6K Club. 2012 Edition. Cleaner and Greener.
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Postby jet-ski » Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:58 am
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Postby marinmomma » Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:34 pm
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Postby marinmomma » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:41 am
Thanks Norbs, it was a great ride yesterday, I did the 100ks in 3 hours and 9 mins total time including stops and red lights toward the end...average speed was 31.4 for the 100 section.norbs wrote:Nice job Lisa. 125kms is nothing to be sneezed at.
Woke up an hour earlier due to my phone being set to Sydney time rattled around the house killing time as I knew that I'd feel terrible if I tried to go back to sleep...went out to put the Garmin on to discover a flat front tyre, got that changed ASAP and headed off....there were 4 of us riding in to the start together to meet other people, we got 1.5ks up the road and my friend got a flat...changed that which was drama with breaking a tyre lever and venting a canister of co2 in the process. Started to get back on the bike and Mr MM had a flat....
Flew into the start, got another QOM for my troubles , shamelessly pushed our way toward the front to meet our friends just in the nick of time before they started the ride...
We all had a good ride down the quickest three were in at Southport in 2 hours 38 mins with no stops, I came in next with my time and the other two got in just after 4 hours.
Next year I'll try to go with the other three and not stop!
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Postby Mustang » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:16 am
70 years young.
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Postby Cardy George » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:31 pm
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Postby marinmomma » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:18 pm
Family comes first Mustang...there will be another B2CG ride next year, hopefully with another tailwind!Mustang wrote:Congrats to all Br to GC . I have family in hospital & had to pull out. That nth breeze would have been nice, so would the kms, I,m that far behind.
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Postby breezer1 » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:10 pm
yeah i think i will try for 8,500jet-ski wrote:Breezer, looks like it's time for you to set a new goal!
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Postby grt046 » Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:18 pm
Great ride MM and congrats to all the others who finished the Bris2GC journey.marinmomma wrote: it was a great ride yesterday, I did the 100ks in 3 hours and 9 mins total time including stops and red lights toward the end...average speed was 31.4 for the 100 section.
I also improved my time but made the mistake of leaving the Garmin on in the queue shuffle at the start and put it in my pocket while I wandered around at the two stops thus lowering my moving average somewhat. In future I guess I should turn the timer off at the stops and remember to turn it back on when moving again. What do other more experienced users do?
Another 48k this morning puts me back in the green after slipping behind while on holidays in WA
GT
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Re: 6K Club. 2012 Edition. Cleaner and Greener.
Postby coffeeandwine » Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:47 pm
Nice work Lisa!!!marinmomma wrote:Thanks Norbs, it was a great ride yesterday, I did the 100ks in 3 hours and 9 mins total time including stops and red lights toward the end...average speed was 31.4 for the 100 section.norbs wrote:Nice job Lisa. 125kms is nothing to be sneezed at.
We did 100km on Sunday but our time was more like 4:34 at 21.2kmh (which IS slower than usual, but SW blowing). great to average over 30k for that distance. No mention of how long (or how many tubes) the last 25km took?
Merida 903 from the LBS; Diesel engine
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Postby Mustang » Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:20 pm
You can set it to auto pause under 5km per hour. Each time I stop at a long light change or a food stop it stops & starts automaticallygrt046 wrote:Great ride MM and congrats to all the others who finished the Bris2GC journey.marinmomma wrote: it was a great ride yesterday, I did the 100ks in 3 hours and 9 mins total time including stops and red lights toward the end...average speed was 31.4 for the 100 section.
I also improved my time but made the mistake of leaving the Garmin on in the queue shuffle at the start and put it in my pocket while I wandered around at the two stops thus lowering my moving average somewhat. In future I guess I should turn the timer off at the stops and remember to turn it back on when moving again. What do other more experienced users do?
Another 48k this morning puts me back in the green after slipping behind while on holidays in WA
GT
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Postby grt046 » Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:35 pm
Thanks Mustang .... all done nowMustang wrote:
You can set it to auto pause under 5km per hour. Each time I stop at a long light change or a food stop it stops & starts automatically
Cheers
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Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:29 am
So, heading out into another perfect day. Clear, warming, still winds in Perth.
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Postby sblack » Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:30 pm
Thursday's ride was a bit longer with the whole family as well as my wife's aunt, who hired a beach cruiser for the day, and cousin on his BMX. Cruisy day and fantastic weather, the aunt is now looking into purchasing a cruiser.
Friday was the day for my tougher ride as I was off on my own to ride Awaba MTB park. Riding conditions not quite as ideal as the other days with the temps in the mid to high thirties made for a tough few hours around the park. Saw and spoke to a few other riders between loops but I seamed to be the only one sticking around for more than one loop. As I had no idea when I'd get to return I'd decided I was going to get in all three loops and see what the park had on offer. Turns out I could have just ridden the red loop to do that as the yellow and blue are just shortened versions. It's some nice singletrack through bush and rainforest but it's hard work. There's plenty of climbing and descending with over 700m of each during my 30kms spent in the park. I found most of the course rideable for my novice skills, some pushing my comfort zone which helped build confidence. There was one steep downhill section I decided to walk as I wasn't confident of making the turn at the bottom yet as well as a steep uphill I wasn't confident of getting up without losing traction and didn't have the energy to contemplate a quick dismount should that occur but otherwise I found myself gaining confidence throughout the day, finding a bit of confidence and some additional speed made some sections flow so much nicer while a couple of other times it found me stepping past my limit with a couple of minor offs. All good though, only damage was some small scratches. The best bit of the ride was probably a section called The Salad Bowl which was kind of like riding up and down a half pipe that had become overgrown with bush leaving a nice single track snaking it's way through.
So after 30km, 3.5L of fluids and most of my food supplies consumed it was time to head down to the shops down the road to rehydrate properly while I waited for my wife to come and pick me up. Good few hours at the park, be nice to come back on a day when the temps are 15 to 20 degrees cooler, Garmin and the car's outside temperature guage both read 33 when I'd started off. The Garmin hit 40 early on and average 36.9 for the ride and both the Garmin and car had it at 39 when I was picked up, haven't ridden in anything like that for quite a while.
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Re: 6K Club. 2012 Edition. Cleaner and Greener.
Postby Mugglechops » Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:33 pm
Are you still planning on doing the Fling?
I sorted my entry out for the Full Fling yesterday.
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Postby marinmomma » Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:28 pm
My bar will be yellow in the morning
I will give it a couple of days then re-set it to the current goal of 9000.... From yellow to poo brown again
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Re: 6K Club. 2012 Edition. Cleaner and Greener.
Postby Mugglechops » Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:50 pm
I am running the Conti X-King on the front in a 2.4 and a Crossmark in 2.1 on the rear.sblack wrote:Yeah, still hoping to do the fling. Planning on ordering some new tyres in the next couple of days for it, not sure what to get yet.. a lot more 29er options available now and I have no idea on dirt tyres. Pretty sure I'll wear out the current tyres before then though. Thinking a stans tubeless conversion at the same time would be a good idea.
I have them found them to be great over the last 1000kms or so. Easy to set up tubeless too.
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Re: 6K Club. 2012 Edition. Cleaner and Greener.
Postby norbs » Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:42 pm
marinmomma wrote:Yay, just logged my commute home which takes me over the 6999 goal!!!
My bar will be yellow in the morning
I will give it a couple of days then re-set it to the current goal of 9000.... From yellow to poo brown again
Congrats Lisa. Terrific effort.
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Postby Ozkaban » Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:47 pm
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Re: 6K Club. 2012 Edition. Cleaner and Greener.
Postby lovemybike » Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:00 pm
Good on you Lisa!! That really is a great achievement.marinmomma wrote:Yay, just logged my commute home which takes me over the 6999 goal!!!
My bar will be yellow in the morning
I will give it a couple of days then re-set it to the current goal of 9000.... From yellow to poo brown again
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Postby ldrcycles » Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:01 pm
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Postby bosvit » Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:26 pm
So much better than all the rest
Go Lisa Ooh Ooh!
Go Lisa Ooh Ooh!
Onya MM
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