Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:56 pm
It was a quick ride today, must be all the outings with the Richmond and Cremorne boys... 30kph avg speed for the 66kms. Having said that, this particular course lends itself to that type of ride as opposed to the usual journeys which have a few hills, though Andrew must have left his fast legs at Richmond as he managed to get spat out the back a few times... we waited, he got back on... all good.
Coffee at the bakery as usual... Master 6 passed by on his way to Sorell (hopefully he will be back next week)... Andrew and I plotted a ride for tomorrow... and overall we basked in the satisfaction of having pushed hard for a really good ride. Great to have Scott on board again, and hopefully, next week might see a new face or two join us.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:40 pm
PaulB, your territory has been invaded. At 11.40am I saw about 8 cyclists cruising down east Carlton Beach Rd. They were a fairly relaxed looking bunch, several complete with pannier bags.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:19 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:10 pm
So it was Andrew T and myself today... and with no other riders to consider, we set off with an open plan regarding distance, and a plan to attack the Sugarloaf climb
Starting at the bakery we headed off to Sugarloaf, and a crack at global fame. I had not climbed this hill in months and once the ascent began I realised why. Essentially, we gave our all and reaped the rewards accordingly. I moved up from 22nd position to 3rd, whilst Andrew improved to 6th spot... even though there was only one second separating us !!!
I was smashed by the effort and didn't fully recover till just before Sorell.
It was headwind deluxe today and we pushed through down Sharkpoint to Brinktop and along the highway to Fingerpost... still no real relief but the road into Richmond was the usual high speed blast. After 57 kms and coffee at Richmond (which we don't usually do until the return to Dodges), we decided to head out in the direction we figured would provide the best wind conditions. So back to Fingerpost we headed. As we proceeded along Richmond Rd, Andrew spotted a lone rider about a km ahead... and duly proceeded to chase him down. Guess who ?? Rob Warren, so two became three and we enjoyed the benefit of the third man plus the more favourable wind direction once we hit Fingerpost. From there we retraced our tire tracks to Sorell and returned to Dodges Ferry via Lewisham. 105 ks... enough for today and looking forward to the ride with PMM man et al. from Cornelian Bay in the morning.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:00 pm
While not a ride in it's own right, it is an opportunity to hook up with the Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride (DFBTR). The DFBTR departs at 9.00 am each Thursday morning and sometimes passes through Midway Point. If it were known prior to the commencement of the ride, interested riders could link up with the Dodges Bunch. About 9.45 at a guess and riders could make their interest known by posting here on the DFBTR thread or by texting me directly.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:00 am
"The recalcitrant Master6 rode alone, leaving Carlton at 7.30am, and dawdled into the Sorell Mens Shed at 8.15 , or thereabouts. Stravaless of course. Coffee at the Mens Shed is a bottomless cup, can be had four days per week, at the basement price of $2 per week. Cheaper coffee cannot be found anywhere. Worse coffee would kill!
Oh for a coffee machine at the Mens Shed
Steel cutting, drilling, welding, more coffee, and back through Dodges , where there is no sign of PaulB or his clan, and Master 6 made it home by the promised 12.30pm for her promised home made sausage rolls"
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:36 am
I had been planning to take a few days off the bike as an extended recovery and that is what I am doing at the moment. Andrew is away next week as well so hopefully one of our occasional riders will show up.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby redheeler » Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:52 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:37 pm
So what was intended to be a recovery ride after yesterday's race turned out to be a good solid hitout. The course for the day took us to Sorell, over the causeway and around Seven Mile Beach through to Cambridge and back to Dodges via lewisham. A quick coffee... short blast home and then it started raining !!! Perfect.
Can't wait for next week
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:07 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:43 pm
Anyhow... the aforementioned Red Heeler and myself took it pretty easy today... a search of another thread speaks to that if you want to know. So through Lewisham, Sorell, Shark Point, Penna, Brinktop to the hwy and up to Fingerpost. Onto Richmond, back over Brinktop and back the way we came through to Dodges... We passed the "King of the road crew" on the way (another thread speaks to that too )
Spotted Jeff Brown riding into Sorell... made it back to Dodges... decided against coffee in favour of Carlton Beach Rd laps instead... all up a very satisfactory 90 kms.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:31 pm
Here a thread,
There a thread
Everywhere a...............I.m not as poet
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:19 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby redheeler » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:20 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:56 am
"Nice! anita gordon is following you on Strava
Hey Jeff,
Whoa, you're kind of a big deal! anita gordon is now following you on Strava. Click to follow anita gordon back. Let's show her what you can do.
Go get 'em.
-Your friends at Strava"
What can I say? There was a time when this would have been super exciting news, but now it just makes me feel guilty. Anita is following me? I hope she knows where I am going, because I have little idea.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:45 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby BenevolantDictatorD » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:15 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:21 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Sun May 04, 2014 7:10 pm
As they say:-
"Go redheeler, GO!"
and
"F&%$#^%$#&^% you paulb, slow down!!!!"
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Mon May 05, 2014 12:13 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby redheeler » Thu May 08, 2014 11:51 am
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Thu May 08, 2014 4:51 pm
No doubt redheeler consumed the daily dose again today. "Go redheeler" I hear.
PaulB no doubt pounded the pavement somewhere today.
Your conscientious scribe pedalled into the Mens Shed (again). Cheap coffee, but not good
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby redheeler » Fri May 09, 2014 11:24 am
It may be cold but it's brilliant weather for being out on the bike. Just add overshoes, another jacket and winter gloves.
Your 32kms to the shed and back is a good way of staying fit, due to the few hills either way.
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby Paul B » Fri May 09, 2014 9:03 pm
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Re: Dodges Ferry Bakery Thursday Ride
Postby master6 » Sat May 10, 2014 12:43 pm
Can you be more specific about "all that" please? (I note that you are posting in the evening PaulB. Perhaps you would be better in bed , with posts restricted to the "sensible hours")Paul B wrote:Not sure how all that relates to the DFBTR.
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