Brisbane to Gold Coast challenge - october 12
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Brisbane to Gold Coast challenge - october 12
Postby winona_rider » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:14 pm
quite a bit of money - but it's for charity.
anyone else riding?
I know you are donald!
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Postby beauyboy » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:41 pm
It's only $55 if your a BQ member.
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Postby russellgarrard » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:46 pm
Or would you know where to rent a really good racer/road bike?
Thanks!
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Postby russellgarrard » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:49 pm
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Postby winona_rider » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:17 pm
for a ride this size they will need to let more go, more frequently i reckon...
once you get past the start and the first 3 kms it usually opens up...
that's my thinking anyway!
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Postby Chooky78 » Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:14 pm
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Postby neil13 » Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:21 pm
I did it last year and thought the speed brackets were rubbish!!! I started out towards the front in what was supposed to be the fast brackets and got sick of going around people riding 3 wide down the bus way at 20-25km/hmuggah wrote:How effective are the speed brackets? Is the ride fairly free flowing or is there a lot of slowing etc due to slower riders ahead?
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Postby russellgarrard » Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:56 pm
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Postby neil13 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:15 pm
For those that haven't done it before be VERY careful coming off the bus way, it's nice and flowing straight into a sharp turn left with a change of surface in the middle of the corner.
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Postby beauyboy » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:17 pm
Donald
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Postby baarg » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:41 pm
Sorry, new to the terminology, the speed brackets means the times they send you off according to the speed you put you could ride? That is, if you said you'd do 20/25km/h you'd be placed in that group and will send you off accordingly... not sure if I'm clear. But if that is the case, do you mean that people put they could go at say 30km and they couldn't go that fast?neil13 wrote:I did it last year and thought the speed brackets were rubbish!!! I started out towards the front in what was supposed to be the fast brackets and got sick of going around people riding 3 wide down the bus way at 20-25km/hmuggah wrote:How effective are the speed brackets? Is the ride fairly free flowing or is there a lot of slowing etc due to slower riders ahead?
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Postby neil13 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:28 am
The start has signed areas in which you're supposed to put yourself in the grouping of the average speed you are going to ride. These are set up the fastest closest to the start and then going back from there. The exception to that is the team riders of the sponsoring companies, they start right on the front.
In saying all this though I think I need to chill a bit more at the start, but it is rather tempting on that nice smooth bus way to let the legs go and get some speed going!!
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Postby beauyboy » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:05 pm
Donald
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Postby johnnyc » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:23 pm
I've registered for this event, but I haven't cycled a bike in over 2 years.
The site recommends a training program of cycles and rides I should to to prepare for the distance, but can anyone here point me in a better direction for training advice?
For the last two weeks I've just been in the gym, spinning away on the stationary bike watching fox sports!
I wouldn't mind a bit more guidance from some of the more experienced people on the site
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