Redlands Classic Ride
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Redlands Classic Ride
Postby fionahills » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:36 am
has anyone done the 50km - if so could you let me know if it is suitable for a novice getting ready for B2GC? Just wondering how lumpy it is? Still useless at deciphering the elevation profiles provided - thanks so much
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby brett.hooker » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:50 am
My wife (lexie) and I drove the 50km course yesterday and I can assure you that it will be fine for you. There are a couple of hills, but they are straight forward. Definitely a great warm up for you.
Lexie is doing the 50km, and that will be her first ever real road ride. Maybe you could ride along with her and give her some comforting tips!!!
I will be doing the 100km as a warm up for the gc ride.
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:52 pm
We're also hoping to have about a half a dozen bikes for the Bris2GC ride, again keeping with the Raturday Retro theme, we're more about the social aspect of riding rather than trying to prove a point or set a new 'striva' benchmark.
We're not difficult to find, we're the older (some like me are old) guys on the old retro bikes, hopefully for the GC ride we'll have our Retro Riders jersey's.
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby fionahills » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:18 pm
I am on a black, purple and white giant, one daughter on bright red & white fuji and another on a silver blue and white giant.
not sure if my hubby will make it yet -
hopefully we can find each other - thanks so much for all the help and support - you guys are terrific
fiona
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby brett.hooker » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:31 pm
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Crittski » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:54 pm
Anyone else do the ride in the wet last year?? It was that ride that prompted me to import a Volagi road bike with disc brakes after a couple of sketchy stopping incidents!! Man did it pour!!
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby fionahills » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:20 pm
I meant to say that if we can find each other I would be happy to ride with Lexie - Charlotte (youngest daughter17) only got her road bike a week ago - and I have only done a couple of group rides - last year - so we can all be beginners together.
as usual thanks to everyone for the advice and encouragement
fiona
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:57 pm
My guess is we'll probably run around or just over 20kph, so really easy pace.
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby fionahills » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:06 pm
we will be the bleary eyed ones - silver navarra -4 bikes on it
see you there - ps had to ask what a down shifter was - duh!!! you can tell I'm new!!!!
fiona
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby brett.hooker » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:24 pm
I have a 19 year old light grey shogun metro with red panea rack and just a top panea bag tomorrow. I will be wearing a daggy yellow hi vis shirt... (No jerseys in my collection yet)
Lexie has a medium blue Avanti discovery flatbar.
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:50 pm
Except I'll be running the aero spoke front wheel in it, number 687.
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Dan » Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:56 pm
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby brett.hooker » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:11 pm
Brett is number 408
See you all in a couple of hours...
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Dan » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:19 pm
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Wazza » Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:36 am
Wal,
We expect to see some video footage without expletives, remember the fine system
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Dan » Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:18 am
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:50 am
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby vaeske » Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:18 pm
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:38 pm
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby brett.hooker » Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:04 pm
This was lexie's first group ride and her first time on the road. She did the 50k in 2:53.
I turned out the lights when I got home on the 100km... 4:40 for me... 21kph average, which beats what I had hoped for so I am super happy.
Gorgeous morning for riding and it was awesome to see so many other cycling fans in enjoying the day.
See y'all in three weeks time...
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Crittski » Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:17 pm
What did they do to you??diggerdantheman wrote:Except for the customary team kit tossers and all-round wheel sucking douches, it was great!
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Dan » Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:13 pm
They forgot that it was all in support of charity. Was slightly amused to see the frustration at traffic lights screwing up strava segments. All a bit too serious, but that was the exception to the rule. All in all a great morning.Crittski wrote:What did they do to you??diggerdantheman wrote:Except for the customary team kit tossers and all-round wheel sucking douches, it was great!
Re: wheel sucking - last thing I want is some guy (whose habits of which I know nothing) sitting 5cm off my wheel...
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:41 pm
It would be nice if you would ask someone if they mind you sitting that close to their rear wheel, I purposely rode along the rough "pave`" section of the road to prevent the guy sitting on my back wheel, but why should someone spoil the enjoyment of anothers ride, if I don't want a total stranger sitting 5cms from the rear wheel of my bike then why should I be forced to endure it, the same applies to anyone else. It's a charity ride, people do these to support a charity & have a little bit of fun, not to risk an accident because someone rides right on their wheel.
Do you feel you have the right to spoil somebody else's time just because you think you have the right to draft them?
I rode with Dan the whole ride, I didn't suck his wheel, he didn't suck mine, we ride together every week so have a fair trust in each others ability, if I was going to sit on his wheel I'd let him know that I was there, if he wasn't comfortable with that then he'd say so & I'd sit beside him. I don't have the right to force him (or anyone else for that matter) to be a wind break for me when I'm riding, it's all about common courtesy.
I'm 50 years old, riding a 30 year old bike, if you have to suck my rear wheel on your 1 or 2 year old Italian bike, in your full matching Italian Pro Team kit, then in my opinion, you had better have a good hard look at your training regime, because it is obviously not working very well for you.
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby fionahills » Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:35 pm
it was a lovely morning - Tony and Kate had a great ride, charlotte found it a little lumpy (only her second ride on new bike) and she pulled the pin early - so we only did 40km (its a mother's job to stay with her kids - drat it) - but we averaged 19.8kph which was pretty good for her and me too - she was very disappointed not to make the 50 - even though we all told her how well she had done - so we came home and did another 30km this afternoon with another daughter -
Sorry did not see anyone to say hi - think I caught sight of Wal but waited at the back to start so there was no chance of getting caught out with cleat problems -
found them to be great - no problems so now happy for gold coast ride in them and have decided that hills are my friends!! if you go up you get to come down and that is great fun
thanks for all the tips - glad no-one was hurt - anyone see the accident at the round about? hopefully poor girl is OK
see you at B2GC
fiona
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Re: Redlands Classic Ride
Postby Dan » Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:44 am
That's exactly how I approach them too Fiona - with the added thought that the faster one goes up, the sooner one gets to come down...fionahills wrote:have decided that hills are my friends!! if you go up you get to come down and that is great fun!
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