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Bored?
Postby europa » Tue May 15, 2007 10:54 am
Feeling bored? I know a lot of you are because you're camped on the forum and not posting anything. Well, here's something to really annoy your boss while you're entertaining yourself during working hours, a collection of bicycling patents ... and some other stuff
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Re: Bored?
Postby heavymetal » Tue May 15, 2007 2:38 pm
Maybe they are swapping PMs and talking about us crazy peopleeuropa wrote:I know a lot of you are because you're camped on the forum and not posting anything.
Nice collection of patents if I could see them The entire forum must be reading them as I can't connect
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Postby europa » Wed May 16, 2007 10:53 am
Like automotive technology, many things were invented long before the materials were in place to make them effective. But yes, in cycling, everything develops towards the most simple solution, regardless of the starting point. Maybe that's why I like it so much.
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Postby mikesbytes » Wed May 16, 2007 1:15 pm
Go for a 200k ride, including all the roads that madgreek rides.
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Postby europa » Wed May 16, 2007 1:53 pm
It's just Mike being Mike. Just take a deep breath and the pain will go away
Besides, I'm months away from tackling the corkscrew ... actually I'm not. Been thinking about it. The trick is the time to do it. Maybe the next time the kids are away - I'll drive to the lad's match, drive to the start of the gorge, ride the bottom of the gorge, up the corkscrew, down Montacute Rd and back to the car. Hmm, wonder what the madgreek is doing that day.
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Besides, I'm months away from tackling the corkscrew ... actually I'm not. Been thinking about it. The trick is the time to do it. Maybe the next time the kids are away - I'll drive to the lad's match, drive to the start of the gorge, ride the bottom of the gorge, up the corkscrew, down Montacute Rd and back to the car. Hmm, wonder what the madgreek is doing that day.
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Postby europa » Wed May 16, 2007 2:28 pm
Here's the profile for the Corkscrew Loop - parking at Thorndon Park Resevoir, up Gorge Rd, up the Corkscrew, down Montacute Rd, along Schultze Rd back to the resevoir. 20km - not long but it does have that wee climb in the middleeuropa wrote:Besides, I'm months away from tackling the corkscrew ... actually I'm not. Been thinking about it. The trick is the time to do it. Maybe the next time the kids are away - I'll drive to the lad's match, drive to the start of the gorge, ride the bottom of the gorge, up the corkscrew, down Montacute Rd and back to the car. Hmm, wonder what the madgreek is doing that day.
Richard
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The Corkscrew itself is that steep bit from 10km to the top. A lot of it is switchback hairpins. Fun ride. Coming down will be fun too - nearly tossed the motor bike into the blackberries a few times on that run
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Postby MichaelB » Wed May 16, 2007 2:38 pm
I'd be interested in joining you - so keep in touch.europa wrote: tackling the corkscrew ... actually I'm not. Been thinking about it. The trick is the time to do it. Maybe the next time the kids are away - I'll drive to the lad's match, drive to the start of the gorge, ride the bottom of the gorge, up the corkscrew, down Montacute Rd and back to the car. Hmm, wonder what the madgreek is doing that day.
Suffering is much better en-masse - helps to push that little bit more ....
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Postby MichaelB » Wed May 16, 2007 3:04 pm
What is the gradient on the steep stuff ?europa wrote:Here's the profile for the Corkscrew Loop - parking at Thorndon Park Resevoir, up Gorge Rd, up the Corkscrew, down Montacute Rd, along Schultze Rd back to the resevoir. 20km - not long but it does have that wee climb in the middle
The Corkscrew itself is that steep bit from 10km to the top. A lot of it is switchback hairpins. Fun ride.
Richard
Is it a public route on Bikely ?
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Postby europa » Wed May 16, 2007 3:13 pm
The gradient is somewhere between OMGosh and 'Wait a tic while I expire'.
Here's the map. I knocked it up just for this exercise. Now that bikely has been sold into commercial hands, I'm not as interested in putting the work into the routes that I used to and hence don't bother to make them pubic.
It starts and finishes at the Thorndon Park car park - I chose that simply because I know you can park there and anywhere is convenient if you're riding a loop. It goes straight up Gorge Rd which I'm not so happy about as it puts you on a narrow and busy road for part of the trip, but I'm not sure there's a convenient way around it. It'll do. If I find myself doing the loop more often, I'll sort that out - this route is good enough for a one off.
Richard
Here's the map. I knocked it up just for this exercise. Now that bikely has been sold into commercial hands, I'm not as interested in putting the work into the routes that I used to and hence don't bother to make them pubic.
It starts and finishes at the Thorndon Park car park - I chose that simply because I know you can park there and anywhere is convenient if you're riding a loop. It goes straight up Gorge Rd which I'm not so happy about as it puts you on a narrow and busy road for part of the trip, but I'm not sure there's a convenient way around it. It'll do. If I find myself doing the loop more often, I'll sort that out - this route is good enough for a one off.
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Postby mikesbytes » Wed May 16, 2007 10:07 pm
That hill looks pretty mean on the graph, definently not fixie territory. I've been up it in a car and could see that it was quite a climb on a bike.europa wrote:Here's the profile for the Corkscrew Loop - parking at Thorndon Park Resevoir, up Gorge Rd, up the Corkscrew, down Montacute Rd, along Schultze Rd back to the resevoir. 20km - not long but it does have that wee climb in the middleeuropa wrote:Besides, I'm months away from tackling the corkscrew ... actually I'm not. Been thinking about it. The trick is the time to do it. Maybe the next time the kids are away - I'll drive to the lad's match, drive to the start of the gorge, ride the bottom of the gorge, up the corkscrew, down Montacute Rd and back to the car. Hmm, wonder what the madgreek is doing that day.
Richard
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The Corkscrew itself is that steep bit from 10km to the top. A lot of it is switchback hairpins. Fun ride. Coming down will be fun too - nearly tossed the motor bike into the blackberries a few times on that run
Richard
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