gosh, there is an awful lot of hate for these guys. me, i say good luck, the same as if anyone i know was gonna be doing it.
its a bloody long ride, and i hope they make it.
that said, it is kinda weird that they wouldn’t do a 30km social ride 2 days beforehand. the sunday rides may be hectic and dangerous, but they’re not known for pushing the levels of endurance…
Yeah, the reason I posted it on here is because I thought people would be interested, but as you said, there’s a lot of hate.
Oh well.
Good luck to them, and I’d like to see the video when it’s done. Anything that is promoting fixed gears / riding in Australia can only be positive in my book.
perhaps all the negativity is just from jealousy. although ive found this forum a little more narky than most.
They came on the Sunday ride and we changed the ride plans so the international guests could see the city, so we rode over the bridge and showed them Luna Park. Good on them for riding to Melbourne, it’s gnarly.
Also they are Euro’s and all really nice dudes.
soooo, anyone know if this happened? i rolled past just before 7 and there was no sign of any other bicycles or indeed anyone except joggers.
Carlin? did you see anyone?
This is all I have seen on it, seems as though they are on their way.
they left Sydney this morning.
4 riders fixed no brakes
:mrgreen:
sorry made a new topic in general found this afterwards
so what time did they end up leaving? I was down there at 10 to 7 and there was no sign of nothin’.
Hmm. Well i guess thats alright then. Good luck to em.
I’m leaving for Adelaide tomorrow…
If anyone cares to ride out to B’rat I’m heading out at 6am (via Brunswick around 6.30am at Brunswick/Sydney rd) onto Hamilton.
Pace will be CRUISY… no half wheelin’
Hope to have lunch in Ballarat. You could always catch the V-line back to Melburn.
No support vehicle.
if you get tired, you’ll be crying with no one to film it / take you home.
*TC
Wait for me bro, I’ll catch a flight down to meet you for lunch!
Yep. They were there. I introduced myself, had a chat and left for work before they left the Opera House.
It was a perfect morning for riding.
But you’ll have a camera won’t you?
i’m pretty sure i’ve seen some photos of TC on the net somewhere. so is taking pictures of bikes/cycling good or bad? i’m confused…
82.6 gear inches? Hope he has walkable clipless shoes.
i was telling my housemate about these guys this morning.
he said,
“so it’s like what you guys did last year, except these guys are trying to sell something.”
which nicely hit the nail on the head for me…
Are they selling it though?
Sure they’re filming it, but will it be for sale?
they’re on holiday, hence taking it easy and not cranking out 200kms per day. if i was in europe on holiday, i’d be looking around, taking it easy and not trying to do everything better then the locals.
130km to go. Think they’re hitting Melbourne today.
any way to get inconntact with them
shoud try and get them to hang out for crankys then polo on sunday