2012 CHALLENGE RIDE

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MEET 5.30AM 

@ QUEEN ST NORWOOD (FS UNIT) 

LOOK TO REGATHER IN ONE OF THE BIG TENTS AT THE END. GOOD LUCK STAY SAFE, DRINK LOTS OF WATER!

 More info @TDU website. FS.

2012 TDU CHALLENGE RIDE

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Tour Challenge ride revealed and early bird tickets up for sale. Looks like fairly challenging course (138km) compared with previous years with some decent climbs, and good to not be doing the Gorge for a third year in a row. More info @TDU website. FS.

SUNDAY RIDE

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Hi All. With racing on this week, the BG ride is scheduled to be a beach ride so could be a good one to make an apperaance at if you've not been out for a bit.

Frank's asked me to look after the Sunday Ride for a bit while the racing crew are off racing, but I've just buggered my knee so I won't be out on Sunday.

Anyways - Sunday is also the Brighton Jetty Classic swim, so would be a good week to ride north to Semaphore rather than do a Hallet Cove ride.

Same bat time - same bat channel. Enjoy the ride for those that can make it.

Billsy.

TDU STAGE 5 - WILLUNGA

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They call it the Queen Stage but I think of it as the People's stage! Awesome day and if you can muster the legs after Challenge Friday the ride out there, it is well worth the effort! A certain satisfaction is derived from riding out and back to the stages - none more so then Willunga! Brilliant day, good company and great racing. Bummer about Bob-o laying it over, and Michael Mathews was so-so close! Thats racing, you burry your self, race kilometres, miss by centimetres! FS

TDU CHALLENGE RIDE

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What a course - straight up Mike Turtur is a Genius! This was a brilliant challenge ride course, my favourite 'mass' group ride yet! On rides like this the company is the key and Burg, Dan K and Walker (as usual punching well under his age bracket) where solid and I wouldn't have done it as easy with out such a steady tempo set by the boys.

Other then having my front wheel taken out from infront of me on Checkers the ride was fairly un eventful. Trying to clip back in for 15m while not stopping up checkers push pulling with one foot was interesting to say the least and lead to an all out adrenalin assault of the climb with a F*ck this i'm getting out of here mentality!

Was funny to watch dudes surge past us like 8-10 times through out the ride, reacting to every rider overtaking them by spurting forwards only to rejoin or pass them 5min later. Great to have learnt being that guy gets you no further up the road, especially when you can rely on some solid pace making from your boys! Cheers Lads. FS

PS - Cheers to Tri dude (my hero) little dude on a white Cervelo with TT bars (Tri dude - actually worthy of a cervelo) who just popped up every flat section and just banged it out on the front @ 40 -50km an hour. He was like hire a domestique just appeared form no where to get you across the flat fast bits. Champion!

Send me your BG - TDU ride story and Pics and I'll Post.

TDU STAGE 3

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Headed out to Sterling with some of the Scuzzi boys, and met the Burg up there.

Micheal Mathews = Class act! I called it at the 250 mark when the pack past us (burg as my witness) and he just opened it up and smashed some veteran Pro's!

Some great photos of the day @Cycling Tips

Video Highlights @SBS Cycling Central

Mathews Dancing away with it! Photo via Steephill.tv by Sirotti