Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

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Hi All, Better late than never, sorry for the delay but Bowral go in the way. Let’s start with a quick recap of training last week. As half the riders were racing the next day the session was to be light. After a slow start and individual warm ups, each group performed the Paceline drill. It was Gro...

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Hi All,

looks like it's going to be a nice day to ride the track, the rains going to stay away.

Can I ask that everyone get there a bit early, 12:30-45, so we can get the most of the 2 hrs as we're off at 3 on the dot.

thanks

Colin

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Hi All, Lizanne’s report from Wednesday Night. It was me and Michelle running stuff. we had 1 new kid, Liam(a speed skater), and a second timer I want to say Ian, it's similar not not quite. (Justin is his dad) so Michelle was helping those guys. The session started with a 15 lap paceline. 2 groups,...

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Hi All, I'd like to gauge the interest in holding this on the Saturday the 4th May, weather permitting. Same time 1-3pm and as before If you have a track bike, bring that. Otherwise you will need: • Pedals and shoes (road ones are fine); • Cycling kit including helmet • A current CA licence (Gold, S...

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Hi All, Again another quick one before I run away for the weekend. Last week Thanks to Alex last week for calling the times as Lizanne, Caitlin, Christian and I had a trainer/rollers session in the rainy weather. Just a reminder to all that training is on even if it’s wet. This week After a slow sta...

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Hi All, Another fun filled night for the 27 Riders that came down to the track. Welcome to Louis Price our newest member. You have taken to the track extremely well. Again it was Paceline as the first drill of the evening after individual warm ups. Tonight Group C performed a reverse paceline up hig...

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Hi all, Just a quick one today before I go home for the weekend. We had 28 riders on Wednesday night, great turn out, the temperature is now the best for riding, not to hot or cold Again it was Paceline as the first drill after individual warm ups. Each group riding together with the stragglers ridi...

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Hi All, A great night to be at the track, just the right temperature. Welcome back to Ruby, first time on the rack after breaking her arm. I hope being thrown straight into it wasn’t too much for you? Also back were the Clarke family of Oliver, Georgia and Tom. We had 25 rides a ready to go. Tonight...

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Hi All, Another great night to rider, not a cloud in the sky and not too hot, with little wind. We had 25 riders, welcome back to Louis and Hugo. And welcome to Oliver and Georgia, two new members We were short on the small/mid bikes so James worked with Hugo, Oliver, Georgia and Louis sharing a bik...

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Hi All, Forgot to post this Friday arvo. The last training session for Summer, we had 22 riders Welcome back to Hugo, who worked with Michelle on the warm up track First up, after the individual warm up, was the Paceline Drill. This week we had 4 small groups with 2 groups on the track at a time. Th...

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Hi All, Another quick one tonight. We had 25 riders for a rain filled session. We were unable to finish any drill’s with the rain making the track unsafe to ride. Thanks to Lizanne for running a stretching session Sorry Sarah for not umpiring the touch football as per the rules, I’m an AFL boy, but ...

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What a great day, the rain stayed away. We had 9 how riders who ventured out to Lidcombe. We filled most ages but we had no U9’s or U15 girls. I won't go into a blow by blow recap but the racing was exciting and everyone was outstanding. Mia Wallace was just off the pace in the Time Trial, second in...

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Hi All, Gosh, February already. We had 26 riders. Welcome back Rory and Rosie and great to see Luke on the trainer First, individual warm ups and then Paceline drill. It was Group B’s turn at a 2 lap Time trial. Great times by all. Again everyone is improving, the average was 4 second faster that th...

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6. Eleri
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10. Karzie
11. Colin

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Hi All, School’s back and almost everyone came down to the track, we had 23 riders, including 4 newbies. A warm welcome to Rory Plummer, Rosie Weller and great to see some younger siblings having a go, Juliette Triccas and Louis Walton. Lizanne worked with Rory, Rosie, Juliette and Louis on the warm...

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Hi All, Last training session before most go back to school. We had 15 riders for the night. Great to see Sarah riding her new bike, we’ll look at the gearing next week. A slow start to the program, starting with Individual warm up and then the Paceline drill. The bigger jr’s doing a Reverse Pacelin...

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Hi All, The number of riders is slowly increasing with 16 turning up ready to go. Welcome back to Louie, Ashlee and Alex. Correction from last week, sorry Louie for getting you last name wrong. The session started with individual warm ups and two groups Paceline drills, no issues this week. Next, El...

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Hi All, Wishing you all had an excellent Christmas and Happy New Year. We still had a good turnout starting with 11 riders, with the school holidays keeping people away. Welcome to Louie Hidcock, our newest member, who started on the warm up track and then ventured onto the main track late in the se...

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Hi All, Another great turn out for the Christmas BBQ, we had 19 riders and their families. All the riders were eager to ride and not just eat! Christian was given an early Christmas present, a new 20” Hillbrick. He was so excited he wanted to get onto the track before having the bike adjusted. We ha...

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Hi All 20 riders last night, same about the strong head wind on the home straight. A big welcome to Christian, once we had a bike swap, Lizanne showed him the rope on the warm up track and a couple of lap around the track. The session started with individual warm ups and then paceline drills Next, u...

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Hi All, 19 riders last night. The conditions were perfect, cool and the wind stayed away Taku showed of his birthday present, a shiny new Planet X, and the size an exact fit for James (Future thinking for when Taku grows too big for it). After individual warm ups it was into the paceline drills Next...

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Hi All, We had 18 rider this session Welcome back Adam with his new Fiji classic After a safety chat with all, it was into individual warm ups and then rolling paceline drills Next we tackled a 2 group catch the bunch. two groups at rolling around the track at the same speed, with a rider sprinting ...

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Hi All, I'm in again.

and again i'll be off to the Action Park afterwards, great way to end the ride

Caution it's up the same hill to get to Albion Park.

I like to control my actions!!!!

colin

Hi All, Another huge night with 23 riders. Great to see Ruby back with her new Dolan, fits like a glove and is fast. Also new bikes for Matthew, great job Jessica, shame about the mechanical. And Xavier, nice little Fuji. The light drizzle didn't deter anyone and we go into the session after individ...

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Hi All, Another great turn out with 19 riders. After individual warm ups and complaints about the light sprinkles of rain, it was Paceline drills. Next Group C went up onto the roller while the rest completed a 2 lap time trial. Excellent effort by all as the head wind on the back straight slowed a ...

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Hi All, After a long discussion with James we have our first training schedule. We will split all into groups A, B & C, see below for the group allocation. The groups will/may change depending on the numbers, but we’re assuming on most riders turning up. Group A Dexter Caitlin Claude Melina Will...

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Hi All, Another packed night with 19 riders. Just a quick post this week. James and I will work on a proper a schedule for the training sessions which I will post with each newsletter. First, Individual warm ups followed by Paceline drills Next , Whistle sprints, groups of about 4 riders for 4-5 min...

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Hi All, Another huge night with 17 riders. The number of bikes still an issue but we worked with what we had. Welcome back to Francis and Luka. Hope to see you each week from now on. Also Isaac was back, good to see as well as Xavier, Francis’ younger brother giving the track a go. And the Magpie lo...

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Hi All, Just a quick news letter this week, man cold! OK, we had 18 riders. School holidays over and back into the normal routine. Welcome back to Luke and Sarah and a new recruit, Isaac Sharwood who will remember to keep one hand on the bars at all times for beginners. A slow start as all bikes wer...

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Hi All, A quick report this week. 17 riders, another great turnout, I even had a go and joined in the fun on a couple of drills. The magpie was at it again last night. Lucky for all, Lizanne was the main target. Lizanne again on the warm up track with Claude, Melina, Adrien, Luca and Zach. Lizanne’s...

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Hi All, A great turnout with 15 riders. And all braving the magpie, it seemed to be more aggressive tonight, swooping Alison, Caitlin and with Melina screaming on the warm up track William with a new shiny red Hillbrick and extra enthusiasm. Melina had a go on the rollers before training started as ...

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Hi All, Another huge turnout, about 18 riders. One week off and I was all confused and did get everyone from the sign on sheet. Welcome to Luca from LACC Lizanne and James worked on the warm up track with Adrien, Luca, Melina, Zack, Claude, Ruby, Louis and more! We had 8 riders sharing the smaller b...

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Hi All, I'm starting this topic so if anyone finds or has a small track bike for sale, they can post here for all to see. and link to the junior news letters and posts. I'll start with a "Lizanne: Pink found by John Caley on gumtree. Visp 54cm for $300 http://m.gumtree.com.au/visp-track-bike-54...

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Hi All, Another huge turnout, 17 riders. Sorry to Dexter as the bike he normal rider was being used by the riders on the warm up track. So we really had 18 juniors!!!! Welcomes to Zack and Louis. And welcome back to Adrien, Claude and William. Lizanne worked with Melina, William, Adrien, Claude, Zac...

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Hi All, Wow, what a turn out and with 4 of the regulars away we still had 12 riders. Welcomes to Adrien, Claude and William. First timers on the track, hope to see you back next week. Lizanne worked hard with Melina, William, Adrien and Claude on the warm up and ventured out onto the track during th...

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Hi All, We had 10 rider turned up and welcome back Melina. Michelle was down for a visit, great to see you and thanks for helping Lizanne on the warm up track. After individual warm ups, the first drill was Paceline. Splitting into 2 groups, one the older riders and the other the younger riders. Eac...

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Hi All, Another good turnout with 10 riders. Welcome to Melina Savvas. James ran Melina through an introduction to track riding on the warm up track. At one stage I noticed Melina down on the drop riding around. Great job and well done. Lizanne ran the session while I was the time keeper. After indi...

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Hi All, Another great turnout with 11 riders. Welcome back Rohan. After a slow start due to shuffling bike between riders we started the session After individual warm up and getting used to a different bikes it was Pace line drill. With Lizanne leading the older group consisting of Taku, Francis, Te...

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Hi All Great that winter is staying away, figure crossed, and we have had a cool but dry night for training. Good the see Michelle come down for a visit and chat with all We had 12 rider with 3 newbies, welcome to Rohan Haydon-Smith, Ava and Olivia Piazza. A big thank you to Michelle for helping int...

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was in Velofix the other day and they have Specialized Langster frame sets going for $500 in various sizes
if anyone is interested

Colin

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As everyone arrived at different times, it was individual warm ups then a pace line drill for 10 laps. Next was Lead outs. Alison, Fabian, Taku and Francis. Then Tess, Broughton, Toby and Dexter and lastly Bill, Tom and Chris. Then a 4 lap scratch race with Taku, Broughton, Fabian, Alison and Franci...

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Hi All, A cold and windy night. We had 6 riders. Good to see Fabian back for another spin on the track. After individual warm ups, the first drill was Pace line with Alison, Tess and Mia as we waited for other riders to get onto the track. Next was Lead outs, Lizanne was part of each group, the firs...

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Hi All, A warmer night than last Wednesday. We had 8 riders. Broughton was back for the second go and he was accompanied by his older brother Fabien, Welcome Fabien and well done putting in the 110% effort on you first try out. After individual warm ups, we tried the pace line in pairs drill. Alison...

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Hi All, T’was a cold night but we had 7 riders. A Big welcome to Broughton Caley, a friend of Taku’s, great effort for your first time on the track. With all this wet weather it was good to get out on the track. After individual warm ups, with a lot of complaints about the cold, it was a paceline dr...

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Hi All Another good turnout with 8 riders. The weather was warmer than has been on previous nights with no wind. After individual warm ups, it was Motor Pace with Lizanne leading the group. The first 10 laps were at a constant 22kph and then the speed increased each ½ lap. All but Toby were hanging ...

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Hi All, We had 9 rider for a cool but calm night. After individual warm ups and toby’s spill we started the session with a Paceline drill. Everyone is now getting the hang of what to do and from the centre field the drill is looking good. Next we had scratch races. the first was 4 laps with Taku, Al...

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Hi All, Well it’s starting to get colder. Another great turnout of 11 riders, Michelle turned up for a ride and help out and Eleri, our club president, came down for a look Tonight was endurance training, so after individual warm ups, we started with a Paceline drill. There were 9 riders and I lost ...

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Hi All, We were greeted with a mild and still evening, great for the track riding. Excellent turnout with 9 riders. We started with a paceline drill but instead of peeling off on the home straight, we moved to the 3rd turn so up the back and back down to join the end of the paceline. Lizanne helped ...

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Hi All, Another lovely evening to be at the track, the cold weather staying away and so did the wind. Another good turnout with the Wallace sister, Toby, Darani. Matthew Norman was back for another go and we welcomed Cait Surgenor from Eastern Suburbs to have a try out on the track. After the warm u...

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Hi All, Another great turnout with most people arriving around 4pm. Great to see Michelle back and on her bike and Taku, we missed you both Also good to see that some of the parents can to ride, congrats to Peter and Cynthia, Francis’ mum and dad, James, Taku’s dad and David, Tody’s dad for all havi...

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Hi All, Looking at the forecast, the rain should have gone away but may be a cool evening. Being a public holiday, I will be opening the track at 4pm, for some fun I ask that you bring your parents so they can have a go on the track before we start the real session. Both Mums and Dads welcome, if yo...

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Hi All, Great turn out for a cool school holiday night. We had 7 starters with one new tryout, Matthew Norman, Jessica Llewellyn’s 13 year old Cousin and Grace Sixsmith, the return of Alison Wallace’s friend. The jumpers were on and even a pair of tracky dacks. After the warm up we had a motor pace ...

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Hi All, Firstly, a huge Thank You to Michelle for all her great work. Also the BBQ was a great success and enjoyed by all. The Training Session A great night for riding, Autumn is here and the nights are clear and warm. We had 7 starters but while warming up Francis can a cropper due to a mechanical...

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Hi All, Sorry for the delay, I've been busy renovating Firstly, congratulations to Simon and Jessica for the birth of their daughter. Another junior of the future. Secondly, recapping last week's newsletter Next Wednesday night starting at 6pm, the DHBC Juniors BBQ. For DHBC Riders their family and ...

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I think I have one spare to give away. I'll have to check over the weekend but PM me so I can sort the hand over

Colin

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Hey Jo,

Caitlin has a 20" single speed which is in good condition. Covered in dust from the renovation. You may be able to convert it to geared if required.

PM me if your interested in having a look

Colin

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Hi All, Another event filled training session. We started with warm ups rollers and laps, then with the assistance of Lizanne, Alison, Mia, Darani and Tody completed a 10 lap pace line drill. For the first 5 laps holding a speed of 22kph and the second 5 laps increasing the speed to 24kph. Meanwhile...

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There are not formal water and food stations but from memory the surf lifesaving club in Wollongong had a food and drink stall. Best to BYO for the ride. The pub had the normal counter food and a beacon/egg roll stall in the beer garden. Last year a group stopped in at a Cafe in the back of Austinme...

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Another great turnout for my first coaching session. We started the session with warm ups and a bit of follow the leader which lead into a paceline drilled and again finishing with speed were Alison and Tess this time joined by Darani. Next I had everyone following Pat around the track moving up and...

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Anyone interested in do the Johnny Warren this year?

the entry form is located at http://www.jamberoopub.com/news.php

Colin

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Count me in

1. Eleri
2. Stuart
3. Rhys
4. Nozzle
5. Todd V
6. Jeremy
7. John
8. Skye
9. Camilla
10. Colin

it's great having flexable working hours

Colin

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KM and piont for Caitlin 10Km last weekend 10K track last night 2 starts 1. Mike 1145k 2. Lizanne 577kms 3. Julio 350km 4. Jo Skinner 237km 5. Tim Llewellyn 235 6. James F 230km 7. Eleri 190km 8. Adrian 177km 9. Simon L 173kms 10. Dougie 162km 11. Amy V 156km 12. Andrew B 237km 13. Jessica Rainbow 8...

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Can I be Hawaii? have the jersey and the national dish is SPAM

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I have to go up to Gosford Saturday, staying the night. I can pick it up for you. PM me you phone number

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1. Mikesbytes 2397k (1025 pro, 1372 amateur) 2. Lizanne 1865k (98% on road!) for the love of being out and about. 3. Adrian E 1561k 4. Matt W 1320k 5. Julio 1280k (70% done in the TT position) 6. Victoria 1221km (38% on dirt if we're getting all particular..) 7. Simon L 1018km 8. Anthony K 939km 9. ...

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User Control Panel Long sleeve wind jacket ($100) XS S Eleri M - Julio, Anthony, jbcow, Trouty (or I might be a small - will confirm on sample sizes), Alison G (or small) L - Karzie (Ian C), Shrubb face, Stuart, Dougie, Adam F XL - Michael Ward, Colin XXL Sleeveless wind vest, mesh back ($90) XS S M...

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Hey Jess,

is it OK to bring Cailtin down for a spin around the track with the women?

Colin

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didn't Johnny and Elvis have the same hair cut? weird or what, going to have to talk to William Shatner

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good to hear JW is still with us!

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I'm in for the 6am start see you at MMs

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I'm in again this year, and I plan not to injure myself this Christmas so I can ride

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thanks Christian but Caitlin will pass at this time

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Can I ask that the fixie century not be on the same weekend/day as the gong ride. i'd like to do both

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Count me in

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Hi All,

I'm a group A 6am starter, A1770, so see you all there

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finally got my first flat this year 127 jimmy 26 25 24 23 22 21 Timyone 20 19 18 Glenno 17 16 15 14 orphic 13 Wallman 12 11 10 mikesbytes 09 08 07.5 Alex C 07 Camilla 06.5 06 Terry, Simon S 05 Huw, Kate 04.5 Micklan 04 Simon, Lindsay 03.5 yewenyi, Mark L 03 02.5 Christian 02 Geoffs, TBone 01.5 01 Vi...

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Added my order and Peter's to the list Thanks weiyun ----- Nalini sizing chart: http://www.redroseimports.com/Nalinicustom_sizingchart.html * Please state your name per forum ID as this would assist with future communications. * If you enter the order on behalf of others, then you will be asked to b...

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count me in, glad to help out if needed

colin

bugger, I'm out due to injury. was looking forward to this ride

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I'm in, hopefully we wont have the same head wind as yesterday

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