6K Club 2013 Edition

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby norbs » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:17 am

A quick blast up Norton this morning. Was hoping to better my last time, but a nasty head wind, and no one to pace me up, meant a way slower time. :cry:

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby breezer1 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:04 am

Gotta like the weather for riding lately, today was overcast, light winds and a nice ride to newcastle :D

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby celeste boy » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:07 am

Dave,

I guess they don't stop to have a drink or a chat on their ride? Must work on that.

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby the_big_fella » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:44 pm

Great weather in Canberra at the moment - high 20s, light winds.
Got out for a 30km dash today. I need to do some more early morning rides to catch the red arrow!
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby roller » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:53 pm

norbs wrote:Hello from Radelaide.
love it!!

in other news, i'm on the board. YES!
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Mustang » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:19 pm

grantw wrote:
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grantw wrote:Sorry, I was talking to roller, not sure why you'd be getting the pixel message, plenty of other folks have the double bars. A glitch perhaps?
Tried several times over a few days, not sure what else I can do, the mods just refer you to the sticky regarding oversize signatures.
are you using strava or bikejournal? If the latter you will only be able to display the simple bar graph as mentioned by Shane earlier.
I'am using Strava, I originally had the two bars, they suddenly disappeared? The ID number in stat monkey is different to my Strava number, although my kilometers are recording correctly.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby norbs » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:26 pm

What 6ker is this?

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Mustang » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:16 pm

For those in SE Qld, dont think we will scare the Strava much over the next 3 days??
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby marinmomma » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:46 pm

Mustang wrote:For those in SE Qld, dont think we will scare the Strava much over the next 3 days??
We have had a good run with the weather, the wet season had to start sometime I guess.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Lukeyboy » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:06 am

Wet season? Tis just a bit of drizzle.

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Mugglechops » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:46 am

A quick 40kms on the MTB this morning. Last ride before I am off to Hospital to have a stray piece of bone removed from elbow.

Hopefully it won't mean too long off the bike.

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby HiChris » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:25 am

Gah, a week off the bike due to illness hasn't helped my efforts to stay ahead of the little red thingy.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby grt046 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:14 pm

Mustang wrote:For those in SE Qld, dont think we will scare the Strava much over the next 3 days??
Managed to get a nice dry ride in this morning between showers ..... pushed 40+ gusts on the way to Scarborough though. :)

Good luck to the 6kers doing the Audax Alpine this weekend.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby norbs » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:33 pm

Hope all goes well Lewy.

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby find_bruce » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:56 pm

Mugglechops wrote:A quick 40kms on the MTB this morning. Last ride before I am off to Hospital to have a stray piece of bone removed from elbow.
Don't forget to write on your good arm "no! The other side" :wink:

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby stinhambo » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:57 pm

marinmomma wrote:
Mustang wrote:For those in SE Qld, dont think we will scare the Strava much over the next 3 days??
We have had a good run with the weather, the wet season had to start sometime I guess.
The week my holiday to the gold coast starts...
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Howzat » Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:58 pm

I'm way behind at the moment - but if every ride was like today's you'd never get me off the bike.

After a pleasant run around the Lake Burley Griffin here for the evening constitutional, I pull up to see the most incredible intense orange-purple sunset over the mountains, reflected in the waters. The winds that were ferocious earlier had completed died away. The cloud was high but diffuse, so the colour palette was smooth and brilliant spanning a wide arc - the colours reminded me of the sunsets we got in the months after Mt Pinatubo blew in 1991. Enough to stop the bike and watch for a few minutes. I'm alone, marvelling at that when I head the roar of approaching engines, and from over the trees six RAAF aerobatics planes swoop overhead and proceed to corkscrew, loop, and dive basically right above me for 15 minutes. I could see the sunset reflect off the bottom of the planes at the right angle.

Then I hear music; I head up to the Australia Celebrates live concert on the lawns of Parliament House. The stage is a fair way down on the lawns there, but I head around the back of the crowd - to find myself 15 metres from a second stage right near Parliament House, where Jimmy Barnes and band are getting ready to sing Working Class Man.

They're singing with in ear monitors and no stage speakers, so it's not quite as impressive and audio event up there as I might have hoped - but for a no-planning serependitious ride, I'll take it. I'm thinking sometimes Canberra knows how to turn on a party.

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby coffeeandwine » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:19 pm

norbs wrote:What 6ker is this?

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What a talented photographer you are Norbs, you managed to capture my best angle :D :D

The only thing missing on my custom kit was the following sign (next time):
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Thought it was a good chance to meet Norbs in person, both being in adelaide for TDU; missed him on wednesday on Corkscrew rd but managed to bump into him by chance amidst a crowd "estimated" to be 100k in Stirling.

Some lovely riding over there, the hills are fun (see Norbs video of Norton Summit descent on 23/1/13) and everything so close. Good bike lanes in the city. The hills have helped me get into the green for my Strava climbing target.

Going back to the original photo. that was at the end of Stage 3 in Stirling. The pros join the crowd in riding back down to Adelaide, Team Sky had no trouble overtaking me :D :D .

A big pat on the back to the SA Police who did a great job controlling the crowd of riders, traffic and sorting things out when things went wrong (saw a rec rider down each day on some fast descents, police and ambulance very efficient).

A great time in Adelaide, will certainly be back.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby coffeeandwine » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:20 pm

norbs wrote:Hope all goes well Lewy.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Tape_ » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:17 am

Starting to get some km's on the board now, will be ~50-70km behind from today and going overseas for a month. That will certainly make for a good challenge over the next few months.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Mugglechops » Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:50 am

norbs wrote:Hope all goes well Lewy.
All went well mate. Should be back on the bike in a few weeks.

Might even have a wheel for the cx bike fixed by the time I can ride again.

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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby oldnewby » Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:58 am

hope you have a quick & easy recovery Mugglechops
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Mustang » Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:11 pm

coffeeandwine wrote:
norbs wrote:What 6ker is this?

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103A8877.jpg by norbography, on Flickr
What a talented photographer you are Norbs, you managed to capture my best angle :D :D

The only thing missing on my custom kit was the following sign (next time):
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Thought it was a good chance to meet Norbs in person, both being in adelaide for TDU; missed him on wednesday on Corkscrew rd but managed to bump into him by chance amidst a crowd "estimated" to be 100k in Stirling.

Some lovely riding over there, the hills are fun (see Norbs video of Norton Summit descent on 23/1/13) and everything so close. Good bike lanes in the city. The hills have helped me get into the green for my Strava climbing target.

Going back to the original photo. that was at the end of Stage 3 in Stirling. The pros join the crowd in riding back down to Adelaide, Team Sky had no trouble overtaking me :D :D .

A big pat on the back to the SA Police who did a great job controlling the crowd of riders, traffic and sorting things out when things went wrong (saw a rec rider down each day on some fast descents, police and ambulance very efficient).

A great time in Adelaide, will certainly be back.
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby reeves » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:37 pm

Had a good start to the year. In training for the 3 Dams challenge here in Perth.Hope to keep it up all year :) :)
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Re: 6K Club 2013 Edition

Postby Mustang » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:51 pm

SE Qld.,Floods,

I have Recorded 380mm (15 inches) at Sth Caloundra, from Fri to Sun night.(We seemed to fringe the worst of it )

My friend in Maryboough has recorded 560mm (22inches)
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