Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
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Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby kimmie » Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:22 pm
A work mate invited me to join him to ride from Warburton to Lilydale tomorrow... It will be his first time as well hence he doesn't know what sort of surface the trail has. Besides, it won't bother him too much as he rides an MTB.
Anyone knows whether it's a compacted dirt or bitumen? Kinda hates ride on compacted dirt as it makes my chain dirty.
Many thanks... happy long weekend and ride safe to everyone!
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby Mulger bill » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:42 pm
Perfect motivation for N+1...
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby grasshopper » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:55 pm
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby kimmie » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:29 pm
LOL.. I know... especially after today's gloomy day...Mulger bill wrote:Showers forecast, yer gonna get a dirty chain anyway
Perfect motivation for N+1...
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby kimmie » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:30 pm
Thanks grasshopper... I use 700x25... should be okay-ish?grasshopper wrote:It's Lilydale toppings, which is essentially a fairly fine compacted gravel. Grades are gentle so it doesn't turn to mud or wash out. People do it on roadies but some extra tyre width makes it more relaxing.
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby Mulger bill » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:40 pm
Yep. Just shift your weight back a bit for any soft sections and you should have a ball.kimmie wrote:Thanks grasshopper... I use 700x25... should be okay-ish?grasshopper wrote:It's Lilydale toppings, which is essentially a fairly fine compacted gravel. Grades are gentle so it doesn't turn to mud or wash out. People do it on roadies but some extra tyre width makes it more relaxing.
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:44 pm
The warburton trail was the reason I purchased (well its on layby) a MTB, no way I am taking the Felt on anything but bitumen or concreteMulger bill wrote:Showers forecast, yer gonna get a dirty chain anyway
Perfect motivation for N+1...
End of July I will have it paid off and first weekend after that, home to warburton & back is on the cards
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby il padrone » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:02 pm
No punctures, no worries.
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby VRE » Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:18 pm
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby lloyd83 » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:12 pm
Will be doing this trail overnight in a couple of weeks where my missus and I both have steel framed roadies with 28C slicks. I'll set the pressure down to 50-60psi and it should be happy days? Anyone else with other advice.
Also we're 30-31yrs so we shouldn't need a spoon full of cement to harden up for a roadie on this trail
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby kukamunga » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:15 pm
Dirt on your bike? Try and avoid the horse poo if you can!
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby djw47 » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:37 pm
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby lloyd83 » Wed May 08, 2013 3:25 pm
The main challenge is not to stop at too many wineries on the way, otherwise the food and wine makes the ride feel a bit sluggish
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Re: Warburton - Lilydale Trail on a road bike
Postby yarravalleyplodder » Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:36 pm
If it wasnt for the bloody head wind all the way home it would have been the perfect friday morning
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