Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Comedian » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:52 am
I rode with a mate and his 9yo daughter (both riding my tandem). We steamed along pretty well I thought. We stopped at all the stops and generally pedalled along under our own steam the whole way. Generally I was doing it very easy but my mate was working to punch the tandem along. In the last 20k we'd had enough so I teamed up with some other random and dragged him and about 20 others home in the low 40's so that was fun.
I think the dust up was 3:03 or 32.7 or something average. That was just over twenty minutes longer than last year but still we had fun.
However... it all went bad from then! We went into that posh street nearby and bought breakfast with mates. It took them like an hour to do some tiny meals. So by then it was like 11:15 by the time we headed to the station. We got on the 12:03 at helensvale that was late. It stopped and so on... we got off at Bowen hills and did the last 10k home for 140k all up for the day. I think I got home at just before 3.
Next year I intend to have one last smashfest before my boy wants to do these events on the tandem with me. Also, the wife has volunteered to pick me up which should give me time for a nap at home before lunch.
Must remember to take the race number off before I ride to work in about 20 minutes.
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Dan » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:03 am
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby clydesmcdale » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:04 am
Ahh... yes right you are. Looks as though they were only a minute or so in front coming into the 80k stop. We had talked about not stopping, looks like they couldn’t keep the pace with the pressure I was applying (so I like to tell myself... and them this morning). Less their stop time, looks like I finished about 2 minutes ahead of them. I wondered why I couldn’t find them for the 20 minutes after I finished.jasonc wrote:or did they have a stop at 80kms to refuel???clydesmcdale wrote:Best part is, the guys that dropped me must have had GPS problems and registered a 3.03 for the ride.
Legs are fine this morning, feel better than a week’s worth of commuting. Have a bit of a lung strain though, so didn’t commute.
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Hammo » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:20 am
That stuff tasted like dishwasher liquid!!
All in all a good ride!
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby jasonc » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:47 am
I stopped at the 80. ran into a guy i commute with regularly and he warned me off the stuffHammo wrote:Did anyone have the Hammer sports drink at the 80km stop?
That stuff tasted like dishwasher liquid!!
All in all a good ride!
sounds like i was lucky
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Lukeyboy » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:56 am
I had a swig before I filled my water bottle. Quickly made a bolt for the water tank before everyone else did the sameHammo wrote:Did anyone have the Hammer sports drink at the 80km stop?
That stuff tasted like dishwasher liquid!!
All in all a good ride!
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby fionahills » Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:05 pm
In awe - glad that I only get advice from the best ...... my congratulations to you all...aiming for steady improvements and will be inspired (daunted by trying to catch up) one day.....maybe
well done all
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby hosko » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:25 pm
Moving time on Strava - 3:08:15
Elapsed time on Strava - 3:10:34
WOOHOO!!
Less than 2 mins stoppage time. Very happy with that. Also knocked over 15 mins off last years journey which did include a stop at the 80km mark (yep made that water mistake last year!)
Then road back in that b@stard of a head wind to Coomera station to pick up the car. That 26km was worse than the entire journey down the coast!
Few tandems and a mango were out on course also. Saw some of them. Also on the roundabout in Logan survive a guy falling directly in front of me.
Was the day of crashes though. One guy hit a bollard behind a few of my friends who were riding. Apparently he lined it up pretty well. Saw the guy fall in front of me, right next to a cop so he was going to get looked after ok, and two more on the trip back to the station. One on hope island round-a-bout (think he had done a wrist) and another lady near the Riveria boat builders. First aid was with her and her arm was in a sling!
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby marinmomma » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:27 pm
Comedian wrote: I rode with a mate and his 9yo daughter (both riding my tandem). We steamed along pretty well I thought. We stopped at all the stops and generally pedalled along under our own steam the whole way. .
You guys passed me around the Loganholme area just before going under the Pac Highway, your friends girls looked like she was doing ok....
Glad that we didn't do the train back, sounds like a PR disaster for QR!
We rode back up to Paradise Point showered, changed and tucked into a great feed at the shops there....that head wind was nasty, even Mr MM wasn't interested in riding back in it and he's usually up for crazy epic rides like that
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby marinmomma » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:05 pm
Never say never Fiona, my first ever 100k ride was out at Ipswich, I averaged a Blistering 20.5 k's for that ride...this year it was 24.5....fionahills wrote:Seriously impressed by you lot - even with the tailwind I cannot imagine riding that far that fast - except maybe down a big hill!!!
In awe - glad that I only get advice from the best ...... my congratulations to you all...aiming for steady improvements and will be inspired (daunted by trying to catch up) one day.....maybe
well done all
fiona
Last year for the B2GC ride I averaged 23.5 this year it was 31.5.
If you keep riding and working at becoming a better rider you will find that your times will improve too.
Congratulations
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Lukeyboy » Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:55 am
A quick video I made from the footage captured from the ride.
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Rhubarb » Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:26 pm
Nice ride - nice vid too !!!Lukeyboy wrote:50996230
A quick video I made from the footage captured from the ride.
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby kiwi73 » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:10 am
I didn't stop at any of the drink stations.
Did it in 2h46m, I was hoping for anything between 3h00m to 3h30m.
Was super pleased to get a quicker time.
My average pace was 36.5km/h, fastest I have ever been.
The whole day was just awesome and I can't wait for next year.
I rode on my Aluminium De Rosa Team, but next year I will have a Carbon De Rosa Merak.
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Lukeyboy » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:53 pm
The older GoPro Hero 1 was mounted on the back under the seat with a k-edge Go Big Pro Sadle rail mount. No tape or rubber on the mounts.
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby osrg » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:03 pm
Fantastic clip mate... even got some footage of me from 1.34-1.37!Lukeyboy wrote:50996230
A quick video I made from the footage captured from the ride.
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Rhubarb » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:16 pm
http://youtu.be/z0BZl2O1Nxs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Check out my run down the busway from about 8:30 onwards. Good fun
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby neoppg » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:30 pm
Thanks to all the Neo Pizza team on the day.... Great to see the kits out there again. We had fast, slow, and an unfortunate accident by one in our team that ended at Logan Hospital.
Anthony
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby Dan » Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:05 am
QR should've given the poor girl who endured a carriage full of smelly, farting cyclists for two hours a free ride.neoppg wrote:"Thank You Very Much QR"
Or better still, a free pizza!
Hope your friend has healed now?
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby hosko » Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:04 pm
He wasn't the one that hit the bollard was he? I came through a few minutes after a few guys collected each other after one took out a bollard... looked quite nasty.neoppg wrote:We had fast, slow, and an unfortunate accident by one in our team that ended at Logan Hospital.
Anthony
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby neoppg » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:50 am
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Re: Brisbane to Gold Coast ride
Postby neoppg » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:52 am
If anyone know this girl ..... She gets a free pizza !!! LOLdiggerdantheman wrote:QR should've given the poor girl who endured a carriage full of smelly, farting cyclists for two hours a free ride.neoppg wrote:"Thank You Very Much QR"
Or better still, a free pizza!
Hope your friend has healed now?
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