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Dirtworks 100km. Bridge crossing... Walk or RIDE?
I think it's time to face another fear and this weekend at the DW (100) I'm going to ride the bridge/jump and was wondering if anyone had any riding techniques for narrow planks across a river? (any updated plans steve01? 
And how far is it from the finish?
Anyone thinking about giving it a go this year?
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Think the bridge is at about 65Km mark or so. Mind over matter... think how easy it is to ride down the white line in the centre of the road.
That said - you will be tired (unless you've been saving yourself which isn't a bad idea) and the current in the river makes it interesting.
Good luck!
i have always walked it because pretty much everyone else does so you have to wait for a clear gap to ride it, plus i am a wimp and dont want to get wet
Don
I've been thinking the same thing too.... My choice will be made at the time. If there are people in front of me walking then I will walk, if it's a free run then I think I will give it a go. Once you set off it can't be that hard, even if you are tired, just keep your eyes looking well in front and don't look at the water (you go where your eyes look etc.). For me time is more important than the photo, I guess we could always ride back after the race to do it if you miss it the first time
Or even on the Saturday?
Last year I think the run up was very sandy as well??
Before I comment further I need to know how deep does it get?
I have heard only 1m max? Is it tidal and if so what is the % of sea salt at that point in the river?
Are the two planks 250mm wide each giving a total of 500mm wide? That sounds easy then.
I know the planks are aprox 2.5-3m long and are staggered so what is the deflection between the off planks? More than 25mm ?
Help appreciated
Pikey
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The river crossing is Evil but can be Conquered
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One issue is that the 2 planks that make the combined width move up and down separately so there's a nasty ridge along the centre of the bridge.
....to get 25 canoes and 60 planks to practice on.
Anybody want to have a go (for a small fee?)
Pikey
(looks easy)
Just the reputation is putting me off, especially the independently moving planks and the ridge stopping lateral movement from one plank to the other.
Is there anybody out there that has ridden the bridge and what tips have you got?
Did it last year and just made it over. The guy before also tried and got wet - water is only 1m deep so if youre not afraid of cooling down a bit I would give it a go.
I have ridden once and walked it once.
If there is no one in front or they are almost over the other side I will be riding it as it is easier than walking. Just remember not to look down try and carry a bit of speed and you will be fine if I can do it most of you guys should make it across no problems.
And im thinking of giving the ride across my best effort.My mate does it. How hard can it be?( famous last words:-))
If this was something like less than 15kms before the finish then I think lots more would do it
It would look very embarassing to fall sideways and land on the canoe then into the water 
Tom
i totally agree with you - and my plan, presuming i am still out riding will be to walk across and pray not to fall of sideways, land on a canoe and into the water! I think a lot of my riding time will be spent worrying about that bloody bridge thing...
take ur Ipod and put "bridge over troubled water" on, and u'll be right!!!!!
Bernd
I'd fall asleep on a ride if that song was on! Then again it would drown out Pikey telling you to walk everywhere
Under the bridge? Smoke on the water?
Tom
500 miles , when the river runs dry , and pretty much anything from The little River Band , Bow river ..........Sorry
River of Dreams - Billy Joel
I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix - TISM
Going Under - Evanescence
Sorry, but I'm packing darkies about it too - def walking.
BTW - do we have any NobMob Team strategies for the race? It will be my first 100km ride and I'm out to "Complete not Compete". Is anyone forming groups to stick together and keep each other company?
BWOAR!
100 too - am planning a social ride with stuart! to complete is to win i say!
Can I share your iPod too? I'm afraid that listening to my iPod will affect me negatively with a current playlist that includes:
Loser - Beck
Blame it on the Rain - Milli Vanilli
Another one bites the dust - Queen
BWOAR!
On your play list you probably need more help than an ipod can provide !!
Christine you are going to attempt to ride the bridge to are you not? Well I will have a few beers waiting for you at the start of the bridge crossing..... (I had make this public!)
the ipod if you are up for
wake me up before you go go
dancing queen
...and especially for the bridge... under pressure
not to forget stuarts favourite when riding long distance with me - shuddup a your face
Gav - if you wait there with a beer i WILL ride the bridge - actually, two beers, i will need courage!
ps you are very very evil you know..
The bridge crossing is HARD it moves side to side & up and down, when riding the first time I did it I went slowly and was continually having to correct my steering to offset the movement of the bridge this was the hardest part of the 100k ride IMO.Last year I decided to go flat out across it which worked a treat till about four metres from the end when I rode off the bridge at full pace went fully under and the water was cold but not deep probably waist height.It was very refreshing cleaned all the mud off my bike & me if it was a warm day I'd recommend it.This year I'm going to try medium pace I hope I make it
Have you ridden that far with Stewart before you guys might be ready to push each other in by the time you get to the bridge.
I was all set to ride the bridge, (mono the first half then manual the rest) but I will have my ipod and GPS, so I'll be walking to keep them out of the drink.
Carrying iphone, GPS and not wanting to completely submerge my beloved bike then ride a further 35km's means I will walk the bridge... but saying that, some of you know how much I like a clean bike.....
are all girls! I wish there was a bridge like that on the 50km DW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bernd
Says the 50km rider.
I may wear something pink!!
Bernd
thing and i believe HE is doing the 100 - you are a princess doing the 50 so ought to sport a tiara!
Stuart says...
“TTFU”
Bikes don’t float, just ride the river bottom across
Noticed this in the event programe.
Every rider that rides the bridge without stopping will receive an exclusive silicon wrist band boasting that they rode the bridge! Riders will be awarded with their flashy armband at the end of the crossing.
Let's just get the river songs out of the way....
Across the River." Anthrax. Fistfulof Metal.
"Across the River." Peter Gabriel. CD: Secret World Live.
"Across the River." Bruce Hornsby and the Range. CD: A Night on the Town.
"Adrenaline." Tom Joy and Brant N. Miller.
"All Roads to the River." Janis Ian. CD: Breaking Silence.
"All This Time." Sting.
"Amazon (River of Dreams)." The Band. CD: Jericho.
"American Skin/41 Shots." Bruce Springsteen.
"Another Wide River to Cross." Johnny Cash. CD: Believe in Him.
"Asian River." Brian Eno. CD: Eno Box #1.
"Back by the River." Dr. John. CD: Anthology.
"Banks of the Pontchartrain." Nanci Griffith.
"Baptize Me in the Cumberland River." Bill Monroe. CD: Cryin' Holy unto the Lord.
"Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy: Part 2)." Cowboy Junkies.
Bend in the River. Marty Robbins.
"Big River." The Grateful Dead. CD: One from the Vault.
"Big River." Johnny Cash. CD: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.
"Big River." Bob Seeger. CD: Mongrel.
"Big Sandy River." Bill Monroe. CD: The Music of Bill Monroe.
"Black Muddy River." The Grateful Dead. CD: In the Dark.
"Blue River." Elvis Presley. CD: The Lost Album.
"Boat on the River." T. Shaw.
"Boat on the River." Styx. CD: Cornerstone.
"Bow River." Ian Moss.
"Brooklyn Bridge." Frank Sinatra. CD: The Columbia Years (1943-1952).
"Buffalo River Home." John Hiatt. CD Perfectly Good Guitar.
"By the River Sainte Marie." Joe Williams. CD: Swingin' Night at Birdland.
"By This River." Brian Eno. CD: Before and After Science.
"Columbia's Waters." Woody Guthrie. CD: Columbia River Collection.
"The Cool, Cool River." Paulm Simon. CD: The Rhythm of the Saints.
"A Cross between a River and a Cross." Michael Martin Murphey. CD: Geronimo's Cadillac.
"Cry Me a River." Joe Cocker. CD: Mad Dogs and Englishmen.
"Dam That River." Alice in Chains. CD: Dirt.
"Deep River Woman." Alabama.
"Don't Cross the River." America. CD: Homecoming.
"Down by the River." Neil Young. CD: Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere.
"Down by the River." Jarvis Cocker, et al.
"Down on Deep River." Leon Russell. CD: Will o' the Wisp.
"Down on the River." Alabama. CD: Southern Star.
"Down on the River Ago." POCO. CD: Blue and Gray.
"Down on the Riverbed." Los Lobos. CD: Just Another Band from East L.A.
"Down Where the Swanee River Flows." Al Jolson. CD: You Made Me Love You.
"Driftwood on the River." Ernest Tubb. CD: The Ernest Tubb Collection.
"East River Drive." Grover Washington, Jr. CD: Come Morning.
"Every Reason." Smalltown Poet.
"Feel the Quiet River Rage." Live.
"Find the River." R.E.M. CD: Automatic for the People.
"Folks at Home/Ol' Man River." Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II.
"Gentle River." Alison Krauss. CD: Too Late to Cry.
"Goin' to the River." Fats Domino. CD: Greatest Hits.
"Goodbye to a River." Don Henley.
"Grand Coulee Dam." Woody Guthrie. CD: Columbia River Collection.
"Green River." Creedance Clearwater Revival.
"Green River." Waylon Jennings. CD: Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line.
"Hard River to Cross." Earl King. CD: Hard River to Cross.
"Harlem River Quiver." Duke Ellington. CD: Jungle Nights in Harlem.
"Huron River Blues." Steve Morse Band. CD: Introduction.
"Huron River Blues: I. Dark Water." Steve Morse Band. CD: Introduction.
"Huron River Blues: II. Water under the Bridge." Steve Morse Band. CD: Introduction.
"Huron River Blues: III Toxic Shuffle." Steve Morse Band. CD: Introduction.
"I Have Come to Worship." Sonic Flood.
"I'm Goin' down to the River." Ray Charles. CD: Ain't That Fine."
"If the River Can Bend." Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
"In the River." The Call. CD: Into the Woods.
"Invitation to a River." Chase. CD: Chase.
"Jump in the River." Sinead O'Connor. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got.
"Kern River." Merle Haggard. CD: Kern River.
"Lazy River." Hoagy Carmichael. CD: Hoagy Sings Carmichael.
"Lazy River." Chet Atkins. Chester and Lester.
"Lazy River." Bobby Darin.
"Lazy, Lazy River." Mississippi Shieks. CD: Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2.
"Let the River Run." Carly Simon.
"Let the River Run Its Course." The Alarm. CD: Raw.
"Like a River." Kate Wolf. CD: Close to You.
"Long River." Gordon Lightfoot. CD: Gordon Lightfoot: The United Artists Collection.
"Lord of the Dance." Steven Curtis Chapman.
"Lord of the Reedy River." Kate Bush. CD: This Woman's Work.
"Lost on the River." Hank Williams. CD: Lost Highway.
"Lost River." Michael Martin Murphey. CD: The Best of Country.
"Love Is a Lonesome River." Glen Campbell. CD: By the Time I Get to Phoenix.
"Meetin across the River." Bruce Springsteen. CD: Born to Run.
"Meeting by the River." Ry Cooder. CD: Meeting by the River.
"Mighty River." Louis Armstrong. CD: The Young Louis Armstrong.
"Mississippi Basin." Louis Armstrong. CD: The Young Louis Armstrong.
"Mississippi Mud." Barbra Streisand. CD: A Happening in Central Park.
"Mississippi River." J.J. Cale. CD: Grasshopper.
"Mississippi River." Janis Joplin. CD: Janis.
"Mississippi River." Jimmy C. Newman. CD: Wild'n'Cajun.
"Mississippi River Blues." Leon Redbone. CD: Double Time.
Monongahela. Oak Ridge Boys.
Moody River. Pat Boone.
"Moody River." Frank Sinatra. CD: Cycles.
"The Moon Fell in the River." Count Basie. CD: Count Basie, Vol. 3, 1939-1940.
"Moon River." Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini. Andy Williams. CD: Moon River.
"Moonlight on the Ganges." Jimmy Dorsey. CD: Yes, Indeed.
"Muddy River." Laurie Anderson. CD: Bright Red.
"My Kayak and Me." Tom Joy and Brant N. Miller.
"North and South of the River."
"Old Man River." Jerome Kern.
"Old Man River." Duane Allman. CD: Allman Joys.
"Old Man River (I've Come to Talk Again)." Reba McEntire. CD: Unlimited.
"On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away."
"On the Old Kentucky Shore." Bill Monroe. CD: Bluegrass, 1950-1958.
"One Day I Will Cross the River Danube." The Ukrainians. CD: The Ukrainians.
One More River to Cross. Canned Heat.
"Only Water (Shining in the Air)." Don Williams. CD: Currents.
"Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)." Enya. CD: Watermark.
"Over the River." The Ukrainians. CD: The Ukrainians.
"Pass the Paddle." Brant N. Miller and Patricia Miller.
"Peace." Third Day.
"Peace like a River." Paul Simon. CD: Paul Simon.
"Pissing in a River." Patti Smith. CD: Radio Ethiopia.
"Pour Me Out." PFR.
"Proud Mary." Creedance Clearwater Revival.
"Rafting Rhapsody." Tom Joy and Brant N. Miller.
"Raintree River." Spencer Davis Group. CD: Funky.
"Real." Michael Sweet.
"Red River." Alabama. CD: The Closer You Get.
"Red River." Lionel Hampton. CD: The Genius of Lionel Hampton.
"Red River." Leadbelly. CD: Legendary Performances.
"Red River Blues." Buddy Moss. CD: Red River Blues, 1933-1941.
"Red River Valley." Moe Bandy. CD: Moe Bandy Sings Great American Cowboy Songs.
"Ride across the River." Dire Straits. CD: Brothers in Arms.
"River." Garth Brooks. CD: Ropin' the Wind.
"River." Chase. CD: Chase.
"River." David Allan Coe. CD: The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy.
"River." Robert Downey, Jr.
"River." Enya. CD: Watermark.
"River." Roberta Flack. CD: Killing Me Softly.
"River." Liberty 37.
"River." Joni Mitchell. CD: Blue.
"River." Pollution. CD: Pollution.
"River." Bruce Springsteen. CD: The River.
"River." Billy Squier. CD: Happy Blue.
"River." Robin Trower. CD: Back It Up.
"The River." Garth Brooks.
"The River." Tim Buckley. CD: Blue Afternoon.
"The River." Dan Fogelberg. CD: Home Free.
"The River." P.J. Harvey. Is This Desire.
"The River." Carlos Santana. CD: Festival.
"The River." Brice Springsteen.
"The River." The Strawbs. CD: Bursting at the Seams.
The River. Ali Farka Toure.
"River Blindness." J. Geils Band. CD: Freeze Frame.
"River Boat." Robert Palmer. CD: Pressures Drop.
"River Boat Song." J.J. Cale. CD: Travel Log.
River Bottom. The Country Gentlemen.
"River Bottom Blues." Mississippi Shieks. CD: Complete Recorded Works.
"River Boulevard." The Pointer Sisters. CD: The Pointer Sisters.
"River Boy." Willie Nelson. CD: There'll Be No Tears.
"River Constantine." Jars of Clay.
"River Deep, Mountain High." The Animals. CD: Love Is.
"River Deep Mountain High." Harry Nilsson. CD: Aeriel Pandemonium Ballet.
"River Deep Mountain High." The Supremes. CD: The Best of the Supremes.
"River Euphrates." The Pixies.
"A River for Him." Emmylou Harris. CD: Bluebird.
"The River Hymn." The Band. CD: Across the Great Divide.
"River in the Pines." Joan Baez. CD: Farewell, Angelina.
"River in the Rain." Roger Miller. CD: Roger Miller.
"The River Is Wide." The Grassroots. CD: Anthology 1965-1975.
"River Niger." War. CD: Anthology.
"River of Death." Bill Monroe. CD: Bluegrass, 1950-1958.
"River of Dreams." Glenn Frey. CD: Strange Weather.
"River of Dreams." Billy Joel. CD: River of Dreams.
"River of Endless Love." Moody Blues. CD: Sur La Mer.
"River of Fools." Los Lobos. CD: By the Light of the Moon.
"River of Jordan." The Carter Family. CD: Anchored in Love.
"River of Happiness." Dolly Parton. CD: Jolene.
"River of Jordan." Peter, Paul, and Mary. CD: Lifelines.
"River of Life." The Neville Brothers. CD: Brother's Keeper.
"River of Love." T-Bone Burnett. CD: T-Bone Burnett.
"River of Love." John Denver.
"River of Love." Taj Mahal. CD: Like Never Before.
"River of Love." Don McLean. CD: River of Love.
"River of Love." LeAnn Rimes.
"River of Nine Sorrows." The Grateful Dead. CD: Infrared Roses.
"River of Orchids." XTC.
"River of Sighs." The Knack. CD: Serious Fun.
"River of Souls." Dan Fogelberg. CD: River of Souls.
"River of Stone." Tom Cochrane.
"River of Tears." Bonnie Raitt. CD: Green Light.
"Rivers (Of the Hidden Funk)." Joe Walsh.
"River of Time." The Judds. River of Time.
"River of Time." Van Morrison. CD: The Inarticulate Speech of the Heart.
"River of Time." Michael Martin Murphey. CD: River of Time.
"River of Time." REO Speedwagon. CD: This Time We Mean It.
"River People." Weather Report. CD: Mr. Gone.
"River Road." The Flying Burrito Brothers. CD: Flying Again.
"River Runs Deep." J.J. Cale. CD: Naturally.
"River Runs Dry. Peter Wolf. CD: Up to No Good.
"River Runs Low." Bruce Hornsby and the Range. CD: The Way It Is.
"River Runs, Newgrown Plums." Neil Diamond. CD: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Army Show.
"River Runs Red." Midnight Oil.
"River Runs Red (Re-Zamped)." Life of Agony.
"A River Runs through It." Mark Isham. CD: A River Runs through It.
"The River Song." Donovan. CD: Hurdy Gurdy Man.
"River So Wide." Phil Collins.
"River Stay 'way from My Door." Frank Sinatra. CD: All the Way.
"River Theme." Bob Dylan. CD: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
"The River Unbroken." Dolly Parton. CD: Rainbow.
"River Waltz." Tom Joy and Brant N. Miller.
"River Waltz." The Yellowjackets. CD: Like a River.
"River's Invitation." Aretha Franklin. CD: Soul '69.
"River's Risin'." Edgar Winter. CD: Shock Treatment.
"Riverboat Song." Ocean Colour Scene.
"Riverlove." Tom Joy and Brant N. Miller.
"Rivers of Babylon." Melodians. CD: The Story of Jamaican Music.
"Riverside." Kirk Franklin.
"Riverside." Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
"Rockabye River (Hop, Skip, and Jump)." Duke Ellington. CD: Black, Brown, and Beige.
"Roll, Columbia, Roll." Woody Guthrie. CD: Columbia River Collection.
"Roll down the River." Harry Chapin. CD: On the Road to Kingdom Come.
"Roll On, Columbia." Woody Guthrie. CD: Columbia River Collection.
"Rollin' River." The Marshall Tucker Band. CD: Greetings from South Carolina.
"Run Softly Blue River." Johnny Cash. CD: The Fabulous Johnny Cash.
"Sailing down This Golden River." Arlo Guthrie. CD: Outlasting the Blues.
"Satan's River." Dolly Parton. CD: We Found It.
"The Sea Refuses No River." Pete Townshend. CD: All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.
"See the River." Janis Ian. CD: Present Company.
"Shall We Gather at the River."
"She Smiles like a River." Leon Russell. CD: Leon Russell and the Shelter People.
"Silver River Turning." Jethro Tull. CD: Nightcap.
"Smoky Mountain Morning Song." Brant N. Miller.
Snake River. George Russell.
"Sold down the River." Bill Monroe. CD: The Music of Bill Monroe.
"Sold Me down the River." The Alarm. CD: Change.
"Somewhere down the Crazy River." Robbie Robertson. CD: Robbie Robertson.
"Song of the Coulee Dam." Woody Guthrie. CD: Columbia River Collection.
"Southern Canadian River Song." Michael Martin Murphey. CD: Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir.
"Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)." Kathy Mattea. CD: Lonesome Standard Time.
Suite from "The River." Duke Ellington.
"Swanee." George Gershwin.
"Swanee River Rock." Ray Charles. CD: The Right Time.
"Take Me to the River." Foghot. CD: Night Shift.
"Take Me to the River." Talking Heads. CD: More Songs about Buildings and Food.
"Talkin' Canoe Blues." Brant N. Miller and Tom Joy.
"Talking Columbia." Woody Guthrie. CD: Columbia River Collection.
"Tennessee River." Alabama. CD: Alabama.
"That Song about the River." Don Williams. CD: Currents.
"There's a River." Steve Winwood. CD: Talking Back to the Night.
"There's So Much You Can Do in a Canoe." Brant N. Miller.
"Till the Rivers All Run Dry." Don Williams. CD: Till the Rivers All Run Dry.
"To the River." John Cougar Mellencamp. CD: Human Wheels.
"Trip's End." Tom Joy and Brant N. Miller.
"Wait for Me down by the River." Marianne Faithfull. CD: Faithless.
"Walkin' by the River." Ella Fitzgerald. CD: That Old Black Magic.
"Watching the River Flow." Bob Dylan. CD: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.
"Watching the River Run." Loggins and Messina. CD: The Best of Friends.
"When You Pulled Out with Your Dagger (You Left a Blue Hole in My Heart)." Brant N. Miller and Patricia B. Miller.
"Where the River Flows." John Fogerty. CD: John Fogerty.
"Where the River Goes." Stone Temple Pilots. CD: Core.
"Whiskey River." Willie Nelson. CD: Greatest Hits (And Some That Will Be).
"Whitewater Woman." Tom Joy and Brant N. Miller.
"Wide River." Elvin Bishop. CD: Juke Joint Jump.
"Wide River." Steve Miller. CD: Wide River.
"Wild Is the River." Ten Years After. CD: About Time.
"Wild Ripplin' Waters." Michael Martin Murphey. CD: Cowboy Songs.
"Woman across the River." Freddie King. CD: Woman across the River.
"Wrong Side of the River." Mott the Hoople. CD: Wildlife.
"Yes, the River Knows." The Doors. CD: Waiting for the Sun.
"You Are My River." Melba Moore. CD: Portrait of Melba.
"You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push No River." Van Morrison. CD: Veldon Fleece.
Carry on........
Your bike must be in for a major service and you have run out of things to do in Canberra already?
especially before you come on my Sparrow Hill ride , with all that energy i will never keep up .......whew
Back at you.
"Captain Morgan Song" by Jimmy Buffet
From Jimmy Buffet's Greatest Hits album.
Pikey
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Morgan is Evil and must be kept busy
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so who rode the bridge and scored a wrist band?
(i guess there were 100 successful cross's before me) They took my number down so maybe might see one in the mail at some point. Hope the dude got a good photo so i can prove i did it in the meantime 
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I rode across but when i got to the other side they had ran out of wrist bands
Don
The wrist band was the decider for me, I walked last year and wanted to ride this time but was unsure if I'd make it. Once I heard about the band I decided to give it a shot and it paid off
I was so excited to make it across that I didn't even notice if there was a photog getting shots....
Well done on the crossing, the hardest part was pushing through the sand grabbing the wrist band and getting
it on my wrist. I've still got mine on as a consolation for not beating last years time
Was never a question rode it two years ago and made it I walked last year and it was harder than riding so no question about it will always ride it now. Just got to get there before the que starts to build up it was very frustrating standing around not going antwhere.
If theres a prize for falling in will even do that.
When Critty and myself got there there wasn't a rider around, I just rode right on. Everything was fine till the bridge started wobbling and I knew Critty had started behind me. Almost a comedy moment as I looked round to see him wobbling as much as I was. I wasn't going anywhere till I got my band after that.
so i walked with the group and instantly regretted it as the whole thing was bouncing and shaking from all the feet! nearly fell in just walking. and then i wouldnt looked really silly. next year... ride it for sure.
what is this wrist band? what does it look like?
Tom
It has the illusion of being made of black rubber but in fact it's made of unobtainium and makes you irresistible to women and turns you into a cycling god.
Didn't you get one then?
it was all very funny until i had to actually walk across across (well 5000 2cm steps anyway)nearly fell in with a few ooh's and aahs and OOOOOOhhhs from the bank...blerry funny, felt like that episode of mythbusters....
OzMoT
won the magic "I rode the bridge" rubber thingy, Do you think she is going to be irresistible to men too and turns into a cycling goddess too?? As I did not ride the bridge so....BOooooOOOOOoooooOOOOOooooo next year then ...
In essence you wrist band is made of pure Nitrazepam, which according to Wikipedia is a "a hypnotic drug with sedative and motor impairing properties".
If a women notices the band and asks you about it that will be the catalyst for an immediate chemical reaction that makes their eye glaze over, their breathing become shallow, triggering an irresistable urge to glance at their watch and attempt to ring their own phone by mental telepathy.
However, I think you are a cycling God and I'm sure your story will truely inspire me to go harder longer.
May your wheels be true and your stroke smooth
I want the I fell in the water 2010 one my plan is to ride to the last gap where there is water stop and fall over cant wait.
Some pics from the bridge, start and finish:
http://www.derekwaterman.com/galleries.html
Click on the Dirtworks 100km link.
Is that Sean in one of the photos crossing the bridge.
indeed Gary it was me... After waiting so long to *cough* walk the bridge, I went across with about 5 in front of me. I couldn't believe how much the bridge was wobbling. I know now! the were clearly LOADS more walking behind me!