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{Bris} Epic training
The Epic's getting closer - Sept 3rd. I and a couple of others are
planning some training rides for the next three weekends and you are welcome to come along. These are fairly tough rides, so you need to be in reasonable shape. That said, we are not A-graders. - Sat 12 Aug - Mt Cootha to Mt Nebo return - depart from the Silky Oak car park (near old Freers factory) at 6 am - options are to return on road or on dirt - finish time will be around 10.15 or rather later if returning on dirt. - Sun 20 Aug - Mt Cootha to Lake Manchester return - this is meant to be a tough ride and much longer than Mt Nebo - can't predict return time and your partner had better plan on you being on the couch for the afternoon - good ride to do 2 weeks out from the Epic. - Sat 27 Aug - Cootha/Nebo, back on the dirt. Donga |
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Donga wrote: - Sun 20 Aug - Mt Cootha to Lake Manchester return - this is meant to be a tough ride and much longer than Mt Nebo - can't predict return time and your partner had better plan on you being on the couch for the afternoon - good ride to do 2 weeks out from the Epic. Whoa, this was a good ride. Another perfect spring day in BrisVegas. Away an hour late because Hughie decided to put on new derailleurs at 5.50am. Started up Cootha and down the three sisters. On my hardtail I got a flogging on the downhill from the other two on duallies, but got my own back on the ups. Riding up towards Nebo is plain tough - constant strong ups, with some downs to make the elevation gained probably half as much again as the actual elevation. Lots of 32 usage, but only the duallies needed their 34. We picked the right turn-off and confirmed with a gun going past (with ex-world champ Tony Carson). I've done the Nebo climb a few times now, and it's a bit boring on the fire trails, so I wasn't expecting how much fun the ride to Manchester is - starts with a long, wild descent on a very loose, rutted fire trail. My quads were on fire after a couple of kays hanging off the back of the seat, while the duallies just plunged down seated. Finally they could beat me on the up-hill. Nearer the lake, there are some nice rock gardens along the trail that were a lot of fun to wriggle through. We finally got out of the park after around 40 kays in 3 hours (didn't check). Then another 30 kays home on Mt Crosby Rd, Mogill Rd and the Western Fwy, mostly bitument, very strong undulations, powering away in a pace line. 70 kays total in 4h 11 mins of riding. Not shattered, but not far off it. This is a great ride and top training for the Epic. MM, that wasn't you I was chatting with yesterday about Toowoomba riders, on the way out to the airport? Donga |
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Donga Wrote: MM, that wasn't you I was chatting with yesterday about Toowoomba riders, on the way out to the airport? Donga Not I. Me and a friend (yes abby, I have one!!) were on the roadies yesterday morning. We went out to Dayboro via Samford (those roads are so dead out there!!) - back in via Petrie village and back into the city through Gympie Rd. A lot of rolling hills and a couple of longer climbs. Abt 123kms total from the sunny southside, all done at a steady pace. We met at All Hallowes at 5.30, which I now think is too early to meet in the city - mainly because all the drunken b@stards are heading home at that time. I had to pull over on middle of the story bridge and grab the side railing as a ford laser coming at me head-on played chicken with me _on_my_side_of_the_bridge_ at 100kph. He crossed three lanes into the wrong side of the road to do this. I seriously thought I was done for. Life flashing before my eyes. My mate met me at the rendezvous point 10 mins later and I was still shaking. Then as we headed off towards the RBH, we get buzzed by a car full of drunks screaming "get off the road you p**ftas" - with accompanying suggestive hand movements. Interesting part was they did this just as we were passing some maoris trying to get into a taxi. The maori thought they were the p**ftas that were being asked to get off the road, and they took umbrage at the suggestion. Bad time for the abusers to hit a red light. Light changes just in time for them and they sped off up the road. I was on the outside at this time, so my mate tells me to take the inside line as I seemed to have a target on my back yesterday. Apart from those incidents, the ride was otherwise uneventful. Of course, you don't tell the wife about these things when you get home ... ... -- monsterman |
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monsterman wrote: ... Of course, you don't tell the wife about these things when you get home ... ... What a cack! Your story is a good counter to those idiots writing into the Courier Mail talking about lycra louts ... if they were worth responding to. Glad they missed you. And BTW the guy I was chatting to was much too fat to be you. Donga |
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monsterman Wrote: Not I. Me and a friend (yes abby, I have one!!) were on the roadies yesterday morning. We went out to Dayboro via Samford (those roads are so dead out there!!) - back in via Petrie village and back into the city through Gympie Rd. A lot of rolling hills and a couple of longer climbs. Abt 123kms total from the sunny southside, all done at a steady pace. We met at All Hallowes at 5.30, which I now think is too early to meet in the city - mainly because all the drunken b@stards are heading home at that time. I had to pull over on middle of the story bridge and grab the side railing as a ford laser coming at me head-on played chicken with me _on_my_side_of_the_bridge_ at 100kph. He crossed three lanes into the wrong side of the road to do this. I seriously thought I was done for. Life flashing before my eyes. My mate met me at the rendezvous point 10 mins later and I was still shaking. Then as we headed off towards the RBH, we get buzzed by a car full of drunks screaming "get off the road you p**ftas" - with accompanying suggestive hand movements. Interesting part was they did this just as we were passing some maoris trying to get into a taxi. The maori thought they were the p**ftas that were being asked to get off the road, and they took umbrage at the suggestion. Bad time for the abusers to hit a red light. Light changes just in time for them and they sped off up the road. I was on the outside at this time, so my mate tells me to take the inside line as I seemed to have a target on my back yesterday. Apart from those incidents, the ride was otherwise uneventful. Of course, you don't tell the wife about these things when you get home ... ... That story bridge incident is pretty full on mm. I'm sure they thought it was hilarious. Adam -- adam85 |
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Donga Wrote: The Epic's getting closer - Sept 3rd. I and a couple of others are planning some training rides for the next three weekends and you are welcome to come along. These are fairly tough rides, so you need to be in reasonable shape. That said, we are not A-graders. - Sat 12 Aug - Mt Cootha to Mt Nebo return - depart from the Silky Oak car park (near old Freers factory) at 6 am - options are to return on road or on dirt - finish time will be around 10.15 or rather later if returning on dirt. - Sun 20 Aug - Mt Cootha to Lake Manchester return - this is meant to be a tough ride and much longer than Mt Nebo - can't predict return time and your partner had better plan on you being on the couch for the afternoon - good ride to do 2 weeks out from the Epic. - Sat 27 Aug - Cootha/Nebo, back on the dirt. Donga The old Freer's factory - that wasn't a former Red Seal factory was it??? Reading your post brought back memories of a school excursion (grade 3 I think??) to the Red Seal factory..... -- warrwych |
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warrwych wrote: The old Freer's factory - that wasn't a former Red Seal factory was it??? Reading your post brought back memories of a school excursion (grade 3 I think??) to the Red Seal factory..... I don't know, sorry warrwych - relative newcomer to the state. But I do know the little farm a couple of hundred metres up from the factory (which is plonked in the middle of a patch of dairy land between the hills) has a sign outside saying the land was settled by the Freers. Donga |
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Donga Wrote: warrwych wrote: The old Freer's factory - that wasn't a former Red Seal factory was it??? Reading your post brought back memories of a school excursion (grade 3 I think??) to the Red Seal factory..... I don't know, sorry warrwych - relative newcomer to the state. But I do know the little farm a couple of hundred metres up from the factory (which is plonked in the middle of a patch of dairy land between the hills) has a sign outside saying the land was settled by the Freers. Donga Could be the same... the Red Seal factory was in the middle of dairy country with a little farm nearby.... I remember thinking way back then at age 8 or so, that it was odd to see a chip factory in the middle of dairy farms. No idea why it struck me as odd tho! he he -- warrwych |
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warrwych wrote: Could be the same... the Red Seal factory was in the middle of dairy country with a little farm nearby.... I remember thinking way back then at age 8 or so, that it was odd to see a chip factory in the middle of dairy farms. No idea why it struck me as odd tho! he he I suspect the Freers grew spuds and started adding some value to their product, then, hey presto, they had a business ... until they were swamped by PepsiCo (Smiths). Donga |
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warrwych Wrote: The old Freer's factory - that wasn't a former Red Seal factory was it??? Reading your post brought back memories of a school excursion (grade 3 I think??) to the Red Seal factory..... absolutely! mmmmmm .... ....potato chips .... ..... -- monsterman |
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