Around the Bay in a Day

[JD86]

Hi everyone,

i will be riding in the around the bay in a day this year.

is anyone else going to?

it should be a good day out and for a good cause.

if anyone wants to sponsor me my link is below

http://aroundthebayfundraising.com.au/?JoshDelany

cheers

[13bwankel]

I would love to come over and do that ride one day, i'm from adelaide btw Good luck!

[ratter]

I'm doing the 100 klm ride from sorrento to the city

[GUTLES]

How many KM are you doing Josh? I did the 100km 2 years ago, I'm keen to do the 250km but am too unfit this year. ;(

[JD86]

hi guys, this is my first year so only doing the 50kms to see what its like

next year will puh for 100km or 150km

at present i can do around 70kms quite easy, so opted for an easy 50kms for my first year in the event

[TZENU]

I thought everyone in here hated cyclists??

Mate if you can cover 70k's easily, you can do the 150 no problems!

The last ATB I did was 2 years ago.. I was about 10k out of Queenscliff when a peleton overtook our group and clipped our leader... Boy was it messy!
Since then I have stuck to the smaller rides; like the Otway classic, King Lake ride and Amy Gillette ride.

[tapeworm]

i'll prob go in it..should be epic fun.

[JD86]

i have upgraded my ride to the 100kms from queenscliff to melbourne

anyone else doing the ride?

[JD86]

any photographers going? id love to get a grouse photo of me on the ride

[ratter]

I believe there are photographers along the route, but this is my first so don't take it as gospel

[JD86]

oh ok cool, i hope that is true

[GUTLES]

Originally Posted by JD86

any photographers going? id love to get a grouse photo of me on the ride

Yes there's a few of them along the way, keep your entrant # & a couple of days after it go to there website & you can find your photo's..

[JD86]

oh ok cool, thanks GUTLES

[TZENU]

6 days to go!

[JD86]

4 days to go now mate

hopefully the weather is ok, but its not looking too good in the forecasts

[JD86]

how did everyone go?

[hankscorpio]

I had a good day overall - went clockwise direction and we had a huge tailwind coming back from Geelong to Melb which was fun..effortless 35kph and up to 45 at some points. Copped a little bit if light rain on the way through dromana and coming into geelong but apart from that and being a bit chilly the weather was ok. Had no flat tyres/mechanical issues and didnt see any stacks or near misses so was a good day...was a nice ride for my 10th ATB

[ratter]

I'm tired!

I did the sorrento to Melb ride, got rained on a few times, strong head wind near Kerford rd which slowed quite a few people down to almost a walk, but no mechanical issues, I passed more people than I got passed

Left at 8.00 had a toilet break in dromana before the hills another in frankton and then had a 10-15 minute stop around brighton way the stretch my back, finished at 11.50, pretty happy at that.

Ordered some new tyres the week before last, due to a tear in my rear, was going from 25's to 23's, guess what, they arrived today

The wife did the 50 lm ride, secretly I was hoping to get there about the same time as she did, but it did not happen....



.. I had to wait an hour for her

[JD86]

good stuff guys

i did the 100km ride from sorrento to melbourne, started at 8 also, got a puncture around the 30km mark, 10 mins to fix, stopped for lunch in moordialloc at the 70km mark for 20 mins, finished around 12.20

the wind and rain were terrible for a while there, but we got through it

[xbgs351]

Was it a blood bath with numpties crashing left right and centre? That is what it was like when I last did it around 15 years ago and I vowed never to ride it again.