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RR: Vlad's new ride
Saturday morning Suzie was off to a MTB clinic run by FTF in Ivanhoe, so
Vlad and I decided to go for a road ride. The initial plan was Northcote to Frankston. Frankston turned in to Sorrento. Whoops :-) No, I'm not that hard core that we rode back. We had the ladies join us for lunch at Sorrento. I don't know the name of the place that we lunched at, I think it's called the Sorrento hotel but can't be sure. It's the one on the left at the top of the hill with Coca Cola brollies everywhere. Anyway they looked after us really well, letting us bring our bikes in and basically loiter for half an hour while the ladies got here. Considering all we had was two bottles of water and a choccy bar we pulled through pretty well. The bonk hit about fifteen kms from the end but it wasn't too bad. It was kind of affirming that we could go that distance on spec without any real preperation. It was a beautiful day for a ride which all up took us 3hrs20min. I don't know if that's a good time or not but we weren't `racing', just out for a ride. What made the ride really cool was witnessing the sheer enjoyment Vlad was having with his new bike. He's primarily a MTBer with a Rush and a Bad Boy to his name. Recently he took delivery of a criminally priced BMC SLT01 in Phonak team colours. 7.2kg all up! I did ATB with Vlad last year and he rode his Bad Boy, seeing how much easier it was for him on a real bike was a joy to behold. I don't mind admitting I'm insanely jealous of his new bike but at the same time it's great to see him so happy with it. After the ride and lunch we had dinner with friends in the city before seeing my brother-in-law's show at the Comedy Festival. Awesome day! -- Cheers | ~~ __@ Euan | ~~ _-\, Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*) |
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I hate VLAD!!! altho i could quite easily settle for the badboy. make an awesome commuter. always wanted lockout frontSus -- flyingdutch |
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flyingdutch Wrote: I hate VLAD!!! altho i could quite easily settle for the badboy. make an awesome commuter. always wanted lockout frontSus I think it'll be a cold day in hell before he lets go of the Bad Boy. That's a sweet ride. -- SuzieB |
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SuzieB Wrote: I think it'll be a cold day in hell before he lets go of the Bad Boy. That's a sweet ride. i think that was this_morning. brrrrrrrrr. think i can feel my toes now... -- flyingdutch |
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flyingdutch Wrote: i think that was this_morning. brrrrrrrrr. think i can feel my toes now... Previous post by SuzieB was actually by me. Old cookie, bad cookie! Yeah, bit parky this morning. Let's see, bib knicks, thermal vest, Prorace roubiax bibi tights, rock lobste top, gillet, windstopper gloves and neoprene overbooties. Absolutely fine for first fifty minutes of the ride then I started getting a bit *too* warm :-) Better than too cold. Still had a warm waterproof and a beanie in reserve as well. Can you say `Euan does not do cold' ;-) -- EuanB |
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On 2006-05-08, EuanB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Yeah, bit parky this morning. Let's see, bib knicks, thermal vest, Prorace roubiax bibi tights, rock lobste top, gillet, windstopper gloves and neoprene overbooties. Absolutely fine for first fifty minutes of the ride then I started getting a bit *too* warm :-) Better than too cold. Pffft. I was cold for the first 5 minutes, and I don't seem to remember wearing anything over or under my jersey. OK, so I may have left a few hours after you. Nevertheless, it still was only 8 degrees. Still had a warm waterproof and a beanie in reserve as well. Can you say `Euan does not do cold' ;-) I think I remember you saying you love all kinds of weather. -- TimC So, what do *you* do for a living? I sit in a chair, pressing small plastic rectangles with my fingers while peering at many tiny, colored dots. -- Peter Manders |
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TimC Wrote: On 2006-05-08, EuanB (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Still had a warm waterproof and a beanie in reserve as well. Can you say `Euan does not do cold' ;-) I think I remember you saying you love all kinds of weather. Yep, because I've got the right clothes :-) Any idiot can be cold and uncofortable. -- EuanB |
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