ... wouldn't like to have been in their way.
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
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Re: Mt Donna Buang - Road Bike or Hybrid?
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