Anyone in Melb up for a BR tomorrow?

Gags said:

Through a combination of being really busy and really slack of late I have
not been out on a decent road ride for months. I intend to address this
tomorrow morning and have decided to head out on the BR ride to see if
anyone still actually rocks up for these??

Should give the bloke a prod, ie: he should be doing training for the Alpine Classic.

BTW - if you're in the CBD tomorrow there's this bicycle-themed event as a wind down/ gratuitous excuse to socialise & imbibe (responsibly):

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Melbourne Bicycle Film Festival Street Party - 1pm - 8pm
http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2007_site/melbourne/

Sunday is going to be a beautiful day for a street party! Come down and
share the positive bike love with us at Section 8. (Container Bar, Tattersalls Lane, CBD)

Dress up yourself and your bike, bring your friends and share in the bicycle mayhem of the very first B.est F.riends F.orever Laneway Block Party!

Gags said:

Through a combination of being really busy and really slack of late I have
not been out on a decent road ride for months. I intend to address this
tomorrow morning and have decided to head out on the BR ride to see if
anyone still actually rocks up for these??

Sorry mate was up the country doing a tri, otherwise would have
definitely been up for it. Was thinking of putting up a suggested date
and see if we get a few old faces along. next Sunday??

DaveB

quote='DaveB'Gags said:

Through a combination of being really busy and really slack of late I have
not been out on a decent road ride for months. I intend to address this
tomorrow morning and have decided to head out on the BR ride to see if
anyone still actually rocks up for these??

Sorry mate was up the country doing a tri, otherwise would have
definitely been up for it. Was thinking of putting up a suggested date
and see if we get a few old faces along. next Sunday??

DaveB[/QUOTE]Yep I was going to suggest next Sun, provided there's no rain. Rain and myself don't get along.

DaveB said:

Gags said:

Through a combination of being really busy and really slack of late I have
not been out on a decent road ride for months. I intend to address this
tomorrow morning and have decided to head out on the BR ride to see if
anyone still actually rocks up for these??

Sorry mate was up the country doing a tri, otherwise would have
definitely been up for it. Was thinking of putting up a suggested date
and see if we get a few old faces along. next Sunday??

DaveB

I'd be keen for an "easy-ish" BR next week. I'm a bit rusty on the
longer rides, but need to get some longer rides in before the Amy
Gillett ride.

Would also be nice to catchup with some old faces.

Cheers
DaveA

Well, it was just me on Sunday and so I had a leisurely ride all on my
lonesome. There were plenty of bikes out and about and all in all it was a
great morning for riding. I extended my stop at Smiths Gully to two coffees
and ended up running into a guy who rides with some other guys that I have
ridden with before (mtb ride starting from Smiths Gully). Chatted to him
for a while and then we rode back through to Eltham together before he
turned off to go home.

After going around the big roundabout on Main Rd, I took the first left at
the lights and discovered a short, steep hill that was a bit of a grind to
get up. From the top of the hill I followed the road around and ended up
going via Bonds Rd and past the Antenna farm before heading home. It was
the first time I have been riding without a backpack on for many months and
it was a pleasant change from my usual commuting rides.

I am keen for next weekend - I will see if I can get a leave pass.

Gags

Hey Gags - I passed you tonight.. you heading outbound, me inbound... just east of the guide dogs home where the path becomes parallel with the river. I'd have turned around and given you a tow, but was on my way to watch the Kew crits 🙂

BR this Sunday? I'll have a word.

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Hey Gags - I passed you tonight.. you heading outbound, me inbound...
just east of the guide dogs home where the path becomes parallel with
the river. I'd have turned around and given you a tow, but was on my
way to watch the Kew crits 🙂

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gplama

Can't say I even recognised you although I do seem to recall passing two
roadies riding together and then another guy by himself a couple of hundred
metres later??

I actually remembered that the crits were on as I was riding past Dights
Falls at about 6:01pm and I saw the pack going around the top end of the
loop (must have been the first lap in D grade assuming that they still start
at 6pm??). I was actually planning on getting out for my first crit in a
couple of years but obviously forgot about it and road the mtb to
work......will have to try to remember to ride the roadie next Wednesday.

Gags

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BR this Sunday? I'll have a word.

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cfsmtb

At this stage I have warned out the missus that I will be going for another
ride on Sunday - it would be good to see Bikesoiler there along with a few
of the other guys who used to make up the BR ride on a regular basis - so
how about it DaveB, Dutch, Ess, Llama, Jazmo, Brett, etc????

Gags

Gags said:

At this stage I have warned out the missus that I will be going for another
ride on Sunday - it would be good to see Bikesoiler there along with a few
of the other guys who used to make up the BR ride on a regular basis - so
how about it DaveB, Dutch, Ess, Llama, Jazmo, Brett, etc????

Gags

For sure.. if its not raining.... I did a Kangaroo Ground ride tonight after work, good news is the hills are still there 🙂

gplama said:

For sure.. if its not raining.... I did a Kangaroo Ground ride tonight after work, good news is the hills are still there 🙂

*cough* Race Glenvale you big fat pansy girl *cough*

Or are you scared because there's no phoney 'Masters 1' to race:p

Gags said:

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BR this Sunday? I'll have a word.

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cfsmtb

At this stage I have warned out the missus that I will be going for another
ride on Sunday - it would be good to see Bikesoiler there along with a few
of the other guys who used to make up the BR ride on a regular basis - so
how about it DaveB, Dutch, Ess, Llama, Jazmo, Brett, etc????

Gags

I'll be there. Currently the lightest I've been for 15 years so will be
interested to see how I go on the hills (probably still [censored]).

DaveB

Jono L said:

*cough* Race Glenvale you big fat pansy girl *cough*

Or are you scared because there's no phoney 'Masters 1' to race:p

oi, respect your elders! I've never seen you on a BR! 🙂

gplama said:

Jono L said:

*cough* Race Glenvale you big fat pansy girl *cough*

Or are you scared because there's no phoney 'Masters 1' to race:p

oi, respect your elders! I've never seen you on a BR! 🙂

Yeah that's where the real hard men of cycling go.

DaveB

Jono L said:

*cough* Race Glenvale you big fat pansy girl *cough*

Or are you scared because there's no phoney 'Masters 1' to race:p

You'll probably get a better hitout from the BR ride Jono - rather than sitting in someone else's slipstream for an hour :-p.

Come along for the ride.

That said, put me down as a tentative to be there. It's about time I did some hills.

Becoming Fine and 23.....I'm in 🙂

essendon93 said:

Becoming Fine and 23.....I'm in 🙂

Was that the weather, or a status report on the person who serves us at Smiths Gully?

😉

On 2007-12-14, gplama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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essendon93 said:

Becoming Fine and 23.....I'm in 🙂

Was that the weather, or a status report on the person who serves us at
Smiths Gully?

23 you reckon? Only now becoming fine?

--
TimC
"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five.
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the
artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft... As for me, give me a
fixed gear!" -- Henri Desgrange

jazmo said:

- rather than sitting in someone else's slipstream for an hour :-p.

You left out the 'at 50k's per hour' bit:p

But being completely scot free I can go do some mt dande hills after glenvale so everybody wins😄