2009 Midnight Century 160 km
This great ride is on again on November the 28th. leaving from Ipswich at midnight.
For more information on this event contact the organiser: Dino Morgante Tel: 0412 617 221
Email: morgantefamily@optusnet.com.au
612 ABC Brisbane
612 ABC Brisbane have asked, “Do you think cyclists in Brisbane don’t understand the rules of the road? Get in touch.” Interesting range of responses.
2009 Border Run Charity Ride. Mt Isa – Northern Territory via Camooweal
On Friday the 14th I’m off to Mt Isa to take part in this event for charity.
Saturday 15th of August is the second annual Border Run Charity Ride from Mt Isa to the Northern Territory. About 100 riders are expected to take part in all. There will be about 30 individual riders with the remaining 70 odd riders being part of a team ride. Post ride BBQ and function will take place at the Camooweal Drovers Camp, with many riders spending a night camping out under the stars.
For route details click this link…..
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mt-Isa-to-Northern-Territory
August 9th 2009
Time for another update. The trip to the tour de France went really well. Rode 650 Km in the 5 days that we had to ride. Lost count of the amount of Cols, Mountains and other large lumps we rode up. Some photos are up now in the gallery. The bike went well apart from hitting a large pot hole on a descent and flatting the front tyre. Noticed the following day that the back wheel had also suffered from the impact as well and will need to be replaced sometime soon.
Most memorable rides were Mt Semnoz near Annecy and Cormet de Roselund. Col de Sasies was pretty tough as well, not helped by the fact that we decided to go up it on the ride back to Faverges after doing Roselund in the morning! The sign at the foot of the climb said 15 Km, thats nothing right? Wrong!
Cycling group ride out of Forest Lake was well attended yesterday with a total of 7 riders braving the cold and turning up to ride. A great coffee was enjoyed after the ride at http://meat2eat.com.au/ Who have agreed to give us discount coffees from now on after our weekend rides if we have 5 or more riders turn up. Cafe food is fantastic too, the Wagyu burger is to die for!
Went out for a ride this morning with http://www.southernstarstri.com Left Forest Lake at 04.30 and rode to Eight Mile Plains and then crashed in the carpark after hitting an (unseen) speed bump the wrong way! Totalled my front wheel and forks, numerous cuts, bruises and an extremely painful shoulder.
Need to get healed up and fix the bike as I’m riding from Mt Isa to the Northern Territory next Saturday in the second ever Border Run Charity ride. More on this later……
Tour de France Trip
Only 3 1/2 weeks now until I head off on my trip to the Tour de France. Going with Sporting Tours from the UK and a couple of mates from Brisbane. http://www.sportingtours.co.uk/edfa Looking forward to the trip from Zurich to Geneva on the train, and spending some tough days on the bike as we tackle “All the Alpine Stages”.
Burner test fire in Melbourne in April
May Weekend Long Ride
This weekend I’m joining a 3 day charity ride from Brisbane to Crows Nest (QLD) circuit through the local area on Sunday and returning to Brisbane on Monday.
Day 1 170 km
Day 2 140 km
Day 3 180 km
Not too sure how many riders there will be, but I’m looking forward to it. Did a similar ride with the East Coast Cycos in 2004 and still remember the ride home on Monday was quite tough. Will keep updates coming through on Twitter throughout the weekend.
Forest Lake has some of the worst drivers in Australia!
Why is there always so much glass on the roundabouts? What is so hard about driving around one without hitting another car? People just don’t seem to be able to work this one out…………….
The Penalties for Speeding and Stupid Drivers are way too soft!
Time for the politicians to pass much tougher laws for speeding.
For a start I would be in favor of raising the fines by a factor of 10 i.e a fine of $180.00 should be increased to $1800.00 to get through the thick skulls of these idiots who constantly drive in excess of the speed limits, and drive too fast for the current conditions on the road (dangerous driving). I notice that this Easter an off duty policeman in Tasmania even managed to drive his car into a tree and kill himself. What is actually going through the minds of these people?
http://www.qt.com.au/story/2009/04/14/drivers-flout-laws-and-safety/
It just keeps on getting better
What a clown! I wonder if the judge will see the funny side of this one?
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25320634-12377,00.html