A weekend in Queensland

Bleve said:

I'm scooting up to the mould-coast on the evening of the 4th of Nov to
visit my grandparents (Burleigh Waters), staying 'til Monday (early).
I'm taking a roady with me. I'm tossing up whether to ride out to
watch some MTB thingo Tam's riding in, or do a crit or something if
there's something on the Sunday morning around there? No matter what,
I'm going to be putting a good few k's in the bank on Sunday the 5th.

Any suggestions?

You might want to have a look at, and maybe post on, Road Grime, the
new website for road cycling in SE Qld: http://www.roadgrime.com/ . The
Event Calendar shows there's a crit at Burleigh on 5 Nov. Also the
PanPacific Masters Games are on at the Gold Coast, so there will be
road and track events. You might need to post to find out about bunch
rides, as this bit of the site looks sparse.

Donga

Donga said:

Bleve said:

I'm scooting up to the mould-coast on the evening of the 4th of Nov to
visit my grandparents (Burleigh Waters), staying 'til Monday (early).
I'm taking a roady with me. I'm tossing up whether to ride out to
watch some MTB thingo Tam's riding in, or do a crit or something if
there's something on the Sunday morning around there? No matter what,
I'm going to be putting a good few k's in the bank on Sunday the 5th.

Any suggestions?

You might want to have a look at, and maybe post on, Road Grime, the
new website for road cycling in SE Qld: http://www.roadgrime.com/ . The
Event Calendar shows there's a crit at Burleigh on 5 Nov. Also the
PanPacific Masters Games are on at the Gold Coast, so there will be
road and track events. You might need to post to find out about bunch
rides, as this bit of the site looks sparse.

Donga

Actually Carl you could bring an MTB instead and RACE at
Kooralbyn...

T

Donga said:

Bleve said:

I'm scooting up to the mould-coast on the evening of the 4th of Nov to
visit my grandparents (Burleigh Waters), staying 'til Monday (early).
I'm taking a roady with me. I'm tossing up whether to ride out to
watch some MTB thingo Tam's riding in, or do a crit or something if
there's something on the Sunday morning around there? No matter what,
I'm going to be putting a good few k's in the bank on Sunday the 5th.

Any suggestions?

You might want to have a look at, and maybe post on, Road Grime, the
new website for road cycling in SE Qld: http://www.roadgrime.com/ . The
Event Calendar shows there's a crit at Burleigh on 5 Nov. Also the
PanPacific Masters Games are on at the Gold Coast, so there will be
road and track events. You might need to post to find out about bunch
rides, as this bit of the site looks sparse.

I'm old enough for masters, but am not admitting it 🙂

Bleve said:

Donga said:

Bleve said:

I'm scooting up to the mould-coast on the evening of the 4th of Nov to
visit my grandparents (Burleigh Waters), staying 'til Monday (early).
I'm taking a roady with me. I'm tossing up whether to ride out to
watch some MTB thingo Tam's riding in, or do a crit or something if
there's something on the Sunday morning around there? No matter what,
I'm going to be putting a good few k's in the bank on Sunday the 5th.

Any suggestions?

You might want to have a look at, and maybe post on, Road Grime, the
new website for road cycling in SE Qld: http://www.roadgrime.com/ . The
Event Calendar shows there's a crit at Burleigh on 5 Nov. Also the
PanPacific Masters Games are on at the Gold Coast, so there will be
road and track events. You might need to post to find out about bunch
rides, as this bit of the site looks sparse.

I'm old enough for masters, but am not admitting it 🙂

Even I'm old enough to compete in the masters games - but
only in swimming (minimum age women 25yrs, men 30yrs). I
won't though, as I'm hella scared of those masters swimmers,
they're FAST!

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

Donga said:

Bleve said:

I'm scooting up to the mould-coast on the evening of the 4th of Nov to
visit my grandparents (Burleigh Waters), staying 'til Monday (early).
I'm taking a roady with me. I'm tossing up whether to ride out to
watch some MTB thingo Tam's riding in, or do a crit or something if
there's something on the Sunday morning around there? No matter what,
I'm going to be putting a good few k's in the bank on Sunday the 5th.

Any suggestions?

You might want to have a look at, and maybe post on, Road Grime, the
new website for road cycling in SE Qld: http://www.roadgrime.com/ . The
Event Calendar shows there's a crit at Burleigh on 5 Nov. Also the
PanPacific Masters Games are on at the Gold Coast, so there will be
road and track events. You might need to post to find out about bunch
rides, as this bit of the site looks sparse.

Donga

Actually Carl you could bring an MTB instead and RACE at
Kooralbyn...

I'm not taking walking shoes 🙂

Bleve said:

... mould-coast ... my grandparents

That's not very nice!

The other day my son and I were sitting in Cavill Mall at Surfers at
10.30am, eating bacon and eggs, having cycled down from BrisVegas. We
saw something frightening coming up from the beach - a deeply tanned,
fat, 60ish thing with lanky grey hair in a tiny pink bikini. This was
bad enough, then the boy and I looked at each other and said, "Is that
a bloke?". Yes, the packet in the front gave it away as a tranny. Eeek!
The situation was only saved by the arrival of the Meter Maids. Enjoy
the GC, Bleve!

Donga

Donga said:

Bleve said:

... mould-coast ... my grandparents

That's not very nice!

The other day my son and I were sitting in Cavill Mall at Surfers at
10.30am, eating bacon and eggs, having cycled down from BrisVegas. We
saw something frightening coming up from the beach - a deeply tanned,
fat, 60ish thing with lanky grey hair in a tiny pink bikini. This was
bad enough, then the boy and I looked at each other and said, "Is that
a bloke?". Yes, the packet in the front gave it away as a tranny. Eeek!
The situation was only saved by the arrival of the Meter Maids. Enjoy
the GC, Bleve!

I've been there before ... and know what to expect! Last time I flew
up to Coolangatta in the back seat of a Beech Bonanza, then unpacked
the bike, rode to my grandparents, stayed 24 hours (long enough in that
part of the world ....) and then rode to BNE to get a ride back to Melb
in the Bonanza again. 24 hours of kitch and fake beaches is enough for
anyone.

Bleve said:

I'm scooting up to the mould-coast on the evening of the 4th of Nov to visit my grandparents (Burleigh Waters), staying 'til Monday (early). I'm taking a roady with me. I'm tossing up whether to ride out to watch some MTB thingo Tam's riding in, or do a crit or something if there's something on the Sunday morning around there? No matter what, I'm going to be putting a good few k's in the bank on Sunday the 5th. Any suggestions?

Wear your best bikini, bring your pompoms and head to Kooralbyn and cheer for Tam and I.

Lotte

Tamyka Bell said:

Quoted message said:

I'm old enough for masters, but am not admitting it 🙂

Even I'm old enough to compete in the masters games - but
only in swimming (minimum age women 25yrs, men 30yrs). I
won't though, as I'm hella scared of those masters swimmers,
they're FAST!

Shane Gould qualified for the olympic selection races.

Ok, there's a CATS crit on the 5th *and* a goldstars crit on the same
day. Seems odd to have two clubs running different races in the same
region on the same day? I've sent emails to both clubs enquiring about
their races (btw, both need a swift kick up the webmaster's behind ..
their sites are *crud* where's the maps for their courses? Why are
their calenders PDF's? blah ...). the crits seem pretty crazy-early
(6am?!), which would mean I could do one, and then tootle out to lob
rocks and moon Tam & Lotte before scooting back to the grandparents to
eat everything in their fridge. Hrm ... choices ...

Are any of the crit courses there flat? 🙂

Bleve said:

Ok, there's a CATS crit on the 5th *and* a goldstars crit on the same
day. Seems odd to have two clubs running different races in the same
region on the same day? I've sent emails to both clubs enquiring about
their races (btw, both need a swift kick up the webmaster's behind ..
their sites are *crud* where's the maps for their courses? Why are
their calenders PDF's? blah ...). the crits seem pretty crazy-early
(6am?!), which would mean I could do one, and then tootle out to lob
rocks and moon Tam & Lotte before scooting back to the grandparents to
eat everything in their fridge. Hrm ... choices ...

Are any of the crit courses there flat? 🙂

For all that lip, I trust you'll be riding to Kooralbyn and back?

Donga

Donga said:

Bleve said:

Ok, there's a CATS crit on the 5th *and* a goldstars crit on the same
day. Seems odd to have two clubs running different races in the same
region on the same day? I've sent emails to both clubs enquiring about
their races (btw, both need a swift kick up the webmaster's behind ..
their sites are *crud* where's the maps for their courses? Why are
their calenders PDF's? blah ...). the crits seem pretty crazy-early
(6am?!), which would mean I could do one, and then tootle out to lob
rocks and moon Tam & Lotte before scooting back to the grandparents to
eat everything in their fridge. Hrm ... choices ...

Are any of the crit courses there flat? 🙂

For all that lip, I trust you'll be riding to Kooralbyn and back?

I doubt I could talk my grandma into driving out there and picking me
up 🙂

Bleve said:

Are any of the crit courses there flat? 🙂

bloody sprinters! :p I'm not sure of terrain, but I think you can safely leave the 13-29 in the toolbox😄

monsterman said:

Bleve said:

Are any of the crit courses there flat? 🙂

bloody sprinters! :p I'm not sure of terrain, but I think you can
safely leave the 13-29 in the toolbox😄

I got a prompt reply from Andre Bondeson from the gold coast mob.

So, I took the liberty of creating a bikely map for the crit I'll do,
which looks like it's about 15 mins ride from my grandparents.
Perfect. 7am... finish around 8 I guess, then ride out to the MTB
thingo, with beer cans and a klaxon.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/West-Burleigh-Township-Drive-criterium

Anyone familiar with the course? Andre says it's flat (w00t!). the
satellite view shows it as something of a light industrial wasteland.

Bleve said:

So, I took the liberty of creating a bikely map for the crit I'll do,
which looks like it's about 15 mins ride from my grandparents.
Perfect. 7am... finish around 8 I guess, then ride out to the MTB
thingo, with beer cans and a klaxon.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/West-Burleigh-Township-Drive-criterium

Anyone familiar with the course? Andre says it's flat (w00t!). the
satellite view shows it as something of a light industrial wasteland.

Quoted message said:

From the map, it looks like it was a swamp, so it will be flat. As to

the wasteland, well, you're talking Gold Coast ;-)

Donga

Bleve said:

Donga said:

For all that lip, I trust you'll be riding to Kooralbyn and back?

I doubt I could talk my grandma into driving out there and picking me
up 🙂

You will earn R E S P E C K if you do a crit and ride GC-Kooralbyn
return in a day.

Donga

Donga said:

Bleve said:

Donga said:

For all that lip, I trust you'll be riding to Kooralbyn and back?

I doubt I could talk my grandma into driving out there and picking me
up 🙂

You will earn R E S P E C K if you do a crit and ride GC-Kooralbyn
return in a day.

As long as I don't get lost, it's only around 70km each way, right?

Quoted message said:

Donga

Bleve said:

Donga said:

Bleve said:

Donga wrote:
> For all that lip, I trust you'll be riding to Kooralbyn and back?

I doubt I could talk my grandma into driving out there and picking me
up 🙂

You will earn R E S P E C K if you do a crit and ride GC-Kooralbyn
return in a day.

As long as I don't get lost, it's only around 70km each way, right?

You're a local, will this work? I'm assuming I can't ride on the
Pacific Motorway?

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Township-Dr-crit-to-Kooralbyn

Bleve said:

You're a local, will this work? I'm assuming I can't ride on the
Pacific Motorway?

bikely.comTownship Dr crit to KooralbynOpen ↗

It sure will :-)