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Jo & I could be starters for this. Jo is racing the track Sydney Carnival on 1/1 and 3/1 so we're still not decided but looks a good chance - what's the last day we can register?

I'll be there for the first one at Tempe and can help out as I won't be riding although I am planning on getting on the track on boxing day if I can scrounge a bike.

On a more prosaic levels, what was used to create those great elevation diagrams? Simon.

From looking at the tag on each profile it looks like Map My Fitness to me (used to be called Map My Ride)

~snip ~ 4 of the slowies which included Lindsay, Michelle, Ron and Terry - charged ahead as usual at waterfall turnoff and I believe they got to the Servo first before anyone. The fasties and middies past Stuart and I, but we were way behind the slowies group at that stage. The first to pass Jo &am...

Geoff - we should get the home page updated to reflect these new times and groups.

See Fearless Leaders post on this in News & Announcements section here >
http://dhbc.org.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=894

Basically, three start times with slowies now off at 6:20, intermediate at 6:30 and fast at 6:40.

and here's a couple Joanne didn't want to post! Jo in the women's handicap http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/joannetroutman/MSC_7033-small.jpg Jo in the scratch race http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/joannetroutman/MSC_6941-small.jpg Jo in the women's handicap http://i434.photobucket.com...

It's too late for the King St bike lane construction but may be of benefit to this new project. Just last week whilst going past the construction there, I noted multiple rectangular manholes being sited in the centre of new bike path, spaced at roughly 4-5m along it. Given that they'll all have lar...

After last night I expect the cult of Jinjie to grow and grow - it was so sweet to see Huw getting his piccy taken with the young Chinese star and her not understanding a word of what was going on around her! I expect to see that piccy up here soon along with the group photos. Jinjie's results up to...

Great night all round - I'll leave it to Jo to give the full report on her performances but she was at least level with Jinjie for some distance in the 15 lap girls race (and my camera batteries dead :cry: ) and eventually finished 6th out of 10 with Jinjie only 3rd - a great effort. Jo also managed...

I know that I treat this ride as a training ride, its the only endurance ride I get time to do. I'm sure there is more then one person in the fast bunch that sees it the same way. Is the slow bunch more of a social ride? ~snip~ I don't think that everyone finishing at the same time is all that impo...

The fact that it would start 100 metres from my house should not be seen as influencing me in any way................ I agree totally and wholeheartedly with Geoff re the proposal for the light rail / cycling / walking corridor - and that corridor is at least 300m from our place! Seriously though t...

How many raffle tickets do you want Stuart?

Yes, it's my mum's 80th so no go for me as brother + family is up from Canberra etc - I've put my hand up for $20 worth of raffle tickets in the other thread.

I'll have $20 worth but won't be at slowies or Waterfall this weekend. I can do bank transfer or post a cheque?

Can't make it to this due to family commitments - enjoy.

Yes we do!

I'd love a full size original as well - Thanks

Great photo and thanks for posting - unbelievably I look like I might even be half smiling in this shot .... I'd love the original - I'll PM you with my email address if you wouldn't mind.

Stuart you need to get a little check point stamp on your little start ticket?

No you don't actually - you'll note that your little blue card has the start stamp already on it.

Are we going to just take off from our meeting-place, or front the official start-line? I was thinking of sending a bag down on one of their trucks so I have something warm, something to read on the train, and something to lock the bike up outside the boozer. I wonder if I should do that first, or ...

Camilla alas is detained in Italy, so won't be riding to the Gong. If anyone (female, i.e. who can plausibly impersonate someone called Camilla) wants to be her on the day instead of signing up, just let me know. I suppose it's more that Camilla is sponsored so somebody should ride in her place! On...

OK - I say that DHBC meet time is 06:00 for a 06:15 start - we'll be there. Lets get going early and get the the beer faster.

I can't officially speak for Coach Jo as she's getting her hair done, but I can say that Jo WILL NOT be at slowies on Sat as we have a wedding to attend (Tanja and Dan the triathletes) at 10:30 and she's got to get prepared - I will however be at Slowies and although not as cute and lacking the coac...

Sounds like great fun - kind of. Glad to hear you two finished and that the rain stopped. BTW - how was Longrain Melb - I've only been to Sydney - how do the two compare?? This is much more important then the cycling you understand

The original discussion started in March 2008 after a crash by a new rider on a Sat Waterfall ride that Jo & I organised. The resultant debate got a little analytical but there was a consensus that bunch riding skills training was a good idea I said"I do however think that, as has been sugg...

I was just going through bookmarks and having a clean up and came across these links for bunch riding skills. I recall after several crashes this year (DHBC and others) that we debated the worth of training new riders in bunch skills and etiquette around centennial on Sat slowies but nothing ever ca...

Be very careful with that turnaround point. The crossing is not marked and I've seen some risky scenarios in the past. I agree that crossing the freeway is always dangerous but at least at that point there is a right hand turn lane to move into (its there so cars can make a right hand turn into a s...

I can't wait for Lindsay to come back too...I must admit I was pretty tired & sore when I got home. :lol: I was totally shattered just like I used to be when I first started doing Waterfall in Jan this year and slept for 3 hours in the afternoon - just goes to show what missing 3 weeks of ridin...

Lucky I got into another group's draft to make it back...but was surprised to see Stuart ahead of me :) Just because you don't know about the princess turn at Waterfall it's not my fault - didn't want to hold up the group too much. Can't wait for Linsay to return so the average speed goes back down.

Kohl has now been sacked from Silence -Lotto - and check this - our sport is going to the dogs no ??? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct17news German broadcasters pull Tour de France coverage Two German broadcasters announced Thursday that they will not broadcast live coverag...

Guys. I've finally signed up for the Gong Ride. :lol: Prob a silly question, since we entered as a team, is everyone wearing their DHBC jersey? I will need to get one if we all are. If I wear my CSC jersey, I might get lost in Team CSC with over 200 riders. Since I've signed up I've been out gettin...

Mick Mazza's is cnr Illawarra Rd BTW - see you Sat

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In Canberra recently a Magpie dived the leader of the bunch 4 times and then ignored the 3 following cyclists. So maybe the supposition is not correct!

well it normally takes me about 3:00 to 3:10 of actual riding time from home to home including the side trip to the start at MM's so we could expect to be back in DH by about 9:30 I suppose.

Jo & I will be going to Waterfall this Sat leaving from Marrickville at 06:00 as we won't be able to ride on Sun. Any takers? Pls respond here otherwise we will leave direct from home - also note the earlier start time of 06:00 to try and avoid some of the Sat traffic.

I have received a $250 donation from a company called QR Concrete - they are located in Northern NSW and Southern Queensland - anybody have any idea about this company or know anyone that may be associated with them because I'm at a loss to understand why they have sponsored me? Nice of them but may...

A Mens Health promotion - thought I'd share in case anyone feels like entering and giving them marketing material - can't hurt too much I guess. Although it may only be for men?? "We want to know what you think about cycling. Do you cycle to work? Do you catch up with mates for an early morning...

Hi Shrubb - great to hear you're interested in riding with us. The slowies get back to Marrickville at between 9:30 - 10:00 depending on flats and general level of the riders that day as its basically a no drop ride for the slowies i.e. somebody will always stay with a new rider and a whole bunch of...

BTW - what time is the social ride group planning to leave? (as opposed to the fast team who plan to also ride back). I was hoping to meet at St peters @ 06:00 for a 06:15 kick-off to avoid the worst of the crowds. Are people planning on leaving later or earlier or what?

So the big question is, can he still cut it in the new "clean" era?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/lance- ... 84935.html

Here's the full Vanity Fair Article

Hey Ted - No disrespect intended! Just trying to encourage and I can assure you that when I awoke on Sun morning I wished I heard the drip, drip, drip of the downpipe rain alert and then I could have stayed in bed!

After last weekend, maybe there'll be enough cases of cabin-fever around the DHBC that we can get a quorum for Sunday to Kurnell. They're predicting 24 degrees for Sunday, almost swimming-at-Cronulla weather. Then again, this far out they were predicting 18 and dry for Saturday, yet we ended up wit...

Ted - I believe that Geoff wrote "didn't feel like a long ride afterwards" meaning he got the train which I'm sure is what all of the social riders will be doing - I know Jo & I will be. I have checked the menu and it does look pretty bleak from a foodie point of view but the wedges an...

Last time we did the ride we had some good food and beer at the Five Islands brewery. Didn't feel like a long ride afterwards

So Ted - would that be the place?

Update - we are 17th with $2225 - go team!

On Chris Hoy and the rest of team GB cycling - normally there would be suspicion about a team that claims 7 of 11 gold medals on offer in terms of being on the juice but I haven't heard a whisper about them although there are whispers about Jamaican sprinting (running that is) after they cleaned up ...

Its gotta be - we saw it last night as well - no DHBC jersey though

A colleague from work used these guys and highly recommends them. They deliver to you in France for an extra charge. Also rent bike carriers. http://90plan.ovh.net/~laroutedm/boutique/index.php?cPath=25 The CASATI La Route du Ventoux & the SCOTT CR1 Team are E40 / day or E200 / week. A SCOTT Spe...

What's a train??

Jo & I are entered - we'll be in the social group. Beers and food afterwards sounds excellent. Update Wed 13th: Things have really picked up! I sent an email to 100's of IBM colleagues and some friends last night after registering and my personal total is now $450, largely due to an anonymous $3...

Jo wants to try on both a Med and Large and will buy the best fitting one and Stuart wants 2 x Large men's. We're assuming that they are the same as the last batch?

Have your say on the first article in SMH - support cycling with some positive BLOG feedback and ideas for improving cycling in Sydney - these do get read by the political parties

http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archiv ... 19705.html

Could you track stars comment on these bikes on sale at Cell?? http://www.cellbikes.com.au/p_1624_PRINCIPIA__2008_TEAM_TRACK_BIKE__Need_A_Great_Track_Bike_At_A_Great_Price I'd be looking at this for Jo so don't know if 49cm would be small enough? Lindsay could you comment on that after our chat yest...

A driver charged over a Sydney crash involving a squad of professional cyclists has failed to appear in court for a second time. Hassan Bakr, 34, from Claymore in Sydney's southwest, was originally issued with a court notice to appear at Waverley Local Court last month over the crash but failed to t...

Well, as Cadel obviously feels strongly enough about the issue to be wearing a free Tibet t-shirt in the TDF, making sure it gets photographed and to be involved with an activist group on this issue, I'd hope that he would continue to make his feelings very well known and bugger the impression that ...

Taken from here >> http://www.podiumcafe.com/2008/7/28/579952/unofficial-tour-de-france Biggest Douche Award Winner: Marc Sergeant - Marc gets the Golden Massengil for managing to assemble a useless team built shabbily around his GC threat, Cadel Evans. Then to top that off, bringing a world class s...

I saw the pic of Cadel in yellow and his Free Tibet undershirt but I didn't know he was doing it for a charity >> http://www.bobkestrut.com/

Also on this page is a YouTube clip of a guy taking a beer from a spectator while in a breakaway in the USA

My bike will be featured in the October edition of "Shop till you Drop". Does that count? Although I suspect it was more about the Parisian model, even if I have asked them to credit the shoot as "bike by DHBC".

The Parisian model? Please explain?

Well I was pissed off that Cadel didn't win, but that's purely an Aussie reaction really and also linked to all the emotional effort I've put in to following him. The best TEAM won, no doubt about it. Sastre only had to put in the effort in 2 stages really, unlike Cadel whose team really weren't up ...

Well Jo & I are bailing on Waterfall tomorrow as we did Akuna Bay & West Head today with BRATs & we're looking forward to a Sunday sleep in - enjoy the ride.

You can also turn at the bottom of the descent from the bridge, go through the break in the fence and then take the backstreets - which is maybe what you remember - see here for a map of where the cycleway along the broads next to the mangrove is >> http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Taren-Point-t...

Although now I've just realised that there might be some pretty compelling viewing on SBS early on Sunday morning, and the thought of being up again at 6 is not that attractive.

What better way to celebrate Cadel taking 2 mins off Sastre than by having an early morning ride??

In the latest Ride mag they cover the bikes of the firm that does their printing. Just as an aside, that firm is Web Star, the printing arm of Blue Star, the company that Joanne works for. The woman in the issue with the Orbea Diva (Tanya Boric) is one of Jo's staff on the St George Bank account. S...

Check this out - Google Maps Street View has lots of the stages availabel to watch as if you're driving the stage - awesome! http://www.google.com/tourdefrance2008 Google has selected the route of the 2008 Tour de France to present the premier images of the new service "StreetView" of Goog...

And me too - great idea

Does that make 3 or 4 James-es - or however you'd spell it? Anyway - welcome to all of our new forum members - hope to see you on a DHBC ride soon

Jo & I are starting planning for another cycling holiday in France in May / June 2009. At the moment we are looking at renting a house at or near to Annecy in the Haute-Savoie Rhône-Alpes area in the East of France. We plan on renting some bikes and a car / van with bike racks and spending 2 wee...

Yes, and....
There is something else, but it is pretty obvious (given the topic this is in).

They've all been busted for EPO doping & they all rode with Lance

Piepoli would have been tested as he won Stage 10. Do we know which stage Ricco was busted on? He won Stage 6 and 9, so it is possible that he has only been busted on Stage 6 at this point. Which means that Piepoli's sample hasn't been fully analysed yet. James It seems the test was from stage 4 &q...

I've heard from people who have been into Centennial this week that there signs stating there will be no Sat cycling are still up but the website still says that Sat morning is OK.

I've posted all of the photos and trip diary here >> http://www.dhbc.org.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=722

BTW - I bought the BBB Hardware and they're fantastic - even in silver!

I'm also interested in doing the the ride. How far is it including the return ride and how long did it take everyone? It's about 90 k's one way and it took me ages last year - at least 4 hours as there's lots of cycle traffic and it was raining quite hard till just after Sutherland. The return trip...

For those who may be interested, here is a travel log of the recent bike tour Jo & I did in Provence, France. It was a fully escorted and paid up tour. The cost included a support bus to carry luggage and tired / wet riders, bikes (either Trek Hybrid or Trek road bikes, both with triple chain ri...

I'm in & I'm sure Jo will be too but not for ride back as well I wouldn't think - depends how my fitness is going and what route you plan to take on the return. The train is always a good idea - one thing though is we should leave early as possible to try to avoid some of the crowds.

I use that Street for my hill climbing practise to and from the Saturday slowies and Sunday Waterfall rides.

I know, it's a killer. I am regularly outside in the early mornings testing myself against its unbelievable gradients.

We will soon post a new topic with a wrap up of the whole weeks tour and Map My Ride routes. Plus, due to overwhelming demand from at least one person, we will post ALL the pics from the weeks ride, excluding those of Stuart in the bath! Meanwhile, here's some that another participant took. Stuart n...

you dont live in ashfield do you?

No - In Dulwich Hill but on the Summer Hill side - Mike is regular rider past our place on was way to and from Marrickville.

Hey Stuart, your street has been returned to you.

I preferred it blocked off actually as it really cut down on the amount of traffic we got at peak hour and it wasn't that mush of a problem for us.

ok i went to bed last night, because i dont want to be too tired before tonights riding, and nw cant find an article that just says what happened last night, ive found the results of who is who, but does any one have a link to an article on last nights round? SBS Site >> See SBS Tour Site and the o...

In today's Times online Bike riders: It's unfair to brand us all psycholists 3 different views. The proponent makes some good points, especially regarding deaths and injuries on the road. I feel the rebuttals are weak and very much the party line from those types of person. Still, this line about us...

I am looking to buy some full shoe covers as my feet freeze in winter - I've heard that the Neoprene ones are best - any one got any suggestions re types and brands?

I was looking at these BBB Hardware as an option.

Did you bring your own pedals, or did you need to use shoes with a specific cleat? BTW, post the photo's of you and Jo when you get the chance. They supplied either normal pedals with or without cages or standard Shimano double sided SPD Pedals If you wanted something else you needed to bring your ...

That looks fantastic... Was it cold or hot up there? I assume you mean on Ventoux? Very windy down low, up to about 1200m where every time we'd turn towards the South West (I think). the wind was cold and gusting strongly (just about stopped me dead on one stretch before we got into the tree line)....

Mike wrote: Did one of the girls have drop bars? Yes, so did one of the guys. Did she bring her own bike? No - we could have opted for a road bike (Trek) but they failed to tell us they had triple chain rings so we went for the hybrids as we wanted the triple rings for Ventoux. If we had known we p...

So for anyone who's interested here's a link to lots of pics from the 6 days of riding on our French Cycling Holiday. It was a fantastic trip and highly recommended although for lots of club members it mightn't be hard enough, for Jo & I it was perfect with several long and hard days riding. We ...

Hi groovers from DHBC, Pity Stuart and I are still in France as we would have gladly had the Prologue Party at our house as it is big enough (and stuart could have wipped up some culinery delights). Our TV isn,t as big as Geoff's as its q CRT 75cm but we'll miss it all but do have the advantage of s...

I think this is real not a piss take & requires lots of letters to the editor - it is legal to undertake at lights when the cars are stopped. 141 No overtaking etc to the left of a vehicle (1) A driver (except the rider of a bicycle) must not overtake a vehicle to the left of the vehicle unless:...

Here are some pics from a sports photographer who was near the top. The bikes are Trek Hybrids. The wine bladder was deemed to be too heavy to carry all the way to the top. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2594365977_ac05bc0e05.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/2595202264_c7bf37da9e.jpg htt...

I didn't see this post (thanks Mike) before I created a new post in conversations. More pics here >> http://dhbc.org.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=669

Fixed it by moving the pics to Flickr as Google pics doesn't seem to work too well

Some of you may know that Jo & I are in France and have just finished a week of cycling in Provence, including a day where we did Mt Ventoux (1912m) from the Sault side (25k to the top) , being the easy side as the start altitude is 762m and the hardest gradient is 11%. The day was sunny but wit...

here are some photo's from the ride - staring some DHBC members - I can't get the links to work using the [img] tag for some reason - any ideas? http://www.phuonglet.com/photos/showimg.php?file=/080524%20Ride%20Of%20Silence%20Sydney/IMG_0295.jpg http://www.phuonglet.com/photos/showimg.php?file=/0805...

For Those on the Waterfall ride today - Here's why the Garage at Sutherland was closed today

Taxi thief runs over driver

Pity I didn't read this before the ride today - not even a sign to warn us - incredibly dangerous and just so typical of the disregard for cyclists shown by road agencies of all types.

Missed this totally - would have rolled up otherwise. Maybe we need an email list for this type of announcement?

So what happened? Who's who for 08-09?

Here is the text of an email I received today. Anyone else get one of these? My email address is visible on this site but not on the any other bicycle forum. I love the "your blog" reference - this is Marketing 101 I suppose but still it's a bit too direct for me - I don't know what to wri...

It would be worth finding out if it comes with the 2006/2007 Mavic Aksium wheels as shown in the photo, rather than Alex wheels described in the spec. The mavic's are bulletproof. Cheers, Alan OK - The bike doesn't come with the 2006/2007 Mavic Aksium's as shown unless you pay an extra $200. I know...

There is also a conversation on Bicycles Network Australia about bike insurance - very useful - pity I didn't read it before I swapped cover!

OK - I moved my home & contents insurance before realising that NRMA insurance were no longer part of the NRMA - dumb of me really as I've done extensive amounts of IT work for IAG post the NRMA de-mutualisation and sell-off of the insurance business. Still, I saved $160 / year by moving to Sunc...

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