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Route is Norwood to Gumeracha to Balhannah to Macclesfield and finish in Strathalbyn.
Including a nuetral zone of 11km, total stage distance is 135km.
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KOM is Checkers Hill !!!!!!!




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Postby MichaelB » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:52 pm
Postby Strawburger » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:54 pm
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:11 pm
Strawburger wrote:it's 30kms shorter than last year. any potential headwinds?
Postby Trev Campbell » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:13 pm
Postby rustychisel » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:17 pm
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:28 pm
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:49 pm
Postby Sumichino » Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:03 pm
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:18 pm
Sumichino wrote:I can imagine seeing a lot of people walking their bikes up Checker Hill.
Postby Dahondude » Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:35 pm
Postby limetang » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:47 pm
Postby Patdys » Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:13 pm
Postby by76 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:27 pm
Postby bionic wombat » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:24 am
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!
Postby bionic wombat » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:25 am
Patdys 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.
Postby bionic wombat » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:28 am
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
Postby MichaelB » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:54 am
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:39 pm
bionic wombat wrote:would you have elevation map of Willunga Hill?
Postby MichaelB » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:56 pm
Clydesdale Scot wrote:bionic wombat wrote:would you have elevation map of Willunga Hill?
Oh yes, I like that one.
starts at Main Rd/High Street intersection, ends at top at Meadows Rd intersection.
Postby limetang » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:06 pm
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:51 pm
limetang wrote:Does anyone know the elevation/gradient of Education Rd at Happy Valley?
Postby alex » Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:01 pm
Postby bionic wombat » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:48 am
Clydesdale Scot wrote:bionic wombat wrote:would you have elevation map of Willunga Hill?
Oh yes, I like that one.
starts at Main Rd/High Street intersection, ends at top at Meadows Rd intersection.
Postby Sumichino » Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:19 pm
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.
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