Amy's Ride Canberra March 14th

[lynds]

http://www.amygillett.org.au/amys-ride-canberra-2010

(Has this already been posted? I've been a bit out of touch lately, I couldn't see a post but if there is one already then this can be deleted). (Also is it weird this is being supported by Triathlon ACT and not Cycling ACT?).

Sunday 14th of March join the Amy Gillett Foundation and Triathlon ACT on the inaugural Amy’s Ride Canberra. Starting and finishing on Federation Mall and taking in Stromlo Forest Park and beyond, there are options for riders of all ages and abilities.

By participating in this ride you will:

* Receive the fabulous AGF a metre matters jersey supporting road safety
* Choose from 30km, 65km and 110km challenges all starting and finishing on Federation Mall below Parliament House
* Challenge yourself to the hills behind Stromlo Forest Park around Uriarra Crossing and Coppins Reserve
* Look out for the Epsom Studios photographers and get your photo taken on the ride - come back to the website after the ride and you can you find yourself and order a photo ($2 of each photo is donated to the AGF)

REGISTER NOW

110km Ride Option:
Tickets: Adults: $95 including AGF / a metre matters jersey.
Children 13-16: $55 including AGF / a metre matters jersey.
Children 12 and under:
Free, jersey not included
Route: Federation Mall to Stromlo, then twice around Uriarra/Cotter Reserve/Stromlo loop, then back to Federation Mall
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/AGF-Canberra-Ride-2010-110km
Start Time: 8:30am

65km Ride Option:
Tickets: Adults: $95 incl AGF / a metre matters jersey.
Children 13-16: $55 incl AGF / a metre matters jersey.
Children 12 and under: Free, jersey not included
Route: Federation Mall to Stromlo, then once around Uriarra/Cotter Reserve/Stromlo loop, then back to Federation Mall
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/AGF-Canberra-Ride-2010-64km

Start Time: 8:50am

30km Ride Option:
Tickets: Adults: $55 incl AGF / a metre matters T-Shirt.
Children 13-16: $30 incl AGF / a metre matters T-Shirt.
Children 12 and under: Free, t-shirt not included
Route: Federation Mall to Stromlo along Parkes Way, return on Adelaide Avenue to Federation Mall
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/AGF-Canberra-Ride-2010-30-km
Start Time: 9:00am

[lynds]

BTW the metre matters campaign was launched towards the end of last year, see here for more details:

http://www.amygillett.org.au/a-metre-matters-2/

"The Amy Gillett Foundation has launched a new campaign urging cyclists and motorists to be more vigilant in leaving at least one metre between them when sharing the road.

The catch-cry forms the Foundation’s new community service announcement, which encourages motorists to allow at least a metre’s space when passing cyclists. It is also the name given to the inaugural Melbourne – Canberra Ride, which commences immediately after the launch."

[bosworth*]

will this be both a participation ride and a race?

[lynds]

will this be both a participation ride and a race?

Just a ride, I'd say.

[j_young_80]

Anyone planning on doing this? I'm keen...

[RobF]

I'm keen too.

[Startrek]

I am keen ,would be good to get a group of V-Mobile together and do it .
Which one are you guys looking at ? 110km and are you racing it ? as i
couldn't keep up with you Jamie at race pace don't want to be a snail either.

[Bean]

I'm keen too.

[LynV]

I could wander along at a snail's pace

[Avi]

I'm up for this, 110 fo sho!

[Andrew]

Yep, I'm keen

[Vanessa]

I would love to do this & the AG jersey is cool but it clashes with NSW masters track champs - so will be a hamster on a wheel at that time :)

[MatthewL]

Sounds good - preference for the 65 k, but 110 would be OK if everyone's going for that!

[Chris]

I am up for the 110.

[j_young_80]

Looks like we'll have a gang. There is the option to set up a fundraiser for this - shall we just set up one joint one for V-Mobile?

Preferably someone else can take the lead on that for me.....

I think you get Oakleys or discounts or something if you raise a certain amount we could donate them or raffle them off for the next fundraiser - likely to be getting Mitch to Worlds this year!

[mikeyc]

Count me in on this - 110.

Fund raiser could be good too if we get moving...

[Startrek]

Went to do rego are we going to enter under a team ?( or just V-Mobile )

[Nos131]

I'm keen but I race for valhalla.

[Shridevi]

Im keen too! sounds fun

[j_young_80]

Valhallians welcome! I did have a brief look at the rego and I think once you register you get the fundraiser page for the individual - we can just pick one of us to get all the donations and use it for a common good.

[Startrek]

I'm keen but I race for valhalla.

Ok how about we all just go under Vikings for the team name .

[j_young_80]

yep - go with that I reckon

[Startrek]

Ok they need a team captain and a email so who would like to put there hand up so i can get my rego in.

[Andrew]

I registered a few days ago, is it much concern if I haven't joined the group?

[j_young_80]

Ok they need a team captain and a email so who would like to put there hand up so i can get my rego in.

Sounds like you just put your hand up.....

[Startrek]

Sounds like you just put your hand up.....
Ok here are my details Lee Sheather / leesheather@grapevine.com.au

Ok i have registered the team just look for it in the Teams you just click on it
you do not have to enter my details it is all ready done .
With the fundraiser i have decide to just donate money today with my rego .

[MatthewL]

Just registered as part of Vikings team for 110 k!

[Bean]

Just registered as part of Vikings team for 110 k!

Make that 2!

[gribble]

yeah I have signed up for the 110

[Startrek]

Bump ,not to late to register .

[RobF]

I'm registered.

[RobF]

So do we do this ride in the AGF jersey, or are we going to have a large and visible vikings presence? I favour option 2. Where shall we meet up?

[MatthewL]

Good question - who do we show our support for??
Could compromise and wear Vikings knicks and AGF jersey

[SueP]

Enjoy! I can't make it... doing that silly round and round in circles cycling thing up in Sydney as well.

[Startrek]

Everyone will have the AG jersey on i think we should wear our vikings /v-mobile jersey it will be much easier for us to find each other .

[Jez]

so,.... is this going to be a sudo race of sorts,..or is there a Medium bunch planned,... so to speak,...

[_ABC_]

Is anyone doing the 65km? I'm super keen but don't fancy busting out 110km after a 6 week break.

[Startrek]

so,.... is this going to be a sudo race of sorts,..or is there a Medium bunch planned,... so to speak,...

Medium sounds good ,i wouldn't want to go to slow it will be a long day .
Don't forget to put food in your jersey and bring two water bottles one water, one sports drink .

[Nos131]

I registered a few days ago.

[Startrek]

I registered a few days ago.
Good will see you there .

[SSSimon]

I've registered for the 110km ride. Dont care how slow we go as long as 'we' beat the triathletes!

[Chris]

I registered a couple of days ago. Are we riding in Vikings or 1m matter jerseys?

[Jez]

I'll be registering tomorrow for the 110, like the 160 at TDU, I ride with you lot as long as I can, but I'm not out to break any speed records!!!!

[Andrew]

I registered a couple of days ago. Are we riding in Vikings or 1m matter jerseys?

I'd suspect Vikings? Being that you might not get the 1m matters jersey straight on the day (or so it says on the website)

[Ross]

I'm in for the 110km.

[Jez]

just signed up for the 110 :)

[j_young_80]

I'm also down now for 110, i'm not up for a doddle but there will be groups of all abilities around.

In terms of jerseys, if they do hand out the AG jerseys on the day - I think we should wear them as it will be good for media/photos etc if everyone's got the AG jersey on. Failing that Vikings jersey. Maybe i'll wear a tri suit to piss of C-Bold!

[RobF]

Everyone will have the AG jersey on i think we should wear our vikings /v-mobile jersey it will be much easier for us to find each other .

Agreed. Re: pace, this is going to be the weekend hilly endurance ride for me, so medium works.

[Bean]

I still haven't picked up my jersey but was planning to wear Vikings or V-Mob on the day.

[Startrek]

Ok i have just picked up my jersey from ACT tri club its nice ,so do we wear it or Vikings .
Also you can register up till Saturday .On saturday go to Federation square they will take forms and hand out jerseys .

[RobF]

Vikings.

[Avi]

What shoes are you guys going to wear?

[Startrek]

What shoes are you guys going to wear?

Maybe my Prada or i have a nice pair of Marc Jacobs i picked up with diamond stars on them what do you think to much bling ?




As Team Leader i vote for Vikings or V-Mobile it is better for the club and as before we can spot each other .

[Jez]

Don't get me wrong, I'm after a doddle, but not Race pace either, I think Robs idea of an endurance ride will work for me also

I think wearing the Vikings gear, we can spot eachother a lot more easily

[_ABC_]

Just registered for the 110km. Depending on how I'm going I may give the 2nd lap the arse once we get back up to SFP.

[Startrek]

Just registered for the 110km. Depending on how I'm going I may give the 2nd lap the arse once we get back up to SFP.
Yep i'm not sure my back will hold up i might be joining you.

[MatthewL]

Would it be worth meetng up somewhere and then riding to the start rather than trying to find people in the chaos of Fed Square? Maybe meet at ANU round 8 ish??

[Startrek]

Thats not a bad idea what time do we start Matt.

[MatthewL]

Well, the 110 k starts at 8.30 but the briefing is at 8.15. 15 minutes to get there from ANU? Allow a bit of time to find where the start actually is - maybe leave from ANU by say 7.50??

[Startrek]

Where's Federation Mall at P/H ? I think 7.50 is good .

[Startrek]

Ok i found it, Federation Mall is the large grass area runnning down between the two Parliament houses

[SSSimon]

I'll see people at Fed Mall. It'll take all of 5 mins to get there from my place.

As I say about Fitz's Epic, it's not a race until someone gets in front of you ;)

[Startrek]

Ditto i'm 5 mins away to i will meet you guys there.

[Startrek]

Oh i am in the hurt locker ,thanks Vikings crew great day ,a few D..kheads on bikes and again the cars where trying to crush us .Good to see Simon C/aka President come in first over the line slowly LOL.
Well run by the Amy G Foundation, over 700 riders rode today ,now going to lie down and pass out ,beer for lunch maybe wasn't a great idea .

[Bean]

Was a great event to be sure. I had a great time and the bunch was working well despite sticking me in the cave of pain on a few ocassions. I'm told an average of 31 which is a reasonable click for that distance. Was great seeing all the vikings come over the line... although I lost track of Gribble (did you get home OK Chris??). So much fun that the Vet riding with us was convinced to sign up with the Vikings next opportunity he had!

It was a bit sickening and disturbing to see a few cyclists make a mockery of the whole show. That cyclist passing a car that was passing the bunch up Coppins going over double lines was not just bloody stupid but extremely embarrassing.

[j_young_80]

Many thanks to the organisers and marshalls for the event - I had a blast!

[Jez]

was certainly a good day,....thanks to all who rode, and Thanks to Matt for providing some company on the second loop. I think I was the last Viking in,....but it was a good ride, and enjoyed it,.....

[Andrew]

Twas quite fun! Thanks to the organisers for the event



It was a bit sickening and disturbing to see a few cyclists make a mockery of the whole show. That cyclist passing a car that was passing the bunch up Coppins going over double lines was not just bloody stupid but extremely embarrassing.

Embarrasing, but the hail of abuse he copped from the other cyclists was magnificent =D

[Ross]

Was he the same guy that was sitting out in the traffic the whole way down William Hovell? If not he was a PITA too.

Good ride. I almost pulled out at SFP on the first lap. I went out a bit hard on the first lap, attacking up Coppins Crossing may not of been a good move...

I wheel sucked some guy most of the way along the Homestead false flat on the first lap, but I was stronger than him on Mt Mac and he faded away. Second lap another guy passed me going up Uriarra and I managed to suck his wheel all the way along false flat and also Mt Mac and probably would of got a tow up from Cotter as well but he pulled into the Cotter camp ground presumably for a toilet stop. Caught another small bunch at Casurina, most of them looked like slower 65km riders but one guy stood up and took off so I went with him, hoping to repeat my wheelsucking that I had become so good at, but he faded shortly after and I was riding by myself again. I kept picking up other riders going up the hill but none of them were strong enough to work with me. So I was pretty much solo back to the start.

Pretty tough ride, I would rate it a 4 banana ride!
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_ynR8ug8IJvnfM:http://www.qrabbit.com/images/banana.jpg

[SSSimon]

It was actually quite a good ride. I dished out some scathing sarcasm to riders over the double yellows on the first pinch out of Coppins, I waited and squirted past the blockage bunch on the broken lines before the final pinch. I didn't actually realise that the group of us over the top of the last Coppins rise were the first bunch on the road. The bunch contained Tony and Tracey Gaudry, Phil Anderson - on his Malvern Star Oppy - and a few others. We pretty much kept the gas on the whole way around and back to the start. Although I started about 3 minutes behind the first bunch as the organisers were trying to break up the bunches on the road, I finished with about 10 others in the first 110 bunch to come in. Actually I couldn't help myself and pulled a victory salute as I just happened to cross the line first;)

It was a really good ride - I was a proud Prez today. I think the Vikings are doing an excellent job in engaging with the Canberra community. Well done to the Vmobilers for suggesting we take up this cause. I felt a bit embarrassed for the other Canberra Cycling Clubs - they made either no effort to support the event, or didn't even know it was on.
Congrats to all the Vikings that went along today!

[_ABC_]

Despite being seriously knackered I had a great time out riding with everyone again. My legs started to tire up the Uriarra false flat and I knew then that I wasn't going to make the 110. Rob, James, Jez and others kept me going with some encouragement but by the time I got to the Mt Stromlo turnoff my legs were completely shot. I kept going after SFP, had to have a rest and some more snacks up Cotter rd by the Horse farm and peddled on being passed by guys on MTBs and 1 Metre Matters t-shirts on Adelaide Ave - Not my finest hour.
By the time I was turning into Parliament House I was starting to cramp up in just about all the muscles in my legs but made it to the end to get my Powerade, Winners Bar and a Coffee.
After a bit of a rest I had to get back home so I tootled off back down Adelaide Ave and Cotter road passing all the Vikings finishing their 110kms and all looking pretty good.
Catch you all Friday morning when hopefully my legs, knees and sit-bones have recovered!

[gribble]

yeah I made it back, rode with a mate helped him through the 2 loop, his first time for that distance.

[SSSimon]

No pain, no gain guys. Well done on making the distance. Sounds like you paced yourselves well and kept up the food and drinks, and rests. The more long rides you do the easier they become - start planning and training for the Fitz's Classic now!

[RobF]

Well done all - especially ABC's big return from injury.

Sadly 60 minutes last night just kept firing up the anti-cyclist sentiment. Although the two idiots they chose as representative cyclists did nothing to help. Nothing like going on channel nine and picking out tradies and mothers as the worst drivers on the road. That'll win us some support.

[Nos131]

I had a great time on the ride I did the 110 with a mate. I was my first time around cotter uriarra. I love the decents the ones down to cotter the most. I think I've found a new training ride to add to the ones I do now. :)

[alex]

I know it wasn't s'posed to be a race, but what time did the fastest 110 group come in at?

[Bean]

I know it wasn't s'posed to be a race, but what time did the fastest 110 group come in at?

The Prez came over the line first in 3:13 I believe?? Is that right Simon?

We were apparently in the second bunch at 3:20 and you would have come in with (or before) us Alex, had you not required an urgent stop after the first lap!

[Nos131]

I did it in 4:08.
I'll be quicker next year!

[SSSimon]

3:13, we also had a pit stop.

[j_young_80]

Some photos taken of the first few groups away;

[Bean]

Hmmm... I was waiting for these:

http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/index.php?cPath=7547

[RobF]

These?
http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/index.php?cPath=7547&osCsid=6c39ede71732b73401b5322700cf5330

We made the front page...

[Startrek]

562Thats my boys ,glad we came in Viking kit.

[RobF]

Almost all of us!

[j_young_80]

Pretty much sums up the day for me;

http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=321345&osCsid=6c39ede71732b73401b5322700cf5330

Club Prez's bright red knicks were clearly a ploy for identification purposes, however the jury is still out on the Euro ruling on them.

[_ABC_]

James: Hey Rob, if I flap my hair about lots it feels like I'm flying!
Rob: Look out your drink bottle is about to fall off.

http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/images/products/ARC10/images/ARC10%200151.jpg

[RobF]

:naughty:10 seconds later:

James: **%@#&$%@#&^@*#%(&#^@

Rob(thinks) *(*^*&%%^^% should I stop yes no yes no ok he is my brother)*&*(&^&^%&$^$Frank schleck doesn't have to put up with this sh1t.:naughty:

[RobF]

http://blogs.abc.net.au/.a/6a00e0097e4e68883301157130c945970c-300wi

Frank (thinks): hahaha beat him again it is awesome being older brother
Andy(thinks): (*&*^&^%&^$%^$^%# i will crush you you swine

[j_young_80]

I call shenanigans - you said you were first over the line C-Bold, and yet here I see Phil Anderson dominating the dojo while you squeeze one out. I demand answers!


http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/images/products/ARC10/images/ARC10%202063.jpg

[James]

Whatever, the world knows that younger brothers are better at everything.

History has proved my case.

My personal claims to betterness include the following:
1. Hair
2. Breaking drinkbottle cages
3. EVERYTHING

[j_young_80]

Mrs Fisher - get James off the protein shakes! beeeefcaaake!


http://www.danzfamily.com/archives/blogphotos/07/643-big-and-little-brothers.jpg

[RobF]

I'll find a real one for you. I'm sure we were cuter than that.

[bosworth*]

http://www.epsomrdstudios.com.au/images/products/ARC10/images/ARC10%200151.jpg




you guys aren't going very fast in this pic.


are you both track-stand-ing ?

[Jez]

Looks like I was the "token" event jersey wearer :)

[Bean]

Whatever, the world knows that younger brothers are better at everything.

True, I have 3 older brothers and they are hopeless.

[SSSimon]

Photo was taken 10 metres in front of the line. I had Phil lead me out and I won the sprint without pedaling courtesy of 'wind assist' ;)