Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby HAKS » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:40 pm
Overall excellent event. They said they had 713 registered riders. Bunch etiquette was excellent even with some novice bunch riders around (ie. me). Encouragement was also great as on the 2nd lap we started catching the back end of the 65km ride. Everyone was encouraging them to keep going which was really good. I take my hat off to some of the back end of the 65km riders, riding MTBs with full knobblys but still giving it there all. Props also go to the guy on the cyclecross bike with 2inch knobblys. He was carving up the front end of the 110km fleet out of coppings crossing.
Weather was pretty good. Light drizzle from the start out to about Copping Crossing. A bit more drizzle on the way back in but otherwise mostly overcast which keep things nice and cool. Both times out on Uriarra road after the crossing I hit a bit of a flat spot and was left wandering between 2 small groups. Took the opportunity the to re-energise with some gels which really helped by the time the climb out of Cotter came. The last bit of the 2nd climb out of Cotter was a grind, tried to get out of the saddle but legs were like jelly .
Hope it comes back next year
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby Ross » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:51 pm
The 110km bunch was not too bad until we started climbing Coppins and then this stupid person in a white Corolla decided to try and overtake the bunch on the crest of the hill over double lines! Then some richard cranium rider (didn't get his number) decided to overtake the white Corolla while he/she was trying to overtake the bunch on the crest of the hill! A few not-so complimentry things were yelled at him. No wonder cyclist get a bad name.
The other traffic incident involved a pair of bogan rednecks in a Land Cruiser going along the false flat of the Homestead that yelled some abuse at our small bunch of three riders. The passenger was so brave he only had the window down a fraction. Probably enough for me to insert my frame pump, if he had stopped I would of been looking to insert it somewhere else! About a minute later a cop on a motorbike came past in the opposite direction but the bogans had moved on. Talking with others after the race he had abused several other cyclists as well. Why can't they just drive past and get on with their lives instead of harassing people that are minding their own business?
There seemed to be a lot of cyclists pulled off to the side fixing flat tyres. Would of counted a dozen I reckon.
I finished about 20th, behind the first two main bunches.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby HAKS » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:01 pm
Actually that reminds me some stupid moterbike passed our group on the corner at Casurina sands. He crossed double unbroken lines and a 4WD was coming the opposite way. If he had just waited 10sec until the climb then the group I was in all moved into single file.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby twizzle » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:25 pm
He passed me about two thirds of the way between Uriarra and the Homestead - hand on the horn...Ross wrote:The other traffic incident involved a pair of bogan rednecks in a Land Cruiser going along the false flat of the Homestead that yelled some abuse at our small bunch of three riders....
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby spunkyryan » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:43 pm
I did the 65km ride which was enough for me with next to no preparation. The significant other did the 30km ride with very little preparation and he seemed to enjoy it.
Now we're hanging out for the Fitz's Challenge later this year
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby rockviewau » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:43 pm
I was extrememly impressed with myself as i aimed to finish at 1pm, and i finished at 12.59.
I rode with a lady who was about the same pace which was nicer than going alone.
i enjoyed Coppins and Uriarra, but bloody hell, Cotter was not fun with jelly legs with the long ride up the hill.
i only saw one !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !!, unfortunately he was on a bike.... sitting in the middle of a lane when there is room to the left and holding up a line up of traffic is just inconsiderate. Needed to use his common sense.
HOWEVER, as a S L O W rider, I was really impressed by a larger number of riders offering best wishes to me as i was riding back intowards towards, so if that was you, thanks
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby nescius » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:57 pm
So all in all I thought it was a fantastic event and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby HAKS » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:35 pm
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby twizzle » Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:11 pm
103.04km in 3:34:28, 242W average, 3138Kj of work (about 12,500Kj of food).
Not the best effort for me for the first half as too many people rode it like a race, cruising downhill and on the flat and hammering up the hills. Was much better on the second lap when I rode it as a TT, and I was flying past most people at the end. Lots of morons riding three or four abreast, and one horrible moment where a line of traffic tried to overtake a pack over a blind crest over double-yellows and encountered another vehicle!
I picked up the pace for the second lap, and managed to stay in endurance/tempo most of the time, but no chance of catching the bunches - not helped by stopping for a chat for four minutes with the Vets at their race finish, a couple of long stops while I tried to find which pocket I'd put the bars in... and time out to do the key lock on the phone as it was trying to send SMS messages by itself again.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby seddo » Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:19 pm
My significant other did the 65km and struggled on the two 8% inclines - she also mentioned the offers of help, encouragement and concern from other riders - THANK YOUnescius wrote:I did the 65km with my Dad, Brother and Sister (my bro and I rode there and back, which was about 95km all up). I thought it was a pretty nice ride and that everyone conducted themselves very well. My sister struggled with the hills a bit, but considering the amount of training she did (or should that be didn't) that is not surprising, unfortunately for me that meant I had to push her up all of the hills. While I was pushing her up I lost count of the number of other riders who offered her gels, bars, powerade or just words of encouragement to help her along, I was very impressed
So all in all I thought it was a fantastic event and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby slik50 » Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:45 pm
More importantly though it was a great bunch of people. I had constant nice comments from people passing me. I stopped to eat near the top of the climb out of the cotter and was really surprised about how many people checked I was OK as they passed.
I hope it is back next year.
Rob
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby psike » Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:49 pm
The only downside - the idiot(s) who through tacks over the road causing a few dozen flats. Lucky for us no flats - touch wood. Have to do the Amy's ride next year.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby bella26 » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:39 am
The Uriarra loop was great and we were all wondering at times whether the roads had been closed due to the lack of cars. Not being from the area we aren't sure whether that was normal or not. What a lovely scenic area to ride in as well - the descents were also really enjoyable although of course what goes down must go back up! The other thing I really noticed was the number of females participating in the event was quite high - as a fellow female here that was great to see All up we finished the 65kms in just under 3hrs which we are happy with. We will definately be back next year and this time aim to train more and do the 110kms.
Thankfully we didn't come across many idiots in cars although there was one of note - a real $h!t for brains in a ute emblazoned with personal number plates (wildone). He cut off a van and then just screamed past a whole heap of riders. Sadly the message of a metre matters will certainly be lost on these neanderthals!
All up though a fantastic event and I'm sure next year we will be certain to get a bigger group come down from the Snowies for it.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby nescius » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:18 am
Was that towards the end of the roadworks near the Glenloch interchange? A ute passed us at about 4 million km/h through there (40 zone), he was so quick I didn't catch his plate. That was really the only display of poor driving that I witnessed, the majority of motorists seemed to be on their best behaviour... though it is possible that the multitude of motorcycle police cruising around had something to do with that.bella26 wrote:Thankfully we didn't come across many idiots in cars although there was one of note - a real $h!t for brains in a ute emblazoned with personal number plates (wildone). He cut off a van and then just screamed past a whole heap of riders. Sadly the message of a metre matters will certainly be lost on these neanderthals!
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby Ross » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:44 pm
I'm the very handsome guy second from left in the first photo!
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby HAKS » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:46 pm
http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/produc ... 2700cf5330
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby twizzle » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:53 pm
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Poor bloody bike - no wonder I kill wheels. I look like an adult on a kids bike.
Ross - your link doesn't work.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby HAKS » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:59 pm
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby twizzle » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:18 pm
And you obviously passed me....HAKS wrote:You must have been about 100m up the road from me Twizzle in that 1st shot
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby HAKS » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:21 pm
Meh wasn't a race . I found some of Eric, but will let him post them if he wants.twizzle wrote:And you obviously passed me....HAKS wrote:You must have been about 100m up the road from me Twizzle in that 1st shot
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby twizzle » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:25 pm
Tell that to all the people hammering up the hills.HAKS wrote:Meh wasn't a race . I found some of Eric, but will let him post them if he wants.twizzle wrote:And you obviously passed me....HAKS wrote:You must have been about 100m up the road from me Twizzle in that 1st shot
I was slow. I'll blame my 12kg bike.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby HAKS » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:41 pm
I'm prob guilty of that, but I had to make up for the poor efforts on the flats .twizzle wrote: Tell that to all the people hammering up the hills.
I was slow. I'll blame my 12kg bike.
That bike is huge!
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby Ross » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:53 pm
I just checked it and it seems to work, maybe you need to cut and paste the complete URL into another browser windowtwizzle wrote:
Ross - your link doesn't work.
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Re: Amy's Ride - Canberra 14th March
Postby yyeric » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:59 pm
http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/produc ... _id=320829
wasn't my intention to pose for a photo, but i did make a U-turn to swing back to photographer's preferred distance for his 70-200 Canon lens though...
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