SBS' Cycling Central - Tonight's Episode

I was interested in the segment about Sydney's "Bar Coluzzi" ride. From
the sound of it, the pace is pretty full-on. Can anyone who's been on it
tell me what the average speed would be? Is it really about 40km/h (100
km in 2.5 hours, I think they said)? How big do the bunches get, are
there any stacks, do they run red lights, etc. etc.? I guess I'm asking
whether a mere D-grader could hang on, or would they get shelled like a
pea...?

I hope SBS does a segment on Melbourne's big cafe ride(s)...

&roo

Andrew Swan <usenet@SPAMMERSandrewMUSTswanDIE.com> wrote in message news:<xcuOb.1090$Yv2.28323@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>...
> I was interested in the segment about Sydney's "Bar Coluzzi" ride. From
> the sound of it, the pace is pretty full-on. Can anyone who's been on it
> tell me what the average speed would be? Is it really about 40km/h (100
> km in 2.5 hours, I think they said)? How big do the bunches get, are
> there any stacks, do they run red lights, etc. etc.? I guess I'm asking
> whether a mere D-grader could hang on, or would they get shelled like a
> pea...?
>
> I hope SBS does a segment on Melbourne's big cafe ride(s)...
>
> &roo

Geez, Andrew, ya can't do that ride, 'cos it's on a Saturday morning,
and ya'd be stuffed for racing Saturday Arvo.

Sunday morning, 6:30, Centennial Park Randwick gates is a better bet.
Average speed of 32-35km/h out to Waterfall and back. They're a
fairly well-behaved bunch, except for the full-on sprint from
Waterfall to Sutherland. There are a few D graders who tag along.

Cheers,

Suzy