Audax Mudgee April 30th 2011
Posted: 05 Feb 2011, 13:46
The Mudgee ride is on again and I am just posting this on behalf of Chris Walsh who is the organiser.
We had a great time last year and will be doing the ride again this year.
The Mudgee region is well-known for its wine, fresh produce, and fine dining. Combine that with undulating country roads almost devoid of traffic and small towns and pubs along the way and you have a recipe for cycling heaven!
The Audax Club has organised a weekend of cycling around Mudgee at the very best time of the year – early autumn – with rides that explore the Mudgee district from Gulgong out to Ulan and down to Hill End. All rides are on sealed roads (riders on the 150 km from last year please take note!) and apart from a few steep pinches on the rides out through Hargarves, are relatively gentle in profile. There’s a wide selection of rides to choose from, giving you the opportunity to visit the Ulan Pub (and sit at the Table of Knowledge) and Gulgong, and for those attempting the longer distances, Goolma (population 10) and its pub and the iconic gold mining town of Hill End.
Ride Schedule
All rides start at the Vineyard Motel, on Henry Lawson Drive just north of Mudgee township. You can register for as many or as few of the rides as you wish.
Friday 29 April @ 1 PM: Loosen your legs with a 50 – 60 km (return) stroll out to the Cooyal Pub, where Mark Renshaw’s mother-in-law will pour you a beer. On Friday night from 6 PM, meet your fellow road warriors at the Mudgee brewery – no bookings required but let us know if you plan to come along.
Cooyal 50: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Cooyal-50
Saturday April 30 @ 8 AM: You have a choice of three distances – 120, 150 or 200 km – all rides visit Ulan and Gulgong with the 150 km riders detouring to Goolma and the 200 km riders struggling up the hill to Hargraves. There is also a 300 km option that takes in all these options as well as Hill End – 300 km riders start at 5 AM!
120 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-100-MkII
150 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mu ... MkII389655
200 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-200
300 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-300 (2.5 km of rideable gravel road)
On Saturday evening we have booked a well-known Mudgee restaurant, Deebs Kitchen, from 7 PM. The restaurant prepares a fixed three course menu for $55, byo with vegetarian and other options catered for with prior notice. To help you select your wines, this year we will be having an entree based on okra on basmati followed by roast rack of pork with wild plum sauce and then a flourless chocolate cake for dessert. This dinner has proved popular in the past and with only 40 seats available it will be first in, best dressed.
Sunday 1 May @ 8 AM: Our scheduled event today is a 150 km randonee with two options. The first is an iconic ride from Mudgee through Hill End on a recently sealed road to Bathurst. While an unforgettable ride it does have logistic challenges and so we have also provided an out and back option from Mudgee to Hill End as an alternative.
150 km (Mudgee to Bathurst via Hill End): http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-to-Hill-End . Riders returning to Bathurst turn at Hill End. There is a short length of rideable gravel road before Hill End.
Audax riding
Audax events are not races but randonées (“rambles”) along roads chosen for variety and interest. Randonneurs carry a brevet (had you guessed this style of cycling is French in origin?) that is marked off at different locations (contrôles) along the route as verification. You can ride at whatever pace you choose, in a peleton or by yourself. You just need to ensure that after the coffee stops, meal and comfort breaks and the occasional sleep you get to each contrôle in a time less than that taken to ride to that contrôle at an average speed of 15 km/hr. Easy!
Accommodation
Mudgee has a wide range of hotels, motels and B&Bs. For those who don’t want to ride to the start, I have booked a dozen rooms at the Vineyard Motel. If you would like to reserve one of these, please call the motel on ((02) 6372 1022) and let the proprietor know that you’d like one of the rooms that are reserved under my name. He’ll grab your credit card details and from then on that room will be reserved in your name.
Bicycle requirements
Riders attempting the 200 km and 300 km events must carry lighting and a reflective vest conforming to Audax regulations (see http://audax.org.au/public/images/stori ... ements.pdf for full information or check with the organiser).
Entry
Entry fees per event are $5 (Audax members and members of Cycling Australia-affiliated cycling clubs) and $10 otherwise. Please enter on line at http://regonline.activeglobal.com/Regis ... tID=938788 . Unfortunately you can only register for one event at a time so if you wish to ride Saturday and Sunday you’ll need to register separately for each event. The website also gives you the opportunity to register for the dinner at Deebs Kitchen – please show the number in your party who’ll be coming. You have the option of paying on line by credit card or bringing cash to the start. If the latter, please pop it in an envelope with your name – it gets hard when 30 people hand over money all at once!
If you are uncertain about anything, please contact me.
I look forward to seeing you in Mudgee in April!
Chris Walsh
walshes@optusnet.com.au
0401 055 494
We had a great time last year and will be doing the ride again this year.
The Mudgee region is well-known for its wine, fresh produce, and fine dining. Combine that with undulating country roads almost devoid of traffic and small towns and pubs along the way and you have a recipe for cycling heaven!
The Audax Club has organised a weekend of cycling around Mudgee at the very best time of the year – early autumn – with rides that explore the Mudgee district from Gulgong out to Ulan and down to Hill End. All rides are on sealed roads (riders on the 150 km from last year please take note!) and apart from a few steep pinches on the rides out through Hargarves, are relatively gentle in profile. There’s a wide selection of rides to choose from, giving you the opportunity to visit the Ulan Pub (and sit at the Table of Knowledge) and Gulgong, and for those attempting the longer distances, Goolma (population 10) and its pub and the iconic gold mining town of Hill End.
Ride Schedule
All rides start at the Vineyard Motel, on Henry Lawson Drive just north of Mudgee township. You can register for as many or as few of the rides as you wish.
Friday 29 April @ 1 PM: Loosen your legs with a 50 – 60 km (return) stroll out to the Cooyal Pub, where Mark Renshaw’s mother-in-law will pour you a beer. On Friday night from 6 PM, meet your fellow road warriors at the Mudgee brewery – no bookings required but let us know if you plan to come along.
Cooyal 50: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Cooyal-50
Saturday April 30 @ 8 AM: You have a choice of three distances – 120, 150 or 200 km – all rides visit Ulan and Gulgong with the 150 km riders detouring to Goolma and the 200 km riders struggling up the hill to Hargraves. There is also a 300 km option that takes in all these options as well as Hill End – 300 km riders start at 5 AM!
120 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-100-MkII
150 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mu ... MkII389655
200 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-200
300 km: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-300 (2.5 km of rideable gravel road)
On Saturday evening we have booked a well-known Mudgee restaurant, Deebs Kitchen, from 7 PM. The restaurant prepares a fixed three course menu for $55, byo with vegetarian and other options catered for with prior notice. To help you select your wines, this year we will be having an entree based on okra on basmati followed by roast rack of pork with wild plum sauce and then a flourless chocolate cake for dessert. This dinner has proved popular in the past and with only 40 seats available it will be first in, best dressed.
Sunday 1 May @ 8 AM: Our scheduled event today is a 150 km randonee with two options. The first is an iconic ride from Mudgee through Hill End on a recently sealed road to Bathurst. While an unforgettable ride it does have logistic challenges and so we have also provided an out and back option from Mudgee to Hill End as an alternative.
150 km (Mudgee to Bathurst via Hill End): http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mudgee-to-Hill-End . Riders returning to Bathurst turn at Hill End. There is a short length of rideable gravel road before Hill End.
Audax riding
Audax events are not races but randonées (“rambles”) along roads chosen for variety and interest. Randonneurs carry a brevet (had you guessed this style of cycling is French in origin?) that is marked off at different locations (contrôles) along the route as verification. You can ride at whatever pace you choose, in a peleton or by yourself. You just need to ensure that after the coffee stops, meal and comfort breaks and the occasional sleep you get to each contrôle in a time less than that taken to ride to that contrôle at an average speed of 15 km/hr. Easy!
Accommodation
Mudgee has a wide range of hotels, motels and B&Bs. For those who don’t want to ride to the start, I have booked a dozen rooms at the Vineyard Motel. If you would like to reserve one of these, please call the motel on ((02) 6372 1022) and let the proprietor know that you’d like one of the rooms that are reserved under my name. He’ll grab your credit card details and from then on that room will be reserved in your name.
Bicycle requirements
Riders attempting the 200 km and 300 km events must carry lighting and a reflective vest conforming to Audax regulations (see http://audax.org.au/public/images/stori ... ements.pdf for full information or check with the organiser).
Entry
Entry fees per event are $5 (Audax members and members of Cycling Australia-affiliated cycling clubs) and $10 otherwise. Please enter on line at http://regonline.activeglobal.com/Regis ... tID=938788 . Unfortunately you can only register for one event at a time so if you wish to ride Saturday and Sunday you’ll need to register separately for each event. The website also gives you the opportunity to register for the dinner at Deebs Kitchen – please show the number in your party who’ll be coming. You have the option of paying on line by credit card or bringing cash to the start. If the latter, please pop it in an envelope with your name – it gets hard when 30 people hand over money all at once!
If you are uncertain about anything, please contact me.
I look forward to seeing you in Mudgee in April!
Chris Walsh
walshes@optusnet.com.au
0401 055 494