BR11 - Father's Day

"DaveB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Are we up to BR11? Who's in or has everyone got Father's Day
commitments. I'll be there (the first perk of being a Dad is that you
get to do what you want for at least some of Father's Day).

Sunday
Morning fog then mostly fine. Min 5 Max 17

Return of the arm warmers. Brrrrrrr.

If you get to do what you want on Dad's Day how about you ride at a decent
time instead of at sparrow's fart? ;-)

--

A: Top-posters.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?

DRS said:

If you get to do what you want on Dad's Day how about you ride at a decent
time instead of at sparrow's fart? ;-)

Because part of what I want to do is spend time with my family. And on
Father's Day I might get to have a nap in the afternoon to compensate
for the early morning.

DaveB

quote='DaveB'DRS said:

If you get to do what you want on Dad's Day how about you ride at a decent
time instead of at sparrow's fart? ;-)

Because part of what I want to do is spend time with my family. And on
Father's Day I might get to have a nap in the afternoon to compensate
for the early morning.

DaveB[/QUOTE]

Im in. I get to do BR11 and then continue onto lunch down at Mt Eliza, so dont leave any food hangin outta your pockets or I'll scoff it 😄

i will make sure i repair the hole in the bottom of my food bag to elliminate the risk of you picking up and consuming that that you should not. then again, maybe the food bag shood stay where it belongs.....in the f#!$%g pantry 😠 not on your back during a ride.....thats what your three back pockets are for!!!!!

see you guys there

tonykara said:

i will make sure i repair the hole in the bottom of my food bag to elliminate the risk of you picking up and consuming that that you should not. then again, maybe the food bag shood stay where it belongs.....in the f#!$%g pantry 😠 not on your back during a ride.....thats what your three back pockets are for!!!!!

see you guys there

Oh! apparently they make good items to nance about with at the front of groups. wonder if I'll remember how to stop pedalling whilst going down hill?
That 81.6kph is goin down. this time for sure!

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Oh! apparently they make good items to nance about with at the front of
groups. wonder if I'll remember how to stop pedalling whilst going down
hill? That 81.6kph is goin down. this time for sure!

Someone's going to have to start calibrating speedos!
You are getting serious :-)

hippy

[QUOTE=hippy Someone's going to have to start calibrating speedos! You are getting serious :-) hippy[/QUOTE]

Hey, small things amuse small minds 😄

DaveB said:

Are we up to BR11? Who's in or has everyone got Father's Day
commitments. I'll be there (the first perk of being a Dad is that you
get to do what you want for at least some of Father's Day).

Sunday
Morning fog then mostly fine. Min 5 Max 17

Return of the arm warmers. Brrrrrrr.

DaveB

I'm still not up to the trip just yet. I'm hoping I will be back on the
road by next weekend. For now I'm just riding indoors on the Ergo until the
strength in my ankle returns.
Eventually I might get to see this shiny new steed of yours.

Have a good ride.
Geoff

DaveB said:

Are we up to BR11? Who's in or has everyone got Father's Day
commitments. I'll be there (the first perk of being a Dad is that you
get to do what you want for at least some of Father's Day).

Sunday
Morning fog then mostly fine. Min 5 Max 17

Return of the arm warmers. Brrrrrrr.

DaveB

Would have loved to be there, I could even have let FD slipstream behind me to break his record. 😉

No outing for me though, I am in HK and this morning I found out that my grannie died. It has been a [censored] sunday for me. Hope you enjoyed it.

Claes said:

Would have loved to be there, I could even have let FD slipstream behind me to break his record. 😉

No outing for me though, I am in HK and this morning I found out that my grannie died. It has been a [censored] sunday for me. Hope you enjoyed it.

sorry to hear that claes

on more trivial note. 82.7kph for moi!!!

flyingdutch said:

sorry to hear that claes

on more trivial note. 82.7kph for moi!!!

Heeeey, how did that happen? More aero position or 250 cadence? Nice one.

Cheers.

Claes said:

Heeeey, how did that happen? More aero position or 250 cadence? Nice one.

Cheers.

didnt do my usual hesitation/situp halfway down. the quickest spot is just before you level out at the bottom. also the smoothest. The bumpy bits in the top half usually mess with my head. Apparently Bill (Kyra) said he hit 89kph but im thinking maybe (hoping) his speedo is calibrated differently

flyingdutch said:

didnt do my usual hesitation/situp halfway down. the quickest spot is just before you level out at the bottom. also the smoothest. The bumpy bits in the top half usually mess with my head. Apparently Bill (Kyra) said he hit 89kph but im thinking maybe (hoping) his speedo is calibrated differently

yep, mine said 89kmh when i looked at it... i had to take off the glasses to double check... I went past mr paconi (sorry, don't know ur name) and was nearly taken out by that 4wd... oh well.

Was a good ride, i wasn't dropped, so i'm happy with my effort.

Had a very close call as Jas pulled off at balwyn road... I was riding down towards donny rd through the strip shops, an old man started to turn into a car park in front of me... i thought he would spot me and wait, but he kept coming and coming in... i was sitting on 55 i think, it was either start pushing the pedals or slam on the brakes...yeah, especially happy to still be seated after that!

kyra said:

yep, mine said 89kmh when i looked at it... i had to take off the glasses to double check... I went past mr paconi (sorry, don't know ur name) and was nearly taken out by that 4wd... oh well.

The name is Phil. My speed read was 81 close behind Jase when you went past. I'm not surprised at 89.

Was a good ride, i wasn't dropped, so i'm happy with my effort.

Had a very close call as Jas pulled off at balwyn road... I was riding down towards donny rd through the strip shops, an old man started to turn into a car park in front of me... i thought he would spot me and wait, but he kept coming and coming in... i was sitting on 55 i think, it was either start pushing the pedals or slam on the brakes...yeah, especially happy to still be seated after that!

Thanks for the ride..will definately do it more often. Good training - some hills, some speed. With Saturday's race I'm feeling it today.

kyra said:

flyingdutch said:

didnt do my usual hesitation/situp halfway down. the quickest spot is
just before you level out at the bottom. also the smoothest. The bumpy
bits in the top half usually mess with my head. Apparently Bill (Kyra)
said he hit 89kph but im thinking maybe (hoping) his speedo is
calibrated differently

I should have watched my speedo going up from Warrandyte rather than
down (when I'm too busy watching the road to look at the speedo). Had to
stand on the pedals earlier than I expected then realised up near the
top that I was still in the middle chain ring. Doh! If only I could
afford that Flightdeck.

DaveB

DaveB said:

kyra wrote:
Had to stand on the pedals earlier than I expected then realised up near the
top that I was still in the middle chain ring. Doh! If only I could
afford that Flightdeck.

DaveB

Hah! nothin better than strugglin up a hill and realising that you got some more gears left 🙂))

And bill. I want 'certified' proof that your 89kph is just that! (or at least relative to my speedo). Doesnt seem fair just rocking up and beating my record like that without trying 🙁 (altho extra style points for taking on a 4WD)

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

didnt do my usual hesitation/situp halfway down. the quickest spot is
just before you level out at the bottom. also the smoothest. The bumpy
bits in the top half usually mess with my head. Apparently Bill (Kyra)
said he hit 89kph but im thinking maybe (hoping) his speedo is
calibrated differently

Keep bringing back this juicy recon info.. I'll fit a
56T/11T and get back to you.. :-)

hippy

flyingdutch said:

Hah! nothin better than strugglin up a hill and realising that you got some more gears left 🙂))

And bill. I want 'certified' proof that your 89kph is just that! (or at least relative to my speedo). Doesnt seem fair just rocking up and beating my record like that without trying 🙁 (altho extra style points for taking on a 4WD)

89 sounds too fast.......but having said that i got to 82.5 and he flew by me......i demmand urine tests...his epo must be more concentrated than mine 😄

tonykara said:

89 sounds too fast.......but having said that i got to 82.5 and he flew by me......i demmand urine tests...his epo must be more concentrated than mine 😄

Next time I go with you I'll pedal all the way and not freewheel and see where that takes me. Only five days left. 🙂

C