Tdu 2011 !!!!
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Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:52 pm
TdU 2011 Registration
Route is Norwood to Gumeracha to Balhannah to Macclesfield and finish in Strathalbyn.
Including a nuetral zone of 11km, total stage distance is 135km.
Stage map
KOM is Checkers Hill !!!!!!! Aaaaaarrggghhhh !!!!
Get training !!!!
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Strawburger » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:54 pm
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:11 pm
No idea yet. Don't think there will be a repeat of the carnage along the Milang/Lake Alexandria section, but the bigger worry may be the heat.Strawburger wrote:it's 30kms shorter than last year. any potential headwinds?
Reckon there will be plenty of training rides back up the gorge to Gumeracha and return ....
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Trev Campbell » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:13 pm
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby rustychisel » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:17 pm
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:28 pm
I guess that apart from Checkers Hill, is this stage classed as a "Rolling" stage ??
Stolen from Adelaide Cyclist ;
Just checked out Hillclimbr.com and they have two Checker Hill Climbs. They have described the two climbs as front and back. The back side is 1.2 km at 9 percent whereas the front is 600 metres at an average 14 percent. Torrens Hill Road would compare very similar to the longer back side of Checkers to give you an idea of what the easier side is like. Lucky the steeper side is only 600 metres (more or less straight up:)
Pic from 5aa website of 2009 TdU stage up Checkers Hill
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:49 pm
Fox Creek I can do, Checker Hill not so (unless I get some compact gearing)
I might do the Ride Like Crazy again, and give the TDU a miss.
Fox Creek (from Cudlee Creek-Lobethal Rd to KOM at Croft Rd
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Sumichino » Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:03 pm
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:18 pm
early prediction: mayhem all the way up Checker Hill as riders struggle and untidily dismount while others try to ride a few more metres before they too sucumb. Checker Hill was used once in the very early years of the TDU, but I think it is a poor choice for a KOM for the majority of the participants now riding this event.Sumichino wrote:I can imagine seeing a lot of people walking their bikes up Checker Hill.
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Dahondude » Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:35 pm
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby limetang » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:47 pm
Did BikeSA grand slam 3 the other week, so im familiar with the roads around meadows, strath. etc.
Should be fun!
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Patdys » Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:13 pm
With a 53/39, 23/11 I have to wind back and forth across the road to climb.
Can't see me doing that in a pack, even a walking pack.
Checkers is the most frightening looking hill I have climbed.
I reckon it is about the same as corkscrew and a little easier than sheoak, but bloody hell it looks daunting from the bottom.
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby by76 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:27 pm
If anyone wants to start up a regular weekend or after work training ride for this somewhere around the hills or gorge rd I'd be up for it (even coming over from Goodwood).
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby bionic wombat » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:24 am
Like wise minus the RAIN !!!!limetang wrote:Very keen... this would be my first tdu stage..... Should I be scared?
Did BikeSA grand slam 3 the other week, so im familiar with the roads around meadows, strath. etc.
Should be fun!
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby bionic wombat » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:25 am
if anyone can do willunga hill = repeat twice then Checkers is a cake walkPatdys wrote:Checkers could be interesting.
With a 53/39, 23/11 I have to wind back and forth across the road to climb.
Can't see me doing that in a pack, even a walking pack.
Checkers is the most frightening looking hill I have climbed.
I reckon it is about the same as corkscrew and a little easier than sheoak, but bloody hell it looks daunting from the bottom.
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby bionic wombat » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:28 am
would you have elevation map of Willunga Hill?Clydesdale Scot wrote:Checker Hill, approach from the west
Fox Creek I can do, Checker Hill not so (unless I get some compact gearing)
I might do the Ride Like Crazy again, and give the TDU a miss.
Fox Creek (from Cudlee Creek-Lobethal Rd to KOM at Croft Rd
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby MichaelB » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:54 am
From the numbers, Willunga & Checkers don't compare. Willunga is an average of about 7%, whereas Checkers is an AVERAGE of 14.2%, thank god it's only 600m long.
Agree with the dismounts, could get messy.
My aim would be to not walk, even if it means getting the 34T out, buying a 11-28 cassette and suitable RD.
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An easy to get to climb in the city that is slightly longer, but not as steep is Kensington Rd from the roundabout to the Lookout. Almost 11% avg and just over a km long.
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:39 pm
Oh yes, I like that one.bionic wombat wrote: would you have elevation map of Willunga Hill?
starts at Main Rd/High Street intersection, ends at top at Meadows Rd intersection.
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby MichaelB » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:56 pm
Agree. Since they resurfaced it, it's great fun going down tooClydesdale Scot wrote:Oh yes, I like that one.bionic wombat wrote: would you have elevation map of Willunga Hill?
starts at Main Rd/High Street intersection, ends at top at Meadows Rd intersection.
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby limetang » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:06 pm
Wish I was still riding my Giant with a Compact Triple Gruppo..... On Oppy it will be 53/25 all the way
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:51 pm
been down it, giving a little wave as I passed vehicles.limetang wrote:Does anyone know the elevation/gradient of Education Rd at Happy Valley?
Looks like I have a climb to do to log it for reference.
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby bionic wombat » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:48 am
Clydesdale Scot wrote:Oh yes, I like that one.bionic wombat wrote: would you have elevation map of Willunga Hill?
starts at Main Rd/High Street intersection, ends at top at Meadows Rd intersection.
BRILLIANT !
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby Sumichino » Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:19 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_of_Fl ... bled_hills
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koppenberg
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Re: Tdu 2011 !!!!
Postby rustychisel » Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:28 pm
Sumichino wrote:This is going to be a lot like a some of the hills in the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Specifically the Koppenberg. A short steep hill where the front of the peloton sprints to the bottom of the climb in order to get to the best position. It may not be cobbled or wet but a lot of the other characteristics are similar.
on the other hand, and without wanting to be too sanctimonious about it, IT ISN'T A RACE. If you want to race get a license and do it properly. Many of the problems I've seen on the TDU rides (done all but 2) are caused by riders who think they're hotfoot racers.
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