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DNF.. what else can you say>
For my own personal reasons the Dirtworks is a kind of spiritual event for me (yeah WTF..? as if any bike event could be classed as a spiritual.. then perhaps its the Buddhist temple...?.. who knows?) and this year I had trained hard for and was touting a 6 hour finish, having turned my lard ass from an 2009 8hour+ novice/newbie into the finely tuned wannabe road riding boy racer that I think I am today…
Rolling Festival, We need your help, come party and show some suppor on may15th at Bourke Street Surry Hills
Hey gang , it’s very important that you come to this rolling festival. We need a big turnout to help us celebrate the opening of this section of cycleway. The proposed cycleway network is currently only 5% complete. We have a new roads minister who is sceptical about the introduction of more cycling infrastructure; we need to send him a message. Hopefully See you there. The festival involves a waterloo to woolomoloo loop.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1103870490...
Honestly, Tell everyone, bring your friends and your family.
DW100 2011
After the absolutely cr@ppy weather all week and the wear and tear from Easter Monday I was not sure I was looking forward to the race. Set off in the first wave and sure some of the puddles on GNR threatened to swallow you, drivetrain gremlins were constant, a bad hamstring cramp near the GNR summit, and a close call from a lack of concentration on a loose descent.....but after exiting Shepherds Gully and feeling the sun shining brightly it was a bloody good day out. Though I didn't quite manage to make my target time, still got to be pleased with the result.
Dirtworks
What a race! I had a ball at capital punishment, and this took it to another level.
I started the race in the first wave after the elites and I was happy cruising along at a moderate pace just sitting in the bunch while others around me jostled for position. I was keeping a keen eye on True Swain and others making sure i was in with a chance of being with them at the top of the hill. A rider fell in a car-sized mud puddle and went down causing a bit of a pile-up at the base of the climb - luckily though i avoided the carnage.
2011 DW100
This was my 2nd 100km event and the first being last years Dirtworks. Last year I did it in 07:32:52 and one of my goals for 2011 was to do the DW100 in 6-6.5 hours.
Entries for Back Yamma BigFoot Enduro now open
Entries are open for the 2011 Back Yamma BigFoot 25/50/100km MTB Enduro if anyone is interested (Hawkeye?)
http://www.backyammabigfoot.com.au/
2011 sees the Back Yamma Bigfoot return for its second year. This 25/50/100km mountain bike race is held in the Back Yamma State Forest near Parkes and Forbes in the Central West of NSW.
For all you softy's that pulled out of Dirtworks!
This is how they do it from my local area back in the Mother country,
check out the second river crossing halfway through! GOLD!
http://youtu.be/H9_Fs1QtsOY
On that note what about Cascades?
Moved from Correcting misconception and false truth
Having a prowl around on Sunday in the wet I 'discovered' the singletrack and (looks like) the downhill run that is now in disuse more or less alongside the fire trail down into the gully at the start. As far as I can see there are no signs forbidding access. It is a stunning network of track with berms etc all built but clearly has not been used for a long time.
Is this track legal or not?
Chain suck sucks
Having not done much training for this race given the terrible weather I wasnt sure what to expect - especially given the wet weather in the lead up to the race. Many of my mates had pulled out so I thought I would just try to have a nice day out on the bike and see how things went.
quicklinks what do you use and are they reliable?
After having two sram quicklink failures this year keen to hear what other people are using to join a 9 speed chain together. Both of my problems have occurred while riding along either 20 minutes or in the case of dirtworks 4 hours into the race.
When I pick the chain up all I find is one link still in the chain and the other missing. I have been using the SRAM gold coloured ones a bit like this design
http://www.sram.com/_media/techdocs/2005_cn-05-e...
Do other people have failures? Is it operator error?
