Friday Night Winter Racing!

[mikesbytes]

There was the crash in Div 3 warm-up race the time I was there and warmed up in Div 3 after missing Div 4

[Beanzy]

I cames down in Div 4 couple weeks ago. Rier not going fast enough on banking cam down, took me out

[timyone]

nice riding lads! we are a few riders down but had some thing like 5 second places last night!
I think we may be gone from top three contention, and there may be issues with st george over taking us, but yeah good work either way!

[christian]

Simon was beaten by a girl.

I was pretty happy with my second place, there was no way I was going to be able to beat Nosh in that race, it didn't even look like he was trying and I was starting to hurt.

[Simon Llewellyn]

Simon was beaten by a girl.

Lets put this into perspective.

1.She rides a 11.15 flying 200m, at over 65km/hr

2. She qualified fourth at the worlds this year making her the 4th fastest female on the planet

3. She is probably faster than any male that races on Friday nights regularly

4. In my two encounters with her this season she is a very nice & polite racer & lets face it she looks fantastic on the bike from behind!!!!! There was no other rider who I would of prefered to see come flying past me last night!!!!

[Simon Llewellyn]

Hey on a more serious note we really need to increase our numbers for the last two weeks. We're only just holding off Randwick and St George in the point score. It sounds much better to be able to say that we finished top 5 than 6th or 7th.

So guys can everybody who is able try and make an appearance for the next two weeks. I'll try and get a few new people out there too. I think we were 16th last year, 5th place would mean an 11 place jump in a year!!! That would be a really excellent acheivement. But the most important thing is beating Randwick & St George, they're two of the biggest and most renound clubs in the state. So if we can beat them we will have some bragging rights....

Also I'm thinking we need a club photo to upgrade our track page on the website, so if we do that on the ast week.

[T-Bone]

I guess i'm able to turn up now. Is it only 2 weeks left?

[Artson]

1 Illawarra 2433
2 Bicisport 2050
3 Central Coast 1818
4 Lidcombe 1617
5 Dulwich Hill 1379
6 Ranwick Botany 1369
7 St George 1303
8 Bankstown Sports 1261
9 Sutherland 1059
10 Waratah Vets 1056
11 Penrith 883
12 Northern Sydney 745
13 Parramatta 695
14 Eastern Suburbs 571
15 Southern cross 486
16 Tuggeranong 434
17 Canberra 380
18 Manly 266
19 Bathurst 168
20 Peloton Sports 161
21 Sydney 150
22 Hunter Districts 138
23 Kooragang 136
24 Marconi 117
25 Carrovello 113
26 Macarthur 111
27 Manning Valley 93
28 China 80
29 Carnigie 40
29 Nowra 40
31 HPRW 34
31 Qld Uni 34
33 Aust/Defence 31
34 Goulburn 30
34 Port Mcquarie 30
34 Victor Broncos 30
37 All other clubs 0

[timyone]

ok we are only up by ten, and im out of weeks of points for not being there, so we need what ever number of people there now :S
They havent had all their riders there either (they being randwick)
(lol yes i want to beat randwick even if we are such good friends with so many members from there!)

its worth pointing out that st george won alot of races, and had a few seconds too! with double points they are catching!
they have nosh mystery plus saunders and that lad that wears the number 1!

[Simon Llewellyn]

Hey guys we really need a big effort this Friday night to get as many people out to Dunc Gray as possible. We've worked really hard to get into the top5 in the club point score and it would be a big shame to loose it so close to the end. The easiest way to defend is to get as many people out to Dunc on Friday night as possible.

Here's the photo sequence of Friday night which Crafty is emailing around showing my last encounter with Jin Jie Gong.


All riders grip the fence and bikes with vice like grip, all riders bar one


Llewellyn looks for the derny, whilst Jinjie has a wry smile on her face


The riders slot into position behind the derny.


Ian Gardner makes an break after the derny pulls off but is chased hard by Simon Llewellyn with the rest of the bunch on his wheel.


Llewellyn closes the gap and sprints for home


But in the last 50m Jinjie floats around the outside

[timyone]

simon it looks like your trying to work out where you are on the line, rather than trying to push your bike forwards like the other two...

[timyone]

the latest email from raw says that the organiser of the bisci open may be moving to perth, is that james shnider?

[mikesbytes]

I wasn't impressed with what happened in the div4 endurance race, this teenage girl shoved herself right next to Adrian (I was behind Adrian) and squeezed him, forcing him down onto the grey boards and stayed there for quite some time. You couldn't get handlebars any closer than that. I was just waiting to be collected by the pending accident, but hats off to Adrian for managing the situation so well.

[Artson]

Great Job by new RAW Track riders
DHBC scored 200 points this week

Rank Tally
1 Illawarra 2641
2 Bicisport 2156
3 Central Coast 1954
4 Lidcombe 1805
5 Dulwich Hill 1579
6 St George 1433
7 Ranwick Botany 1413
8 Bankstown Sports 1356
9 Sutherland 1178
10 Waratah Vets 1130
11 Penrith 991
12 Parramatta 810
13 Northern Sydney 781
14 Eastern Suburbs 611
15 Southern cross 516
16 Tuggeranong 434
17 Canberra 392
18 Manly 284
19 Bathurst 180
20 Sydney 176
21 Peloton Sports 171
22 Hunter Districts 138
23 Kooragang 136
24 Marconi 117
25 Carrovello 113
26 Macarthur 111
27 Manning Valley 93
28 China 80
29 Day Licence 72
30 Carnigie 40
30 Nowra 40
32 HPRW 34
33 Qld Uni 34
34 Aust/Defence 31
35 Goulburn 30
35 Port Mcquarie 30
35 Victor Broncos 30
38 All other clubs 0

[weiyun]

What? What's a China National Team member doing there? Is FNWR gaining international prestige or what? And she is not even riding a Look...

[Adrian E]

I was just waiting to be collected by the pending accident, but hats off to Adrian for managing the situation so well.

Thanks for the praise Mike, but its very unbecoming of my new nickname:


Apologies to John/Annoying for clipping his pedals in the poker race.

[Simon Llewellyn]

Great Job by new RAW Track riders
DHBC scored 200 points this week

Rank Tally
1 Illawarra 2641
2 Bicisport 2156
3 Central Coast 1954
4 Lidcombe 1805
5 Dulwich Hill 1579
6 St George 1433
7 Ranwick Botany 1413
8 Bankstown Sports 1356
9 Sutherland 1178
10 Waratah Vets 1130

Hey guys that an excellent result!!! I think that will be enough to secure 5th place, but this week is the last week which is always the most enjoyable & has a big celebration afterwards. So I recommend getting out there on Friday night to enjoy the fun!!!

Just to show the acheivement, this is where we sat this time last year on the point score...

Teams Pointscore Challenge
Rank Last wk last week this week Tally
1 1 Lidcombe 2255 186 2441
2 3 Illawarra 1671 192 1863
3 2 Bicisport 1776 68 1844
4 4 Central Coast 1433 62 1495
5 5 Waratah Vets 1235 78 1313
6 6 Penrith 1106 64 1170
7 7 Bankstown Sports 965 76 1041
8 8 St George 907 54 961
9 10 Ranwick Botany 802 60 862
10 11 Marconi 759 82 841
11 9 Canberra 827 0 827
12 12 Sutherland 748 52 800
13 13 Northern Sydney 639 71 710
14 14 Peloton Sports 548 62 610
15 15 Dulwich Hill 474 58 532
16 16 Parramatta 436 36 472
17 17 Tuggeranong 414 44 458
18 18 Southern Highlands 297 62 359
19 19 Eastern Suburbs 275 10 285
20 20 Southern cross 231 54 285

[Simon Llewellyn]

What? What's a China National Team member doing there? Is FNWR gaining international prestige or what? And she is not even riding a Look...

Friday night winter racing attracts all sorts of competitors, it is by far the most fun racing in NSW. The reason for the Teschner I've been told is that Sean Eaddie who is coaching Gong struck up a deal with the Chinese government to buy the bike while she was over here. She rode a Look at the World's & I"m not sure if the Tecshner was only for Australian use or if she will swap bikes...

[weiyun]

Thanks for the info Simon. I was suspecting that she might have been sent over for coaching. If she is now based in Sydney, we should try to invite her out for a ride with our club, Tempe maybe.

http://www.cyclesportnews.com/aus/index ... &Itemid=48

I know that Look, or rather the distributor of Look in China is the the official sponsor of the Chinese National team.

[Artson]

Jinjie has gone back to China for some qualifacation races
she should be back in November for World cup (Melb)

[weiyun]

Thanks. I noted that too in the linked report. Nov is not too far away.

[Artson]

The RAW Report for week 13 is on CycleSportNews.com

check it out

http://www.cyclesportnews.com/aus/index ... &Itemid=48

[mikesbytes]

Cool, I made the news (photo only)

[timyone]

I wasn't impressed with what happened in the div4 endurance race, this teenage girl shoved herself right next to Adrian (I was behind Adrian) and squeezed him, forcing him down onto the grey boards and stayed there for quite some time. You couldn't get handlebars any closer than that. I was just waiting to be collected by the pending accident, but hats off to Adrian for managing the situation so well.

man thats track riding for ya, you need to get your self in again, and thats one way to do it.

[timyone]

The RAW Report for week 13 is on CycleSportNews.com

check it out

http://www.cyclesportnews.com/aus/index ... &Itemid=48

Lol man that article was heaps good! most of it sounds like it was done by Crafty, with some one else putting their name to it?!

[timyone]

Well there we go, unless st george or randwick pull some thing amazing off (stgeorge need to do more than win every thing, because they have done that before?!) we are going to take out 5th place

Man i know its not top three with a prize, but its still amazing that we are going to do it?! seriously if you were here with me, simon and huw last season with all these other massive clubs around you wouldnt have beleived that we could be a contender for any thin in the next while let alone top 5. So yeah im heaps happy with this result

Next year depending on life hopefully we can get 3rd

[tedrobin]

Top effort boys! You might at the very least get some new riders in newbie and mug categories next year, to at least contribute some participation points. But probably, as the club goes from strength to strength, you'll do better than that.

[Adrian E]

I know I've contributed very little to the RAW points tally but I'm very pleased for the club to be able to beat much bigger clubs like St George and RBCC. I remember going to a bike shop once and asking for the club discount. They asked which club? "Dulwich Hill" I replied. Then the bike shop dude said "I thought you had only three or four old guys". Its great for "brand recognition" that people know that were a club that is going from strength to strength.

[timyone]

no redbull girls?!

[mikesbytes]

James on a mission

[timyone]

So easts got 639 poionts... if only we some of them had swapped over, we could have beaten lidcomb...

[Huw]

A picture of the crash I was involved in last Friday night.

Courtesy of danger mouse on the Illawarra Cycle Club disscussion forum.



I'm in the red jersey with the reflective stripe, surfing the blue bland with my arse (not recommended). The big hole in the middle of the bunch is all the riders I took out (also not recommended, not even a little bit).

[mikesbytes]

Huw, you took them out like 10 pin bowling. You should bug crafty for a copy of the Video.

[Adrian E]

Nasty! Are you alright Huw?

I had a look on the actionsnaps website. for some reasons the two weeks they didn't take anyphotos were the weeks I actually made it (weeks 4 and 13). How is that?

[Huw]

Huw, you took them out like 10 pin bowling. You should bug crafty for a copy of the Video.

Crafty forwarded me this photo and said he'd get the footage up on YouTube. The videotape was in his vest pocket - he just needs to locate the vest...!

Are you alright?

Yes. No breaks. Soft tissue damage to knee and shoulder appears to be healing steadily. Front wheel needs rebuilding, and I need a new saddle, or someone with really strong arms to re-insert the rails into the shell.

[mikesbytes]

I have re-insert rails before, its not easy, I could have a go with a vice if you want. No grantees tho.

[micklan]

Huw - it was such slow motion, I remember Christian standing next to me and having time to say: *censored*,...,...., about four or five times. Then indeed you took on a foetal position and transformed cleaverly into a small target bowling ball.

Anyway right from the start I heard spokes ripping, this from a pedal inserted in your front wheel

[weiyun]

A follow-up on the Chinese female trackie talked about earlier, Jinjie Gong. She showed up at the Chinese Track National Championship (Beijing) with her coach Sean Eadie (without beard?) by her side.

[timyone]

how did she go there?

[weiyun]

Don't know. I couldn't find any results on the web. Supposedly this present meet was a points meet and the national trials proper is in the near future.

What I did read is that when national team riders return to compete for their provincial teams, they are not allowed to take their national team bikes with them (ie. Look/Mavic etc). So they had to ride the bikes provided by their provincial team or sponsor. Not sure which sports administration paid for Gong's Teschner but it sure was unique amongst her compatriots.

[timyone]

where did ya get those pics?

[weiyun]

Through my contacts in a Chinese cycling forum.

[Huw]

Ahh, Jinjie. Do you know that I once touched her inner thigh?

(OK, along with the other 30, male riders I started for the flying 200).

[weiyun]

Ahh, Jinjie. Do you know that I once touched her inner thigh?
(OK, along with the other 30, male riders I started for the flying 200).

Sounded like a good story you are just dying to tell. So share it!

[Huw]

I think I captured the moment fairly concisely already. Although there was one other moment, immediately before the one I've already described, where I reached down between her legs to grab hold of her . . . seat post.

[micklan]

Ahh, Jinjie. She won a set of skins for beating each and every one of those male riders !

[weiyun]

I am truly confused...

[timyone]

Man im surprised simon doesnt have more to say on the subject, she got him a spot on the video, a memory that is now on dvd

[mikesbytes]

Man im surprised simon doesnt have more to say on the subject, she got him a spot on the video, a memory that is now on dvd

He was too busy admiring her athletic ability

[Adrian E]

Which video?

Is it just me or has the thread started to wander. It will be quite a while till RAW returns.

[micklan]

It will be quite a while till RAW returns.

this is going to be a long thread by next year

[timyone]

Which video?

Is it just me or has the thread started to wander. It will be quite a while till RAW returns.

the RAW dvd, we have a copy of it, they showed it on the last night after the racing at the pub.

[timyone]

this is going to be a long thread by next year

Man this should have been a long thread by this year. I reckon he should make a forum for the actual RAW series. Theres some lads that are pretty into it, especially the lad that won the whole thing, he puts alot intop it all.

[weiyun]

how did she go there?

Just received message that she came third in women's sprint.

[micklan]

Just received message that she came third in women's sprint.

does that compute ? - there must be a lot of depth in Chinese female track. She cleaned up at RAW...I would think she'd win the lot

[weiyun]

does that compute ? - there must be a lot of depth in Chinese female track. She cleaned up at RAW...I would think she'd win the lot

My understanding is that JG is ranked in the top five amongst Chinese female sprinters with Shuang Guo being the leader. IIRC, JG was not selected for the chinese women's track team at the Beijing Olympics.

[Simon Llewellyn]

My understanding is that JG is ranked in the top five amongst Chinese female sprinters with Shuang Guo being the leader. IIRC, JG was not selected for the chinese women's track team at the Beijing Olympics.

She's actually the third ranked Chinese sprinter. She qualified 4th fastest at the worlds but somehow managed to get knocked out in the first round, which put her below the 14th qualifier (also from China). I guess she has lots of sped but alot to learn about tactics... I think she is the youngest of the 3 Chinese sprinters by a fair bit, 6 years or so. So she has plenty of time to develop.

1 Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 0.10.90 (66.03 km/h)
2 Shuang Guo (People's Republic of China) 0.11.00
3 Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 0.11.09
4 Jinjie Gong (People's Republic of China) 0.11.15
5 Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 0.11.17
6 Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 0.11.17
7 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 0.11.22
8 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russian Federation) 0.11.28
9 Jennie Reed (United States Of America) 0.11.28
10 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 0.11.30
11 Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine) 0.11.32
12 Clara Sanchez (France) 0.11.35
13 Anna Blyth (Great Britain) 0.11.35
14 Lulu Zheng (People's Republic of China) 0.11.42
14 Dana Glöss (Germany)
16 Kaarle Mcculloch (Australia) 0.11.42
17 Christin Muche (Germany) 0.11.51
18 Sandie Clair (France) 0.11.54
19 Elisa Frisoni (Italy) 0.11.54
20 Miriam Welte (Germany) 0.11.55
21 Oksana Grishina (Russian Federation) 0.11.58
22 Virginie Cueff (France) 0.11.60
23 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Colombia) 0.11.61
24 Anastasiya Chulkova (Russian Federation) 0.11.74
25 Jess Varnish (Great Britain) 0.11.76
25 Valentina Alessio (Italy)
27 Sakie Tsukuda (Japan) 0.12.27
28 Jutatip Maneephan (Thailand) 0.12.53

[weiyun]

I think she is the youngest of the 3 Chinese sprinters by a fair bit, 6 years or so.

Actually, she is just 8 months younger than team's No 1, Shuang Guo. The organization there tend not to keep riders very long within the professional ranks and have a tendency to depend on young riders.