Bluenose's First RR

Gemma Kernich said:

There's a pic of him racing at: http://www.maximumattack.biz/photogallery/2004_03_07-
http://www.maximumattack.biz/photogallery/2004_03_07-
Road%20Racing%20Gumerac ha/pages/DSC_2028.html
hehe 🙂

Maybe this will work better:

http://www.maximumattack.biz/photogallery/2004_03_07-
Road%20Racing%20Gumeracha/pages/DSC_2028.html

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jazmo said:

Maybe this will work better:
http://www.maximumattack.biz/photogallery/2004_03_07-
Road%20Racing%20Gumeracha/pages/DSC_2028.html

Looks like that works. Nice pic. I'd love to get a picture of mysel
racing. Maybe climbing a mountain or taking a corner in a crit. I'v
never seen how I look when I race before

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jazmo said:

Maybe this will work better:
http://www.maximumattack.biz/photogallery/2004_03_07-
Road%20Racing%20Gumeracha/pages/DSC_2028.html

Looks like that works. Nice pic. I'd love to get a picture of myself
racing. Maybe climbing a mountain or taking a corner in a crit. I've
never seen how I look when I race before.

there's one of me climbing too, same site, but it's not a good one, hence
I'm not posting a link...
Gemm

jazmo said:

Looks like that works. Nice pic. I'd love to get a picture of myself
racing. Maybe climbing a mountain or taking a corner in a crit. I've
never seen how I look when I race before.

the photography fairies always seem to throw rouge makeup and water al
over me, rendering me into a dripping, puffing mess. Got 2 pics of m
looking stuffed going up Falls in the AlpineClassic which somehow mak
me look like a fat b@stard! :-

Jazmo, there may be a pic of you as there seems to be regualrs takin
pics at Kew (just after the turn)..

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Quoted message said:

Originally posted by jazmo Looks like that works. Nice pic. I'd love to
get a picture of myself racing. Maybe climbing a mountain or taking a
corner in a crit. I've never seen how I look when I race before.

That can be arranged... Let me know where are you racing for the next 12
months and I'm sure I will not be racing at least one of them. 🙂 That's
when the camera comes out. I'd like to take some shots at Glenvale or
METEC but I'm always racing them. There were a few people taking photos
at Glenvale on Sunday. Maybe you could rock up there and smile a lot? 🙂

hippy (a.k.a. photoboy)

P.S. Who is "bluenose"? Did someone get a little too cold?

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flyingdutch said:

the photography fairies always seem to throw rouge makeup and water all
over me, rendering me into a dripping, puffing mess. Got 2 pics of me
looking stuffed going up Falls in the AlpineClassic which somehow make
me look like a fat b@stard! :-)
Jazmo, there may be a pic of you as there seems to be regualrs taking
pics at Kew (just after the turn)...

You racing at Kew on Wednesday? I'm thinking I might turn up for some
suffering.

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jazmo said:

You racing at Kew on Wednesday? I'm thinking I might turn up for some
suffering.

Yep. I'll skip on the suffering bit tho. What happens when the seaso
ends? Do you go onto other stuff (or perhaps that winter calendar hipst
posted...

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Originally posted by Gemma Kernich there's one of me climbing too, sam
site, but it's not a good one, hence I'm not posting a link... Gem

Sorry GK, but you're busted.. I founded ya! ;

Checking your watch? :

hipp

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flyingdutch said:

Yep. I'll skip on the suffering bit tho. What happens when the season
ends? Do you go onto other stuff (or perhaps that winter calendar hipsta
posted...)

G'day 'dutch,

waddya mean the seasons over!!!!!.....man..road season is just about to
begin!!. What club are you with?. If it is one of the 'Northern combine'
clubs, we have a huge road racing season beginning toward the end of
April, that goes right through until the end of October. Every saturday
arvo....good racing...good people. Normally 4 grades. Its alot more
interesting than this 'round in circles' stuff!.,

cheers,

Hitchy

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Hitchy said:

G'day 'dutch,
waddya mean the seasons over!!!!!.....man..road season is just about to
begin!!. What club are you with?. If it is one of the 'Northern combine'
clubs, we have a huge road racing season beginning toward the end of
April, that goes right through until the end of October. Every saturday
arvo....good racing...good people. Normally 4 grades. Its alot more
interesting than this 'round in circles' stuff!.,
cheers,
Hitchy

begin? really?

Im with Hawthorn but havent really followed anything up other than th
Wednesday nights (rode past Kew on the way home and saw racing going on
it was a coburg-hosted Vets race. If I had been on the roady I would
jumped on so some older guys could whip my butt!

Read on the HCC site that they have just become part of th
northern combine

You mean you can around in other shapes too? say it isnt so. Is ther
details/calendar somewhere

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Quoted message said:

Originally posted by flyingdutch begin? really?

Yep, road racing is really a winter sport here. The crits for a lot o
people are "off season". For me though it's really the other way around

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You mean you can around in other shapes too? say it isnt so. Is ther
details/calendar somewhere

The one I posted is the most comprehensive I've seen so far, but mos
clubs will be posting their own details to their own websites soon
April 17th is the first road race that I know of at Lang Lang

Most road races around Melbourne tend to involve hills, so the stron
climbers really shine. Country Vic races tend to be flat handicaps wher
working together to stay in front of the riders behind you is mos
important (unless you are off scratch, i.e. racing the full distance, i
which case your job is to catch everyone else)

Here are some course maps from BBN
http://www.blackburncycling.org.au/circuits/index.htm

hth hipp

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flyingdutch said:

Yep. I'll skip on the suffering bit tho. What happens when the season
ends? Do you go onto other stuff (or perhaps that winter calendar hipsta
posted...)

Yep, I'm intending to ride the road season this year. I'm aiming to b
competitive in 'C' grade in the Tour of the Yarra Valley this year

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jazmo said:

Yep, I'm intending to ride the road season this year. I'm aiming to be
competitive in 'C' grade in the Tour of the Yarra Valley this year.

wont your bike get wet/dirty? ;-

would it be wrong to glad-wrap your bike :-

How hard is this stuff compared to the crit bizzo

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Quoted message said:

Originally posted by flyingdutch wont your bike get wet/dirty? ;-

Yes

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would it be wrong to glad-wrap your bike :-

No. Freak. ;-

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How hard is this stuff compared to the crit bizzo

Personally, I would say harder. For starters, it's usually in crapp
weather. Then it's up and down hills. Up hills for a big dude like me i
pure hell - gimme a straight downhill any day. Also, growing up in
flat, dry town doesn't help my wet/downhill cornering skills! The race
are longer too. I guess "proper" road races count on having more skills
Things like breakaways are totally different - you are not on a cours
where you can watch the break go. They might go up or down a hill an
you'll have no idea how fast they are getting away. Tactics ar
different, skills are different, weather is different

hipp

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Sorry GK, but you're busted.. I founded ya! 😉

Checking your watch? 🙂

Hey hip, here's a better one of me. No hills here...

http://www.maximumattack.biz/photogallery/2004_03-State%20Championships/2004
_03_13-State%20Championships/pages/DSC_2390.html
Gemma

Should have bought those wheels....

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Sorry GK, but you're busted.. I founded ya! 😉

Checking your watch? 🙂

Hey hip, here's a better one of me. No hills here...

http://www.maximumattack.biz/photogallery/2004_03-State%20Championships/2004

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_03_13-State%20Championships/pages/DSC_2390.html
Gemma

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Should have bought those wheels....

Which ones, Alan? That is your old Shamal I'm riding....

Gemma 🙂