"hippy" <
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> "Maverick5" <[email protected]
>>
>> I just got a message at the top of the screen saying I hadn't posted in
>> a while (edit because I only realised I had made more than one post
>> before), so I thought I would find out who is going to be attending the
>> Crit on Lygon St tomorrow for the Herald Sun Tour?
>
> I made it there.. mmm extended lunch break..
>
> The pace looked FAST (I know you're all going "duh!")
> especially with the close proximity of the spectators. No
> accidents that I'm aware of. I'll leave the results for you
> lot to find out for yourselves.
>
> Some dodgy photos will probably appear on
> www.thehippy.net when I get around to it.
>
> hippy
>
hippy,
Considering the equipment used the pics came out reasonably well.
When I was talking to you on Thursday at stage 1 you asked me what cadence I
had reached for my max speed on the fixie (42x15) which was at that time was
49km/h. Cadence for 49km/h was around 137rpm. I later bettered that max by
another 5km/h so at 54km/h cadence was about 150rpm.
On the way home I made a detour out to Simpson Barracks at Mcleod to visit
the wife at work and instead of going straight along lower Heidelberg road
(the flatter route) I made the mistake turning onto Upper Heidelberg Rd and
going through the Ivanhoe shopping strip and then via Lower Plenty Rd to
McLeod. The problem I faced was a massive climb up from the shopping strip
in Rosanna to where I wanted to go. Gags, you would know this road/hill
well. Anyway I did make it to the top and it was easier than what I thought
it was going to be considering the 42x15 gear I was restricted to. It's got
me thinking about how difficult would it actually be to ride the fixie (in
the same gear) up the Burgundy St hill!!!
Geoff
