Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
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Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby arkle » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:40 pm
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby liamb » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:53 pm
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby MichaelB » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:57 am
Sadly, my community riding days are behind me. I'll be riding a coastal loop on sunday.
Good luck and safe riding to those that are doing it. Weather looks a treat.
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby Dahondude » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:15 pm
That's the very reason not to do it! Bring back the Coast to Coast!arkle wrote:Surely it's worth it for that alone?
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby alex » Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:35 pm
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby Unko » Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:54 pm
That was nice for me a I lived in Victa. Seen a few riders do the looop backwards after they came down to Victa. To hard core for me thoDahondude wrote:That's the very reason not to do it! Bring back the Coast to Coast!arkle wrote:Surely it's worth it for that alone?
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby arkle » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:03 am
You're right - that is probably going to annoy car drivers. I'm going to smile and wave thank you to them.alex wrote:closing the south eastern freeway seems like a great way for cyclists to win the hearts and minds of the non cycling plublic
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby U2adam!!! » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:37 pm
But keep in mind this is at 8.30am to I guess about 9.30am... on a Sunday morning... in Adelaide....arkle wrote:You're right - that is probably going to annoy car drivers. I'm going to smile and wave thank you to them.alex wrote:closing the south eastern freeway seems like a great way for cyclists to win the hearts and minds of the non cycling plublic
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I apologise in advance to all 3 drivers who will be out and about at that time in the morning heading into the hills.
This will be my first community ride so I'm looking forward to it.
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby you cannot be sirrus » Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:58 pm
I think it a bit confusing when 99% of the time cyclist want to share the roads equally with our motoring friends but today we delight in excluding them so we can ride around for a bit of fun. Can't see many positives in that long term
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby arkle » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:35 pm
Well I thought it was an excellent event, with 35km of closed roads through some of the nicest countryside in Australia, and the refreshment stops were superb. The climb back up through Verdun/Bridgewater/Crafers/Piccadilly was an absolute sod, with a lot of people off the bikes and walking, but overall it was a very nice ride. I felt sorry for a guy at Ashton who'd had a front flat and taken a bad fall onto his knee - he was being carried to an ambulance on a stretcher when I was there.you cannot be sirrus wrote:I was tempted by this but decided to race instead, riding through the tunnels has little appeal but the novelty of it will no doubt attract a few riders.
I think it a bit confusing when 99% of the time cyclist want to share the roads equally with our motoring friends but today we delight in excluding them so we can ride around for a bit of fun. Can't see many positives in that long term
The cars were mostly tolerant of having to wait for us all to pass by, with a few notable exceptions - the worst being a little yellow hatchback forcing all the way up the second lane of Glen Osmond Road, beeping its horn and making all the riders move out of the way, despite the fact that we were on a closed road under police escort.
Well done to everyone who finished the ride
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Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby r11ss » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:01 pm
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby Daccordi Rider » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:10 pm
Thanks to the organisers.
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
Postby U2adam!!! » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:24 pm
Was anyone else in the group that passed by the ambulance (after being waved by)? That was serious fun.
Thanks to all who put the show together and well done to all the riders who did their best no matter the distance.
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Re: Boileau VeloAdelaide 2012
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