Kinglake Genovese 2012
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby danny the boy » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:39 pm
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby zakka101 » Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:27 pm
i am doing this solo so if anyone would like to meet up prior and ride keep me company that would be sweet!! i think i am in the under 4.5hours wave.
hows everyones training been? i havent ridden kinglake in about 5 weeks so am going to be rusty, so guess i'll see how i go!
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby marty_one » Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:29 pm
Not sure that you will need to meet up with people, last year there were plenty of friendly people out there that will chat.zakka101 wrote:i am doing this solo so if anyone would like to meet up prior and ride keep me company that would be sweet!! i think i am in the under 4.5hours wave.
hows everyones training been? i havent ridden kinglake in about 5 weeks so am going to be rusty, so guess i'll see how i go!
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby marty_one » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:48 am
You don't have to do anything before hand. This is a recreational ride, the only thing you need to do is make sure you have your supplied kinglake 2012 jersey on (for medical, sag wagon and bike mechanic support), have you bib and sticker on. Other than that, turn up and because of the current forecast prepared to get wet!!!danny the boy wrote:Doing solo as well but in the under 4 hrs group. I seem to have misplaced my email but is there any kind of registration or anything beforehand or do you find the starting group your in and make sure you have all the stuff from the mailout on?
Also make sure that you have appropriate layers on, last year a lot of people were caught out and as a result they ended up suffering from hypothermia because of how cold they were. Some of those people caught out were in the 4 and 4.5 hour groups.
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby marty_one » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:25 pm
There has been no official communication from supersprint about any changes to the date. It would have to be severe weather for the date to be changed.pauls51 wrote:Have they changed it to Sunday???
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby zakka101 » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:37 pm
if they have changed it to sunday, i am going to go to the you yangs yowie enduro, really wanted to ride it but only found out after i had paid for kinglake. shattered.pauls51 wrote:Have they changed it to Sunday???
but that'll suck if its on sunday, 115k then a bball final. worst ( ive done that before, but not a final just regular game ehhhh )
also marty you are right, there will be heaps of people around so it should be a good day all round.
though ive never ridden in a bunch before so i will have to be cautious i guess....
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby marty_one » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:24 pm
I don't think that they will have anything to worry about and will leave the date as is, for the forecast charts on the BOM and the more recent update to the weather zone forecast as well as the 28 day rain forecast on weather zone I reckons the chances of last years weather is extremely unlikely and will only be light rain if we get any.
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby marty_one » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:22 pm
Beware there is road works going on, on Plenty Road in south morang. You could get around it by either heading up Epping Road or via Doreen using yan yean road.
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby zakka101 » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:23 pm
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby clackers » Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:44 pm
I'm sure people waiting in the wet and cold appreciated the CBD Cycles vans, who did their share of tube changes but I saw one case where the cranks were taken out.
I felt good doing my first one of these but didn't finish until 2.30, which now has me pessimistic about the 210k ATB in a couple of weeks time.
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby marty_one » Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:11 pm
if we didnt have that constant rain after 12pm the descent back down to whittlesea would of been fantastic.
I only counted 2 wombats and 1 wallaby (looked too small to be a kanagroo, even a young one).
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby zakka101 » Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:50 pm
descent into whittlesea was amazing, loved it ( have ridden it a few times ) and barely pedalled through.
all up, 115k in 4hr2min. was a good day in the saddle. the weather was okay, obviously could have been better but oh well. people were very friendly, i hope the people doing the 115k on the tandem bike had a good time!
saw 8 wombats myself.
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby pdundee » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:52 am
Looking forward to ATB in a few weeks time, hopefully the rain stays away this year.
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby Toyopet » Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:46 pm
I saw many wombats and smelt a lot more. Fortunately it wasn't a stinking hot day.
This was my first ride in the area and the hillls and scenery were very enjoyable. An unexpected highlight was the delicious cinammon fruitcake being given away by the volunteer caravan at the Glenburn rest stop (Would love the recipe for this one). Others and I were disappointed that the same fruitcake wasn't available at the Flowerdale or Kinglake West rest stops. The usual bananas, applies and lollies were still welcome energy boosters for the return back to Whittlesea.
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby drcolossus1 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:37 pm
Finished a bit after 1pm so missed my 5 hour goal by about 10 minutes or so. Stopped at every rest stop and stayed a bit longer at the last one at the drum fire trying to get some feelings into my fingers, I was struggling to use the brakes! So cutting those out I would have cruised it in but damn I enjoyed those stops
Kinglake climb was good, rode up at my own pace, didn't set the climb on fire but did a pb of 33 minutes. Considering I'm 6"4' and 115 kg on a $300 used bike from ebay, I thought that was pretty good.
The second climb was a different story. About 1 km up I was feeling good and was overtaking a fair few people who had blown and I got a bit cocky pushed a bit hard and blew badly with a km to go. At that point the rain started hard and I was off the seat doing about 8km/hr
Was doing 60km down the descent into Whittlesea following another rider by about 15 meters or so. It was absolutely pouring. We came around a slight bend and the guy infront has yelled and swerved to the other side of the road. I then saw a girl descending at about 20km/hr. I had no time and I swerved and braked at the same time. Fishied and slid for a good 2 seconds before getting past her and stablizing. All good but gave me one hell if a shock.
So glad to finish. As I was riding in I contemplated giving my bike to the first person I saw BUT after an hour or so I was so proud to have finished it i started planning for next year. Will hopefully have more training in my legs by then and destroy 5 hours!
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Re: Kinglake Genovese 2012
Postby drcolossus1 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:42 pm
AND it has finally begun, the attack of the wombats that has always been on the brink of happening. No idea that there was that many wombats total. They have been secretly increasing their numbers getting ready for the takeover. Only explanation!
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