Ha, funny.ohshift wrote:Just want to say thanks for the "thankyous" "cheers" "good mornings" from all of the riders today, it definitely made holding my right arm up for 3 hours much more pleasant.
I was the young dude marshalling on a corner of upland rd. It was the first bike event i've been to! Look forward to riding it next year.
Yes I was thinking you guys could all use one of those arm braces that you sometimes see on overbandaged accident victims. Next time maybe they could give some of those hospital cases a day out. Wheel them out. Park them on a corner. Give them some happy drugs to make them smileohshift wrote:Just want to say thanks for the "thankyous" "cheers" "good mornings" from all of the riders today, it definitely made holding my right arm up for 3 hours much more pleasant.
I was the young dude marshalling on a corner of upland rd. It was the first bike event i've been to! Look forward to riding it next year.
That's horrible. Wishing her a fast recoverygordy wrote:Just heard a friend's Mum from rual QLD came down for the ride, crashed in the back streets of Tennyson and broke her hip and pelvis, when she hit the gutter.
Quite an experienced rider caught out by the slippery conditions. Not good.
Bummer about that lazy 5 seconds...
It was a good deal smaller than last year! I can remember it was a real fight at the start then. but there were lots of no-shows this year due to the rain. Size-wise was perfect. Big but not out of control & good behavior all round.notwal wrote:
That was my first BQ mass ride. I've never seen so many bikes in one place before. Grey St was like Woodstock, millions of bikes all pointed in the same direction like cows. There must have been a few births and deaths in a crowd that big but I didn't see any.
Well done! It's still a top effort. You'll be right for the Mount Archer KOM at the end of AugustComedian wrote:Sniff... missed the 10 minute club by 5 seconds!!! OUCH. Still pretty happy though for not back riding for a year!
We were on the scene moments after this happened and my partner, a doctor, attended to her until the Ambos came. (And they took their sweet time coming - only upped her "priority" when the doctor got on the line and explained her condition in simple terms.)gordy wrote:Just heard a friend's Mum from rual QLD came down for the ride, crashed in the back streets of Tennyson and broke her hip and pelvis, when she hit the gutter.
Quite an experienced rider caught out by the slippery conditions. Not good.
I wonder if you saw the same accident I saw? I am bad at remembering streets, but if it's next to the bridge, then I may have been there...although there were lots of crashes around there apparently.ValleyForge wrote:Visibility on the mountain was dreadful. Maybe it got better later in the morning, but the cloud, rain & being a bit worn out first thing made this the most treacherous part.
As for accidents - saw one single bike off when someone didn't wipe their brakes before coming into the Radnor st corner at Indooroopilly. Then a multi near the back of the Tennis Centre - same story I suspect.
The LBS put on a sausage sizzle which was really appreciated. Just to stand around, debrief and compare rides was really good. Kudos to John, Mat & Gayle from Boggo Rd Bike Hub.
Was it one of those brissie style "roundabouts" with excess vegetation in middle impeding vision ?Undertow wrote:I came off yesterday morning, couldn't see there was a puddle half way around a roundabout until it was too late, front wheel hit it, slipped out and down I went. Lucky the people behind me were far enough back that they could slow down and go around so I didn't take anyone else out.
Bent my rear derailleur hanger (so I couldn't get into my largest sprockets) which I had to ride with for about 25km as the mechanics weren't at the first rest stop. Somehow both brifters got twisted in but I was able to mostly straighten them, and a scrape on my right pedal.
The most annoying this about it is i've ridden that round about like 100 times and never had an issue.
Had the mechanic at the 60km rest stop look at it and he bent it back by hand, and then adjusted the limit screws and cable tension and it all seems good. It was a little slow changing down in the last 10km and the ride home but I was too buggered to look at it yesterday, but i reckon I'll just need to adjust the barrel adjuster to let some tension out, and check to make sure the derailleur is hanging straight (if not it'll be off to the LBS).elantra wrote: The bent derailleur hanger can sometimes be fixed at minimal cost.
Talk to a bike mechanic or look to a technical website such as http://www.sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html
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