Murarrie Crit - 30 July 2005

LotteBum said:

For those who care, Abby beat me on Saturday. I managed to stay with
the pack for not quite one lap (and that's only because Paul was trying
to haul me along), then proceeded to get lapped approximately 5 times.

Each time the bunch passed me, I heard a female voice say "Jump in
Lotte!" or "Hey scrubber". Not quite sure who it was....

Hey Abby, seeing as I now owe you lunch, you wanna come to Maccas with
me?

LotteBum (ego = killed)

gives you more incentive to train a bit and beat them next time =D

while "bloody pulp" is an option, i'd suggest the crossing the line ahead of them instead 😉

kim

LotteBum said:

For those who care, Abby beat me on Saturday. I managed to stay with
the pack for not quite one lap (and that's only because Paul was trying
to haul me along), then proceeded to get lapped approximately 5 times.

Lotte averaged over 30 km/h on her own though.

Quoted message said:

Each time the bunch passed me, I heard a female voice say "Jump in
Lotte!" or "Hey scrubber". Not quite sure who it was....

*Tam whistles, looks innocent, and wonders who called her "[censored]"*

Quoted message said:

Hey Abby, seeing as I now owe you lunch, you wanna come to Maccas with
me?

LotteBum (ego = killed)

STILL no mention of my SOLO BREAKAWAY what is it with you guys... tsk
tsk.

Tam

Had a good ride, stayed up the front for most of it. As the Prime drew
near I decided I was too far back and decided to sprint up the outside
on the back straight. Got up near the front and the boys didn't want me
up there, but they were going pretty slow so I just blew straight past
them. I looked back and they didn't seem to care, so I upped the speed a
bit and kept going. Eventually one of them decided he should catch me
and dragged the whole bloody bunch with him, so I gave up and slowed
down a bit; but when they caught me, I got left out the front. Knew what
to do this time and gave them the flick coming out of the back corner
and was back in sixth wheel by the time we reached the next corner. So
AB missed the whole lot and probably doesn't believe me. But it was
soooooo much fun (in a "fsck this is really stupid" kind of way), I
think I will do something like that every race from now on.

Anyway the next half a lap was me hanging on for dear life as I had
convinced the boys it was a good idea to pick up the speed again and my
legs
were a bit sore and protesting, but a minute later I was fine again.
FEEL THE BURN, BABY!

There were a lot of poor form riders in the bunch... a few heroes, lots
of braking on the corners (I know... why are we not pedalling, people?)
and of course a little [censored] who cut in on a corner and told me to hold
my line... I asked her, "What, do you want me to ride on the grass?"

Abby is now a proven Cat 2 rider - yep, for the first time, he
didn't drop a lap! I am taking some of the credit for this, as it
conveniently happened only a short while after I gave him a lesson on
pedalling more efficiently. Now I'm scared he'll start beating me! Oh
well, [censored] happens. Lotte got dropped early but worked hard the entire
time. She didn't feel she needed bunch experience as she used to race
all the time, so she just wanted to get a good session out of it.
Paulie (the other one, Lotte's boy) rode really well but didn't bother
with the final sprint because he was getting squished between some
trihard sprinters that were nowhere near the front anyway.

I saw there were three of the little nasty girls in front of me so got
out of the saddle to sprint but felt like I was going to fall off, so I
sat again, it always looks funny when you pedal hard in the saddle
during a sprint, my mate came third the other week doing that. I didn't
understand what the problem was until I started to head home and saw
that I'd ripped my right shoe apart again. I'm sending the shoes back!
Didn't feature Newnham Rd with
only one shoe, so I got Abby to drive me from his place.

Sunday I had all sorts of dramas swapping the pedals on my bike because
the Miche pedals need a proper pedal wrench (spanner worked fine on the
Shimanos) and struggled to find somewhere that was open on a Sunday and
actually sold the damn things. "You sell pedals?" "Yep." "But not pedal
wrenches?" "Nope." "Well don't you think people would like to be able to
put their pedals on their bike?"

Lotte dragged me out on the MTB and it was heaps of fun but I fell off.
I rode over heaps more scary [censored] than normal and then fell off on a
familiar corner that I've nailed every time. Got some nice big sore
spots now.

I remember the breakaway...

I was working my way up, said g'day as I passed you, and you generously
let me in ahead of you. Then you took off dwon the outside.

"Wow, she's strong" I thought. "Must be keeping out of trouble with the
front guys". Then you PASSED the front guys, and kept going?!?!

I'm trying to keep one eye on the wheel in front of me, and one eye on
you way out ahead trying to see if you were going the solo breakaway.
While you obviously didn't stay away, it LOOKED pretty [censored]-hot, and at
least it might get the fellas to take you a bit more seriously
*laughing*

Now just need to do something about those psycho Hitachi Racing girls.
They were, ummm, interesting to ride with in the pack...

Oh, and Lotte - you rock dude. I would've put money on you outlasting
me on Saturday, so I was pretty surprised at the "Tour de Fat" result.
I still reckon you'd kick my [censored] in a one-on-one, maybe I was just
able to shelter in the pack better or something...??

Abby (still grinning about finishing Cat 2)

Absent Husband said:

I remember the breakaway...

I was working my way up, said g'day as I passed you, and you generously
let me in ahead of you. Then you took off dwon the outside.

"Wow, she's strong" I thought. "Must be keeping out of trouble with the
front guys". Then you PASSED the front guys, and kept going?!?!

I'm trying to keep one eye on the wheel in front of me, and one eye on
you way out ahead trying to see if you were going the solo breakaway.
While you obviously didn't stay away, it LOOKED pretty [censored]-hot, and at
least it might get the fellas to take you a bit more seriously
*laughing*

Yeah, as soon as I got out there, I thought, "uh oh, BAD idea, very BAD
idea..." but it was so fun! But a short while later I was looking over
my shoulder, thinking, "come on guys, all I wanted to do was get you to
hurry up..." hehehe they'll be watching out for the chick in uglies next
week! I was thinking of either (1) doing an AB and heading off the front
on lap 2, if anyone's keen to go with me, Mick? Paulie? Abby? or maybe
(2) starting a breakaway with about 5 minutes to go, just to stir things
up or maybe even (3) starting a breakaway immediately off the back of
the Prime, eh? eh? Who's with me?!!!

(Lotte, no dirty comments about "doing an AB", okay? Yeah, I know how
your mind works...)

Quoted message said:

Now just need to do something about those psycho Hitachi Racing girls.
They were, ummm, interesting to ride with in the pack...

Yeah... next time they steer at me, I'm moving up, blocking, and putting
my body in the way. Bounce, little girl, bounce.

Quoted message said:

Oh, and Lotte - you rock dude. I would've put money on you outlasting
me on Saturday, so I was pretty surprised at the "Tour de Fat" result.
I still reckon you'd kick my [censored] in a one-on-one, maybe I was just
able to shelter in the pack better or something...??

Abby (still grinning about finishing Cat 2)

Lotte rocks. You know what it's like when that gap appears... next week
she's starting on my wheel, up the front. Then she'll kick your [censored]. I
hear she's doing "secret training"...

Tam

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

Yeah, as soon as I got out there, I thought, "uh oh, BAD idea, very BAD
idea..." but it was so fun! But a short while later I was looking over
my shoulder, thinking, "come on guys, all I wanted to do was get you to
hurry up..." hehehe they'll be watching out for the chick in uglies next
week! I was thinking of either (1) doing an AB and heading off the front
on lap 2, if anyone's keen to go with me, Mick? Paulie? Abby? or maybe
(2) starting a breakaway with about 5 minutes to go, just to stir things
up or maybe even (3) starting a breakaway immediately off the back of
the Prime, eh? eh? Who's with me?!!!

Now I remember your break. I think that was relatively early on
wasn't it. You went by pretty damn fast on the outside on the back
straight. I remember thinking "oh here goes, now the pace gets whipped
up and I get spat out the back".

I had one of those oh-oh-what-they-hell-am-I-doing-on-the-front
moments. 3 kids in maroon attacked along the back straight and I jumped
out with some guys giving chase, who promptly rolled off. What the?
I got swallowed up just before the turn into the start/finish straight
though.
Thankfully.

I'd be up for trying a break. I reckon with a few people, just after the
prime
would be worth a shot. Long time to stay out but it'd be fun to try.
I'll be OS for the next 3 weeks though.
3 weeks no training - first week back - ouch!

Mick

Mick said:

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

Yeah, as soon as I got out there, I thought, "uh oh, BAD idea, very BAD
idea..." but it was so fun! But a short while later I was looking over
my shoulder, thinking, "come on guys, all I wanted to do was get you to
hurry up..." hehehe they'll be watching out for the chick in uglies next
week! I was thinking of either (1) doing an AB and heading off the front
on lap 2, if anyone's keen to go with me, Mick? Paulie? Abby? or maybe
(2) starting a breakaway with about 5 minutes to go, just to stir things
up or maybe even (3) starting a breakaway immediately off the back of
the Prime, eh? eh? Who's with me?!!!

Now I remember your break. I think that was relatively early on
wasn't it. You went by pretty damn fast on the outside on the back
straight. I remember thinking "oh here goes, now the pace gets whipped
up and I get spat out the back".

I went at about 18 minutes and yeah, the bunch was way to big and I was
hoping to get some people moving and open a gap... somewhere. Anywhere
except right behind my wheel.

Quoted message said:

I had one of those oh-oh-what-they-hell-am-I-doing-on-the-front
moments. 3 kids in maroon attacked along the back straight and I jumped
out with some guys giving chase, who promptly rolled off. What the?
I got swallowed up just before the turn into the start/finish straight
though.
Thankfully.

😄 You don't REALLY mean that... you want the glory, I know...

Quoted message said:

I'd be up for trying a break. I reckon with a few people, just after the
prime
would be worth a shot. Long time to stay out but it'd be fun to try.
I'll be OS for the next 3 weeks though.
3 weeks no training - first week back - ouch!

Mick

Cool, done deal then. I reckon the guy that chased, he'll be looking for
me next time 😄 Hehehe I got to be a wabbit.

Tam

Abby wrote:

Oh, and Lotte - you rock dude. I would've put money on you outlasting
me on Saturday, so I was pretty surprised at the "Tour de Fat" result.

I wasn't. Not even a little bit. I was surprised to hang on for a whole lap.

I still reckon you'd kick my [censored] in a one-on-one, maybe I was just
able to shelter in the pack better or something...??

Nah, I reckon you're just better than me. *sniff*

Tam Wrote:

Lotte rocks. You know what it's like when that gap appears... next week
she's starting on my wheel, up the front. Then she'll kick your [censored]. I
hear she's doing "secret training"...

BWaaahahahahahahahaaaaw!

LotteBum

P.S. So... who's up for Thursday morning??

LotteBum said:

Abby wrote:

Oh, and Lotte - you rock dude. I would've put money on you outlasting
me on Saturday, so I was pretty surprised at the "Tour de Fat" result.

I wasn't. Not even a little bit. I was surprised to hang on for a
whole lap.

I still reckon you'd kick my [censored] in a one-on-one, maybe I was just
able to shelter in the pack better or something...??

Nah, I reckon you're just better than me. *sniff*

Tam Wrote:

Lotte rocks. You know what it's like when that gap appears... next week
she's starting on my wheel, up the front. Then she'll kick your [censored]. I
hear she's doing "secret training"...

BWaaahahahahahahahaaaaw!

LotteBum

P.S. So... who's up for Thursday morning??

--
LotteBum

I'll be there with not-my-SPD-SL's on.

Tam-with-different-shoes-and-pedals

Tamyka Bell said:

(1) doing an AB and heading off the front
on lap 2, if anyone's keen to go with me, Mick? Paulie? Abby? or maybe
(2) starting a breakaway with about 5 minutes to go, just to stir things
up or maybe even (3) starting a breakaway immediately off the back of
the Prime, eh? eh? Who's with me?!!!

Tam

Hey who has been talking to you about my race plan ????

Actually I was thinking of going 2 laps from the finish so to keep em all honest to the finish.

At least if we went off straight after the prime and streched them for a bit then we would probably have a bit of time to recover (assuming they catch us after a few mins) and then go again near the end to stir them up again.

Id rather get to the end with nothing left in the tank than having cruised and being able to sprint.

Paulie-AU said:

Tamyka Bell said:

(1) doing an AB and heading off the front
on lap 2, if anyone's keen to go with me, Mick? Paulie? Abby? or maybe
(2) starting a breakaway with about 5 minutes to go, just to stir
things
up or maybe even (3) *starting a breakaway immediately off the back of*
*the Prime, eh? eh? Who's with me?!!!*

Tam

Hey who has been talking to you about my race plan ????

Actually I was thinking of going 2 laps from the finish so to keep em
all honest to the finish.

At least if we went off straight after the prime and streched them for
a bit then we would probably have a bit of time to recover (assuming
they catch us after a few mins) and then go again near the end to stir
them up again.

Id rather get to the end with nothing left in the tank than having
cruised and being able to sprint.

--
Paulie-AU

The sprinter might win, but they are never going to get much better...

Hey, I'll work with you in that... maybe we should do up a hat of random
race plans and draw one each week?

Tam

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:57:23 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The sprinter might win, but they are never going to get much better...

You have much to learn, grasshopper 🙂

Carl Brewer said:

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:57:23 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The sprinter might win, but they are never going to get much better...

You have much to learn, grasshopper 🙂

That's undoubtedly true.

But, Paulie and I are speaking about specific heroes in the bunch, etc,
and the guys who never do any work, but miraculously appear at the
sprint. Good for them if they've got time to do a few hundred km during
the week to get fit. I don't.

I ride 16km of hills to get to the race, race hard, then do 16km of
hills to get home (unless my shoe breaks and then I only do 8km home). I
get fitter and stronger every week. And every week -they- just sit back,
have a go at the sprint, and come 5th.

Tam

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

Carl Brewer said:

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:57:23 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The sprinter might win, but they are never going to get much better...

You have much to learn, grasshopper 🙂

That's undoubtedly true.

But, Paulie and I are speaking about specific heroes in the bunch, etc,
and the guys who never do any work, but miraculously appear at the
sprint. Good for them if they've got time to do a few hundred km during
the week to get fit. I don't.

I ride 16km of hills to get to the race, race hard, then do 16km of
hills to get home (unless my shoe breaks and then I only do 8km home). I
get fitter and stronger every week. And every week -they- just sit back,
have a go at the sprint, and come 5th.

Tam

So what you mean to say is: when you're up in Cat 1 keeping them honest, the
"heros" will still be in Cat 2 sitting on wheels until the sprint?

retrograded said:

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

Carl Brewer said:

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:57:23 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>
wrote:

>The sprinter might win, but they are never going to get much better...

You have much to learn, grasshopper 🙂

That's undoubtedly true.

But, Paulie and I are speaking about specific heroes in the bunch, etc,
and the guys who never do any work, but miraculously appear at the
sprint. Good for them if they've got time to do a few hundred km during
the week to get fit. I don't.

I ride 16km of hills to get to the race, race hard, then do 16km of
hills to get home (unless my shoe breaks and then I only do 8km home). I
get fitter and stronger every week. And every week -they- just sit back,
have a go at the sprint, and come 5th.

Tam

So what you mean to say is: when you're up in Cat 1 keeping them honest, the
"heros" will still be in Cat 2 sitting on wheels until the sprint?

I do, indeed, aspire to reaching Cat 1 this year. They only averaged 2
km/h faster than us on Saturday.

Tam

Tam wrote:

I do, indeed, aspire to reaching Cat 1 this year. They only averaged 2
km/h faster than us on Saturday.

Oh. IS THAT ALL? That's only like 10km/h faster than me.... piece of cake!

LotteBum

I do, indeed, aspire to reaching Cat 1 this year. They only averaged 2
km/h faster than us on Saturday.

Really......I know I could do alot more work at the front of Cat 2 but the sitting in the bunch really isn't working me too hard at the moment. Personally I would rather be hanging on in Cat 1 than being up the front of Cat 2. Might have to aim to be there in a couple of months or so. In the mean time have to improve my fitness and bunch riding

Lotte and I want to be able to bring Simon. If I race in Cat 1 then she can hold him and then I can hold him when she races.

Paulie wrote:

Lotte and I want to be able to bring Simon. If I race in Cat 1 then she can hold him and then I can hold him when she races.

Coochie coo! Isn't that cute?

Lotte

Paulie-AU said:

I do, indeed, aspire to reaching Cat 1 this year. They only averaged 2
km/h faster than us on Saturday.

Really......I know I could do alot more work at the front of Cat 2 but
the sitting in the bunch really isn't working me too hard at the
moment. Personally I would rather be hanging on in Cat 1 than being up
the front of Cat 2. Might have to aim to be there in a couple of
months or so. In the mean time have to improve my fitness and bunch
riding

Lotte and I want to be able to bring Simon. If I race in Cat 1 then
she can hold him and then I can hold him when she races.

--
Paulie-AU

You guys are just too cute.

Tam