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9/06/2009 1:17:41 PM
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Troy Collett
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Who is doing the Challenge ride? longest ever at 160kms
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9/06/2009 2:30:14 PM
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Jeffrey Schulz
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I might do it, since it is flat.
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9/06/2009 4:03:25 PM
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The Cheez
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Flattish - certainly looks easier than the '09 ride.
http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/au/beulah%20park/182124452666856388
Anyone gone up Fox Creek Road? Hopefully it's easier than something like the Corkscrew.
I definitely plan on riding it with a bunch of mates.
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9/06/2009 4:31:33 PM
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Dwayne Cox
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Troy Collett wrote:
Who is doing the Challenge ride? longest ever at 160kms
Yeh definately doing it considering it finishes in my home town. Definately alot flatter than last year. Langhorne Creek to Goolwa open to wind gusts though.
Hopefully big numbers again this year without the congestion that ensued on the way to the finish last year.
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9/06/2009 9:24:33 PM
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Troy Collett
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yeah I might do a bit of a recon of the climbs etc
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10/06/2009 5:45:56 PM
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Robert Rau
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One hundred traditional miles - would be fun to ride it on a Vitus as carbon fibre tends to get blown around and the Giant is slow on the descents. Looks like a great ride and may spend the night in Goolwa and ride home next day via Ashbourne, Meadows, Clarendon.....
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10/06/2009 6:03:12 PM
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No Chain
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Yes Robert ... 100 miles ... now there's an invitation/challenge for everyone who may have considered starting further into the ride (not that the majority of subscribers here will be doing anything less)!!! Just as well its not The Proclaimers who are race directors otherwise we'd be cycling for nearly a week and then for nearly another week more !!! At least with Goolwa there's bound to be a finish point that's closer to and is at least on level ground as compared to last years (oops - this year's) finishing point. We're spoiled here in Adelaide with what happens for cycling ... its a privilege to be able to be involved.
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10/06/2009 6:12:41 PM
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Robert Rau
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All I ask Bike SA (the organisers) is to keep the motor traffic into Goolwa at the absolute minimum as many riders will probably do 50 km/hr (or more) into Goolwa (with a tail wind). Going to love that ride between Milang to Goolwa (would be good for a time trial).
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10/06/2009 6:23:59 PM
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GRT
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Bicycle SA not managing the next challenge ride. Hope the ones that will be, do the right thing by everyone.
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10/06/2009 6:58:12 PM
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Troy Collett
Posts 171
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I did also read that cycling Sa are applying to run it & they are looking to time the event
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11/06/2009 1:07:31 PM
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JDL
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The Cheez wrote:
Anyone gone up Fox Creek Road? Hopefully it's easier than something like the Corkscrew.
Fox Creek Road is much easier than Corkscrew Rd. It's a really nice climb through the forest bit with a couple of switchbacks etc in the middle.. I'm not sure of the gradient/distance etc but it'd be a similar difficulty to Mengler Hill I would have thought.. So if you got up that OK in the last Challenge Tour you shouldn't have a problem...
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edited by JDL on 11/06/2009
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11/06/2009 1:40:16 PM
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david holden
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Just returned from doing the the TDU circuit to Littlehampton. Came home via Hahndorf and Crafers.
The steep bit on fox creek rd is only about one km long. The gradient constantly changed every 20-30 metres it seemed, varying from one spot at 16% (at the start), one or maybe two 13-14% and a reasonable bit at 10%. But there were plenty of 6% in that stretch as well. It actually didn't have the wearing grind to it; maybe due to constant changes, no sustained steep stretches or probably cos it is so early on in the ride. I felt Ayres Hill Rd a lot more coming home (I was tiring by then) (Stacks easier than Corkscrew)
The weather today was stunning, if not cold and it is gorgeous country and roads to ride along at the moment.
The route to me seems set up for the group cycle. All the hard hills at the start for those doing full distance. For those less foolish, 110 km of less steep hills, and still something to be proud of at the end of the day. In terms of challenge, I reckon it will be considerably easier that this years. Unless you push to hard early.
Total ascent 1395m (including German town Hill and climbing to Crafers on the return home). My measurements were done with a polar CS600, not the most accurate tool for gradient and ascent. 110 km loop from the western suburbs.
edited by david holden on 11/06/2009
edited by david holden on 11/06/2009
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11/06/2009 6:13:16 PM
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Mr White
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David
I assume that you're trying to p... me and others off by boasting that you were out riding today while I was stuck in my office dreaming about doing that??? :-)
I did see the email on the course yesterday and really didn't think too much about, but now that you guys have mentioned it, it does appears to be a great course - nice and shady early on (godsend if its hot), hills out the way early, and perhaps I'll be looking to stay down at Goolwa/Victor for a couple of days (instead of riding back!).
Damien
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11/06/2009 6:16:22 PM
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david holden
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Mr White wrote:
David
I assume that you're trying to p... me and others off by boasting that you were out riding today while I was stuck in my office dreaming about doing that??? :-)
Absolutely. If it is any consolation, I worked 13 hours on the public holiday Monday. Mind you, the weather today was really really good.
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11/06/2009 7:28:12 PM
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Michael Warner
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I have Thursdays off, and did 125km in the hills today with my MP3 player cranked up - lunch in Hahndorf at Otto's. Yum.
Hope that annoys all the 9-5ers out there, with a wet weekend coming up :-)
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11/06/2009 10:04:58 PM
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Troy Collett
Posts 171
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yeah the wet weekend looks like indoor training type of weather
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11/06/2009 10:06:41 PM
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JDL
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Michael Warner wrote:
I have Thursdays off, and did 125km in the hills today with my MP3 player cranked up - lunch in Hahndorf at Otto's. Yum.
Hope that annoys all the 9-5ers out there, with a wet weekend coming up :-)
Doesn't riding with an mp3 player in make it a bit hard to hear the cars from behind? Don't know about you but I like to know when they're about to come past.. Just curious, I'm guessing you can still hear them coming? You're braver than me if you can't..
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11/06/2009 10:20:37 PM
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Troy Collett
Posts 171
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I second that
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12/06/2009 7:00:21 AM
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Mr White
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Michael Warner wrote:
I have Thursdays off, and did 125km in the hills today with my MP3 player cranked up - lunch in Hahndorf at Otto's. Yum.
Hope that annoys all the 9-5ers out there, with a wet weekend coming up :-)
I was ok with you saying that you have Thursdays off, I was able to handle that you did 125 in the hills listening to your favourite music, but to mention Otto's - that's really rubbing salt into the wound!
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12/06/2009 10:37:53 AM
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Jeffrey Schulz
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JDL wrote:
Doesn't riding with an mp3 player in make it a bit hard to hear the cars from behind? Don't know about you but I like to know when they're about to come past.. Just curious, I'm guessing you can still hear them coming? You're braver than me if you can't.
When listening for cars, how do you know which one is going to run you over? I don't use headphones often but want to learn how to pick a car which is going to run me over from a car which is not going to run me over. LOL. I think airbags would be a better solution, should be compulsory on all bikes. LOL. The car that got me was reversing out of a driveway, I wasn't wearing headphones but hearing the car come didn't help. LOL.
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