BR this weekend??

I was planning to come along. I don't mind an earlier start, though I'm
not sure about doing a short loop. Last week was short enough. Anyway,
heat is fine, headwinds like today are not!

On 2006-01-19, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

With a large BR contingent climbing some bigger hills than normal this
weekend, and a forecast temp of 41 degrees for Sunday, is anyone coming
out to play on Sunday? I was thinking of heading out a bit earlier,
maybe 6:30am, and do the shorter route turning back at Watle Glen which
should be about a 2.5 hr loop.

Nope, I don't think I'm going to brave it. Especially not if I have
to get up at 4:00am 🙂

--
TimC
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics
are totally worthless.

Derek said:

I was planning to come along. I don't mind an earlier start, though I'm
not sure about doing a short loop. Last week was short enough. Anyway,
heat is fine, headwinds like today are not!

Yep, I shall be there. 6:30am start would be good too
(personally i'd like this EVERY BR 🙄 )
I'm think in the 'usual' route out to Clintons, Smiths Gully etc
Was wanting to do Kinglake also but not sure the heat will be kind enuff to me for that 🙁

flyingdutch said:

Derek said:

I was planning to come along. I don't mind an earlier start, though I'm
not sure about doing a short loop. Last week was short enough. Anyway,
heat is fine, headwinds like today are not!

Yep, I shall be there. 6:30am start would be good too
(personally i'd like this EVERY BR 🙄 )
I'm think in the 'usual' route out to Clintons, Smiths Gully etc
Was wanting to do Kinglake also but not sure the heat will be kind
enuff to me for that 🙁

I suspect I won't be there. A week of camping on the Murray River has
left me with two ear infections which are affceting my balance a bit.
Riding down the big hill with impaired balance doesn't seem like a good
idea.

DaveB

On 2006-01-21, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

flyingdutch said:

Was wanting to do Kinglake also but not sure the heat will be kind
enuff to me for that 🙁

I suspect I won't be there. A week of camping on the Murray River has
left me with two ear infections which are affceting my balance a bit.

Good to hear that the murray's water is not polluted enough to have
left you with 3 ear infections 🙂

--
TimC
HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This Product Contains Minute Electrically
Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred
Million Miles Per Hour. --unknown

On 21/01/06 at 12:28:54 DaveB somehow managed to type:

<snip>

Quoted message said:

I suspect I won't be there. A week of camping on the Murray River has

I really hope you kept the mozzies away and scored exactly NO bites...

Ross River Virus Disease is a [censored] and it's rife along the Murray and
it's carried by bloody mozzies...:-(

--
Humbug
BE A LOOF! (There has been a recent population explosion of lerts.)

DaveB said:

flyingdutch said:

Derek said:

I was planning to come along. I don't mind an earlier start, though I'm
not sure about doing a short loop. Last week was short enough. Anyway,
heat is fine, headwinds like today are not!

Yep, I shall be there. 6:30am start would be good too
(personally i'd like this EVERY BR 🙄 )
I'm think in the 'usual' route out to Clintons, Smiths Gully etc
Was wanting to do Kinglake also but not sure the heat will be kind
enuff to me for that 🙁

I suspect I won't be there. A week of camping on the Murray River has
left me with two ear infections which are affceting my balance a
bit. Riding down the big hill with impaired balance doesn't seem like
a good idea.

Eeep! No, that probably wouldn't be a good idea.

One time, in the Falklands, I got a real bad sinus infection. So bad my
resting heart rate was up 20 beats. Got dropped off at the office after
sick parade to tell my Sgt that I'm bedded down. Did a parabola instead
of a straight line waling to his desk, I think that said it all to him.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

So that's a 06:30 start confirmed? Good, I'm in! Agree with wanting to
do Kinglake but we'll see how warm it is. Hot enough now!

flyingdutch said:

Derek said:

I was planning to come along. I don't mind an earlier start, though I'm
not sure about doing a short loop. Last week was short enough. Anyway,
heat is fine, headwinds like today are not!

Yep, I shall be there. 6:30am start would be good too
(personally i'd like this EVERY BR 🙄 )
I'm think in the 'usual' route out to Clintons, Smiths Gully etc
Was wanting to do Kinglake also but not sure the heat will be kind
enuff to me for that 🙁

--
flyingdutch

Sorry; I'm out, too. Been up early each day in Adelaide to beat the
heat and get some riding in before the TDU stages. After the drive back
today I'm not really feeling like getting up for a normal start time,
let alone an hour earlier. Have fun; drink lots of water.

apologies for no-show lads

2 punctures in my first 500m(!!!!!!) after rolling thru VB-glass grrrrrrr

Moral of story. My first ever time i have carried own pump on a BR ride.
Lesson learnt. It stays at home form now on 🙄

flyingdutch said:

apologies for no-show lads

2 punctures in my first 500m(!!!!!!) after rolling thru VB-glass grrrrrrr

Moral of story. My first ever time i have carried own pump on a BR ride.
Lesson learnt. It stays at home form now on 🙄

That was a blessing dutchy. I rode out to glenvale with tim w, and it was abosulte hell. B grade was an absolute blur of heat and pain. The ride back in the stinking hot wind was unbelievably hard, so much so that i started to develop that real bad tingling feeling and swevred all over the road.

Moral of the story, Racing on a 40 +day is ok as long as you can catch a lift back home

Euan said:

DaveB said:

flyingdutch said:

Derek Wrote:
>I was planning to come along. I don't mind an earlier start, though I'm
>not sure about doing a short loop. Last week was short enough. Anyway,
>heat is fine, headwinds like today are not!
Yep, I shall be there. 6:30am start would be good too
(personally i'd like this EVERY BR 🙄 )
I'm think in the 'usual' route out to Clintons, Smiths Gully etc
Was wanting to do Kinglake also but not sure the heat will be kind
enuff to me for that 🙁

I suspect I won't be there. A week of camping on the Murray River has
left me with two ear infections which are affceting my balance a
bit. Riding down the big hill with impaired balance doesn't seem like
a good idea.

Eeep! No, that probably wouldn't be a good idea.

One time, in the Falklands, I got a real bad sinus infection. So bad my
resting heart rate was up 20 beats. Got dropped off at the office after
sick parade to tell my Sgt that I'm bedded down. Did a parabola instead
of a straight line waling to his desk, I think that said it all to him.

Went kayaking on the weekend, and because we were in whitewater kayaks,
we had to do heaps of practice of popping out underwater, deep water
recoveries, bow rescues, etc. When we were finished, I found I had water
stuck in my ear, but couldn't get it out using aqua ear drops... and I
have a sneaking suspicion that the water actually got there through my
nose. 😉

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

Went kayaking on the weekend, and because we were in whitewater kayaks,
we had to do heaps of practice of popping out underwater, deep water
recoveries, bow rescues, etc. When we were finished, I found I had water
stuck in my ear, but couldn't get it out using aqua ear drops... and I
have a sneaking suspicion that the water actually got there through my
nose. 😉

One time, in Germany, we did some adventure training in the form of
kayaking. We were doing it in the same lake as a bunch of people who
were practicing rescue drills.

Anyway the mandatory capsize drills and even though I've done them a few
times before I have a total panic attack 'cause I can't get the skirt
off, so I'm basically doing all I can to keep my head above water while
the buoyancy of kayak is trying to keep me under.

Not once did the rescue boat come in to help me, not twice but THREE
times only to head off again. By this time the instructor had me on his
bow and was in the process of giving them a serve for being a bunch of
useless twunts while I guppy fished out of the kayak.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)