Nice and sticky this morning...

[20thCB]

eh lads?!

Who's the fit bugger on the mountain bike who overtook me at Greenwood going south? He was doing a good 30km/hr and gave me some good exercise trying to keep up

BTW the new PSP at Princeton is lovely but for me is ruined by the Hutton St lights system. So I'll keep doing the Osbourne Pk detour.

[moosterbounce]

I'd love to say it was me...but I wouldn't ride an mtb due to my allergies (that is, I'm allergic to them despite the fact that you can get carbon ones!!).

I'm heading to Canberra again today so did 30km on the trainer starting at 7.30am. I sweated bucketloads. Just weighed myself and was down 300gms depite drinking etc. Nasty tropical weather

Good luck riding home - it's gonna be a stinker.

[Funkymonk]

I left at 6 ama and just got thru the door now .... i recon i lost a small childs weight in sweat going up Brookton Hwy
One lady went flying past me , 7 km later i went past her puffin and panting and cussin she had 100's of flys glued to her back getting a ride

[20thCB]

I left at 6 ama and just got thru the door now

How far is your commute?

[Funkymonk]

109 km , 4hours all cadence work today

[Vivifyer]

10km to work, at 8:40.. so much sweat and the wind or lack of, did little to actually help evaporate it. uurg

[Ant.]

Rode 20km to the airport to pick up Dads car, then realised I forgot to take the keys with me
Nothing like 40km in this weather to harden you up

[20thCB]

Rode 20km to the airport to pick up Dads car, then realised I forgot to take the keys with me
Nothing like 40km in this weather to harden you up

Did you end up doing 60km (20 there, then 20 back and another 20 back to airport)?

[uMP2k]

109 km , 4hours all cadence work today

I wondered what the h**l a boy from Hami Hill was doing on Brookton highway

Talk about taking the long way...

Stephen

[Caelum]

only about 8km from home to work for me, it was a real pleasure riding along near the beach, reasonably cool, great cycling temp...


as soon as i headed about 200m inland though, the heat hit me... still managed to make decent time though.

[Funkymonk]

109 km , 4hours all cadence work today

I wondered what the h**l a boy from Hami Hill was doing on Brookton highway

Talk about taking the long way...

Stephen

Don't ask i was ment to be riding with a forumite .....they were a no show so i wasn't going to miss out myself

[Ant.]

Rode 20km to the airport to pick up Dads car, then realised I forgot to take the keys with me
Nothing like 40km in this weather to harden you up

Did you end up doing 60km (20 there, then 20 back and another 20 back to airport)?

Kind of lost interest after 40km.

It can wait at the airport until it cools down a bit more

[Aushiker]

G'day

Let Freo at 6:00 AM approximately, was walking by around 6:40 AM .... chain link popped off leaving me with a ~ 8 km walk instead of a 42 km ride.

Andrew

[rolandp]

It may have been me, though wouldn't call myself fit. Was around there at 6:30am on a silver Cell MTB.

Stopped off at Telford Crt to have a word with the workers at that site relating to the closure of the dual-use path and having to be diverted onto Telford Crt, and now around a dividing island, so you may have caught up at that point.

Though your comment relaing to the heat should have been this afternoon, as it was stinker coming home.

We need a secret handshake to identify forum riders (yes I know there are the shirts, but not all of us have them).

[20thCB]

It may have been me, though wouldn't call myself fit. Was around there at 6:30am on a silver Cell MTB.

Stopped off at Telford Crt to have a word with the workers at that site relating to the closure of the dual-use path and having to be diverted onto Telford Crt, and now around a dividing island, so you may have caught up at that point.

Though your comment relaing to the heat should have been this afternoon, as it was stinker coming home.

We need a secret handshake to identify forum riders (yes I know there are the shirts, but not all of us have them).

There are shirts? Where?!
Yeah I went home around 5pm (first 80km day!) and that's the first time I've appreciated having 2 bottles of water on the bike.

Also I want a shirt with a logo saying something like "I'm going slower because I'm going further" aimed at all the guys who overtake me and are only going 10km or so

[gdl_gdl]

Also I want a shirt with a logo saying something like "I'm going slower because I'm going further" aimed at all the guys who overtake me and are only going 10km or so

I want one of those as well!

Rode in this morning and had a layer of moisture over me by the first few hundred metres in Mindarie.

Interesting to see the Perth skyline obscured by clouds this morning.

Cheers,

Gary

[Aushiker]

Also I want a shirt with a logo saying something like "I'm going slower because I'm going further" aimed at all the guys who overtake me and are only going 10km or so

I want one of those as well!

Rode in this morning and had a layer of moisture over me by the first few hundred metres in Mindarie.

Interesting to see the Perth skyline obscured by clouds this morning.

Cheers,

Gary

Did I pass you? I was running a bit late so left at 7:43 AM.

Andrew

[gdl_gdl]

Did I pass you? I was running a bit late so left at 7:43 AM.

Andrew

Probably not this morning, I was in Perth by 7.50am this morning. There was a nice NW blowing for a while!

Cheers,

Gary

[gdl_gdl]

Great ride home tonight - blown home by a SSW!

Making the most of the cool temps until the return of the stinkers next week! 35 - 39 C and gusts forecast!

Cheers,

Gary

[Aushiker]

Great ride home tonight - blown home by a SSW!

mmm no bloody comment

Andrew
who rode, you guessed, south

BTW saw a rider at the Karryinup lights wearing a blue Shimano jersey. Looked familiar. Wasn't some here was it? It was around 5:30 PM.

[Canno]

one day I want to ride home (White Gum Valley/Freo) with a roaring sea breeze at my back......felt like I was going backwards heading south on the freeway bikepath this afternoon...

mind you there were some on Mtb / tourers who may as well been walkin! Now they were workin...

[Aushiker]

mind you there were some on Mtb / tourers who may as well been walkin! Now they were workin...

I was on my CRX 1 (flatbar) and I was working ... even down hills

Andrew

[gdl_gdl]

felt like I was going backwards heading south on the freeway bikepath this afternoon...

That's a shame Ben!

Anyway you need to build up your endurance for the 60km Freeway Bike Hike!

Cheers,

Gary

[Canno]

Gary - given my commute is the occasional 20km one way, I'll be leading the pack ....... until we get to Applecross where my pre-booked Ambulance will be waiting with oxygen to take me home for nice lie down!!

BTW forumites - Gary has organised 19 suckers from our office to enter into the Freeway bike hike. Nice effort I say...

Some of the non riders have seen the big group doing the 60km & have nominated for the smaller 30km ride instead. Hope I'm there to see the look on their faces when they roll across the line!!! phew...

[gdl_gdl]

Never mind the sticky conditions - what about the wind today! I did a 40km recovery ride to Hillary's and was riding side on to an Easterly wind for both legs of the trip!

The sail on the back would have been a worthwhile addition today!

Cheers,

Gary