Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

Are there any volunteers for the 14th August ride as yet? I just realised that the 10th July has been and gone already. Sadly, no-one volunteered to organise 10th July but there is the 21st August ride. Details are posted here in a separate post http://www.dhbc.org.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=...

I'm pretty sure I didn't place in anything at all. Maybe the points are lowest for a win.

None of us got wet actually, kind of damp at best. Most of the wetness came from road, so as long as you sat on the front you didn't get wet or dirty :) I'm really glad I was motivated to get up for this ride. I had invited 2 people onto the ride so felt I really had to turn up. As it turned out, we...

A week's worth of riding to update: 10km at the track Monday night training 14km commute to DHBC meeting 20km at RAW plus came 3rd in a race - 24 sprint points 10km to CP and back on Saturday 18km at the Omnium on Saturday 85 km Waterfall today- 6 mountain points 1. Mike 1431k 2. Lizanne 589kms 3. J...

I am still going to Waterfall though.

Excellent to see Jo and Alison have their first ride at RAW in novice and find out that it is more fun than scary.

I beat that same kid in a sprint for 3rd in a 3 lap sprint. That was the only race I managed to finish, got lapped in one and lost interest in the other. Must get bigger gears.

OK - Mike and I worked out a new route last night that has several advantages over the last one: - It's pretty close to 160km - It doesn't make people climb Macquarie pass late in the ride and compete with motorcyclists or do a difficult climb on an empty stomach - It has a number of options for eas...

15 kms on the trainer (2 sprint points) 20 kms at RAW, won nothing at all - (7 sprint points) 10 kms to Centennial Park and back at Sat Slowies 85 kms Waterfall (6 mountain points) TOTAL 130 kms, 9 sprint points and 6 mountain points 1. Mike 772k 2. Lizanne 329kms 3. Julio 305km 4. James F 230km 5. ...

Simon: the drugs have kicked in and this hospital bed is much warmer than cold Dunc Grey that's for sure
Jess: deja vu

That far... mmm... that will mean a break before

Yes, I agree! That's too far without a break. Mike and I will have a proper review of the route maybe next weekend.

Did you sort something? still need a lift if not text 0428 645 074

That's a terrible colour.

Really big things

ooh. Forgot to say I'm coming.

Excellent. Adam is coming and I think JoSwans (who I have decided to rename Jo the Builder).

OK, I entered. I'm going to go 20 seconds faster and beat you Camilla,

unless you try harder (or get uninjured)

Re-instating my aggressive rider points that got accidentally deleted somewhere up the thread and adding Camilla's that were awarded by Mike. KMs Competition: 1. Lizanne 169km 2. Amy V 156km 3. Mike 155k 4. James F 102km4 5. Julio 90km 6. Simon L 84ms 7. Adrian 72k 8 Jessica Rainbow 45kms 9. Dougie ...

My real reason for posting is that I wanted to nominate her for most aggressive rider of the day. She was on fire! I did indeed have her in my sights but no way was I going to catch her, unless there was a monster hill on offer (which, thankfully, there was not). Failing that only a flat would have...

Here's a very beautiful road bike for the small person! http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Pinarello-road-bike-steel-Merckx-Colnago-50-cm-/330583104006?pt=AU_Sport_Cycling_Bikes&hash=item4cf849da06 Awesome frame & grouppo!! Simon, lot's of people agree with you. Still got 4 days to go and i...

Did an individual time trial this morning at Calga. 25km plus 5km warm up/down. 300+ m climbing Rode with Camilla on her Teschner. She started a minute behind me and had me in sight for most of the ride. I could feel her desire to catch me and spurred me on. What a great team effort with no illegal ...

Is it too late to join in the fun? I've decided to reinvent my Kotzur as a fixie.

Rode RAW on Friday night (10 kms, 7 pts) and came 3rd in a race (17 pts) Rode to the Park this morning and thence to Marrickville with Adam riding Stuart's Merida. 15 kms Random riding in Newtown - 5 kms For one glorious moment, and possibly a mis-reading of the rules, I appear to be winning the spr...

Others might have more idea about that particular pump & if you are likely to get replacement gauges for it, but I suspect if you had to pay someone to fit it, it would be uneconomic to repair. You can get a replacement dial for it and it's $8 (unknown currency). I wasn't sure if that was where...

Non Fixie Imperial Century day trip - Fixies/SS banned Sunday 21st August 2011 This is part of the Adventure Ride Series. Ride Leaders: Mike & Eleri Start time 6.00 am from Marrickville Bike equipment . It’s mandatory that your bike have gears, fixies and single speeds are banned! Route – ~160km...

Just blew up two tubes and have traumatised HAB & cat as a result. I think the problem is that the track pump is reading considerably below actual pressure. I have triangulated results of the reading from the track pump with the following result: Track pump - 60 psi Thumb method - feels like 110...

Here's a report from the other end of the spectrum. This week I promoted myself from Novice to Grade 5 and did the warm up race with a bunch of kids and two blokes. Kids were all on restricted gears, but actually pretty much the same as my gearing. (Must get a bigger gear). Anyway, one kid won, a bl...

David Zabriskie's gone almost vegan.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... #printMode

(okay, clearly I should have figured out how to post a link before this...)

Take that meat eaters

Bummer. Went for it. Missed it.

probably went for too much money in the end. That white/gold one I bought was $400 and about the same size. Plus added advantage of not being in Mt Gambier!

I definitely won't bid not least because I'll be in a meeting for a few hours around the time it finishes. However if someone does bid and wins, happy to chip on or work out something. I am interested in it as a fixie rather than a track bike (it doesn't appear to be drilled, slight problem to resol...

I'll be in Adelaide in August and could collect?

Update - this bike is in Mt Gambier. I just got a pm back from the vendor.

Just re-read it... She'll post it! Anyone know how much that might be? And is 49cm too small if I ride a 52cm? Jo - it's probably the top tube (51cm) you want to worry about rather than the seat post. As a comparison, the top tube is 1cm shorter than my track bike and the seat tube is the same size.

What are the 5 gorges? I did the 3 at new year then found out there's a 4th - add the other side of Bobbin Head - now there's another?? There's at least 7 - http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Audax-In-Search-of-Hills-150 here's a route a few of us did last year. Are they strictly all "gorges...

.....well put Eleri. That's what I meant in theory Eleri.....but as usual you put it so much better. When you pass that Law degree you can be my lawyer anyday.

Fortunately for us both I will never be admitted as a solicitor. Only one semester to go though!

Having been in an advisory role for "law making" I can recall no time when the wording in a petition was directly translated into a law. All the problems you are talking about get picked up in the drafting process of making an amendment and then getting a majority to vote for it. Nowhere i...

i'm almost tempted to buy it...

Or I might ... do you think we should coordinate our efforts?

Anyone is welcome to try my Figmos and I'll bring it to RAW on Friday night. In Lindsay's view they are a bit more resistant ride than some others. I've fallen off them a few times, but i don't think that's the fault of the rollers.

Alternatively you could talk me into Wednesday night at the track.

Sorry B grade keirin I didn't write the reults down!!!! In the B grade ("Ladies") keirin my recollection of the results was: 1. Julio 2. Andrew 3. Camilla 4. Eleri Thanks for organising this Simon et al. It was fun and the food was especially good. Memorably, the vegan haggis, those Finni...

Have you bought one yet Ted?

Only $40, average speed 4.5kph or something. Too slow for Sat Slowies even!

Well it was an epic ride for lots of people today with at least 11 flats that I know about and broken spoke(s). The C25s had the worst of it, although Mike had his own travails. I got one flat on the mad mile, that I fixed myself, with some assist from Peter T because while I did everything else, I'...

You know, now that you say that I am thinking the same....but but mapmybike.com can't be wrong.

I bet you look at BOM rather than out the window too

6. Why is bayview ave 3 points and centennial park hill 4 points....both are a k long and both have the same degree of steepness?

Are they the same steepness? How come I go up Bayview much slower then?

Jo, can you find another friend, with same story but a bit smaller? That would be handy for me.

You had matching red booties. Now that's cute. You should have won.

while i tried to be the best wind break i could be on the front.

Now, if only you were a bit taller!

We missed you Camilla! But probably better in the long run that you stayed off the bike.

the DHBC Elite women's team has overcome gale force winds to ride to the bronze medal. Whilst few teams in the elite category, mens or womens were able to hold a complete team till the finish, Lizanne, Jessica, Jo & Aimee held strong and displayed strong club spirit to finish all together in th...

It was a great ride and great company. Sadly, however, I'll have to do a lot of hill training before I can make a reasonable showing of that particular aspect - or any other hills in fact. Still, that bit of struggle was well worth it. Thanks to our ride leader, Eleri, and navigator, Stuart. Woops -...

We did have a great ride and the weather was just perfect. So much better than last Sunday so it was a good thing we waited. After an uneventful ride to Waterfall and a good descent into RNP, the hill on the other side took some newbies by surprise :) We got to Bundeena about a quarter past nine. Bu...

I've never been to Bundeena.

Nor me! It will be a true adventure ride. Fortunately Stuart knows how to get back from Cronulla.

I reckon we go with the 25s based on the current roll call. We need to pace ourselves

It's looking like weather is on our side. A nice 17 degree day and with a southwesterly ie a tail wind on the way down to Bundeena.

The ride is this Sunday. For those who came in late, or forgot because of weather events. Here it is again. We will go Royal National Park, Waterfall in and Bundeena out with a trip on the ferry. We'll leave from the corner of Marrickville and Illawarra Roads in Marrickville at 6.30am and ride up wi...

Dougie, maybe you'd get something for unleashing the Fury, but not the Furry at the most inappropriate times

Dougie and I watched the same vid - you and Toff didn't. Obviously.

With all the photos of us girls you had to pick the ugliest one of all time with Camilla and I seemingly not wanting to be photographed. The faces say it all. Clearly you are looking at 3rd place on the podium, not happy; Camilla is looking quizzically at 2nd, not really impressed but happier than ...

I unleashed the furry and danced on the pedals. I buried myself for 1,000 metres and claimed victory.

Go you tiger!

Thanks Simon. You made the right call I think. Oh well ...

The website for my workplace is Joomla as well, we chose it because a) it's open source and free, b) lot's of people use it, hence there are lots of people who can develop in it and like Stuart says, there are lots of plug-ins c) it's got excellent security and that matters. Sadly, although the webs...

Adam and I are hard core. We went to slowies yesterday in the rain, but we had no friends. According to something I read on fb, Audley Weir was flooded yesterday and therefore closed. Not that we were going that way but it says something about how much water is in the park. Pity, I was looking forwa...

UPDATE - The ride is postponed to next week. The rain prediction has been upgraded and there is rain everywhere.

Those who want to go to Waterfall, I'm sure some hardy souls will go but I won't be one of them.

He is coming, but annoyed that I moved it and didn't tell him. I assumed he read the forum like everyone else, but apparentlly we are supposed to talk to each other. Go figure.

UPDATE The weather might be dodgy tomorrow and BOM is suggesting possible showers near the coast, which is where we will be. We won't do the descent from Waterfall into RNP if it's wet as it isn't safe. I'll check the radar tomorrow morning and postpone til next week if it looks too wet. We can alwa...

Excellent report Matt! Is there a picture of the strangely glowing legs? Sounds radioactive!

OK - it's this weekend Sunday June 12th.

6.30am at the normal starting place near corner of Illawarra and Marrickville Roads. We'll head off with the bunch and split at Waterfall.

Weather could be dodgy so we'll watch and see.

This is part of the same route as the Masters Women's road race a few weeks ago. If it is anything like the day we road, there was a savage cross wind that beat everyone up and always appeared like a head wind. You might want to practice riding in an echelon. The inclines, although appearing small, ...

The DGV crit is on Mon 13th now so can we change this back to the 12th? go on, please? The date is wrong either way - it's Sunday 19th at the moment, but a call to change it. Here is a short poll. Please cut and paste and add your name List of people who prefer the 12th - and will join the ride? El...

1. Simon L: Republic of Congo (defending champion)
2. Jessica L: Italy
3. Amy: New Zealand
4. Eleri: Wales

Modesty prevails - I only upsold myself in doing trick riding! However, I notice that no-one tried to top me on that one.

We can change the date to the weekend after, no probs. I forgot about the crit. OK it's now June 18.

Maybe one of the people going up for the ITT this weekend at Calga could do this? No pressure of course but your club will thank you

Thanks Stuart - I had half a memory that the ITT is on. Wyoming is only about 17 km from Calga.

I'll take the 12th June adventure ride slot - we will go RNP, Waterfall in and Bundeena out with a trip on the ferry. Can someone who has one of these post a route map? We'll leave from the corner of Marrickville and Illawarra Roads in Marrickville at 6.30am and ride up with the bunch. Pace will be ...

In a rash of enthusiasm, I bought a track bike on ebay. It was a pretty good price and I thought I would loan it to the club for the juniors given I already have a track bike. Maybe one day ride I might ride it as a fixie myself but ... Anyway it's set up as a track bike. It's in the Central Coast i...

So if I was to DHBC hook up, would that be an automatic marriage?

Got plans we need to know about?

(insert whaling and gnashing of teeth). I would have thought you would have been against whaling Stuart. ;) That bike is too big for Adam. He has to go shopping. Anyone want to go shopping with him? I'll be too busy training to ensure I don't get beaten. I ain't marrying any 60 yr old bloke so he c...

I have the technology and the knowledge to sabotage his ride.

Seriously Adam rode really well today. I sat on the back of the bunch for most of the ride and he never once looked like he was struggling or tired or anything.

Slowies - 25km + Waterfall 80 Sat - Eastern suburbs, 50km Sun - Waterfall, 85km 1. Mikesbytes 2049k (875 pro, 1174 amateur) 2. Lizanne 1635k (98% on road!) for the love of being out and about. 3. Adrian E 1310k 4. Victoria 1047km (38% on dirt if we're getting all particular..) 5. Simon L 940km 6. Ma...

Repeat of yesterday except I was wearing body paint

Of course. What?

Oh yeah - great story in the SMH mag and really good pitch about the club. Thanks for putting it up on the front page.

Go Amy! That video is great. And how good is NZ that they show BMX champs on TV!

In theory I'm interested, but it's the weekend before I have my uni assessment pieces due. I have to remember, and people please keep reminding me, that doing the State road races the week before assessment was due this semester was insane. Doing the Fitz challenge, even though I really want to, loo...

Yes, it was a good weekend, shame it was the weekend after the State masters. Although that didn't seem to hurt Eddie Salas who won his age division and I think came 2nd overall.

I forgot to say we saw Travis steam past in a fast chasing bunch but didn't see him at the end.

100km Hunter Classic + 30km random riding around too and from our accom in Pokolbin 1. Mikesbytes 1603k 2. Lizanne 1226k 3. Adrian E 979k 4. Victoria 857km 5. Simon L 822km 6. Julio 670k 7. Jessica Rainbow 620k 8. Tim Llewellyn 500 9. Danny - 431k 10. Trouty 412k 11. Alex D 428k 12. Rhys 409k 13. El...

5 of us trekked up to Pokolbin for the Hunter Classic. Were we going for a flash dinner and a winery tour? or the racing? Well the fact Stuart booked the accommodation and the restaurant (Muse) and we entered the cyclo-sportif 100km the day before probably gives a few clues. :) On Saturday we rode o...

What the frig is a chain guard

I have one on the Townie - it stops my skirt getting grease on it

First ever Waterfall ride, 80km.

Woo hoo! well done.

"clearing my head before all the study does it in completely" ride this morning around the Eastern Suburbs so a point for the hills and 35ks added. First ever Waterfall ride, 80km, plus commuting, 47km. 1. Mikesbytes 1427K 2. Lizanne 955k 3. Victoria 822k 4. Adrian E 787k 5. Simon L 672k 6...

Yes, I third the nomination for aggressive rider points for Mark Lacey. Top effort by him to work really, really hard in that race.

I'm putting up a nomination for aggressive rider points. In the State Masters Crit today I was in a chasing bunch of 3, one of whom had won the road race the day before the other a WMAS5 who is faster than me and got away from both of them by beating them round the bend and into the uphill and I pas...

I was happy with both my rides and certainly got a good workout. Like Jo said the crit was great. The course looked scarier than it actually was. I stayed with the bunch for a little while but got dropped when I backed the wrong woman and she dropped off the pace before I realised, then I and a few ...

The road bit is over. Hard winds, exceptionally cold weather and none of the DHBC crew managed to win anything today. I'm sure that most of the medal getters all came from other cold, windy climes. I am advised by my roomies (all five of them) that we are all satisfied with our performances and perf...

Well I said I was going but really I'll be in Goulburn. It is fb after all.

+ 15km hill climbs and 20 km on the trainer 1. Adrian E 595k 2. Lizanne 556k 3. Victoria 547k 4. Simon L 461k 5. Mikesbytes 444k 6. Julio 340k 7. Christian 339k 8. Camilla 296k 9. PeterOS 285k 10. Jessica Rainbow 271k 11. James F 270k 12. Trouty 253k 13. Tim L 250 14. Alison G 231k 15. Rhys 205k 16....

What Weiyun said. I've got a crumpler messenger bag and carry my notebook around in it all the time, including on the bike. And you can create your own, hip design at the Newtown store, but it'll cost you.

And I'm nominating myself for aggressive rider because I rode no hands all the way along Wilson St Newtown, through 3 roundabouts and over 4 or so speed humps ... except for the 10 metres where I had to apply the brakes to avoid running up the back end of a car. Simon - I think this got missed in t...

Nope - I was just riding behind him but didn't recognise him at all.

In fact, there is one here. I was interested in this a couple of months ago and procrastinated. He advertised it twice at $450 but has now relisted it and reduced it to $400 - just a frame and forks.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0619079563

I saw Adrian this morning on that road that goes to Redfern railway station from Wilson St. He was riding a Brompton (I think) but busy saying hello to Olly (I think) who was just in front of me.

I'm a late entrant who doesn't seem to have been riding much. Oops. But I did do Eastern Suburbs hills this morning so I've added that point. And I'm nominating myself for aggressive rider because I rode no hands all the way along Wilson St Newtown, through 3 roundabouts and over 4 or so speed humps...

I forgot the rabbit. A rabbit ran in front of E grade. We were too slow to hit it.

Andrew, that looks slightly dangerous. But excellent packing on your part!

ELERI AND ALL HER BOOTY WINS. Check out the boots

I didn't want Camilla to feel like the only bogan. Or Michele for that matter.

Well that was an exciting morning of racing! It was freezing out at Eastern Creek when we got there. Camilla and I warmed up by staying the car. This worked until we had to do a lap to actually warm up and nearly froze to death. The sun came up, and before the fog burned off, it cast an eerie orange...

I suffer the same problems and can't reach the levers when in the drops on Shimano levers. You might want to look into getting some shims so the lever is in a position where it is closer to the bars, which makes it easier. How does that work? I can only reach the Shimaon levers when I'm in the drop...

I was trawling for a kids track bike but they seem hard to come by. They do come up but are hard to spot. I looked for about 6 months for one for myself and found perhaps 5 or 6 along the way, just not quite what I was looking for. The ones that do come up are mostly hillbricks. Often they want you...

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