Damn...

Michael Warner said:

...The elusive Gemma K finally turned up for one of
my rides (the Norton Summit TT) , and I missed it :-)

Don't know the lass but I presume the ride you speak of is up the new
Norton Summit Rd, under all the maggie nests. The time trial was more to
get away from our feathered friends.
I believe that I rode so hard on that ride that the moment I stopped at
the pub on Norton Summit my tyre blew from heat and exhaustion. I wished
it had blown far earlier in the ride.

For the next time I go back to Adelaide how often do you do these
informal "TT" ?
And possibly not in maggie season?

quote='DD'Michael Warner said:

...The elusive Gemma K finally turned up for one of
my rides (the Norton Summit TT) , and I missed it :-)

Don't know the lass but I presume the ride you speak of is up the new
Norton Summit Rd, under all the maggie nests. The time trial was more to
get away from our feathered friends.
I believe that I rode so hard on that ride that the moment I stopped at
the pub on Norton Summit my tyre blew from heat and exhaustion. I wished
it had blown far earlier in the ride.

For the next time I go back to Adelaide how often do you do these
informal "TT" ?
And possibly not in maggie season?[/QUOTE]

Aint this climb a regular on cycle2max.com ???
Nice ride now that the tunnel/freeway is there.
Riding down is better tho 😄😄😄

the last few corners inc devil's elbow (?) are wicked

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Quoted message said:

...The elusive Gemma K finally turned up for one of
my rides (the Norton Summit TT) , and I missed it :-)

Don't worry Michael, I won't make a habit of it :-)

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Quoted message said:

Aint this climb a regular on cycle2max.com ???
Nice ride now that the tunnel/freeway is there.
Riding down is better tho 😄😄😄

the last few corners inc devil's elbow (?) are wicked

You're mixing up the Old Freeway with Norton Summit. They're different
climbs altogether.
Norton Summit is the most popular climb in Adelaide.
Cheers
Gemma

Gemma_k wrote -

Quoted message said:

Norton Summit is the most popular climb in Adelaide.

.... and if you are in Adelaide sometime [say for the Tour down Under], ask a
local like Gemma for directions to the relaxing alternative route up Coach
House Rd and Woodhill Drive, where they have to cut grooves the road surface
so the damn cars can get up it

Not a particularily long ride, but I can't remember a steeper road climb in
Australia - Dead Horse Gap on the Khancoban side of Thredbo and Bullli Pass
out of Wollongong have their moments but Adelaide's entry IMHO wins the knee
destruction contest.

regards, Andrew (who confesses to occasionally using a triple)

Andrew Price said:

... and if you are in Adelaide sometime [say for the Tour down Under], ask a
local like Gemma for directions to the relaxing alternative route up Coach
House Rd and Woodhill Drive, where they have to cut grooves the road surface
so the damn cars can get up it

I ride with someone who lives on Ridgeland Ave, another rather steep
alternate route up there. I did that one with the beer (six-pack) handicap
recently :-)

Quoted message said:

regards, Andrew (who confesses to occasionally using a triple)

Shame!

Although sometimes I have to confess to having a 25 on the back.

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Gemma_k said:

Don't worry Michael, I won't make a habit of it :-)

From what I heard, it would do you good :-)

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Quoted message said:

Gemma_k wrote -

Quoted message said:

Norton Summit is the most popular climb in Adelaide.

... and if you are in Adelaide sometime [say for the Tour down Under], ask
a local like Gemma for directions to the relaxing alternative route up
Coach House Rd and Woodhill Drive, where they have to cut grooves the road
surface so the damn cars can get up it

Not a particularily long ride, but I can't remember a steeper road climb
in Australia - Dead Horse Gap on the Khancoban side of Thredbo and Bullli
Pass out of Wollongong have their moments but Adelaide's entry IMHO wins
the knee destruction contest.

Have done Dead Horse Gap and it certainly is steep, and looong! But for pure
gradient on tarmac, there are some pinches that have been steeper. The
Castleburn climb on the Dargo Rd heading south (in Gippsland) is one, and
for a short but extreme pinch, Terrys Ave in Belgrave. The descent on this
road has you looking down on the roofs of the Belgrave shops as you approach
the roadabout at the bottom, all the while fully on the brakes!

Quoted message said:

regards, Andrew (who confesses to occasionally using a triple)

Yes they certainly come in handy. Several kilometres of standing up in
bottom granny gear on Dead Horse Gap proved the usefullness of the triple.
With my new crankset the bottom gear is now 18". Yay for low gears.

Cheers
Peter

Peter Signorini said:

Yes they certainly come in handy. Several kilometres of standing up in
bottom granny gear on Dead Horse Gap proved the usefullness of the triple.
With my new crankset the bottom gear is now 18". Yay for low gears.

18"? MTB gears on a 700c wheel, or 22/32 on a 26" wheel? My standard on
MTBs is 17", and it wouldn't be too hard to go down to 15" (and a bit) by
dropping to a 20 tooth granny. 11-34 clusters are the way to go,
especially if you're silly enough to ride a 17.5kg 5" duallie out of
Andos. On the Wentworth Falls side. Then again on the Woodford Side. And
the steep bit twice.

(Actually that hill hurts no matter what, and that bike is *so* much fun
on the descents).

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and you turn into a freak" - rone, ASR

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Gemma_k said:

Don't worry Michael, I won't make a habit of it :-)

From what I heard, it would do you good :-)

Oh yeah?
See you at the velodrome, sunshine.
:-P

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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:46:11 +1100, Peter Signorini wrote:
snip<

especially if you're silly enough to ride a 17.5kg 5" duallie out of
Andos. On the Wentworth Falls side. Then again on the Woodford Side. And
the steep bit twice.

(Actually that hill hurts no matter what, and that bike is *so* much fun
on the descents).

Which reminds me, it might be time to try that hill on the SS again.

Parbs - who got up the steep part before his legs exploded

Gemma_k said:

Oh yeah?
See you at the velodrome, sunshine.

Don't like climbing those nasty hills in the nasty wind, sharing
the road with those nasty cars, worrying about those complicated
gears and brakes, eh? :-)

Going round and round a little wooden fishbowl seems like such
a waste in Adelaide at this time of year. Maybe I'll try it next
winter.

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Gemma_k said:

Oh yeah?
See you at the velodrome, sunshine.

Don't like climbing those nasty hills in the nasty wind, sharing
the road with those nasty cars, worrying about those complicated
gears and brakes, eh? :-)

Cars? On Norton Summit? Where? I must have missed it.
Only lazy people have those nasty gears and the ability to freewheel :-P

Quoted message said:

Going round and round a little wooden fishbowl seems like such
a waste in Adelaide at this time of year. Maybe I'll try it next
winter.

Perhaps you should get out more, perhaps to Hanson or Edwardstown velodromes
perhaps, enjoy the sun, a cold bevvie and a bbq, and errrr, there's fixie
bike riding in there somewhere!

BTW if you didn't already know, one of your own from your monday night
jaunts got wiped out big-time tuesday night by one of 'those nasty cars'...
so i think you'll be a man down for a while. Email me or Mr Dwyer for more
info if you don't know what happened to whom :-(
Gemm

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Quoted message said:

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:46:11 +1100, Peter Signorini wrote:
snip<

especially if you're silly enough to ride a 17.5kg 5" duallie out of
Andos. On the Wentworth Falls side. Then again on the Woodford Side. And
the steep bit twice.

(Actually that hill hurts no matter what, and that bike is *so* much fun
on the descents).

Which reminds me, it might be time to try that hill on the SS again.

Parbs - who got up the steep part before his legs exploded

I've told yas before, but you and Random are just showoffs!

Tony F
who almost made it. Once. And doesn't think he ever will.

Gemma_k said:

Cars? On Norton Summit? Where? I must have missed it.

Obviously. I overtake them all the time :-)

Quoted message said:

Perhaps you should get out more, perhaps to Hanson or Edwardstown velodromes
perhaps, enjoy the sun, a cold bevvie and a bbq, and errrr, there's fixie
bike riding in there somewhere!

I wouldn't mind having a go, but the road is free, scenic and variable, so
there's really no competition.

Quoted message said:

BTW if you didn't already know, one of your own from your monday night
jaunts got wiped out big-time tuesday night by one of 'those nasty cars'...
so i think you'll be a man down for a while. Email me or Mr Dwyer for more
info if you don't know what happened to whom :-(

Yeah, I heard, although it's not someone I can put a face to at the moment.

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Andrew Price said:

Gemma_k wrote -

Quoted message said:

Norton Summit is the most popular climb in Adelaide.

... and if you are in Adelaide sometime [say for the Tour down Under], ask a
local like Gemma for directions to the relaxing alternative route up Coach
House Rd and Woodhill Drive, where they have to cut grooves the road surface
so the damn cars can get up it

Not a particularily long ride, but I can't remember a steeper road climb in
Australia - Dead Horse Gap on the Khancoban side of Thredbo and Bullli Pass
out of Wollongong have their moments but Adelaide's entry IMHO wins the knee
destruction contest.

Mt Walter in the Grampians, and of course, Baw Baw for sheer hell.
Norton Summit is a tootle. Even I can get up it using a 23, twice.

Crafers has much nastier bits, from memory ... some kickers there.

Gemma_k said:

Perhaps you should get out more, perhaps to Hanson or Edwardstown velodromes
perhaps, enjoy the sun, a cold bevvie and a bbq, and errrr, there's fixie
bike riding in there somewhere!

theres a velodrome in Edwardstown?!?

where?

cheers,

kim

Bleve said:

Mt Walter in the Grampians, and of course, Baw Baw for sheer hell.
Norton Summit is a tootle. Even I can get up it using a 23, twice.

Via the new main road (I do it with a 21), that is, but some of the other
roads that can be used in alternate routes are much steeper. The old
main road is fairly steep near the summit, too.

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Bleve said:

Mt Walter in the Grampians, and of course, Baw Baw for sheer hell.
Norton Summit is a tootle. Even I can get up it using a 23, twice.

<pedant alert>

Don't know of Mt Walter in the Gramps. Mt William perhaps?

Cheers
Peter