pumped for RAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timyone]

sydney sydney sydney!!!!

[mikesbytes]

The true spirit of post race debrief - coasters, lolly wrappers and beer

[shrubb face]

Ah yes the dramatic replay of the evenings events, using the equipment on hand. The beer coasters were the track, the lolly wrappers were the riders and the beer was the adrenaline.

[weiyun]

sydney sydney sydney!!!!

Careful Tim. Stuart might emerge soon...

[timyone]

Lol yeah ill delete it soon :p I have a crap pic of me sydney'd up on my phone but havre to work out how to get it off.

[Trouty]

Careful Tim. Stuart might emerge soon...

TOO LATE - HIS SIDE KICK HAS STRUCK...

Timmy, you are now officially charged with inappropriate use of photos with the punishment deemed to be a suitable WHIPPING!! Location to be advised.

....and Wieyun...you are charged with bringing up subjects that are long over due to be dropped...so your punishment is being responsible for the whipping of Tim. Please remember to wear your leather chaps and your leather mask.

[weiyun]

TOO LATE - HIS SIDE KICK HAS STRUCK...

Timmy, you are now officially charged with inappropriate use of photos with the punishment deemed to be a suitable WHIPPING!! Location to be advised.

....and Wieyun...you are charged with bringing up subjects that are long over due to be dropped...so your punishment is being responsible for the whipping of Tim. Please remember to wear your leather chaps and your leather mask.

I hear that you really wanted to keep Tim's whipping for yourself , at an undisclosed private location. I can not possibly intrude.

[micklan]

why don't you buy the photo & webbie master will change the front page for us?

[timyone]

ok update though blurry as


ok sydney sydney sydney

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[timyone]

go team green

[Trouty]

go team green

Shame red got beaten at the end. Johno or (Anoyng as Craftie calls him), did a really good turn to break the gap, that is when I started to think red had it won as we were definately ahead. One rider lost it in the last 3, but I take my hat off for him anchoring that distance anyway. What a fun race that was.......especially when you only have to do 1 lap!

[Adrian E]

Congrats should also be given to Tim L who brought green back in when red started to gain. That was a really fun Italian pursuit. The green team kept it together really well.

[timyone]

i had three faster riders behind me so i could speed up as much as i liked
Brownie was saying that we pretty much won it from me onwards, it didnt really speed up after that.

[Trouty]

ok update though blurry as


ok sydney sydney sydney

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That is a model pose....you almost pulled off Zoolanders "Blue Steel"

[Artson]

I have to say Tim, when I saw you hit the front I had to rub my eyes with the pace you developed.

WTF have you been doing! You are flying.

[timyone]

hills im training for the grafton, to be able to ride it solo after being dropped ":D

[Michael Chidgey]

Week 10 program,
havent seen it around much, Artson might come on later and post the full one.

This week's Races

Round 1 warm up Scratch
Round 2 no wheel –race this week
Round 3 1 lap screamers (Hillbrick round)
Round 4 Mystery race
Round 5 Combines
Round 6 Race video replays, Cyclists pasta and Beer in the HBT.
Explain these races

1 lap Drag race- Riders position 1-4 up the track. The riders start in a Time trial hold (No-Push) for whistle start. First one back wins. Easy

Mystery- This is a standard scratch race however the number of laps is predetermined by the organiser and concealed. The riders are given a bell with 1 lap to go.

[Trouty]

RAW 1 LAP SCREAMER:
This weeks Div 5 heat 1 - 1 lap screamer was an all out DHBC womans race. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this photo. CHeck out Jess's face, she seems like she is just cruising and laughing her head off whilst Vic and I are putting every thing in it. Congratulations for Jess for coming an impressive second considering she hasn't even been training.

Yes WIEYUN: I know this still has copy write on it, but the fact is I will be buying it of David for our DHBC archives anyway and will email him tonight - and the photo is an actual link to David's existing site - not a download.



Photo from Action Snaps http://www.actionsnaps.com.au

[weiyun]

Nice photo!

BTW, I didn't make up that rule and we'll all learn to use that "will be buying it..." line in future postings. I think it works well for "now".

[Trouty]

I take offense to the fact you are insinuating I am lying....but I will let you off without hitting you because you were patient enough to change my skin suit order last minute. But you only get one chance.

Because I know you would...just to prove a point. You are welcome to ring action snaps!! Go ahead...make my day.

[weiyun]

Because I know you would...just to prove a point. You are welcome to ring action snaps!! Go ahead...make my day.

The point is, we shouldn't ring up strangers we hear about on the internet. The cyberworld outside of our protected DHBC forum environment is dangerous!

Anyway, I carefully ventured to that site. It looked to be nicely designed and seemed to be safe from security risks, and is compatible with Apple Safari (v4.0.3). But I think the left column is tad wide (see the screenshot below). I also sent the website through a W3C Markup Validation test <http://validator.w3.org/> which noted 139 errors and 21 warnings. Ummm...



What do you think?

[Trouty]

But I think the left column is tad wide

As long as you never say I am a tad wide...we will always be friends!

Nice photo of Jess.....Maybe she should consider training and will probably kick my ass next time.

[Artson]

JT
I have probably watched Jessica more than most in racing (no offence Simon)
One thing I have noticed is that she is always smiling!
I think it is her race face.

[Rainbow]

Hahahahahahahahaha

It's difficult not to smile!!!!! I'm on a bright purple bike in a wooden fish-bowl surrounded by my friends AND Simon listening to Paul's fabulous commentary. THEN I remember I'm supposed to be racing which makes me laugh and then smile some more when I realise that I was all caught up in my happy place that I lost the pack and got spat out the back!

That's pretty much exactly how it happens. BTW, I LOVE that photo of us taking off. It's a real beauty!

[timyone]

how many weeks are there to go in this series?
Im lovingthe racing, but am also thinking id have improved chances with girls if i was not busy every night of the week

[Trouty]

Series ends September 25th or some thing like that.

Yes...maybe you would have a better chance if your Friday night was free, although I think you would find that you would still probably try and get some cycling in on Friday night if you could.

I still can't get over Crafty's comment on the loud speaker at Metro's about breaking up with your girlfriend equating to a 2 second time improvement on the bike......cheeky...but I guess in your case true.

[timyone]

man im really happy with my A grade Debue, I may have to work on my Kieran tactics though, it turns out that my idea of getting on the front and trying to go really fast for the whole three laps, didnt work, but i was impressed that i sped up for the last lap It was lucky for simon it turns out though, that he was on my wheel, and the increased speed, made it harder for other riders to fly past him, and had him in the box seat for a win from second wheel (especially as one of the main competitors was the pad i went past at the start, who was then boxed out of the race).

[timyone]

I still can't get over Crafty's comment on the loud speaker at Metro's about breaking up with your girlfriend equating to a 2 second time improvement on the bike......cheeky...but I guess in your case true.

man i didnt actually hear this at the time! i had the aero helmet on, it blocks noise!!

[christian]

Six of us have managed to make it into the Hillbrick wheel race, thats a pretty good effort. I managed to scrap through even with my disapointing ride in the miss and out on Friday.

[mikesbytes]

Friday night race report up on RAW

http://www.rawtrack.com.au/index.php/topic,107.0.html

[Trouty]

Six of us have managed to make it into the Hillbrick wheel race, thats a pretty good effort. I managed to scrap through even with my disapointing ride in the miss and out on Friday.

Yeah bummed I missed out by 1 point, but then again.... my crap ride in the miss'n'out probably saved me. Great stuff from the rest of the 6 that made it in.

[NOOG]

David took some AMAZING photos of the crash in the DIV.3 miss'n'out. I wasn't sure whether I was allowed to post them or not so I haven't.

http://www.actionsnaps.com.au/index.php ... 2&PageNo=2

Check out the last one on page 2 and the first few of page 3.

[mikesbytes]

Do I get the wheel sucking award of the day with this pic?

http://www.actionsnaps.com.au/index.php ... y=38&hit=1

[christian]

Handicaps are in for the Hillbrick wheel race
http://www.rawtrack.com.au/index.php/topic,111.0.html

One of our own, Chidgey is the favorite.

[Michael Chidgey]

no pressure or anything.

[micklan]

no pressure or anything.

M3 power mate...

[Michael Chidgey]

For Week 14
September 18 2009

This week’s Races
• Round 1 warm up Scratch
• Round 2 “no event this week”
• Round 3 Handicaps
• Round 4 Mystery Lappers
• Round 5 Combines
• Round 6 Race video replays, Cyclists pasta and drinks in the HBT.

Explain these races
Handicaps – These will be run in heats of approximately 8 riders over two laps (500m) I will determine your starting position upon entry to the track. Four riders will start off the top fence and four will start off the bottom fence about 10m behind. Whistle start.

Mystery- This is a standard scratch race however the number of laps is predetermined by the organiser and concealed. The riders are given a whistle with 1 lap to go.

Grade point scores are frozen (for series contenders)
• By this I mean that the Division you are in now on the point score will be the one you will earn points for the rest of the season, even if you change divisions.
• So if you move from Div 3 to Div 2 this week your name will remain in the Div 3 point score.
• Going down a grade is different and will be dealt with on a case by case basis.

Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers

• Div 1 Ben Simonelli 30 points
• Div 2 Dominic Russo Scott Suine 24 points
• Div 3 Shaun Colley 22 points
• Div 4 Trent O’Neil 30 points
• Div 5 Mark Craig 30 points

TWE Wheels Division leaders

• Div 1 Gavin White 176 points
• Div 2 Gary Mandy 169 points
• Div 3 Shaun Colley 199 points
• Div 4 Ian Dencker 186 points
• Div 5 David Greenwood 204 points


Tineli Teams/Clubs Challenge

1 Dulwich Hill 3360
2 Illawarra 2735
3 Lidcombe 1897
4 Bankstown Sports 1626
5 Bicisport 1584
6 Waratah Vets 1340
7 St George 1295
8 Central Coast 1189
9 Southern cross 1069
10 Ranwick Botany 903

stolen from http://www.rawtrack.com.au

[timyone]

man ben siminelli is flying?!!!

[othy]

So I took the recently released cycling nsw membership details and applied it to the raw track score, to give a list of points earned per racing member of the club.

The results are below -

Code: Select all

1 Dulwich Hill 3360 50.91 4 Bankstown Sports 1626 29.56 5 Bicisport 1584 20.31 2 Illawarra 2735 13.15 7 St George 1295 11.46 9 Southern cross 1069 10.69 3 Lidcombe 1897 10.25 6 Waratah Vets 1340 7.57 8 Central Coast 1189 6.99 14 Southern Highlands 797 5.24 12 Sutherland 818 4.52 11 Parramatta 833 4.36 17 Bathurst 520 4.16 16 Sydney 572 3.71 10 Ranwick Botany 903 3.5 13 Northern Sydney 800 3.39 15 Penrith 668 3.05

[mikesbytes]

I don't understand how DHBC could be so far ahead of the other clubs, ie 50.91 points per rider vs 29.56 points per rider for the next club.

[othy]

We have a very small number of racing members (66) with a high track participation. It is based on total racing members, not just those that turn up to raw.

[weiyun]

Proximity to a good quality track seemed to help ie. DHBC and Bankstown.

[timyone]

it means alot to have won that series, it totally didnt look that possible last year! and wouldnt have thought of it the year before?!

[Artson]

Massive Congratulations DHBC on the team win. As Tim has said previously no-one could of ever dreamed this possible!
It is like Simon Llewellyn woke up one morning thinking he was Martin Luther King and started to preach “I had a dream”

Once again well done to all that made this possible!

[othy]

Thanks again Artson for another great season.

[Michael Chidgey]

yeah you did a great job and we appreciate all the work you put into the series and look forward to next year.

[Stuart]

So RAW 2009 has been run and won. Congrats to all the riders from all the clubs who participated and a big shout out to team DHBC who featured strongly in the results across the grades and took the club championship. Great to see the club going from strength to strength.

Here's a link to a slideshow of all 120+ unedited photos I took on the last night of RAW. Below are are a few of the better ones. You can always exit out of the slideshow and look at the individual pics and download any you want. If you want the original just email me.















Div 5 - Top 5
1 David Greenwood 226
2 Vince O'Dwyer 217
3 Joanne Troutman 209 (DHBC)
4 Nick Edwards 193
5 Victoria Armstrong 181(DHBC)


Div 4 - Top 5
1 Ian Dencker 226 (DHBC)
2 Michael Chidgey 219 (DHBC)
3 Simon Huggins 196
4 Andrew Brookfield 196
5 Katrina Lane 190


Div 3 - Top 5
1 Sasha Belobrajdic 249
2 Shaun Colley 235 (DHBC)
3 Neil Land 209
4 John Nguyen 198 (DHBC)
5 Christian Lees 190 (DHBC)


Div 2 - Top 5
1 Gary Mandy 215
2 Scott Mills 199
3 Alex Ramsay 193 (DHBC)
4 Nosh Mistry 175
5 Alexander Chubb 166 (DHBC)


Team DHBC get their medals

[othy]

Stuart, Great photos!

[Stuart]

Another coupe for our Media Man - Simon S - see this post for the on-line version of the Cooks River Valley Times with a great shot of Jo, Victoria and Jessica at RAW and a good article on the club.

[Stuart]

Forgot to put this link up before now: click here for all the shots I took on the last night of RAW 2009 - there's more than 100