coops wrote:What an awesome day for an awesome ride! Many thanks to Don for setting up the trip, and also for patiently waiting for me at the top of each climb/bottom of each descent.
Some highlights for me...
- Making it up each climb (eventually). I think we even did all the ones Don wanted to do?
- Seeing Don get dive bombed by a magpie when descending from Kurrajong at about 60kph, then getting hit on the back of the helmet by the same bird.
- Appreciating the views from the lookouts more when you've ridden up from the bottom.
- Facing Old Bathurst Rd with 100k+ in the legs.
- Saying yes to the Lapstone climb after Old Bathurst.
- Setting some personal-worsts on m7 strava segments in the limp home.
- Most climbing I've done in a ride.
- Longest ride I've done. First metric and imperial century.
- Best post ride shower ever.
lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
- Chuck
- Posts: 4376
- Joined: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:19 pm
- Location: Hiding in the bunch
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby Chuck » Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:22 pm
- zozza
- Posts: 4133
- Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:58 pm
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby zozza » Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:56 pm
Chuck wrote:coops wrote:What an awesome day for an awesome ride! Many thanks to Don for setting up the trip, and also for patiently waiting for me at the top of each climb/bottom of each descent.
Some highlights for me...
- Making it up each climb (eventually). I think we even did all the ones Don wanted to do?
- Seeing Don get dive bombed by a magpie when descending from Kurrajong at about 60kph, then getting hit on the back of the helmet by the same bird.
- Appreciating the views from the lookouts more when you've ridden up from the bottom.
- Facing Old Bathurst Rd with 100k+ in the legs.
- Saying yes to the Lapstone climb after Old Bathurst.
- Setting some personal-worsts on m7 strava segments in the limp home.
- Most climbing I've done in a ride.
- Longest ride I've done. First metric and imperial century.
- Best post ride shower ever.
+1
-
- Posts: 177
- Joined: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:07 am
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby joomz » Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:22 pm
- coops
- Posts: 107
- Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:53 am
- Location: Lalor Park
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby coops » Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:46 pm
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/228829363" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;joomz wrote:Well done, sounds like a solid ride! Got a Garmin or strava link to post? I'd like to try it sometime...
- Xplora
- Posts: 8272
- Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:33 am
- Location: TL;DR
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby Xplora » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:17 pm
- leximack
- Posts: 3400
- Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:14 pm
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby leximack » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:01 am
Until next time......
Sent from my X10i using Tapatalk 2
- Spiza
- Posts: 1983
- Joined: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:46 pm
- Location: Castle Hill, NSW
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby Spiza » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:22 am
What happened to doing "Glenbrook causeway (both sides)"? Looks like you have some unfinished business...
- biker jk
- Posts: 7010
- Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:18 pm
- Location: Sydney
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby biker jk » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:34 am
- coops
- Posts: 107
- Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:53 am
- Location: Lalor Park
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby coops » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:19 pm
Sheesh, what an oversight! Please make sure you come along for the ride next time Spiz to make sure we don't make any similar mistakesSpiza wrote:What happened to doing "Glenbrook causeway (both sides)"? Looks like you have some unfinished business...
-
- Posts: 985
- Joined: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:31 pm
- Location: Sydney
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby rogan » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:51 pm
- coops
- Posts: 107
- Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:53 am
- Location: Lalor Park
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby coops » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:05 pm
Don asked me the same question at the end of the ride. I found it really hard to be objective. The standouts were...rogan wrote:A question guys, what was the hardest climb, and where did Bowen Mountain fit in?
Bowen. It was the first climb of the day and I knew there were plenty more ahead. I was getting worried seeing Don disappearing in the distance as I was dying from lack of breath .
Old Bathurst. There's no room on the road shoulder and a fair stream of cars. At the start one of my legs gave a twinge clearly indicating that it'd prefer to be on the sofa in front of the TV . We'd just done the Mitchells Pass descent which seemed to go on for a while and it set up the expectation that the climb was going to continue similarly. Thankfully it was shorter though steeper. It sounded like the cars were struggling getting up that one.
I guess Old Bathurst felt a little steeper than the steepest bit of Bowen, but it's relatively short. On the day it was great having the variety of the different climbs.
Sounds interesting. Any garmin/strava of that one?biker jk wrote:That's a great ride guys. I did 2,000m of climbing and 162km on Monday with some friends. Our route was Hornsby-Galston Gorge-Wiseman's Ferry-Mangrove Mt-Peats Ridge-Calga-Hornsby. Perfect weather for a ride.
- leximack
- Posts: 3400
- Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:14 pm
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby leximack » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:19 pm
dont worry about him Chris, he's just jealouscoops wrote:Sheesh, what an oversight! Please make sure you come along for the ride next time Spiz to make sure we don't make any similar mistakesSpiza wrote:What happened to doing "Glenbrook causeway (both sides)"? Looks like you have some unfinished business...
- leximack
- Posts: 3400
- Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:14 pm
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby leximack » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:31 pm
my order from toughest to softess (not sure if softess is a word but im sticking with it )rogan wrote:A question guys, what was the hardest climb, and where did Bowen Mountain fit in?
Bowen
Old Bathurst Road (OBR)
Bellbird
hawkesbury lookout
Lapstone
Bowen is hardest as you have about 7km of climbing (gentle grade but still climbing) before you get to the steep stuff. Its would be a tough climb to do at the end of a ride. The last 500m is genuinely steep with out of the saddle grinding at super low cadence
OBR is steep as bowen (probably a bit more possibly) but its fairly short and no climbing before the actual climb itself so you can hit it fairly fresh. Tough as has no shoulder whatsoever and busy with cars. If you need to stop and recover your in trouble. Lots of out of the saddle grinding.
Bellbird is possibly longer than the rest ?? but the gradients are not too bad. You can sit and spin up 95% of it
Hawkesbury lookout is easy and can sit and spin up all of it. No super high grades
Lapstone is a sit and spin also.
There all good climbs in the own way. I prefer these climbs than the gorges as the gorge gradients are too low, i like to get out off the saddle and grind up 20% rather than sit and spin on a 10% climb.
- NotFlyingScot
- Posts: 1263
- Joined: Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:36 pm
- Location: Kings Langley
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby NotFlyingScot » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:18 pm
Macho Manleximack wrote:
i like to get out off the saddle and grind up 20%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nnjcKr1UR4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I understand this was recorded the last time the boys went down to Jindabyne for some "grinding" Ahem
It's just an ugly rumour that I'm on piano accordian.
-
- Posts: 177
- Joined: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:07 am
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby joomz » Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:53 pm
Just did a couple of those climbs myself - they're beauties. Got hit probably by that same grumpy magpie on the way down from Kurrajong. First in the back then in the helmet. First time I've actually been hit by one - I've only ever had warning swoops before. Good thing the road was wet and I was concentrating on not losing it on the descent, so didn't have the headspace to worry about the magpie!coops wrote: Some highlights for me...
- Making it up each climb (eventually). I think we even did all the ones Don wanted to do?
- Seeing Don get dive bombed by a magpie when descending from Kurrajong at about 60kph, then getting hit on the back of the helmet by the same bird.
...
- TimW
- Posts: 1361
- Joined: Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:37 pm
- Location: Near the M7C
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby TimW » Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:50 pm
Strong riding Joomz Top effort. The gorge looks like a little bump lol.Thats a HTFU ride for sure.Timjoomz wrote:Just did a couple of those climbs myself - they're beauties. Got hit probably by that same grumpy magpie on the way down from Kurrajong. First in the back then in the helmet. First time I've actually been hit by one - I've only ever had warning swoops before. Good thing the road was wet and I was concentrating on not losing it on the descent, so didn't have the headspace to worry about the magpie!coops wrote: Some highlights for me...
- Making it up each climb (eventually). I think we even did all the ones Don wanted to do?
- Seeing Don get dive bombed by a magpie when descending from Kurrajong at about 60kph, then getting hit on the back of the helmet by the same bird.
...
-
- Posts: 177
- Joined: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:07 am
Re: lower mountains ridathon Monday Public Holiday
Postby joomz » Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:35 pm
- General Australian Cycling Topics
- Info / announcements
- Buying a bike / parts
- General Cycling Discussion
- The Bike Shed
- Cycling Health
- Cycling Safety and Advocacy
- Women's Cycling
- Bike & Gear Reviews
- Cycling Trade
- Stolen Bikes
- Bicycle FAQs
- The Market Place
- Member to Member Bike and Gear Sales
- Want to Buy, Group Buy, Swap
- My Bikes or Gear Elsewhere
- Serious Biking
- Audax / Randonneuring
- Retro biking
- Commuting
- MTB
- Recumbents
- Fixed Gear/ Single Speed
- Track
- Electric Bicycles
- Cyclocross and Gravel Grinding
- Dragsters / Lowriders / Cruisers
- Children's Bikes
- Cargo Bikes and Utility Cycling
- Road Racing
- Road Biking
- Training
- Time Trial
- Triathlon
- International and National Tours and Events
- Cycle Touring
- Touring Australia
- Touring Overseas
- Touring Bikes and Equipment
- Australia
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- ACT
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
- Country & Regional
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users
- All times are UTC+10:00
- Top
- Delete cookies
About the Australian Cycling Forums
The Australian Cycling Forums is a welcoming community where you can ask questions and talk about the type of bikes and cycling topics you like.
Bicycles Network Australia
Forum Information
Connect with BNA
This website uses affiliate links to retail platforms including ebay, amazon, proviz and ribble.