Off to Canberra

Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle

Gawd!! I am a hopeless coward!! After all the talk and all the noise, I
am catching the train down but I'll be bringing the bike so at least
that is some small consolation to the ego

I'll try the Canberra ride again sometime in the future when I can
muster up some courage to even think of it.

Avagoodone all

In aus.bicycle on Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:50:44 +1100
Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:

I'll try the Canberra ride again sometime in the future when I can
muster up some courage to even think of it.


Do it when you have 2 days. That way you can think "I can do it in
short stages and be a tourist and stop overnight in Goulburn or
somewhere."

In other words, do it as a tour not a commute.

Zebee

Geoff Lock wrote:

Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle

Gawd!! I am a hopeless coward!! After all the talk and all the noise, I
am catching the train down but I'll be bringing the bike so at least
that is some small consolation to the ego

I'll try the Canberra ride again sometime in the future when I can
muster up some courage to even think of it.

Avagoodone all

Have you considered taking the train to Tarago and riding to the
Unaugural[1]? You might win a trophy...



BTH
[1] http://fat.ly/wmage

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"Geoff Lock" glock@home wrote in message ...
Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle

Gawd!! I am a hopeless coward!! After all the talk and all the noise, I
am catching the train down but I'll be bringing the bike so at least
that is some small consolation to the ego

I'll try the Canberra ride again sometime in the future when I can
muster up some courage to even think of it.

Avagoodone all

Wimp! 400Km in one day is a challenge.

Few mild hills, but wtf.

Think... ...Perth!

On 20/03/2011 11:09 AM, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:50:44 +1100
Geoff Lockglock@home wrote:

I'll try the Canberra ride again sometime in the future when I can
muster up some courage to even think of it.


Do it when you have 2 days. That way you can think "I can do it in
short stages and be a tourist and stop overnight in Goulburn or
somewhere."

In other words, do it as a tour not a commute.

Just walked in the door after Canberra and dinner and de-brief, etc.

I might have to go down again to Canberra in the next coupla weeks if my
sister can find the missing documents and get them to me quick enough,
so I'll give the touring idea a bit of a think.

Something like leave on a Saturday morning, come back on a Monday night
like today.

On 20/03/2011 4:06 PM, Erik Vastmasd wrote:
I caught a glimpse of Geoff Lockglock@home on Sun, 20 Mar 2011
10:50:44 +1100, writing in aus.bicycle:

Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle

Gawd!! I am a hopeless coward!! After all the talk and all the noise, I
am catching the train down but I'll be bringing the bike so at least
that is some small consolation to the ego

I'm glad you posted that message. :-)

I'm going for a haircut& beard trim next week, I currently probably
resemble the "Wild Man from Borneo".
Even my dog has started rolling on me.

Heheheheh!


I'm allowed to park my Trike inside Altona Gate Shopping Centre but
after reading your message I won't feel as much of a wimp if I book a
Taxi instead. :-)

Come on, matey, you don't need me to ride to Canberra just to getcha to
ride the trike to the shopping centre

Paying half price in Taxis hasn't influenced my decision, much.

Half price anything is not a bad thing if you wisely invest the savings
in alcohol

On 20/03/2011 4:51 PM, BT Humble wrote:
Geoff Lock wrote:

Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle

Gawd!! I am a hopeless coward!! After all the talk and all the noise, I
am catching the train down but I'll be bringing the bike so at least
that is some small consolation to the ego

I'll try the Canberra ride again sometime in the future when I can
muster up some courage to even think of it.

Avagoodone all

Have you considered taking the train to Tarago and riding to the
Unaugural[1]? You might win a trophy...

I remember that Unaugural thingy mentioned in this newsgroup. Hm, it's a
tort, eh? Is the trophy redeemable for a carton of cold beer though

On 20/03/2011 7:34 PM, Tomasso wrote:

"Geoff Lock" glock@home wrote in message
...
Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle

Gawd!! I am a hopeless coward!! After all the talk and all the noise,
I am catching the train down but I'll be bringing the bike so at least
that is some small consolation to the ego

I'll try the Canberra ride again sometime in the future when I can
muster up some courage to even think of it.

Avagoodone all

Wimp! 400Km in one day is a challenge.

Mate, I came across a psychopath the other day who had done an Audax
600, so I reckon my 238kms door-to-door Sydney-Canberra would probably
not rate too highly as any kinda challenge.

Few mild hills, but wtf.

For every uphill, there is a downhill, eh?

Think... ...Perth!

My brain just exploded

In aus.bicycle on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:59:18 +1100
Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
I might have to go down again to Canberra in the next coupla weeks if my
sister can find the missing documents and get them to me quick enough,
so I'll give the touring idea a bit of a think.

Something like leave on a Saturday morning, come back on a Monday night
like today.

And there's always the option of taking the train home.

Ride there, see how knackered you are feeling the following day, and
train back if too tired.

Zebee

On 22/03/2011 1:26 PM, Erik Vastmasd wrote:
I caught a glimpse of Geoff Lockglock@home on Tue, 22 Mar 2011
01:02:34 +1100, writing in aus.bicycle:

On 20/03/2011 4:06 PM, Erik Vastmasd wrote:
I caught a glimpse of Geoff Lockglock@home on Sun, 20 Mar 2011
10:50:44 +1100, writing in aus.bicycle:


Half price anything is not a bad thing if you wisely invest the savings
in alcohol

I do wisely invest the savings in alcohol, unfortunately the $4.00 I
save with half price fare in a taxi to the shopping centre doesn't buy
an awful lot of red wine.

$4.00 is $4.00

Hardly enough to wet my whistle. ;-)

You know what they say, eh? Better than a poke in the eye with a blunt
stick