Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
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Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby whichway » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:42 am
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby Abby » Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:57 pm
Cheers,
Abby
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby clydesmcdale » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:24 am
Not exactly built for climbing, but practice make perfect right?
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby DTdotcom » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:01 am
Personally with repeats the main challenge is not dying of boredom.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby marinmomma » Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:00 pm
Congratulations, our group was running late due to one member getting a puncture half a k into our ride, otherwise we usually tack Mt G onto the end of our Tuesday loop....haven't done repeats there for a few weeks, must be time to work it back into my routine.clydesmcdale wrote:First time up the Vatt this morning. Live practically at the base of it and should have been up there before now. Not too bad, about as difficult as expected. Hoping I'll get a taste for it and want to do repeats.
Not exactly built for climbing, but practice make perfect right?
It will start getting busy there in the next couple of weeks as the Tri guys start getting back out on their bikes after their winter hibernation
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby whichway » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:50 am
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby DTdotcom » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:12 am
If you want to it's good to have the option, it depends what lap ur on.whichway wrote:Yes a good ride because you get to have a little rest half way up (on the flat bit)
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby GTRmon7 » Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:34 pm
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby DTdotcom » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:51 pm
Mt Gravatt is far easier than front Cootha which is far easier than back Cootha. My Mt Gravatt time is almost 3 mins quicker than Cootha back.GTRmon7 wrote:How does Mt Gravatt compare to Cootha? I've done Cootha before (slowly and painfully), would Mt Gravatt be a better or worse alternative to build climbing ability?
So in my opinion it would be a better starting point and go for as many reps as possible, which mountain is most convenient plays a big part.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby marinmomma » Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:39 pm
GTRmon7 wrote:How does Mt Gravatt compare to Cootha? I've done Cootha before (slowly and painfully), would Mt Gravatt be a better or worse alternative to build climbing ability?
I've found that going to Coot-Tha on a regular basis has helped my climbing and riding in general...Mt G is easier I can do 4-5 repeats there, I'm a very long way from being able to do that on Coot-Tha
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby clydesmcdale » Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:41 pm
Been ill lately and the lungs are still recovering. Lungs felt good, legs not so much.
Went up on a whim wearing the commuting back pack and also with the carbon clinchers on. Nice morning for it and now I’m under 100kg I seem a little quicker and the climbing is improving. Not yet ready for a repeat. But hope to soon. Descent was fine on the carbons with the yellow swissstops... not too much braking which is always fun.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby Big_Red » Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:56 pm
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby briztoon » Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:05 pm
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby clydesmcdale » Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:09 pm
Didn't notice any wind to speak of.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby clydesmcdale » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:55 am
First 500 out of the saddle for a bit of power and a quick start, second 500m is reasonably tough (for me) just spinning trying to keep the cadence up, third 500 is easy as the terrain flattens out a touch, then the final 500 is a little tougher as the fatigue starts to set in. Didn’t need as much time at the top for recovery before heading back down... may or may not have gone alot faster than before on the descent.
Didn’t have time for a repeat but reckon I’ll be doing them soon if I keep at it. Plan is to lose another 10kg, so the hills will help that.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby Crawf » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:31 pm
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby clydesmcdale » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:52 am
Just a couple of spots of loose gravel here and there. Not a problem on the way up and nothing too much to be concerned with on the way down if taking it easy. Won't be taking a full speed descent until the road is cleared of all the debris.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby Venus62 » Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:44 am
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby DTdotcom » Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:07 am
There's no prizes for getting down in a hurry, especially when then's a lot of bike traffic, debris, gravel on the road and the gate is shut for most of the morning.
If I do push on the pedals going down it's when I have the mtn to myself.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby Venus62 » Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:26 am
Thanks Dimma. For me it's more a matter of releasing my death grip on the brakes rather than actively pedalling!Dimma wrote:Nice work, just stick at it, and your times will improve.
There's no prizes for getting down in a hurry, especially when then's a lot of bike traffic, debris, gravel on the road and the gate is shut for most of the morning.
If I do push on the pedals going down it's when I have the mtn to myself.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby marinmomma » Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:09 pm
Venus62 wrote:I've done Mt Gravatt three times now; twice in a row yesterday. For someone who has always avoided hills, I was pleased to be able to make it up without stopping, but it was embarrassing how slow I was; especially compared to the others who whizzed past me! Also still gaining confidence in descending but actually got above 40kph yesterday. I know improvement will only come with practice.
Keep at it and Coottha will start calling...and your speed will improve!
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby Venus62 » Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:21 pm
If it starts calling I'll be sticking my fingers in my ears! At least for a while yet...marinmomma wrote:Venus62 wrote:I've done Mt Gravatt three times now; twice in a row yesterday. For someone who has always avoided hills, I was pleased to be able to make it up without stopping, but it was embarrassing how slow I was; especially compared to the others who whizzed past me! Also still gaining confidence in descending but actually got above 40kph yesterday. I know improvement will only come with practice.
Keep at it and Coottha will start calling...and your speed will improve!
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby clydesmcdale » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:28 am
Will keep an eye out as I pass the entrance to the climb every day on my commute, for when it's open again.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby Venus62 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:26 pm
Thanks for letting us know. I've been giving it a miss due to the weather but am keen to start again if we even see the sun again.clydesmcdale wrote:Been keen for a few repeats this week, but not keen for the decent on loose gravel and wet patches as is common accross the Mt Gravatt climb after rain. However went to pull in this morning and noticed the road is closed. Enough of an excuse not to do it for me. Not sure if closed only to cars or temporary works are occuring. Looked fine when I went up last week.
Will keep an eye out as I pass the entrance to the climb every day on my commute, for when it's open again.
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Re: Mt Gravatt Hill Climb this morning
Postby marinmomma » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:35 pm
Darn there goes my plan for the morning if it was fine...clydesmcdale wrote:Been keen for a few repeats this week, but not keen for the decent on loose gravel and wet patches as is common accross the Mt Gravatt climb after rain. However went to pull in this morning and noticed the road is closed. Enough of an excuse not to do it for me. Not sure if closed only to cars or temporary works are occuring. Looked fine when I went up last week.
Will keep an eye out as I pass the entrance to the climb every day on my commute, for when it's open again.
Was it closed or was the gate still closed? If the gate is closed you can still get up as there is a opening on the right just wide enough for a bike to get through.
I wonder that if after all this rain there has been some damage to the road...there is a small section on the up-track just before the half-way mark where it looked to be some subsidence occuring in the road.
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