Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

yES jAMES i TRY TO MAKE IT FOR 6AM START

160k fixie tests every man's legs, even with all that tail wind. Slept like a stone tonight and the legs still heavy this morning. Thanks Grant and Lindsay for organising, and with beautiful certificat of completion. Steve I believe was the rider on the straigt handlebared, padded saddle machine.

ItsAlbury/Wodonga and then left ~70km into the hills. One has to go there on Friday. Return can be very late on Sunday for afit driver; else on Monday. Look it up on Google Map, then on Google Earth (if you have) you can tilt the scenery to see the climbs... and there is lots of it. Not that I want ...

Enjoyed your new C Grade experience and your report. Me too, the longer I race the more I treasure the mental aspect of it all. But when you have it all worked out you want to be fitter, and so it all spiralls.

We lined up in Calga at 10am in about 35C temperature and full sunshine. There was no house (except 3 portaloos) around and water came from James’ traditional bottled H2O. It filled my bidon and the rest went over our heads. Kieran’s father Keith was there for our support. The commissair took offenc...

Three more points that are important for TTT: The leading rider in a downhill must pedal hard ; if he doesn’t then the riders at the back have to hit the brakes and the beauty of speed and momentum is wasted and you have to suffer for longer. Also it is not efficient to switch lead during a fast dow...

DHBC starts at 9:58; isn’t it? I will probably catch a train to Gosford. I’ve done a few TTT and after the last one with Parramatta I told myself never again without training. So here we go! I hope we are sensible this time round. TTT is about forgetting your individual prestige and about caring for...

Still in Grafton mood. Here is a report from Kiernan Smithson LACC (7th C grade). ------------------ I dunno when we got to the startline but it was early for me. There were 120 people in C grade alone. The race began and warren and I stayed about mid-field for the first 50km. With a bunch that size...

Gill to be added to my reported list of DH supporters. My apology Gill!

My Grafton impression The seven Dulwich Hill Riders (Grant, James F, Huw, Simon, Joe & myself) reinforced by Phil ‘Philsi’ Scheidegger (Northern Sydney) congregated with the support crew (Alan, Coral, Sharol, Strech & Ron) in the Grafton Hotel. Out of a total of 180 riders our C grade number...

One outcome of out team naming stampede is the feeling that all of us want to give it the best shot, know the slog and are committed to face it until km228. In the Grafton, every rider, even if riding at the front, can occasionally find himself in no-man’s-land among the gum trees. It is then decisi...

I bring this up again because when I made and justified the 5/3 option I was not aware that indeed the No2 team had a chance to win something even if behind No1 team.

Please let it be known now if you object to the existing 5/3 split
No need to comment if you can live with the 5/3 split.

The five of us this morning settled on the following team naming: No 1 team: Dulwich Hill black No 2 team: Dulwich Hill red note: no BC ('Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club black' was deemed too much of a mouthfull; BC is quite superfloues since every rider is called up by the proper club name i.e. Dulwich H...

Weather permit, I am in.

I was of the understanding that there is only a price for the winner. Do you say that there is prices for 1, 2 and 3rd?

If we take Huw out of the fast team we are compromising our chances to win. To gain ... what?

5/3 or 4/4 ? My main reason to have Huw with the fasties was that quite possibly not the first two riders but the third rider will make the winning or loosing difference. Also the loss of one rider in the trackies team would have the only effect of not having the team on the finisher's list. This h...

I did ask for:
Dulwich Hill BC fasties
Dulwich Hill BC slowies.

Hence, since Brian Crawford stuffed it up in the first place we should be entiteled to insist, if we want, to have it changed. Can we agree on something? ... the best/funniest/most impressing or politically correctest?

Today (Mo 3Sep) I have entered two teams for our Club; seven DHBC riders plus Phil Scheidegger to boost our chances.
I fork out the first $50. About the second $50 we'll have to talk.
If we all finish we are in with two bids for the $500 win.

There is a good old fashioned profile on the official Cycling NSW Grafton race information. At the bottom click on ‘Race Map’. If you can’t find it drop me a one liner and I will email you a copy. It is essential to study it thoroughly. The Gibraltar climb is average 5.8% and max 7.0%; thus it is no...