Foa overnighter!! - cancelled!!! :(

General FOA events
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TICKETS HERE

FOA is proud to announce it’s first ever sleepover!!!

Join us for a supported overnight camping trip to the Upper Yarra Reservoir Park on Saturday April 27th.

Just bring all your gear to the roundabout at the rear of Fed Square at 8am (SHARP) on the 27th of April and we’ll take it for you, allowing you to enjoy the cruisy ride to the park. The ride is approximately 65km (sealed) or 85km (unsealed) from Lilydale and there will be a sealed and unsealed option for those attending. The unsealed option would ideally require tyres of 30mm+ and involves approximately 900m of climbing.

The 8:30am train to Lilydale will be overrun as we head out en-masse, Reefton bound!

Your campsite, BBQ, transport of all your gear and route map is all provided in the ticket cost. Please BYO alcohol to Fed Square for transportation. Please note riders are required to bring their own breakfast supplies.

The campsite has the following amenities!!
BBQ’s
Hot Showers (!!!)
Toilets
Camp Kitchen (this includes fridge/freezer/ice/boiling water/tables)

All participants will be given a route map and a cue sheet prior to the event.

PLEASE NOTE - THIS RIDE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER, IT IS CAMPING AFTER ALL! PLEASE PACK WARM CLOTHING FOR TRANSPORTATION IF NECESSARY. IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, PARTIAL REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN, BUT CAMPSITE COSTS ARE NON REFUNDABLE AS WELL AS SOME BOOKING FEES ETC. But you should totally just come anyway.

GET YA TICKETS HERE

This ride will obviously take some organising, so please let me know here or at rolly@fixed.org.au if you have any questions or if i’ve missed something obvious!

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Also, just so we’re clear, this isn’t aimed directly at beardos, it’s aimed at those that wanna go camping but don’t want to, or don’t have a bike to, carry all their shit.

beardos totally welcome though, you can carry all the snacks in your panniers :wink:

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Sounds super sick. Biking and camping is rad

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you are correct.

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How about monos?

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no-one likes mono

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monos are fully endorsed*

*just not done by me, coz falling off really hurts and i’m still sore 8 days later. get markee to do one.

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one other thing, THIS IS THE SAME PRICE AS THE MELBURN ROOBAIX, BUT WAY BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY!! :wink:

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This sounds awesome, but is too far away
We need to do something like this near Canberra.

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PM user clarion, make it happen. (Or users fobbler & princeofbraddon on instagram.)

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We would LOVE to see this become a nation wide ride, and i will do my utmost to help with the organisation if people are keen to get something off the ground.

as always, rolly@fixed.org.au if you have questions or wanna discuss further.

cheers

R

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Rolly, I just wanted to check that this event is on the national/UCI calendar, because as a licence holder I could be suspended for a month and fined if I take part in it.

From the UCI regulations

1.2.019 No licence holder may participate in an event that has not been included on a national, continental or world calendar or that has not been recognised by a national federation, a continental confederation or the UCI.

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wow!!

this is a ride then :wink:

ps - is melburn roobaix registered?

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Looking good.

I can personally vouch for the route, esp. the dirt way.

Its a ‘banger’ - did I say that right?

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hahaha close enough mate.

props to mikeD for the idea and help with planning!!

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Just wanna bump this bit.

You don’t need a fancy (read expensive) light tent/bag/gear or racks or even mudguards (!).

Any old tent/bag/mat will do.

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I would have been in for this, but i just started to make plans for other camping adventures that weekend.
will be able to be at the next one hopefully

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i reallY WANT TO DO THIS HHHMMPPPHHHH!!

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Same. But I also want to do at least one DDCX this year aswell.

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If anyone is gonna go but is being held back by a lack of a sleeping mat, pm me, I have an older thermarest I will happily lend.