Sydney To Wollongong Push Bike Ride

[smicky]

Smicky we usually meet up at canterbury ice ring .Cheers Nick

Sweet dude, ill PM u and see if I can tag along sometime...

[Rootster]

Hi all still here.it wasn't that bad a couple of testing hills could of done with 1/2 a dozon more gears.15 of us from the local gym made a team, 2 were instructors.First one home beat the instructors by 20 and 50 minutes,there not happy considering im almost twice there age and smoke.Cheers Nick

[Slymeat]

Its a very good event, ive done it a few times. But aint ever going to ride it in reverse.

I.B.

One of the guys that I used to work with at Sutherland did it in reverse 4 times a week, then got a lift home after working a 12 hour shift.

[RegSpec]

Wow...4 times a week

He must have had leg muscles like Wile E. Coyote on steriods.....

[Rootster]

It was 90km ride.I was doing about 65km down the hills and some freaks were riding past me like I was standing still.They were doing at least 80km.All I know is if you come off at 65km on a push bike it is going to hurt.There was over 10 000 riders and about 400 were hurt,the ride came to a stop a couple of times with one guy going over the rails at stanwell tops and dropping 15 feet over the side an ambulance came and got him.Its a scary ride riders weaving pulling out in front of you with out looking to see who was coming up from behind them.

[TOM1111]

90km is a fair old ride

and yeah some peopel are just mad and I would probably try hit 80kph aswell if there was a hill big enough which there isnt around here :(

as far as training goes im going to buy some lights and a fluro vest and do some night riding as its to hot now in the arvo

[Rootster]

Would of had a go at 80km if there wasn't that many bikes around.My parents live in marmong point ,I usually take the bike up when I see them,some nice flat rides around the lake . Warners bay side.

[TOM1111]

I ride around grahamstown dam which is a great ride as its a smooth bike path the only bad thing is that its a bit short

[TOM1111]

yay

got a puncture and bent my rear rim on the roadie so I took my MTB out on the road for a ride and BOY it takes a lot more effort to keep the average speed at a decent level

managed just over 25kph over a distance of 27km and I was rooted

[Rootster]

HI I started witha big W /k-mart bike would work my ring off for a top speed of 14kph.25kph that's hard work on a mountain bike.If you want more speed buy smoother tyres,like slicks.Should be easier to maintain higher speeds,Cheers Nick