Recreational Riders: Rides, Events Anything

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Cycling Vic have just announced Challenge series rides for 2014/2015 season
http://vic.cycling.org.au/Recreation/Challenge-Series

Also I went to Tour of King Valley in northern Victoria last weekend. It's a 4 stage women's national road series tour, but they had lots of other open races (inc ITT) and a gran fondo associated with it on the same courses each day. All stages are close enough that you could ride to each event from same accommodation. I didn't do any of the organised rides, instead rode my own routes to watch the women's race and stopped at local small towns for supplies - worked out well.
- Great weather (2-18),
- Good roads (mostly quiet),
- Great country (rolling hills & vineyards)
- and plenty of wildlife - echidnas :) magpies :(

Would recommend this event for next year.
 

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phantom13 said:
FYI i just followed everyone on the big footy CC on Strava. Im on it now, in a big way, never used to bother but its ace
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If you are "following" lots of people you might start to get lots of sms or email notifications every time one your targets does something (e.g. rides or makes a segment or a new route). But if you don't "follow" you can still see all the activity of those people in the group activity feed if you are in same group/club.

So you might find that following lots people in same club is a bit of duplication. Following is better used when you want to keep a very close eye on someone (e.g. a close mate or a rival), or to keep track of someone not in your club.
 
Saladin sucks said:
If you are "following" lots of people you might start to get lots of sms or email notifications every time one your targets does something (e.g. rides or makes a segment or a new route). But if you don't "follow" you can still see all the activity of those people in the group activity feed if you are in same group/club.

So you might find that following lots people in same club is a bit of duplication. Following is better used when you want to keep a very close eye on someone (e.g. a close mate or a rival), or to keep track of someone not in your club.
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Sounds like an excuse for not following back...
 
Opinions - having issues on benefit of group rides v slogging it out doing all the work yourself
At moment I am just heading out doing threshold 150km+ rides and being told I would benefit more in a group. Ok my av speed may be higher but am I really working harder over the journey? Think I will stick with solo rides
 
blue gunslinger said:
Opinions - having issues on benefit of group rides v slogging it out doing all the work yourself
At moment I am just heading out doing threshold 150km+ rides and being told I would benefit more in a group. Ok my av speed may be higher but am I really working harder over the journey? Think I will stick with solo rides
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Is it not possible to do both?

Split your weekly rides into group and solo sessions? Or perhaps split the difference and ride with a partner or 2 instead of a big group.
 
Andronicus said:
Is it not possible to do both?

Split your weekly rides into group and solo sessions? Or perhaps split the difference and ride with a partner or 2 instead of a big group.
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crack in frame solves my problem - trainer only until this arrives

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More signs of fondo fatigue from sponsors and hosting community area. SHCCC (scody high country cycle challenge - i.e. Mansfield - Mt.Buller) cancelled for 2015.
 
phantom13 said:
So was gonna post in here about ATBIAD coming up, then out on a training ride this morning some idiot slams into the back of me, think ive done something to my back and might now be able to do it now. Rough day.
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Get a scan and or dry needling
 

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Looking out my window this has looked like one of those days where you would be happy to have a long wait for the ferry. Could of been tailwind the whole way.
 
HARPSichord said:
I'm looking to get into road cycling. Anybody recommend me a semi-decent bike under $750? Been looking at Cell Bikes so far.
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A few guys on another forum moved up to roadies this year. They did a bit of research and ended up buying Cell Lapa 2s - price now $900 I think and they are very happy with them. For less than that you probably have to go to Reid Cycles, or get a 2nd hand unit if you have some experience in knowing what you want.

http://www.bikeradar.com/au/road/gear/category/bikes/road/product/review-cell-bikes-lapa-2-0-48301/
 
HARPSichord said:
What do you think of the Otway 2.0?
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I haven't ridden one, so can't really comment.

However, this thread is about rides. There is a sticky thread - Big Footy Bike Store - where people ask about bikes, including starter bikes, and get advice. If you read through that you might find some useful info.

I expect you will get better advice posting there, but also put a bit more detail about what sort of riding you want to do, e.g.
- why do you want a bike? what do you want to achieve?
- how often do you intend to ride, how far and over what terrain?
- how long do you intend to keep the bike before upgrading?
 
Saladin sucks said:
I haven't ridden one, so can't really comment.

However, this thread is about rides. There is a sticky thread - Big Footy Bike Store - where people ask about bikes, including starter bikes, and get advice. If you read through that you might find some useful info.

I expect you will get better advice posting there, but also put a bit more detail about what sort of riding you want to do, e.g.
- why do you want a bike? what do you want to achieve?
- how often do you intend to ride, how far and over what terrain?
- how long do you intend to keep the bike before upgrading?
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Sorry mate, moved into there now.
 
Transferred my IM Melb entry to IM Malaysia due to knee surgery. About time Ironman let us do this!
 
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