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……
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