Kew Crits 2-11-05

Heads up fellow bike racing Interweb nerds!!! 😉

HCC crits start tonight at the same bat time, at the same bat place (just
watch the bats after sunset tho!).. Word on the street is that entry is now
$10, so pack an extra $5er just in case....

Keep an eye on BOM though, it may be a washout (fingers crossed, I cbf
racing tonight)..

Catch you all behind me.. :P
GPL

GPLama said:

Heads up fellow bike racing Interweb nerds!!! 😉

HCC crits start tonight at the same bat time, at the same bat place (just
watch the bats after sunset tho!).. Word on the street is that entry is now
$10, so pack an extra $5er just in case....

Keep an eye on BOM though, it may be a washout (fingers crossed, I cbf
racing tonight)..

hmmm, some very nasty specs of colour forming. Could be an interesting
ride. I'd guess Kew would be called off at the start of any rain. I'd
hate to be coming around the hairpin in the wet.

DaveB

GPLama said:

Heads up fellow bike racing Interweb nerds!!! 😉

HCC crits start tonight at the same bat time, at the same bat place (just
watch the bats after sunset tho!).. Word on the street is that entry is now
$10, so pack an extra $5er just in case....

Keep an eye on BOM though, it may be a washout (fingers crossed, I cbf
racing tonight)..

hmmm, some very nasty specs of colour forming. Could be an interesting
ride. I'd guess Kew would be called off at the start of any rain. I'd
hate to be coming around the hairpin in the wet.

DaveB

beeep dee deeebeeppp *weather update*

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
VICTORIAN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for Damaging Wind Gusts, Large Hailstones and Flash Flooding
For people in the Western and Central districts
Issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Wednesday 2 November 2005

RACE ON!!! 🙂

beeep dee deeebeeppp *weather update*

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
VICTORIAN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for Damaging Wind Gusts, Large Hailstones and Flash Flooding
For people in the Western and Central districts
Issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Wednesday 2 November 2005

RACE ON!!! 🙂

"DaveB" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

hmmm, some very nasty specs of colour forming. Could be an interesting
ride. I'd guess Kew would be called off at the start of any rain. I'd hate
to be coming around the hairpin in the wet.

Hot tip: position yourself to take the sprint mid race.. then sit on the
back and pray for rain 🙂

cheers,
GPL

"DaveB" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

hmmm, some very nasty specs of colour forming. Could be an interesting
ride. I'd guess Kew would be called off at the start of any rain. I'd hate
to be coming around the hairpin in the wet.

Hot tip: position yourself to take the sprint mid race.. then sit on the
back and pray for rain 🙂

cheers,
GPL

On 2005-11-02, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Heads up fellow bike racing Interweb nerds!!! 😉

HCC crits start tonight at the same bat time, at the same bat place (just
watch the bats after sunset tho!).. Word on the street is that entry is now
$10, so pack an extra $5er just in case....

Keep an eye on BOM though, it may be a washout (fingers crossed, I cbf
racing tonight)..

It's all out in the west. It's all good. But I can say that, 'cause
I'll be spectatorating.

--
TimC

Quoted message said:

You seem to be implying here that one gets rich after gaining a PhD?

Of course one does. The other 99 out of a hundred get bitter.
-- Paula responding to TimC on ARK

On 2005-11-02, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Heads up fellow bike racing Interweb nerds!!! 😉

HCC crits start tonight at the same bat time, at the same bat place (just
watch the bats after sunset tho!).. Word on the street is that entry is now
$10, so pack an extra $5er just in case....

Keep an eye on BOM though, it may be a washout (fingers crossed, I cbf
racing tonight)..

It's all out in the west. It's all good. But I can say that, 'cause
I'll be spectatorating.

--
TimC

Quoted message said:

You seem to be implying here that one gets rich after gaining a PhD?

Of course one does. The other 99 out of a hundred get bitter.
-- Paula responding to TimC on ARK

"TimC" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

It's all out in the west. It's all good. But I can say that, 'cause
I'll be spectatorating.

Damn it.. see you at the track!

cheers,
GPL

"TimC" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

It's all out in the west. It's all good. But I can say that, 'cause
I'll be spectatorating.

Damn it.. see you at the track!

cheers,
GPL

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

Heads up fellow bike racing Interweb nerds!!! 😉

HCC crits start tonight at the same bat time, at the same bat place (just
watch the bats after sunset tho!).. Word on the street is that entry is

now

Quoted message said:

$10, so pack an extra $5er just in case....

Keep an eye on BOM though, it may be a washout (fingers crossed, I cbf
racing tonight)..

Catch you all behind me.. :P
GPL

Dammit......I forgot that they would start up again once daylight savings
did!!! I might have to wait until the following Wednesday which might be a
good week for me as I am planning on going to the Darebin Velodrome on the
Tuesday night to have a crack at the track on one of the club bikes
there.......can't wait!!!

Expect to see GPL's victorious RR soon!!!

Ride On,

Gags

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

Heads up fellow bike racing Interweb nerds!!! 😉

HCC crits start tonight at the same bat time, at the same bat place (just
watch the bats after sunset tho!).. Word on the street is that entry is

now

Quoted message said:

$10, so pack an extra $5er just in case....

Keep an eye on BOM though, it may be a washout (fingers crossed, I cbf
racing tonight)..

Catch you all behind me.. :P
GPL

Dammit......I forgot that they would start up again once daylight savings
did!!! I might have to wait until the following Wednesday which might be a
good week for me as I am planning on going to the Darebin Velodrome on the
Tuesday night to have a crack at the track on one of the club bikes
there.......can't wait!!!

Expect to see GPL's victorious RR soon!!!

Ride On,

Gags

Well B grade ended up getting cancelled anyway🙁 (with 3 laps to go)
I heard the A grader whop stacked was trying to avoid a snake!! now that's certainly one for the books.

Well B grade ended up getting cancelled anyway🙁 (with 3 laps to go)
I heard the A grader whop stacked was trying to avoid a snake!! now that's certainly one for the books.

"Gags" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

Expect to see GPL's victorious RR soon!!!

RR: B grade, bloody hot, pace was on, most of the surges hurt, and near the
end I started laying down the law up the hill 🙂

Spent some time on the back today for once.. and I can conclude that up the
back sucks... so 1/2 way I moved up and kept around 5th wheel.. lots more
interval/sprint training required so I can feel more on top of things..

An A grader hit the deck on the back straight - we kept clear for a few
laps, then on the 3 laps to.. we roll around and there was lots of yelling
from the back of the bunch.. nfi what it was about, I sat up... then kept
going.. then we found out why.. there was an ambo on the course for the
fallen rider. Race was abandoned just as I was finding my legs!.. fair
enough though, B grade would have been a mad 2 lap bunch sprint with an ambo
on the course...

Rider down was Phil Indovino, word has it he was off the front of A grade
and met a very large tiger snake which somehow ended up with him on the
ground.. poor bugger.. any kind of breakaway today would have been ball
busting, then to come up against a freakin snake... argh.. I'm sure he'll be
back to slay some more snakes (and A graders) next week.

Effort of the day goes to Ess.. just to make life hard for himself he hung
about 20m off the back of C for most of the race... then caught them, then
went off the front on the final lap!!.. I'll let him tell the full story,
but helmets off to Ess!... Dutch also did some great slaying on the final
climb in D grade..

cheers,
GPL

"Gags" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

Expect to see GPL's victorious RR soon!!!

RR: B grade, bloody hot, pace was on, most of the surges hurt, and near the
end I started laying down the law up the hill 🙂

Spent some time on the back today for once.. and I can conclude that up the
back sucks... so 1/2 way I moved up and kept around 5th wheel.. lots more
interval/sprint training required so I can feel more on top of things..

An A grader hit the deck on the back straight - we kept clear for a few
laps, then on the 3 laps to.. we roll around and there was lots of yelling
from the back of the bunch.. nfi what it was about, I sat up... then kept
going.. then we found out why.. there was an ambo on the course for the
fallen rider. Race was abandoned just as I was finding my legs!.. fair
enough though, B grade would have been a mad 2 lap bunch sprint with an ambo
on the course...

Rider down was Phil Indovino, word has it he was off the front of A grade
and met a very large tiger snake which somehow ended up with him on the
ground.. poor bugger.. any kind of breakaway today would have been ball
busting, then to come up against a freakin snake... argh.. I'm sure he'll be
back to slay some more snakes (and A graders) next week.

Effort of the day goes to Ess.. just to make life hard for himself he hung
about 20m off the back of C for most of the race... then caught them, then
went off the front on the final lap!!.. I'll let him tell the full story,
but helmets off to Ess!... Dutch also did some great slaying on the final
climb in D grade..

cheers,
GPL

What time does it start ? I assume I'll be in the lowest grade having never
raced ... D ???

So its $10 to race. Any other tips for things to bring etc?

Cheers

Marc

What time does it start ? I assume I'll be in the lowest grade having never
raced ... D ???

So its $10 to race. Any other tips for things to bring etc?

Cheers

Marc