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Commando route plus little Tawonga averaged 30kmh/r today even with a 35kmh head/cross wind.

Last time up the Mtn before Bright, 1hr13min summit, 1796m, 86.1km total for the morning.

I hope you're not talking about hotham......

Mt Wellington Neil right at my front door.

What grade are you in fixedlegs?

michaelten wrote:What grade are you in fixedlegs?

if he was talking about Hotham above i could have answered that for you

Racing Masters C

jules21 wrote:

michaelten wrote:What grade are you in fixedlegs?

if he was talking about Hotham above i could have answered that for you

I dunno Jules, this is Tour of Bright afterall . You'll be racing against at least one Masters C rider that's doing 1:20s flat up Hotham, the amount of training I see on Strava for this Tour is truly impressive.

Good luck to all racing, had an awesome time riding around there a week ago. Racing up those hills just ain't for me.

lock_ wrote:You'll be racing against at least one Masters C rider that's doing 1:20s flat up Hotham,

one of your mates? don't worry i followed him up Baw Baw

ToB is sand bag heaven - no rules as to where you can race. Don't give any respect to riders sand bagging though.

I don't get the sandbagging. If you are an A grader where's the sense of achievement winning C grade?

michaelten wrote:I don't get the sandbagging. If you are an A grader where's the sense of achievement winning C grade?

beating all the other A graders in it

Hahaha, makes sense!

Less sandbagging, more just playing by the rules. Once you have a CV grade it's my understanding that's what you race until you build up enough points for a promotion. In this case it's just a rider thats improved an awful lot over the last year.

http://vic.cycling.org.au/Portals/17/Ro ... 0Final.pdf

lock_ wrote:Less sandbagging, more just playing by the rules. Once you have a CV grade it's my understanding that's what you race until you build up enough points for a promotion. In this case it's just a rider thats improved an awful lot over the last year.

http://vic.cycling.org.au/Portals/17/Ro ... 0Final.pdf

personally, i don't get upset about (alleged) sandbagging. i enjoy riding against higher std cyclists. some people take it personally but it's just a bit of fun. i will enjoy myself

ToB is one of those events that unless your right at the top of A-B grade you wont win in B or C. Masters C has been just as fast in previous years as C grade. But that's not really why I go, its a challenge I love racing, ToB is like a Tour de France for amateurs, with timing, starting ramps, it's really well put on, the racing is hard, sprint points, go and make a break away if you want. It has everything.
FYI Aiming for top 20 in the TT, and getting to Tawonga with the main group. I will lose time on Tawonga and Hotham.

Last year got smoked in the Sprint Eliminator by a World Champ

Put a dinner plate cassette on my wheels. 12-28, will test it tomorrow before heading down to Bright on Thursday.

Don't feel too bad. I run a 32T cog on the rear and use it pretty often.

last race before ToB today.

Out of curiosity taking multiple sets of wheels and bikes? At present on the car (happens to be a HSV GTS) we have 4 bikes and 6 pairs of spare wheels including discs, two rollers, plus helmets etc etc. Logistics' are wonderful!

86kms 978m - mass start back to back wins in C Grade fairly happy with that. Looking forward to ToB. Best condition Ive been in, Weather doesn't look great......

Heres a interesting question

Whats everyone's weight for Bright. Mine 82kgs

W/kg would be a better question!

I'm 63kg

Few kilos more than I'd like, the wrong side of 80, probably 81-82 depend when I weigh myself!

Making more power than expected though... but I don't expect to challenge on the long climbs, I see myself as a Puncheur/rouleur rather than a climber or sprinter!

I'll be taking one bike, two sets of wheels and some tools and spares, plan on possibly using a friends TT bike.

i'm about 85kg - a bit of a fatty so I'll say my goodbyes before we hit the hills

michaelten wrote:W/kg would be a better question!

I'm 63kg

Between 3 and 5