Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

Cootamundra Haycarters road opens are coming up very soon, May 7th and 8th. Entries close April 24th.

The races are nice and fast, and the distances are nice and short 70km and 60km. These races are perfect if you haven't done any road opens before.

Need more info, check HERE and HERE. Any questions?

For accomodation, we'll probably be staying at a nice old pub (now B&B) not far out of Coota.

Who's in?

I'm in.

I'm in. Will also need a lift if anyone can help out?

Think I might dust the road bike off and give it a go.

My grandparents live at coota, i may be able to give a lift but Ill have to see closer to the date....

Im in.

My beagle comes from Coota. Maybe I should consider taking her to visit her mum and now many relatives.

Entered.

With a course description like that James, l couldn't resist.

l think l have an illusion that it will be less painful

closing tonight?

oops on the 26th

me and simon will be in for this, maybe pat (mr muscles) too

I'll probably book some accommodation tomorrow or thursday, let me know if you need a bed.

I'll need a bed

Also need a bed if someone has car space? In NZ currently so haven't been down to track to discuss. I haven't entered yet since I don't have transport sorted...

I'm sure there'll be some space in someones car.

I'll have room.

l'll need a bed too, ta

Sweet, entered while sitting in Rotorua motel with a beer in one hand thinking about heading to the baths for the rest of the afternoon... Awesome race prep.

yes james ill need somewhere to sleep.

Thanks.

Still undecided.

Im going to enter tonight and will need a room also. I can take plenty of bikes in the ute as well.

last day to enter is this sunday! (well with out a late fee!

Accommodation booked for:
Al+Coral
Ron
Bill
Frank
Me
Alex
John
Mark
Amy
Victoria

Hope I haven't missed anyone.

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hey james, where are you all staying? i havent checked in with the forum for a while.. im heading down for the racing, and will try to get a room in with you guys..

Josh, we're staying at the Shirley B&B in Bethungra, just west of Cootamundra. I'll give them a call tomorrow and book a room for you.

thanks james, if you had to pay up front please pass on your details so i fix it up asap..

No up front payment needed, we all pay seperately when we're there.

I've entered both races and booked a room at Shirley.
How far is it from Coota? Can one ride to the start?

Paul

Hey so what time are people leaving, and who has space etc?

I've entered both races and booked a room at Shirley.
How far is it from Coota? Can one ride to the start?

Paul

It's approximately 20kms from Coota. You can ride to the start if you really want to....

Hey so what time are people leaving, and who has space etc?

John said he has space (as long as there's still room for me on the way back).

As the afternoon has worn on I've decided not to race. Been struggling to get out of bed all week and a short stint on the motorpace on Wednesday was nearly the death of me. Thought it would be alright by now but I just feel wrecked. Think I'm probably coming down with something, and race pace is probably just going to smash me too much. I need to think about self preservation for a few things I have coming up.

Have fun y'all! Smash it

So this afternoon I decided to ride the course for the race tomorrow...

Its pretty nice I reckon - apparently it is significantly different from last year? After the first hill which comes up 10kms in (which got quite steep at the top) theres a quick downhill before a sharp left into the old gundagai road. the quality of the road on the downhill wasnt great, could be a bit hairy going fast in a big bunch down that. for about 2-3kms at the start of the old gundagai road there are roadworks, and the road is pretty crap. when i was there this afternoon there were some construction trucks parked there also and the road is quite thin. after this section it is good again for the rest of the course though (although you go back through it again on the second leg of the race). i was actually riding with two random old dudes who are racing tomorrow, and it was on this section that one of them just veered into the other and pushed him off the side of the road throught the gravel and into the grass. simon - if you thought i was all over the place in the pacelines on wednesday nights you should of seen these guys!

anyhoo see you guys tomorrow! have a safe drive.

one of them just veered into the other and pushed him off the side of the road throught the gravel and into the grass.

Hahaha, it was probably the same one did that to me at Mudgee. I wonder if they're practicing team tactics!

Great weekend! Yesterday Amy took third in the women's, as well as 11th overall. Today Pat in his first ever road race weekend, took the 2nd two inyermediate sprints.

In our after race tennis match at the noble residence, alex lost one ball, but hit some fine shots, and I was pleased to jit 5 serves into the little square.

On the calorie count it turns out that the large pizza may have almost out pointed the hour and half of racing I was involved in!! That's over the 2000 mark?!!

I have some photos, and will try and load them, unfortunately I didn't take any of the pizza, I do have video of today's sprint finishes.. Not mentioning how I hot there first

Pat with winnings!



Ok one of these videos was a test, one was todays winner, one is the scratchies (the one with a yellow guy with hands is the overall




Here's pat from behind



This is the court


Simon from behind, he doesn't do the square that pat does, but I would still rate it a 7.5, it really depends what you go for, I'm more into the muscle, so would be happier with pats if it was me.

This horse had stopped to watch the race, again, how I got a photo of it Is a mystery.

Here's another of the pics I too with out mentioning it to any one (as is all but one pic)

Umm I don't know what this is...

ok i posted the wrong links, was doing that on my way home. Heres the final sprint on the recovery ride day (not the one where Amy came 3rd in the girls, though i think she was actually 3rd or 4th of the girls)

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/t ... 25184a.mp4

Heres the A grade lads coming in for the sprint

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/t ... ce202b.mp4

And heres Pat coming in after winning the two sprints etc at the end! and interviews with a few people

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/t ... 5615b0.mp4