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"jazmo" wrote in message
... Actually, it's about 20 odd km as well. Only thing is I don't like the idea of becoming another road statistic by riding up Springvale Rd to get there. Coming home would be even worse! Oh, I'll not mention the fact that that's the road we ride along getting there and leaving towards Edithvale. On Sundays, I'm normally still a bit sore from doing my 140 km odd Saturday morning ride. I would be too :-) I might do a shorter ride this Saturday morning and then race on Sunday at Glenvale. Good idea! Might see you there? Probably. I'm usually in Croydon Cycleworks gear with a couple of other dudes/dudettes. hippy |
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"RMan"
Hippy wrote:
Might see you there? Probably. I'm usually in Croydon Cycleworks gear with a couple of other dudes/dudettes. hippy Cool. I'll be the one with the retro Cecil Walker, '93 Carrera jerse and blue nicks (at least they're relatively new). : - |
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"jazmo" wrote in message
.. . Cool. I'll be the one with the retro Cecil Walker, '93 Carrera jersey and blue nicks (at least they're relatively new). Which grade are you racing? I have the most honed ability to totally forget someone I've just met and to not recognise people when they change clothes, helmet, bike, glasses, watch, deodorant, religion.. ;-) hippy |
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Hippy wrote:
"jazmo" wrote in message news:4m9%b.25- - etserver.com... Cool. I'll be the one with the retro Cecil Walker, '93 Carrera jersey and blue nicks (at least they're relatively new). Which grade are you racing? I have the most honed ability to totally forget someone I've just met and to not recognise people when they change clothes, helmet, bike, glasses, watch, deodorant, religion.. ;-) hippy I pretty sure I'll remember you when I see you. I still remember you real name too from when we did the 1/20 about 6 weeks ago I'm not sure what grade to race. I raced D grade (that's all there was at METEC two weeks ago. There were only 5 of us and I came second. Th guy who won was 50 m ahead of me and the guy who came third was 50 behind me Maybe I should try C grade - |
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Shabby wrote in message .. .
Hippy wrote: "jazmo" wrote in message news:OBS_b.1- $j - rver.com... Not as many as there are CC riders. They are a bigger club I believe, so would probably have more chance of appearing in the placings. I'd like to change that :-) Not to mention the fact that they shorten races when there are CCCC members in a break. (ie. Last week C grade got cut down by 5 minutes) and lengthen the race for "safety reasons" if there's a break with no CCCC riders in it. That is pure bull****. |
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"jazmo" wrote in message
... I pretty sure I'll remember you when I see you. I still remember your real name too from when we did the 1/20 about 6 weeks ago! and I yours.. yell out that or "hippy!" and you'll get my attention. "Oi! Dick Head" will generally work too ;-) I'm not sure what grade to race. I raced D grade (that's all there was) at METEC two weeks ago. There were only 5 of us and I came second. The guy who won was 50 m ahead of me and the guy who came third was 50 m behind me. Maybe I should try C grade? Nup. Glenvale D grade will be much faster than METEC D grade, simply because there will be four times as many people there to push up the pace, try breakaways, sprint, etc. Once you get a few places in D grade at Glenvale, then think about moving up. If you race this week and kill the field though, you can probably move up straight away. Just don't discount the 'non-physical' learning that takes place in lower grades. E.g. Good to learn tactics and bike handling and placement in slower bunches rather than when you are just hanging on. It also sucks to be spat out the back before 1 lap has even finished! (me, C grade, Necropolis - twas after a crash two days prior though, spent ages off the bike after that). hippy |
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"rickster" wrote in message
om... Shabby wrote in message .. . Not to mention the fact that they shorten races when there are CCCC members in a break. (ie. Last week C grade got cut down by 5 minutes) and lengthen the race for "safety reasons" if there's a break with no CCCC riders in it. That is pure bull****. That they shorten races or the fact that they do it to advantage their own riders? Because they DID shorten the race. hippy |
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Hippy wrote:
Were you racing then? I wondered what the hell was going on... I saw the 3 laps sign up and probably looked at my speedo and thought "that's way too early!". Just after crossing the line, I stopped my speedo and the time showed 48mins! That was 2mins less than the 50mins+3laps stated at the start and we'd DONE the 3 laps already! Gee, I wonder if I could've made up a few spots and scored a place with the extra time??? ;-) I'll be paying more attention to race times from now I think... hippy Yep, I was there, waiting for the bunch sprint. The bunch had it all under control, except for the fact that the race got shortened by 5 minutes. There's no way they would have hung off if the race had been legit. (Could be worse, I know of BBN riders who've stayed in a break until the 1:15 mark of a 1 hour crit until the bunch caught them). -- |
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"Shabby" wrote in message news:FMh%b.10323
Yep, I was there, waiting for the bunch sprint. The bunch had it all under control, except for the fact that the race got shortened by 5 minutes. There's no way they would have hung off if the race had been legit. (Could be worse, I know of BBN riders who've stayed in a break until the 1:15 mark of a 1 hour crit until the bunch caught them). Ahh don't tell me that.. I thought these club races were played fair?! Does this mean I should start entering as a Carnegie rider just in case I end up leading a break? hippy |
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"hippy" wrote in message ...
"rickster" wrote in message om... Shabby wrote in message .. . Not to mention the fact that they shorten races when there are CCCC members in a break. (ie. Last week C grade got cut down by 5 minutes) and lengthen the race for "safety reasons" if there's a break with no CCCC riders in it. That is pure bull****. That they shorten races or the fact that they do it to advantage their own riders? Because they DID shorten the race. That they did it to advantage their own riders of course. hippy |
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