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"TimC" wrote in message ...

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So where's the ride report? Who went??

Me, another guy, some other guys, all on bikes... oh ok..

Myself, Ess, Daveb, Blah, Gags!, Jazmo and umm Anna?.. damn I'm bad with
names, my apologies.

Report - My legs were soggy after a few good kms the day before at a secret
location.. I was looking to take it easy up Kangaroo Ground climb.. Ess and
Jazmo came past, with Ess asking me to pick it up a little.. my reply was
"no, I am exhausted" (though, I dont think I used those exact terms) 😉..
I kept on Ess' and Jazmo's wheel and started to feel a little better. Jazmo
started to pull away, which I had to chase down.. then I was on full gas to
the rock.. 12:52 which wasnt bad all things considered.

Small rest then up past the water tower.. my plan was to take it easy (hah!)
to Clintons Rd so I could sus out some timing points and post a time... Ess
went off the front on the downhill.. I watched him go from Jazmo's wheel..
then had to chase him down.. a few 100m later Blah comes flying past us
both... lesson learned.. let the little guys go on the downhills and wait
for someone's wheel 🙂

Blah and Ess went on ahead while I dropped off the pace saving my pennies
for Clintons Rd.. timing points sorted and lap counter started (love the
polar), off up the climb.. passing Blah and seeing Ess up ahead he made
comment about catching Ess.. "yeah, I've got him" was the reply not lacking
in confidence.. argh.. Ess spots me a little later and for sure he knew I
was on for the chase.. though the hairpin and along a little more I had
him.. though the finishing point and I was off the gas.. Ess comes past and
takes off... arh bugger it.. time for a rest... Next time Ess its all out to
the Smiths Gully store, we'll have to watch those horse floats though..

We say hell to (the future) Mrs Jaywoo at the store, who I am guessing is
what, 16!? 😉.. and munch on.. Daveb and Anna make their early move for the
TT.. while the rest of us sit back and warm up.. pace is on.. Blah puts the
hammer down with Gags and the rest of us in tow.. three of us left at the
stopping point, this will be bloody hard section of road to for a solo break
away.. more planning required..

At the waiting point, Daveb comes in on the back of two tri guys... off we
go.. Up the Diamond Creak rd climb I spot the tri guys again, target
locked.. and pass them without much of a worry.. held up by the lights
(again).. hammer down and I was passed by one of these tri guys, grab his
wheel, he isnt getting away... kept on him for the quick downhill after the
roundabout. as it flattens out, Blah shoots by.. for once we see a green
light! more hammer time and I take the sprint to the line.. I think the
tri'ers turned off but they got owned in that sprint either way! 😉

Backstreet routing to the quick decent past the army place.. sucking Ess'
wheel until the final sprint for the green light..

Burgundy St.. only Jaz, Anna, Blah, Ess and myself left at this point..
this was almost a neutral stage climb, I was waiting for someone to jump..
not much movement.. Jaz gave a little bit of a kick which I followed.. then
with some quick time/energy calculations I was out and around for the KOM
jersey...

Down though Ivanhoe to the boulie, hmm crossing the bridge was fun. We had
traffic zooting around us over the double white lines with oncoming
traffic.. screw this, I stuck out my hand and sat in the middle of the road
to stop other drivers from killing themselves to save 5 seconds.. I turn
around to see the passenger going off their nut and the driver not even
batting an eyelid.. great work passenger seat driver, thank god you didnt
have the wheel...

One lap of the boulie and we were calling it a day.. Blah and I spot some
other roadies up a head and decide to chase them down... We were thinking
they might not be good climbers, but we were wrong.. they were bad
descenders, catching them before the road even turned upwards.. argh.. we
continued along keeping an eye on them in case they were bluffing.. I give a
final few 100m kick to the top to make sure these guys didnt claim the win..

Sun came out and Blah, Ess and I had a nice warmdown chat.. all up a good
days racing!..

A few observations:

- I'll chase down anything that moves.
- A big cheers to the BR group for not having any 'ego' members who get all
narky and ticked off when there is a ba#$rd like me on your heels or busting
a gut to chase you down.
- If there was another GPL in the group, I'd kick his ass for being a [censored]
- Higher grading does make you become a [censored]! 🙂
- Ess making me pay for my climb/chase up Clintons... these are racin' words
you realise! 😉

Oh, Clintons Rd is now up on cycle2max... be sure to note the start/ending
points and post some times..

news just in.. bike frame war is taking place with another BR member - no
time to proof read this post - going into battle mode! 😉

cheers,
GPL

"GPLama" wrote in message ...

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news just in.. bike frame war is taking place with another BR member - no
time to proof read this post - going into battle mode! 😉

dang, lost that sprint... lookout for a BR member on something new very
soon!! I think the colour may even match his helmet... 🙂

cheers,
GPL

On 2005-09-19, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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At the waiting point, Daveb comes in on the back of two tri guys... off we
go.. Up the Diamond Creak rd climb I spot the tri guys again, target
locked.. and pass them without much of a worry.. held up by the lights
(again).. hammer down and I was passed by one of these tri guys, grab his
wheel, he isnt getting away... kept on him for the quick downhill after the
roundabout. as it flattens out, Blah shoots by.. for once we see a green
light! more hammer time and I take the sprint to the line.. I think the
tri'ers turned off but they got owned in that sprint either way! 😉

You mispleed "p0wned".

Also: Because tri's present such a hard challenge, don't they? Hey,
we didn't spill the beans on how you chased down that commuter the
other day, did we?

Quoted message said:

- If there was another GPL in the group, I'd kick his ass for being a [censored]

🙂

Quoted message said:

news just in.. bike frame war is taking place with another BR member - no
time to proof read this post - going into battle mode! 😉

Red, I take it? And not full carbon, eh?

Quoted message said:

Oh, Clintons Rd is now up on cycle2max... be sure to note the start/ending
points and post some times..

URL for the time? I haven't yet worked out how to use cycle2max. And
their "search" feature is b0rked.

--
TimC
CAUTION: The Mass of This Product Contains the Energy Equivalent of 85
Million Tons of TNT per Net Ounce of Weight. -- unk

GPLama said:

news just in.. bike frame war is taking place with another BR member - no
time to proof read this post - going into battle mode! 😉

cheers,
GPL

and the lama goes down! (the crowd go wild) 😄😄😄

Just picked up a bargain frame/fork/seatpost for $250!
(http://tinyurl.com/9tex2)
good enuff to get me back on the road again on a real roadbike 🙄

"TimC" wrote in message ...

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light! more hammer time and I take the sprint to the line.. I think the
tri'ers turned off but they got owned in that sprint either way! 😉

You mispleed "p0wned".

Speaking of, and for the benefit of any other fans reading this.. new
episode of Pure Pwnage is due out in the next 24hrs.. "..I pwn you n00bs, I
like pwn you n00bs, just like your somebody's mom trying to play the games"

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Also: Because tri's present such a hard challenge, don't they? Hey,
we didn't spill the beans on how you chased down that commuter the
other day, did we?

And he paid the price for riding the boulie.. he must have spotted me with
his handlebar mounted mirror and backed off... 🙂

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- If there was another GPL in the group, I'd kick his ass for being a
[censored]

🙂

oi! I still do my share of work up (or off) the front!.. 🙂

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

news just in.. bike frame war is taking place with another BR member - no
time to proof read this post - going into battle mode! 😉

Red, I take it? And not full carbon, eh?

Shhhhehhhh.. i'll cry..

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Oh, Clintons Rd is now up on cycle2max... be sure to note the
start/ending
points and post some times..

URL for the time? I haven't yet worked out how to use cycle2max. And
their "search" feature is b0rked.

Just dont use it in Firefox, else it looks like someone spewed up HTML
tables all over it.. the link/time is still on the font page..

cheers,
GPL

"flyingdutch" wrote in message ...

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and the lama goes down! (the crowd go wild) 😄😄😄

*sniffle*.. must have been sooo close.. I read the dudes email, did a quick
google images search, and called him 2mins later.. I blame Google lag..

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Just picked up a bargain frame/fork/seatpost for $250!
(http://tinyurl.com/9tex2)
good enuff to get me back on the road again on a real roadbike
🙄

woot!... dutch has a new toy again!.. I think you've got the perfect
balance, it is carbon where it can be, and alloy on the 'FD breaks em here'
bits.. Looking forward to seeing this out and about this weekend!

cheers,
GPL

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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GPLama said:

news just in.. bike frame war is taking place with another BR member -
no
time to proof read this post - going into battle mode! 😉

cheers,
GPL

and the lama goes down! (the crowd go wild) 😄😄😄

Just picked up a bargain frame/fork/seatpost for $250!
(http://tinyurl.com/9tex2)
good enuff to get me back on the road again on a real roadbike
🙄

--
flyingdutch

Whee...time to test the "red is faster" theory.

Resound said:

Whee...time to test the "red is faster" theory.

meh. wondering what it would look like in full glossy-black
with either orange or black 'FlyingDutch' transfers?

where can i get stickers/transfers made up? Suzy?
i can supply artwork. Just need a supplier...

flyingdutch said:

meh. wondering what it would look like in full glossy-black
with either orange or black 'FlyingDutch' transfers?

where can i get stickers/transfers made up? Suzy?
i can supply artwork. Just need a supplier...

And your mascot!
flickr.com44842617Open ↗

flickr.comphotostreamOpen ↗

PiledHigher said:

And your mascot!
flickr.com44842617Open ↗

flickr.comphotostreamOpen ↗

hey, that's yours fella!

besides, wouldnt fit on the headtube...

[quote="GPLama"]"TimC" wrote in message ...

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So where's the ride report? Who went??

Quoted post said:

Report - My legs were soggy after a few good kms the day before at a secret
location.. I was looking to take it easy up Kangaroo Ground climb.. Ess and
Jazmo came past, with Ess asking me to pick it up a little.. my reply was
"no, I am exhausted" (though, I dont think I used those exact terms) 😉..
I kept on Ess' and Jazmo's wheel and started to feel a little better. Jazmo
started to pull away, which I had to chase down.. then I was on full gas to
the rock.. 12:52 which wasnt bad all things considered.

Quoted post said:

Small rest then up past the water tower.. my plan was to take it easy (hah!)
to Clintons Rd so I could sus out some timing points and post a time... Ess
went off the front on the downhill.. I watched him go from Jazmo's wheel..
then had to chase him down.. a few 100m later Blah comes flying past us
both... lesson learned.. let the little guys go on the downhills and wait
for someone's wheel 🙂

Quoted post said:

Blah and Ess went on ahead while I dropped off the pace saving my pennies
for Clintons Rd.. timing points sorted and lap counter started (love the
polar), off up the climb.. passing Blah and seeing Ess up ahead he made
comment about catching Ess.. "yeah, I've got him" was the reply not lacking
in confidence.. argh.. Ess spots me a little later and for sure he knew I
was on for the chase.. though the hairpin and along a little more I had
him.. though the finishing point and I was off the gas.. Ess comes past and
takes off... arh bugger it.. time for a rest... Next time Ess its all out to
the Smiths Gully store, we'll have to watch those horse floats though..

Quoted post said:

- Ess making me pay for my climb/chase up Clintons... these are racin' words
you realise! 😉