VIC Golden Triangle Epic 2015
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John U
MTB Precision
I have been given it very thorough consideration. My concern is the 100k's starts at 9am and presentations are at 3pm.
My best ever time in a 100k was 7.11 and that was in pre-kids days with a bit of training. Are hacks expected to average 20k's an hour in these events now or am I missing something? The dealio wasn't too different in the Wombat.
I was going to try to contact the organisers and see if I could do the 100 but start with the 150kers. It's not like intend being anywhere near the podium. I'd be doing it for the craic and training.
Rego closes today.
My best ever time in a 100k was 7.11 and that was in pre-kids days with a bit of training. Are hacks expected to average 20k's an hour in these events now or am I missing something? The dealio wasn't too different in the Wombat.
I was going to try to contact the organisers and see if I could do the 100 but start with the 150kers. It's not like intend being anywhere near the podium. I'd be doing it for the craic and training.
Rego closes today.
From the BOM forecast for Bendigo for Sunday:
Temps 5 - 15C. Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of rain. Light winds becoming southwesterly 20 to 25 km/h during the morning.
I choose to interpret partly cloudy as mostly sunny. But I'll bring the singlespeed just in case. With the Mt Herbert climb gone it's much more feasible...but 3 laps will hurt. It's not as though I'll be up at the pointy end of the race, judging by the quality of riders in the entry list.
Knuckles
Lives under a bridge
Bloody tourist towns. Bendigo but, so there is likely to be a few crack dens that'll give you an hourly rate.
Pastavore
Eats Squid
Bendigo's a tourist town? You mean, people go there when bike races aren't on? They must be on crack.......
Accommodation sorted, abdomen still sore from removing the kidney to pay for it, race entered. Looking forward to 100km of sloshing through mud on trails I don't know while freezing to death. Come at me, Bendigo!
hakka
Likes Dirt
I rode the course on saturday, after it rained all day friday. The track was perfect. It will need a good rain on saturday as it dries out pretty quick.
The course is good, there's no real hard climbs, the total ascent for a 50km lap was about 850m. The club have done a heap of work to the course, cleaned all the debris off the trails and removed a shitload of rocks that were sticking out of the ground.
The course is good, there's no real hard climbs, the total ascent for a 50km lap was about 850m. The club have done a heap of work to the course, cleaned all the debris off the trails and removed a shitload of rocks that were sticking out of the ground.
Thanks Hakka and your fellow club members. That's a big job on such a long course. Looking forward to riding it.
fitzroybikeco
Likes Dirt
I am doing the 50km, driving up from Melbourne in the morning. Should be fun.
Pastavore
Eats Squid
hakka
Likes Dirt
I just rode part of the course, its very dry and dusty again. As long as we get a decent rain before the event it will be excellent conditions.
For the Bendigo trails to become a mudbath you need a week of torrential rain. There's more chance of the track being to dry than too wet.
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Pastavore
Eats Squid
Great preview if, like me, you have not ridden these trails before
http://www.herodirt.com.au/blog/pet...iangle-epic-courseso-who-better-to-preview-it
http://www.herodirt.com.au/blog/pet...iangle-epic-courseso-who-better-to-preview-it
PityTheFool
Squid
I don't think the rains coming...? It's gonna be cold though!!
PityTheFool
Squid
Sorry hakka, just read your previous post, this is the rain your waiting for...
