2012 Alpine Sufferfest
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby Chuck » Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:43 am
P.S I know Greg is a man of his word so there's no way he'll put the 28 on now
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby stickgc » Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:47 pm
I know I'm going to look like a silly duffer, but I've had to rethink that. Just as I was about to melt the 28 cassette down to a paper weight (since I don't need it to ride up any hills- the 25 will do) I realised that it is an 11-28. Unfortunately my other cassette is 12-25. So I'm worried that I'm going to lose too much at the fast end and will fall too far behind on the decents. I suck at decending and need all the help I can get.Chuck wrote:Well Greg made a declaration this morning that would bring a tear to the eye of a hard man like Bandito. Having studied the parcours for next weekend Greg stated that there was "nothing too steep" involved and it would be "an easy few days" and that he "wouldn't even bother putting the 28 on the back". So he's going to Jindy with 39/25 as his low gear More power to you I say
P.S I know Greg is a man of his word so there's no way he'll put the 28 on now
So I might *have* to take the 28 after all . I'll just have to try to stay away from the lower gears. Promise...
PS And NO I can't just swap the 11 and 12 gears around. Uneven wear and all that...
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby eon » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:21 pm
the XT 10 speed mtb groupsets go to 36 i think.
So if you have a compact like chucky 40/28 its almost a 1:1 with the big chainring...
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby NotFlyingScot » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:37 am
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby Spiza » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:42 pm
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby aeroslave » Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:05 pm
Its better to have it and not need it than to not finish the ride
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby aeroslave » Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:14 pm
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby leximack » Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:42 pm
its at jindabyne and earlyaeroslavebigbelly wrote:By the way guys....what time is the meeting place and where?
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby eon » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:19 pm
hehe lol... but really what we doing ??? cant beleive its this week.. woooohooooo...leximack wrote:its at jindabyne and earlyaeroslavebigbelly wrote:By the way guys....what time is the meeting place and where?
please dont rain !!please dont rain !!please dont rain !! pleeeeeaaasseee.
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby stickgc » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:29 pm
At this stage all we know is Spiz is taking most of the bikes and Bandito will need to take the rest. Haven't heard from Bandito mind you, so I hope he's OK with that
We'll need to take one more car and that will come down to a knife fight between me and Sandy. Do you want to go in a quiet, comfortable car or a really noisey, reasonably comfy one?
Greg
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby eon » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:56 pm
me likes the noisy one that occasionally sneezes..stickgc wrote:There's been a bit of discussion about travel arrangements, but nothing solid yet. We're all guys, so we'll leave it to the last minute no doubt
At this stage all we know is Spiz is taking most of the bikes and Bandito will need to take the rest. Haven't heard from Bandito mind you, so I hope he's OK with that
We'll need to take one more car and that will come down to a knife fight between me and Sandy. Do you want to go in a quiet, comfortable car or a really noisey, reasonably comfy one?
Greg
so should I take the bike to Spizas ? Meeting up with Don Thur night - might be easier for me to bring both the Cervelo & CellVello (borrowed Dons MTB on the weekend) to Spizas thursday night ???
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby Chuck » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:16 pm
You'll need itaeroslavebigbelly wrote:I am not going to bite with this macho bravado stuff I am bringing my 27T buwahahahaha
Its better to have it and not need it than to not finish the ride
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby aeroslave » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:22 pm
I plan to get the wheels i am buying off Ehly on Thursday. Might have to drop off my bike to Spiza as well. Ehly, let me know.
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby eon » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:24 pm
can all meet at Spizas - if thats ok with him. Spiz ???.aeroslavebigbelly wrote:Thanks Chuck...i know lol!
I plan to get the wheels i am buying off Ehly on Thursday. Might have to drop off my bike to Spiza as well. Ehly, let me know.
=) I'll bring the wheelset Lu..
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby NotFlyingScot » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:57 am
I can drop my bike over to Spiza for him to take down in the van sometime this week. That would mean Ehly going with Spiza in the van along with their own bikes, my bike and Don's bike.
I can pick up Greg and his bike Friday morning. I'm getting a new hat so I can drive in the right hand lane all the way to Canberra at 90 kph and Greg can make sure I drive on to the expressway slip roads on the correct carraigeway!
How does this suit everyone? Just need to sort out pick up time amongst ourselves. Suggest we want to be on the road by 7.00, it's 450 km to Jindabyne from here and I assume we want to get in a leisurely roll up to Charlottes Pass when we get down there and still have time for shopping and dinner etc
S.
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby stickgc » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:55 pm
I'll just say it quietly, but the weather forecast for this weekend has improved.
Greg
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby leximack » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:33 pm
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby stickgc » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:15 pm
That's a bummer Donny Doesn't sound good, but I hope you make a super fast recovery.leximack wrote:Had a work accident today and tore the crap out of the ligaments in my left foot. Currently on crutches so hoping for the best that I am healed by Friday
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby bmxbandito » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:54 pm
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby aeroslave » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:01 am
Get well Don!
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby eon » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:15 am
bmxbandito wrote:Just frisbeed the 39 onto the workbench which just leaves the 53 up front
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby stickgc » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:24 pm
Don't worry Ehly, he's just setting up his excuses for when you beat him up those small hillseon wrote:bmxbandito wrote:Just frisbeed the 39 onto the workbench which just leaves the 53 up front
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby Georgey » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:03 pm
Hey bmxbandito!! I've hung onto that old Giant like you told me to. You remember the one that you said not to update because of my riding ability!! Yeh that one. Dont worry those words of wisdom did not scar me in any way......
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Re: 2012 Alpine Sufferfest
Postby Chuck » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:45 pm
You'd get dropped coming out of the drivewayGeorgey wrote:Damm! I would love to join you with my compact crank and all but I'm washing my hair(on my legs). Damm that hair!!
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