Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
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Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby brett.hooker » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:13 am
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby colaiacw » Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:37 am
Do you know if they have advised the group start times yet?
Looking to ride to the start, do the ride, then ride back home. Should be 150km all up. Hopefully the rain will hold off, otherwise i will ride my training bike.
Have a great ride. Cheers.
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby brett.hooker » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:58 pm
Event Schedule
Please arrive half an hour before your start time.
4:45am: Information/Baggage Tent opens
5:05am: Ride Briefing for 22-27kmph packs
5:15am: 25-27kmph Start*
5:25am: 22-24kmph Start
5:45am: 25-27kmph Start*
6:00am: Ride Briefing for 34-36kmph pack
6:10am: 34-36kmph Start
6:15am: Ride Briefing for 28-33kmph packs
6:20am: 28-30kmph Start*
6:35am: 31-33kmph Start*
6:45am: 28-30kmph Start*
From 10.00am: Brunch, Presentations, and Avantiplus Fortitude Valley bike giveaway.
*These packs will be split into 2 groups with different coloured bike numbers. Please refer to the colour of the bike number in your event kit to determine your start time. If you would like to change groups so you can ride with friends or family members, please visit the registration tent on event morning.
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby brett.hooker » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:59 pm
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby colaiacw » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:27 am
Have a great day on Sunday. Cheers.
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby sogood » Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:54 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby Kenzo » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:38 pm
Indeed - not only that, but the entry fee includes the lycra! All riders must wear the provided jersey..sogood wrote:Clever BMW marketing! MAMIL is their perfect target.
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby Le Velo » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:20 pm
Have done this ride since its started 3 years ago and find the organization to be top notch .... Great pit stop in the middle and breakfast pack at the end.....this years jersey ain't too bad either (better than last year anyway)
Enjoy the ride .....
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby colaiacw » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:04 am
Not following?sogood wrote:Clever BMW marketing! MAMIL is their perfect target.
This is an very well organized charity ride event, i wish all were as good, for a good cause. It caters for all ages and is an enjoyable ride through the suburbs of Brisbane.
Have a good day.
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby neoppg » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:07 pm
Anthony
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby brett.hooker » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:14 pm
Oh, and MAMIL... BWAHAHAHA.... Middle Aged Men In Lycra I assume... Yes, a great target market for BMW. It is a great charity event, but absolutely it is also a great opportunity to remind us of the support of the sponsors. A useful symbiotic relationship...
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby colaiacw » Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:18 am
Hi Le Velo, I was wondering how you found the 34-36kph group this year. I was in the 31 -33 group and it seemed a bit slow this year due to stragglers. I was thinking of joining the faster group next year. What was your actual average speed? Not sure I could keep up on the hills, although I could catch up on the flats no probs.Le Velo wrote:I'm in .... In the 34-36kph group.
Have done this ride since its started 3 years ago and find the organization to be top notch .... Great pit stop in the middle and breakfast pack at the end.....this years jersey ain't too bad either (better than last year anyway)
Enjoy the ride .....
Hope you had a great ride and your team leaders knew the route? Ours got a bit lost at times on the run back. We ended up doing an extra 3 kms.
Had lots of fun and was on the front from take off to Cleavland point. Even had a turn in the lead for 15km, not many volunteered though due to the head wind. Plenty attacked (pushed in) on the run home though with the tail wind, same story as last year. So much for riding as a group hey. A big cheer to the organizers for another great event.
The ride back home sucked due to the now stronger (50km/h gusts) head wind . Oh well.....at least it did not rain.
All the best. Cheers.
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby Kenzo » Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:07 am
They got stuck toward the top of the Sir Leo Herschill (Gateway) Bridge when they caught the slow group there. (I cruised over the bridge and still beat his bridge time by more than a minute.)
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby neoppg » Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:27 am
Unfortunately the planning of the event did backfire in that respect. When the fast group caught the slower group in front and weren't allowed to pass it was very dangerous.Kenzo wrote:Friend of mine in the fast group had a Strava Avg speed (via his Garmin) of 33km/h.
They got stuck toward the top of the Sir Leo Herschill (Gateway) Bridge when they caught the slow group there. (I cruised over the bridge and still beat his bridge time by more than a minute.)
in saying that, the ride out was great..... Hats off to the guys out front that pushed all that wind!!!
Anthony
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby Le Velo » Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:17 am
The pace of the fast group was ok when it got going but too many surges ..... I can honestly say that the B2GC was much easier even having cracked a 41.8kph on that one. It seemed that the escort was taking each intersection as they came which made the slow / start a bit annoying .... maybe they should've made it stop all or run all but again the event was well planned so hats off to BMW and to the blokes of Chem for leading the pack in the winds
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby Kenzo » Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:52 pm
Kenzo wrote:Friend of mine in the fast group had a Strava Avg speed (via his Garmin) of 33km/h.
They got stuck toward the top of the Sir Leo Herschill (Gateway) Bridge when they caught the slow group there. (I cruised over the bridge and still beat his bridge time by more than a minute.)
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Re: Anyone doing the BMW ride this Sunday?
Postby colaiacw » Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:15 pm
Cheers.
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