10km stretch on Beach Rd

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As part of this year's triathlon training (yeah yeah
triathlete's can't ride etc etc) I want to do a regular
20km (10km down and 10km back)time trial, preferably along
Beach Rd because that's where most of the races are. Can
one of the regular Beach Rd riders suggest a good 10km
section with a minimum of traffic lights (not that I'm
completely averse to running red lights but I do at least
stop first).

Hmmm... I can only really comment on the top half of Beach
Road. St Kilda to Sandringham and back is about 25km and
most of the traffic lights would be in the St Kilda to
Brighton section. From Brighton down to Black Rock or
thereabouts there aren't so many (not that there's a huge
number anyway, it just seems that way some days).

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Originally posted by Daveb
As part of this year's triathlon training (yeah yeah
triathlete's can't ride etc etc) I want to do a regular 20km
(10km down and 10km back)time trial, preferably along Beach
Rd because that's where most of the races are. Can one of
the regular Beach Rd riders suggest a good 10km section with
a minimum of traffic lights (not that I'm completely averse
to running red lights but I do at least stop first).

DaveB

Your best clear run (and the one all the grouppos wind it up for!) is north of Mordialloc.
Basically Black Rock to Mordialloc-Return.
Gentle rolling hill stuff but good sprint-work anyway to get you out of the seat.
If you start at StK/PortM and roll down to Black Rock you should be warmed up by then and then you can crank it up once you pass the clock, go to Mordy, turn at the Park(name?) before you sweep left to the roundabout, and return North.
Always some riders off ahead of you to chase down and give you incentive. and once you reach the clock just spin it back to StK again

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Quoted message said:

As part of this year's triathlon training (yeah yeah
triathlete's can't ride etc etc) I want to do a regular
20km (10km down and 10km back)time trial, preferably along
Beach Rd because that's where most of the races are. Can
one of the regular Beach Rd riders suggest a good 10km
section with a minimum of traffic lights (not that I'm
completely averse to running red lights but I do at least
stop first).

I would include the section past Brighton Beach where there
is at least a hill (if you can call it that) to climb up.

Karl aka Stomper

Heading towards Mordi on Beach rd. 227 Beach Rd to the Mordi turn around is 10 km. This is turning at the traffic island afte the lights not around the corner to the roundabout. No lights but one roundabout at the claock tower. Checked for accuracy last night on the way home.