WWS 2008 Round 6 - Stromlo

I'm going to give this one a go solo as prep for the corc scott 24hr
Will go down Saturday lunchtime and either camp or get a nearby motel.
W.

Alchemist said he envisages this will not be the same course the World Cup XC riders will race the following week - instead he guesses something like 24hr red loop.

Erm... so is that the flat lap or the hilly one?

the red loop is the one where it climbs up stromlo (to the observatory thing) and then comes back down again
Its the more fun of the 2 loops

Don

Hmmmmm... I initially thought you were mental Whisperer, but perhaps not. 2 weeks out from the Doctor it might be time to TTFU and try a WWS solo myself. The climb-ee red loop will be good training for said event, if a little ouchie.

Any teams going who could possibly help out as support crew?

Should be good getting a few laps in down at Stromlo before the Scott24. Keen on the car pooling plan Steven as I'd be worried about driving back alone after a hard 8hr race.
Cheers John.

Nervously signed up for the solo as prep for the Angry Doctor. Sold it to the wife and kids as a weekend in Canberra for the Science Festival (may pay for that later). Doubt I will ride the full 8 hours but will be happy with anything over 6 hours.

Is everyone going down on Saturday?
I'm keen to have spin on the old Mt. but might have something on Saturday evening so an early start on Sunday is on the cards....

Heading down saturday but dont know the details yet, will keep you informed.

Heading down Saturday too, leaving Penrith area 1pm, taking Groover
We'll set up a tarp area as we've done for each of the previous events, pink bunting tape 'as usual'!

We'll be camping.
Anyone else camping? I'm looking for someone with a stove for coffe and hot porridge in the morning! - Update: Groover has a one burner stove he will bring.

W.

Any chance of hooking up with you guys on the Sunday? I'm heading down with the fam on the Saturday but would be good to meet up with someone on race day.

We (Nobmobers)pretty much always set up a tarp trackside at these events, and we encourage other nobbers to join us. It's a pretty fun atmosphere, although this time it's going to be pretty quiet with all the solo riders.
Give one of us a call on Saturday evening for directions.
W.

Can you PM me your mobile and I'll get in touch with you on the Saturday. Cheers, Mick

Whisperer, Mick et al...

Our whole family will be there too to follow the event. Originally I wanted to go camping with my oldest at Cotter dam but have now changed the accomodation to a hotel as I will bring the whole family. My 3 bike-mad boys (7, 10, 12) want to see Sam Hill etc...

Benji and I will come for a ride if possible - no preference (Sparrow Hill or Majura) while the rest of the family will go to the Science festival/Questacon , so we'll move independently.

Also keen to catch up with the NobMob clan somewhere, if possible.

Happy to discuss further...

Thx Hans (mobile on my profile)

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Hans, see you at Stromlo, although as Whisperer pointed out it is likely to be a quiet base camp with pretty much everyone doing the solo I think. I'll be doing family activities at the Science Festival on the Saturday so may also run into you at one of the venues. Still hoping to join you for the Manly Dam social ride but will depend on how I pull up after my Thursday morning ride - still trying to shrug a cold. Cheers, Mick

Hans are you coming down for the 8hr as well as the world cup or did you post this in the wrong thread Hans solo is what most of are doing so a chat we may not have time for.

John, Mick

thanks for the post - indeed I had mixed up the threads - this refers to the World Cup @ Stromlo next week 30 August. Our boys will be there with cowbells for Sam.

This should be in: http://nobmob.com/node/5490

Rgds Hans

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http://www.farkin.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1513919#post1513919

Hey Whisperer,

Well done yesterday. Great ride, although my body is now screaming for a break, especially after the 2 offs on the last lap. Do you have the stats for the day - ie distance and elevation? Cheers, Mick

The course was certainly punishing but exciting and fast for the 2nd half, the first half is all up. There was only one category for solo riders so I'm happy with 25th from 118. Bruce did really well he managed to finish the 8hr race in only 5h 23m.
John.

25th out of 118 is a bloody good effort. Don't know how you managed that 9th lap. Thanks for posting the profile. See you in Mogo. Mick

Meant to address previous message to Carlgroover.

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