Around the Bay in a Day

And the big question: How is the "legends" ride becoming 40km longer?
Bay dredging?

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Shane Stanley

Shane Stanley said:

And the big question: How is the "legends" ride becoming 40km longer?
Bay dredging?

not taking the direct route between Geelong & Queenscliff. Read the
article again - it's going via Portarlington etc.

neon said:

Sorry to ask about ATB, I'm sure it been ask before, but the search
didn't come up with anything. 😕

Is it tough ride? I assume it's pretty flat. What the best direction
to travel, clockwise or anti? Is it well run?

It's reasonably well run, sometimes the signs are a little lacking -
mainly in Geelong.
It's flat, there's 2 climbs of any note, the Westgate bridge and Mt
Martha. The rest are babies along Beach Rd. The food is sometimes
dodgey, who remembers the green bananas last year and the soggy wraps?
It's best to carry a few bucks and be prepared to feed yourself - for
200km, one salad roll and a banana is not enough, by several orders of
magnitude!

As to which way is best? Neither really. I've done both ways.
Geelong first gets the boring bit out of the way and usually misses the
afternoon sea breezes (headwinds!) - remember the main wind in Melb is
a souwesterly and it usually increases in the afternoon, and then look
at a map. But, going via Sorrento first gets you to the ferry faster
and the ride home is usually pretty fast (tailwinds, usually). Then
again, the weather can do anything in October ... and often does.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bleve said:

not taking the direct route between Geelong & Queenscliff. Read the
article again - it's going via Portarlington etc.

Thanks!

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Shane Stanley

neon said:

Sorry to ask about ATB, I'm sure it been ask before, but the search didn't come up with anything. 😕

Is it tough ride? I assume it's pretty flat. What the best direction to travel, clockwise or anti? Is it well run?

greatrides.com.autopic.phpOpen ↗

Lots of info can be found at www.bv.com.au/forums
I've only done it once, so I'm no expert.
Tough ride? I suppose it depends how you attack it. I (stupidly) got in a pack that was too fast for me coming out of Geelong. Stayed with them for probably 15 minutes too long. By Werribee I was totally stuffed, cramp, etc.. Made it a hard trip home. Bicycle victoria's recomendation of 1000km in the 8 weeks prior, is probably pretty spot on, if you ride within your capabilities.
It's mostly flat.
In terms of which direction is better, it's like a religous debate. Anti-clockwise is usually filled first, so its more popular, but that doesn't make it better.

I've done ATB 7 or 8 times, mostly on a slick-shod MTB. Only ever done it clockwise, seems that you have to be a Freemason to get a stab at the anti-clockwise route.

It's hard, just for the fact that you're turning pedals for 7+ hours. Do anything contantly for 7+hours & you'll feel it in the morning. I reckon if you can pick a couple of Sunday's leading up to it & ride to Mornington (from Melb ) & back, you should be right if you are of average fittness.

Just pace yourself all the way, put in a consistant effort, listern to your body & you'll make it.
Make sure you know how to fix a flat & bring lots of lollies & goodies along for the ride.
I carry a $50 note as well for some reason. Never had to use it, but it's there just in case.

It's a big event, thousands do it. You'll need to be patient & take a back seat to cowboys & the odd Ozzie/Harriett sometimes.

Marx SS said:

the odd Ozzie/Harriett sometimes.

Who? 😕

neon said:

Who? 😕

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet

cfsmtb said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet

Geez cfsmtb - you are a cycling encyclopaedia! 🙂

Spider1977 said:

Geez cfsmtb - you are a cycling encyclopaedia! 🙂

If I was *really* a cycling encyclopaedia I'd have a nice straight spine and no scoliosis! :p :p :p

On 2006-04-17, Spider1977 (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

cfsmtb said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet

Geez cfsmtb - you are a cycling encyclopaedia! 🙂

Or at least, a user interface to google and the wikipedia.

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TimC
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conditions that make it fail. -- Jerry Ogdin

TimC said:

On 2006-04-17, Spider1977 (aka Bruce)

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TimC

Bruce?

Spider1977 said:

Bruce?

You can post here without a degree from the University of Woolomoloo?

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