Time to race... aargh! Help!

Tamyka Bell said:

'Morning BrisVegans...

I have signed up, I have paid... I have my interim proof of membership
(faxed back from Kapooka though, gee, being in ADFCC is a bit weird like
that, I'll only see my club members a few times per year...)

So now I don't have to pay day licence fees, who wants to hold my hand
and talk me through my first (real) race (which I haven't selected yet)?

Tam

you talkin crits/road-races/tri-silliness or bog-snogelling ???

flyingdutch said:

Tamyka Bell said:

'Morning BrisVegans...

I have signed up, I have paid... I have my interim proof of membership
(faxed back from Kapooka though, gee, being in ADFCC is a bit weird
like
that, I'll only see my club members a few times per year...)

So now I don't have to pay day licence fees, who wants to hold my hand
and talk me through my first (real) race (which I haven't selected
yet)?

Tam

you talkin crits/road-races/tri-silliness or bog-snogelling ???

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flyingdutch

crits or rr

hehehe bog-snogelling, that's cute.

hey, you're not a SEQ-er!

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

'Morning BrisVegans...

I have signed up, I have paid... I have my interim proof of membership
(faxed back from Kapooka though, gee, being in ADFCC is a bit weird like
that, I'll only see my club members a few times per year...)

So now I don't have to pay day licence fees, who wants to hold my hand
and talk me through my first (real) race (which I haven't selected yet)?

Tam

Come to a Hamilton Pine Rivers Wheelers race. I could hold one hand,
Adam the other and you'll definitely fall off. You might have to wait a
few weeks though. This weekend is the Brisbane Metropolitan
Championships, too late to enter (not that you'd want to for your first
race) and next weekend, 18th, is the Club Criterium Champs at Lakeside.
The 25th would be a great first race if you don't mind a long drive out
to Somerset Dam. It's a handicap so you'd start with a small group
(5ish) of similar ability and try to catch the ones in front and not
get caught by the ones behind. The course is fairly hilly, very little
traffic, it says 40km on the program, I think it was a few more than
that last time I did it but they might be making it shorter this year.
Otherwise Lakeside the week after, it's a great safe course. I wouldn't
recommend Murarrie for your first race. I've never raced there but
there seems to be a lot of accidents there.

Bruce.

I meant to say, check out http://www.hamiltonwheelers.com/ and
http://members.optusnet.com.au/vonberky/

Bruce.

Quoted message said:

I meant to say, check out http://www.hamiltonwheelers.com/ and
http://members.optusnet.com.au/vonberky/

Bruce.

Thanks for that

quote=''Tamyka Bell said:

'Morning BrisVegans...

I have signed up, I have paid... I have my interim proof of membership
(faxed back from Kapooka though, gee, being in ADFCC is a bit weird like
that, I'll only see my club members a few times per year...)

So now I don't have to pay day licence fees, who wants to hold my hand
and talk me through my first (real) race (which I haven't selected yet)?

Tam

Come to a Hamilton Pine Rivers Wheelers race. I could hold one hand,
Adam the other and you'll definitely fall off. You might have to wait a
few weeks though. This weekend is the Brisbane Metropolitan
Championships, too late to enter (not that you'd want to for your first
race) and next weekend, 18th, is the Club Criterium Champs at Lakeside.
The 25th would be a great first race if you don't mind a long drive out
to Somerset Dam. It's a handicap so you'd start with a small group
(5ish) of similar ability and try to catch the ones in front and not
get caught by the ones behind. The course is fairly hilly, very little
traffic, it says 40km on the program, I think it was a few more than
that last time I did it but they might be making it shorter this year.
Otherwise Lakeside the week after, it's a great safe course. I wouldn't
recommend Murarrie for your first race. I've never raced there but
there seems to be a lot of accidents there.

Bruce.[/QUOTE]

If you like hand holding why not try the madison? 🙂 Like Bruce said consider coming out to Lakeside or Somerset Dam. (Is it that hilly bruce, only ridden it on a moto and I'd say it was that horrible word 'undulating' ?) There's also the pairs tour on the 25th but you'd need to team up (doesn't have to be same club).

I'd agree about Murrarie but I've only done one race there. There seem to be crashes there all the time, but in over a year racing at Lakeside I've only ever seen one crash.

Bruce, are you doing the metros? Good luck if you are, I'm pouring concrete this weekend!

Adam

adam85 said:

If you like hand holding why not try the madison? 🙂 Like Bruce said
consider coming out to Lakeside or Somerset Dam. (Is it that hilly
bruce, only ridden it on a moto and I'd say it was that horrible word
'undulating' ?)

Hills usually seem bigger when you have to do the work yourself 😉
Nothing super steep, a couple of longer climbs, no flat bits,
'undulating' sounds about right.

Quoted message said:

Bruce, are you doing the metros? Good luck if you are, I'm pouring
concrete this weekend!

No, I'm not doing them either. I'm a slacker when it comes to Open
races.

Bruce.

Murrarie isn't THAT bad, for goodness sake!! I've been out there only a
few times, and seen 1 stack - and that was a [censored] at the back of a
huge bunch who was trying to sprint THRU the pack in the final
straight... :rollseyes:

Anyway - advantage of Murarrie is that its close enough to ride there
as a 'warm-up'... Plus its only $6 to race!! And they have a little
coffee van that makes stroooong espressos - Mmmmmm

But I'm just lobbying for Murarrie because I'll be a member of Balmoral
CC come 1st July!! Hooray!! Shame they have a [censored] jersey, though....

Absent Husband

Absent Husband said:

Murrarie isn't THAT bad, for goodness sake!! I've been out there only a
few times, and seen 1 stack - and that was a [censored] at the back of a
huge bunch who was trying to sprint THRU the pack in the final
straight... :rollseyes:

Anyway - advantage of Murarrie is that its close enough to ride there
as a 'warm-up'... Plus its only $6 to race!! And they have a little
coffee van that makes stroooong espressos - Mmmmmm

But I'm just lobbying for Murarrie because I'll be a member of Balmoral
CC come 1st July!! Hooray!! Shame they have a [censored] jersey, though....

Absent Husband

The ADFCC strip looks pretty snazzy. Well, alot like my ADF tri club
jersey and knicks... but different... enough...

Tam

Absent Husband said:

Murrarie isn't THAT bad, for goodness sake!! I've been out there only a
few times, and seen 1 stack - and that was a [censored] at the back of a
huge bunch who was trying to sprint THRU the pack in the final
straight... :rollseyes:

Anyway - advantage of Murarrie is that its close enough to ride there
as a 'warm-up'... Plus its only $6 to race!! And they have a little
coffee van that makes stroooong espressos - Mmmmmm

But I'm just lobbying for Murarrie because I'll be a member of Balmoral
CC come 1st July!! Hooray!! Shame they have a [censored] jersey, though....

Absent Husband

Hey good on ya AH! Get out there and 'unleash hell'!! 🙂

Adam

adam85 said:

Hey good on ya AH! Get out there and 'unleash hell'!! 🙂

Adam

Oh yeah and you are now my sworn mortal enemy. Unless of course you work with me in a race, then you're a top bloke.

Adam

adam85 said:

adam85 said:

Hey good on ya AH! Get out there and 'unleash hell'!! 🙂

Adam

Oh yeah and you are now my sworn mortal enemy. Unless of course you
work with me in a race, then you're a top bloke.

Adam

Ummm, don't they have different categories... how's he going to work
with you?

Tam *BLART team hill climber*

Tamyka Bell said:

The ADFCC strip looks pretty snazzy. Well, alot like my ADF tri club
jersey and knicks... but different... enough...

So it's not a full camo green lycra kit?

Nothing against Murarrie, I just don't like crits much in general
really, I didn't particularly enjoy Nundah last weekend either. I
prefer road races with lots of hills to break the field up into smaller
groups, crits are too much like bicycle speedway racing. I don't think
they're a good place for beginners, though that's where most people
start because they're flat and they can keep up. So in lower grade
crits you end up with a large group of inexperienced riders all riding
at their limit on a narrow course with lots of corners.

Bruce.

Quoted message said:

Tamyka Bell said:

The ADFCC strip looks pretty snazzy. Well, alot like my ADF tri club
jersey and knicks... but different... enough...

So it's not a full camo green lycra kit?

Nah, it's ADF, not just Army. But damn, that'd be AWESOME! No one would
mess with me on my commute then!

Quoted message said:

Nothing against Murarrie, I just don't like crits much in general
really, I didn't particularly enjoy Nundah last weekend either. I
prefer road races with lots of hills to break the field up into smaller
groups, crits are too much like bicycle speedway racing. I don't think
they're a good place for beginners, though that's where most people
start because they're flat and they can keep up. So in lower grade
crits you end up with a large group of inexperienced riders all riding
at their limit on a narrow course with lots of corners.

Yeah that does sound kinda scary. See the only crit I did was ADF, in
with the boys, and they dropped me pretty damn fast.

Tam

adam85 said:

adam85 said:

Hey good on ya AH! Get out there and 'unleash hell'!! 🙂

Adam

Oh yeah and you are now my sworn mortal enemy. Unless of course you
work with me in a race, then you're a top bloke.

Everyone's a top bloke until the last lap 🙂

Dutchy, you want to tell him the golden rules?!

quote='Tamyka Bell said:

Tamyka Bell said:

The ADFCC strip looks pretty snazzy. Well, alot like my ADF tri club
jersey and knicks... but different... enough...

So it's not a full camo green lycra kit?

Nah, it's ADF, not just Army. But damn, that'd be AWESOME! No one would
mess with me on my commute then!

Tam[/QUOTE]

If the camoflage is effective, no-one would notice you on your commute :p

If you don't move, don't have a silhouette, don't wear contrasting colours, don't make a noise, don't shine... they'll never see you.

Steve(forgotten most of the lessons on concealment he learnt at Canungra)A

Tamyka Bell said:

Ummm, don't they have different categories... how's he going to work with you?

in Handicaps, you can cooperate with anyone you catch/catches you.
Just whether its worth it, which works both ways.
They may be better off if you just hang on the back and don't interfere with their rotation.

Carl Brewer said:

Everyone's a top bloke until the last lap 🙂

Dutchy, you want to tell him the golden rules?!

ummm... turn left, then left, then left again???

or are you referring to some distant bit of advise you gave that goes something like...

"Everyone else is riding for you, they just dont realise it!"

SteveA said:

Tamyka Bell said:

Quoted message said:

Tamyka Bell wrote:

> The ADFCC strip looks pretty snazzy. Well, alot like my ADF tri

club

Quoted message said:

> jersey and knicks... but different... enough...
>

So it's not a full camo green lycra kit?

Nah, it's ADF, not just Army. But damn, that'd be AWESOME! No one would
mess with me on my commute then!

Tam

If the camoflage is effective, no-one would notice you on your commute
:p

If you don't move, don't have a silhouette, don't wear contrasting
colours, don't make a noise, don't shine... they'll never see you.

Steve(forgotten most of the lessons on concealment he learnt at
Canungra)A

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SteveA

Hahaha the only thing you need to know about concealment at Canungra is to
sit in the Lantana!

Tam