BR Tomorrow?

blah said:

Anybody want to come out and see a fat [censored] wheeze up hills he used
to fly (apologies to Ess, Gpl and guys who genuinely 'fly'😉 up
tomorrow?

Sorry mate, got family commitments tomorrow. You would have been very
happy with the ride a couple of weeks ago. Me, FD and Gags riding at a
very sedate pace (I think Gags was just being kind to me and FD).

DaveB

DaveB said:

blah said:

Anybody want to come out and see a fat [censored] wheeze up hills he used
to fly (apologies to Ess, Gpl and guys who genuinely 'fly'😉 up
tomorrow?

Sorry mate, got family commitments tomorrow. You would have been very
happy with the ride a couple of weeks ago. Me, FD and Gags riding at a
very sedate pace (I think Gags was just being kind to me and FD).

DaveB

Oh well; thanks for the reply though - if I get no takers on here I'll
just do the ride an hour or so later and sleep in. So it's win/win,
really.

blah said:

Anybody want to come out and see a fat [censored] wheeze up hills he used
to fly (apologies to Ess, Gpl and guys who genuinely 'fly'😉 up
tomorrow?

Yep, I'll be there. When are you off to the 'sandilands' ???
sedate pace guareanteed 😄

blah said:

Anybody want to come out and see a fat [censored] wheeze up hills he used
to fly (apologies to Ess, Gpl and guys who genuinely 'fly'😉 up
tomorrow?

Would have liked to considering today has been a write off because of the weather - but I'm thinking I'll out to the Glenvale Cres Crits tomorrow.

On Mar 24, 2:04 pm, flyingdutch <flyingdutch.2nx...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

blah said:

Anybody want to come out and see a fat [censored] wheeze up hills he used
to fly (apologies to Ess, Gpl and guys who genuinely 'fly'😉 up
tomorrow?

Yep, I'll be there. When are you off to the 'sandilands' ???
sedate pace guareanteed 😄

--
flyingdutch

Off to Europe next month for extended holiday (including le tour).
Back in August for a couple of weeks before we join the sand people.
Slow process, but looking good so far.

blah said:

Anybody want to come out and see a fat [censored] wheeze up hills he used to fly (apologies to Ess, Gpl and guys who genuinely 'fly'😉 up
tomorrow?

Would a ring-in be welcome? I have looked at the map from time to time but don't remember a few details - can you please let me know time, start location (is it Doncaster / Williams Rd) and approx distance?

roshea said:

Would a ring-in be welcome? I have looked at the map from time to time but don't remember a few details - can you please let me know time, start location (is it Doncaster / Williams Rd) and approx distance?

Oops - should probably mention this here - daylight savings ends tonight, so don't forget to put your clock back 1 hour!

On Mar 24, 3:48 pm, roshea <roshea.2nx...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

roshea Wrote:> Would a ring-in be welcome? I have looked at the map from time to time

Quoted message said:

but don't remember a few details - can you please let me know time,
start location (is it Doncaster / Williams Rd) and approx distance?

Oops - should probably mention this here - daylight savings ends
tonight, so don't forget to put your clock back 1 hour!

--
roshea

Hey there - of course you're welcome, as is anyone on the corner of
Doncaster Road and Williams road at about 7.20am for a 7.30 depart.
Distance can vary. My first when I lived in Box Hill was about 55km
but the optional loops developed since then can push any given ride
out to 100km plus if we do this climb and that extra bit. I'm
underdone at the moment so it'll be quite sedate whatever the length.
There are quite a few jump off points if time or distance is an issue.
Hope to see you tomorrow after the extra hour sleep.

blah said:

Hey there - of course you're welcome, as is anyone on the corner of
Doncaster Road and Williams road at about 7.20am for a 7.30 depart.

Also take note there are a lot of development works on at the moment at
Shoppingtown. When we rode the other week we met near the corner, but
just up the hills from the lights at the bus stop (if you're coming up
Doncaster Rd).

DaveB

roshea said:

Oops - should probably mention this here - daylight savings ends tonight, so don't forget to put your clock back 1 hour!

oooh. GOOD pick up!!!
I was ALWAYS late to junior baseball games in my yooofff cossa vat!

come out and play. I think we are all in the mood for a VERY slack one.
2 weeks ago was a hoot. all talk and all play. nothing pushed nor stretched. Was nice realising what a nice ride it is.
lookin at the forecast i might rug up a bit tho 🙄

Flying"sooky-lah-lah"Dutch

Sounds like just the thing. I am trying to work around some family commitments, so if I can aim to get home by 10:30 I may be forgiven.

Aha - BIYF!

Is this bikely map still the normal route?

On 2007-03-24, blah (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
....

Quoted message said:

out to 100km plus if we do this climb and that extra bit. I'm
underdone at the moment so it'll be quite sedate whatever the length.
There are quite a few jump off points if time or distance is an issue.
Hope to see you tomorrow after the extra hour sleep.

Don't forget to give us an RR!

I reckon the reason the number started to slacken was because the RRs
stopped, so people forgot about it.

It's not because it's yucky summer weather and everyone is off busily
racing 🙂

--
TimC
If I'd known computer science was going to be like this, I'd never have
given up being a rock 'n' roll star. -- G. Hirst

roshea said:

Aha - BIYF!

Is this 'bikely map'
(http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Melb-Sunday-BR-x-7-20) still the
normal route?

It depends on who you are. I pretty much always go direct from K Ground
to Smiths Gully via Panton Hill. Also, for slack days, it's not uncommon
to go from K Ground to Wattle Glen. And once you hit Heidelberg, any
number of options are available. The route on bikely is the full route
but over two years I probably only did it twice.

DaveB

TimC said:

Don't forget to give us an RR!

Since blah and flyingdutch haven't done it yet, I will have a bash.

The 3 of us left from Doncaster a little late after FD had done his civic duties in reporting the traffic lights at Doncaster Rd being on the blink. A cool start to the day but fine and sunny - always a good start. All 3 of us on cannibalised bikes due to different frame issues (warranty, sh1tty lack of warranty, sh1tty car driver).

Not knowing the route, I designated myself as lanterne rouge, but got great information from the others about climbs and intersections. Noted the BR-[censored] signs on the road early on - good work there! There was also a fair bit of nostalgia in the commentary - this is where Tim fell off, we used to smash ess and gplama up here, you need to get right after this left turn, this is another spot where tim fell off, etc. Added a lot to my understanding of BR-x tradition.

I'm not sure on the details of route, but I think it was pretty close to Tim's bikely map. Through Kangaroo ground (no kangaroos) and Watson's Creek (only a few horses) to Smiths Gully for coffee and more nostaliga about the staff there 😉. A smooth cruise back from there through Wattle Glen (no wattle) and Diamond Creek (no diamonds!), with another civic duty stop for FD in Watsonia.

No KoM sprints (as far as I could tell - apologies if you guys were sprinting 😄) and no animal points - the closest we got to interesting wildlife was the elephants, which apparently were not a normal feature on the BR.

We went our separate ways at the bottom of Burgundy St, with blah alleging he was going up and FD kindly opting to escort me back in the direction of Doncaster. All up, just on 70 km @ 25 km/h average in perfect weather, with the only headwind noticable in the last few kms.

The only real blight on the day was the guy who obviously lost a bet and had to deck himself from anke to wrist in Liquigas Lime - the less said about that, the better 😕.

On 2007-03-25, roshea (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

I'm not sure on the details of route, but I think it was pretty
close to Tim's bikely map. Through Kangaroo ground (no kangaroos) and
Watson's Creek (only a few horses) to Smiths Gully for coffee and more
nostaliga about the staff there 😉. A smooth cruise back from there

Nostalgia? Has she left!?

Actually, I think I saw her at a cafe up here.

--
TimC
C Code.
C Code Run.
Run, Code, RUN!
PLEASE!!!! --unknown

roshea said:

Not knowing the route, I designated myself as lanterne rouge, but
got great information from the others about climbs and intersections.

Are you sure that was FD you were with. He has preferred to use a lack
of knowledge int he past to get the jump on newbies 😉 Maybe he realised
he wasn't capable. 🙂

DaveB

TimC said:

On 2007-03-25, roshea (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

I'm not sure on the details of route, but I think it was pretty
close to Tim's bikely map. Through Kangaroo ground (no kangaroos) and
Watson's Creek (only a few horses) to Smiths Gully for coffee and more
nostaliga about the staff there 😉. A smooth cruise back from there

Nostalgia? Has she left!?

I'm not certain who you mean, but the nostalgia was more along the lines that the younger person working there was not as young as she used to be.

DaveB said:

Are you sure that was FD you were with. He has preferred to use a lack
of knowledge int he past to get the jump on newbies 😉 Maybe he realised
he wasn't capable. 🙂

DaveB

age and experience wins EVERY time fella 😄😄😄

It was nice having a newbie who didn't totally smash us. the last few newbies have been big 'n' nastee and good climbers. Roshea would be approx 'mid-pack' on a more crowded BR, me thinks. I'm sure now he knows all the tricks and when to ease off and when to go hard he'll be 16min'ish for the climb-trial

Flying"gotta lose those extra 5kg"Dutch