Weather permitting, I am planning a ride for Sunday July 2nd.
We were talking about this at burger night so all slots are currently full.
@Wind Shear @monkeyfarm @High Flya @fmp @bigpoppa @Maniac
In my experience for rides like this, layers are your friend. The last time I did something like this, I started out at 10 degrees and ended at 30 degrees.
The plan, I use that term loosely.
Here is the route.
400 kms round trip from the carpark meet.
8:00am departure from the carpark at King rd and 400
-It would be nice if everyone could be there just before 8 so we can have a brief discussion about the day and get started at 8.
Slab run up to Cold water. Stop at the gas station there, have a coffee if you want.
Big Chute rd with a stop at the Marine Railway just because it's so cool.
Finish Big Chute and head north on 400. We can decide if gas is required and stop at 38 if necessary.
Up to Lake Joseph Rd to Clear Lake rd to 141 into Rosseau for gas.
Take 632 all the way down to 118.
118 to 169 into Bala for gas.
Continue on to Southdown rd
Southdown rd out to 11.
Slab it back.
If anyone wants to add planned stops please feel free to make suggestions.
I have thought about inverting the route as Southdown rd is quite technical and might be better suited to earlier in the ride. That means Big Chute would be last which makes it much busier. Thoughts?
Edit- I have inverted the route so Southdown is first. We will see what the weather has to say.
We were talking about this at burger night so all slots are currently full.
In my experience for rides like this, layers are your friend. The last time I did something like this, I started out at 10 degrees and ended at 30 degrees.
The plan, I use that term loosely.
Here is the route.
400 kms round trip from the carpark meet.
8:00am departure from the carpark at King rd and 400
-It would be nice if everyone could be there just before 8 so we can have a brief discussion about the day and get started at 8.
Slab run up to Cold water. Stop at the gas station there, have a coffee if you want.
Big Chute rd with a stop at the Marine Railway just because it's so cool.
Finish Big Chute and head north on 400. We can decide if gas is required and stop at 38 if necessary.
Up to Lake Joseph Rd to Clear Lake rd to 141 into Rosseau for gas.
Take 632 all the way down to 118.
118 to 169 into Bala for gas.
Continue on to Southdown rd
Southdown rd out to 11.
Slab it back.
If anyone wants to add planned stops please feel free to make suggestions.
I have thought about inverting the route as Southdown rd is quite technical and might be better suited to earlier in the ride. That means Big Chute would be last which makes it much busier. Thoughts?
Edit- I have inverted the route so Southdown is first. We will see what the weather has to say.
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Didn't even realise this thread existed...I'm in.
