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Casey Fields Criterium

Posted on April 30, 2011 by admin

B Grade A cracker of a day and a big field of 21 riders set the scene for a solid race.  The usual miraculous conditions are present – the grass not a movin’ yet a solid wind a blowin’.  This … Continue reading →

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Sth Pacific RR Champs Criterium

Posted on April 24, 2011 by admin

Day 3. One last race in the series – a fast and furious crit around a 1.33km circuit with a fair sou-wester blowing. Ivan Howes hasn’t returned after his asthma attack on Day 1 so we’re down to 11 starters. … Continue reading →

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Sth Pacific RR Champs ITT

Posted on April 23, 2011 by admin

Day 2 Afternoon: 15km Individual Time Trial. Out and back course – undulating, descent out, climb back, slight crosswinds throughout. What’s to say about a time trial? You don’t want to start and you just want it to end. In … Continue reading →

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Sth Pacific RR Champs 300m sprint

Posted on April 23, 2011 by admin

Day 2 Morning. 300 metre straight line sprint off a small ramp onto the tarmac then a slight rise all the way to the line. I took home the bronze in 2010 with a time of 28.27 when there was … Continue reading →

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Sth Pacific RR Champs Road Race

Posted on April 22, 2011 by admin

Well here we are again spending Easter in Maryborough. Day 1 is the 65km Road Race running anti-clockwise around a loop with a gusting Sou-wester making the hilly leg even more difficult than one might wish for. Every year I … Continue reading →

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Arfur’s Creek Road Race

Posted on April 16, 2011 by admin

  Race Report B Grade Arthurs Creek 16 April 2011 What was he thinking?  Well I asked him that very question on the start line when I noticed the colour of his headband – green like ours.  His response was, … Continue reading →

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Dunlop Road Criterium

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin

26 Feb 2011 B grade ‘Dunlop Road’ is a 1.4km criterium circuit around an industrial estate in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. A solid bunch of 20 riders set off for what was to be a sixty minute hammerfest.  One never knows … Continue reading →

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Steele’s Creek Scratch Race

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

B Grade A big bunch of 22 riders set off in near perfect conditions – the sou-easter breeze the only concern, well in terms of the weather at least.  While we were contemplating that and generally having a chat in … Continue reading →

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Matinee Crit – Yarra Bend

Posted on February 9, 2011 by admin

Decided to spin the legs out in A Grade at the Yarra Bend crit circuit this morning.  Healthy bunch of about 10 of us included some pretty handy riders.  So much for warm up laps – try hammering from the … Continue reading →

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Alpine Classic Extreme 250

Posted on January 23, 2011 by admin

Well here we go with the big one – the ACE250.  It’s been a long wait – ever since the disastrous 3Peaks ride back in March 2010 there’s been unfinished business with this course.  The format of the ACE is … Continue reading →

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