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Greetings. Hope you are all enjoying this fantastic run of very hot, and now humid weather. Everyone who rode rides lately deserves a medal. Remember it can be dangerous out there! We have Rob Godkin sporting an electric blue cast on his arm which has seriously interfered with his training for the PBP, later this year. Stephan Monot and Brian Hawes were involved in a crash with a truck. The driver uttered those famous words known to us all, “I just didn’t see you”. Stephan has a broken leg, but Brian es- caped with bruises, as he landed right on top of Stephan. Rod Marston has also had a recent fall near the Narrows Bridge, close to home. He is reported to have a fractured pelvis and rib. There were reports of serious injuries and one death to cyclists in November/ December period and now it appears that we have to contend with Ross River Fever in the Peel/Bunbury area. At the AGM (see Tony’s report over page), attended by 23 members, all eager for the excellent free breakfast at Carriage Café, Fremantle. Special presentations were made , for outstanding contribu- tions to the club over the years, to Don Briggs, Colin Farmer, Brian Hawes and Bjorn Blasse. There were 12 new members in the year. The committee remains the same, with Tony Gillespie taking over as president from Nick Dale, who has done an out- standing job. We will return to the Carriage Café for another subsidized breakfast after the Opperman All Day Trial, culminating in Freo on Sunday morning 20th March, 8.00am. For further details contact Tony Gillespie (ph: 95371428 or [email protected]). Tim Eastwood recently visited New Zea- land and successfully completed the 160km ride round Lake Taupo, on a brute of a course. Well done. Went to see my doctor, he suggested I didn’t invest in a 2012 calendar. With all the trouble in the Middle East, I am reminded of my cycle tour in 1956 and the endless convoys of military vehi- cles going to South Hampton (UK), all painted desert brown. You didn’t to be a master spy to guess they were on their way to Suez. It was the same year that I met my future wife, I was immediately attracted as she was the first girl I had met who could fold a map correctly, so that it didn’t look like a packet of fish and chips. Safe and happy riding to everyone. Stop press!! Ken Ward is now a Great Grandfather! Ralph Morgan Happenings President’s pen 2 National Recognition 4 Pinjarra Supa Loopa 5 Bjorn’s Celebration 6 Avonguard 8 Annual stats 9 Ride reports 10 Calendar 12 THIS ISSUE: NEWSLETTER FEBUARY 2011 WEST AUST AUDAX

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Greetings. Hope you are all enjoying this fantastic run of very hot, and now humid weather. Everyone who rode rides lately deserves a medal.

Remember it can be dangerous out there! We have Rob Godkin sporting an electric blue cast on his arm which has seriously interfered with his training for the PBP, later this year.

Stephan Monot and Brian Hawes were involved in a crash with a truck. The driver uttered those famous words known to us all, “I just didn’t see you”. Stephan has a broken leg, but Brian es-caped with bruises, as he landed right on top of Stephan.

Rod Marston has also had a recent fall near the Narrows Bridge, close to home. He is reported to have a fractured pelvis and rib.

There were reports of serious injuries and one death to cyclists in November/December period and now it appears that we have to contend with Ross River

Fever in the Peel/Bunbury area.

At the AGM (see Tony’s report over page), attended by 23 members, all eager for the excellent free breakfast at Carriage Café, Fremantle. Special presentations were made , for outstanding contribu-tions to the club over the years, to Don Briggs, Colin Farmer, Brian Hawes and Bjorn Blasse.

There were 12 new members in the year. The committee remains the same, with Tony Gillespie taking over as president from Nick Dale, who has done an out-standing job.

We will return to the Carriage Café for another subsidized breakfast after the Opperman All Day Trial, culminating in Freo on Sunday morning 20th March, 8.00am. For further details contact Tony G i l l e s p i e ( p h : 9 5 3 7 1 4 2 8 o r [email protected]).

Tim Eastwood recently visited New Zea-land and successfully completed the 160km ride round Lake Taupo, on a brute of a course. Well done.

Went to see my doctor, he suggested I didn’t invest in a 2012 calendar.

With all the trouble in the Middle East, I am reminded of my cycle tour in 1956 and the endless convoys of military vehi-cles going to South Hampton (UK), all painted desert brown. You didn’t to be a master spy to guess they were on their way to Suez.

It was the same year that I met my future wife, I was immediately attracted as she was the first girl I had met who could fold a map correctly, so that it didn’t look like a packet of fish and chips.

Safe and happy riding to everyone.

Stop press!!

Ken Ward is now a Great Grandfather!

Ralph Morgan

Happenings

President’s pen 2

National Recognition 4

Pinjarra Supa Loopa 5

Bjorn’s Celebration 6

Avonguard 8

Annual stats 9

Ride reports 10

Calendar 12

THIS ISSUE:

NEWSLETTER FEBUARY 2011

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A U D A X The President’s pen

THE PASSING OF THE BATON In business management circles it would be called

a “seamless transition”. With the majority of 2010 committee members wishing to retain their posi-tions and the recruitment of Wayne and Caroline the new Audax WA regional committee are set for a productive year. Since Wayne and Caroline already have a habit of contributing to the running of the club it seems that the most visible difference be-tween 2010 and 2011 is the passing of the presi-dency cap from Nick to myself. I hope that I’m ca-pable of filling the large shoes left by Nick and pre-vious leaders of our club. Of course I gain a lot of comfort from knowing that Nick and many other ex-perienced, long term club members are still willing and able to contribute when necessary.

It must be said that the club owes a great debt to

Nick. Through his energetic, passionate and inno-vative leadership approach Audax WA has contin-ued to evolve. A change process that seemed to begin under the influence of our good friend Bjorn Blasse has continued with Nick at the helm. During this time the club has moved forward with the intro-duction of numerous new rides and a rides calendar that in culinary terms would appear to be an “all you can eat buffet” but is in fact “a la carte haute cui-sine” such is the range and quality of rides on offer.

PAP SUCCESS…... There is no doubt that Nick’s most outstanding achievement during his presidency was the suc-cessful planning and running of the Perth-Albany-Perth in October 2010. While he was ably sup-ported by a large band of extremely committed vol-unteers, there is no doubt that his innovative style and undying passion were instrumental in the suc-cess of the event. The biggest ridership for a 1200km randonnée anywhere in Australia being just one indicator of the success of the event. For me it was certainly the highlight of my decade of Audax riding. Having the opportunity to ride my first 1200 without having to even board a plane is a bonus.

Other retiring committee members include Klaus Hagedorn and Colin Law. On behalf of the club’s members I would like to thank them for their valu-able contributions over many years.

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A U D A X 2011 AGM AUDAX AUSTRALIA W.A. REGION

2011 COMMITTEE

President: Tony Gillespie [email protected] Secretary: Rod Marston [email protected] Treasurer: Ken Dupuy [email protected] Rides Coordinator: Perry Raison [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Tony Gillespie Membership Secretary: Adrian Giacci [email protected] Committee members: Grant Crowe [email protected] Mike Jaworski [email protected] Greg Davey [email protected] Caroline Williams [email protected] Wayne Hickman [email protected] Retiring committee members: Nick Dale, Colin Law and Klaus Hagedorn

Looking forward…... It is with a sense of urgency that the Rides Committee will soon commence work on next year’s rides calendar. The need to have the calendar in place so early is due to committee mem-bers having overseas ride commitments, mainly Paris-Brest-Paris, later this year. It is always the intention of the committee to attempt to fulfill the needs of all club members. Being a very diverse club, this is a challenge but that will not stop us trying. To do this it is important that you make your wishes known to the committee ASAP. You may forward your thoughts to Perry or myself or indeed to any member of the Regional Committee. All requests, comments, etc will be tabled at the next full com-mittee meeting for consideration by our Rides Committee with the intention of having a proposed calendar ready by mid June. So, there is much work to be done.

There has already been some discussion about changing the club’s approach to end of season celebrations. The Xmas picnic and club camp seem no longer popular, so alternatives need to be considered. If you have thoughts on this please forward them to the committee. We will forge ahead regardless but we’d much prefer to be guided by the wishes of the membership.

See Rob Godkin’s photo (below left), sporting his brace for his broken wrist sustained during the recent 6 Dams ride, a victim of road rage. While he’s still able to raise a smile Rob’s qualifi-cation for PBP is now in jeopardy. Stephan Monot also recently suffered very serious injury when along with Brian Hawes he was run down by a cement truck driver. Proof that we are very vulnerable. In short, take care of yourself and each other.

See you on your next brevet Tony Gillespie

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AUDAX NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Audax Australia Cycling Club

recognises

BJORN BLASSE,

DON BRIGGS,

COLIN FARMER and

BRIAN HAWES

for their outstanding service to Audax Aust. CC and to long distance cycling.

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A U D A XRide report by Tony Gillespie

The bureau promised us “hell and high water” and mother nature provided. Pleasant cool morning with slight drizzle to begin. As we climbed the scarp the temp graph matched the incline. Re-grouping at Dwellingup then a swift decent to Pinjarra (70km). One big loop done. By the time we had completed the small Coolup loop the temp was in the high 30’s with a nasty buffeting breeze rarely in our favour. Lunch in the air conditioned Pinjarra Bakery was a joy. The 100km riders had completed their mission and promised us they’d have a beer on our behalf when they got home. The 200km riders set off southward through the flat farm lands. By the time we reached Waroona Rob’s computer had a temp read-ing of 46C. A quick freshen up in another air conditioned bakery then we headed towards the scarp one more time. While the temp didn’t feel that it was dropping (due to the extra exertion), gathering cloud provided us with some relief from the blistering sun. Due to the presence of some serious hills in this section of the ride our groups splintered.

A couple of brief but severe thunder storms dumped heavy rain on us as we rode through the Nanga/Lane Pool/Dwellingup area. Providing welcome relief for some - for me it was perfectly timed. The road was clear as cars were pulling over due to poor visibility. Climbing the Nanga Mill hill and the ascent out of the Murray River valley - soaked to the skin - as gum nuts and tree branches washed toward me down the road was quite surreal given what we had al-ready endured. A minor regrouping at Dwellingup store was followed by the steep decent of North Spur Rd. As prom-ised this provided a thrilling climax for those willing to leave the brake levers alone but also for those more intent on ad-miring the vista of the Alcoa bauxite processing plant, Peel Inlet and Indian Ocean in the distance.

Congratulations to Eric Maddock on the completion of his first Audax ride, in oppressive conditions, and a special men-tion goes to Phil Shorthouse for his sterling effort. Certainly not his longest ride but definitely one of his toughest. Well done all riders who completed this previously unknown and very challenging new ride.

All smiles for the fresh morning start. The groups begin to splinter.

The broom wagon beckons. Eric and Phil successfully completed a challenging ride.

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A U D A X BJORN BLASSE CELEBRATION

Report submitted by Caroline Williams

and Wayne Hickman.

This ride was held to celebrate Bjorn Blasse and the considerable contribution he has made to Audax WA Region. He had a sky diving accident some 3 Easters ago where he sustained serious head inju-ries. Bjorn has been at the Cerebral Palsy residential hostel where his recovery has been steady in the last six months. He recognises people and can signal yes and no with his fingers. Bjorn is due to un-dergo a head operation shortly which should lead to further improve-ment. The more people that drop by to say G'day the better, even if it is only for 5 minutes. This aids in his recovery.

Bjorn has an extensive collection of bikes; four of which were ridden by Audax members on this ride - Colin was on the fixation, Eamonn was on his Hutchings (another fixie), Nick was on his "flying gate" (vintage), and Wayne was on his full carbon EXP. No takers for the Brompton or the recum-bent. We may get the tandem out next year! For those who want to go shop-ping, and couldn't be bothered parking the car, there's also a shopping bike with four saddle bags panniers enough for two slabs of beer (it's isotonic you know)!

The route was initially designed to be flattish with a few lumps to re-lieve numb bums and with lots of shade in anticipation of the summer heat. Instead, the day was moderately cooler than the Pinjarra ride one week earlier and wind was more the neme-

sis.

A total of 28 riders commenced the ride. We were due for an 8am start time, but due to the number of “blow-ins” (people not informing the organisers of their intention to participate), the ride finally rolled out at 8.15am after photo-shoot opportunity with Bjorn and Mary waving us off.

The ride started from the Cerebral Palsy Hostel at Coolbinia heading out through

the park and North along Alexan-der Drive. From the back of the pack, the peleton ahead was b-i-g in Audax terms, including a bright display of many yellow Audax jer-seys proudly worn. It was a fairly loose peleton riding up to White-man Park with a full-on headwind on Hepburn Ave splitting the pele-ton into three. There was a speed trap on Hepburn Ave. Colin (Mc)Law reckoned he had a puncture at this point, but we reckon he was pulled over, not for speeding, but for the bad haircut! The control at Whiteman Park followed the rail-way line to the rest area. Partici-pants were pleasantly surprised by the quality and abundance of snacks and drinks. (Well done, Kathy). The peleton rolled out of Whiteman Park heavier in belly than at point of entry, but high in spirits. The peleton was carried along, rolling southbound along a freshly soft tarmacked Lord St in a big long line that seemed to go on

forever. Soon after, we rode through short patches of freshly watered com-pacted sand, bike paths, more gravel, passing the wineries of West Swan Road into Guildford, along Great Eastern High-way on to the bike path which led to the bone rattler boardwalk bridge through the marshes of Garvey Park. We proceeded on back roads, industrial estate and small parks through the suburbs of Belmont to the Carlisle control. Mary and her entou-rage of helpers at her home in Satellite Place laid on another spread of sand-wiches, cake, fruit and drinks. There was

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A U D A Xlots of friendly banter inside with riders sprawled everywhere to enjoy the cool indoors. Meanwhile, outside, space was at a premium trying to park 28 bikes upright. Another lei-surely control.

A rider who went AWOL on Lord St caught us in time for departure from the Carlisle control. At this point, the 100km riders farewelled the 50km riders making their way back direct to Coolbinia - Adrian Giacci, Carol Doo-ley and Cathy McCloskey. The pele-ton rolled out in two groups due to another puncture by Eric, only his second Audax ride. The ride pro-ceeded through Victoria Park, Como, Salters Point over on to the Freeway bike path to Raffles and on to the standard Audax Saturday morning river route, where the faster riders chomping at the bit took off to Car-riage Cafe for a coffee and ... more food! Everyone left Freo in dribs and drabs, following the harbour around to Leighton Beach with pleasant views of the ocean to our left and the clear view of Rottnest Island in the distance, cruising on to the bike path at Swanbourne through to Subiaco, Perth Central, leaving the bike path at Mt Law-ley on to Central Ave and the last few in-clines. Colin (the legend) Farmer, in his early 80s, made the full 100km distance, challenging Caroline up the last hill to a king of the mountain! The finish of the ride was along a few kilometres of bike path back to Bjorn's hostel under shady trees.

This was the best attended ride in a long time, very leisurely and social, with all riders completing the ride within the Au-dax timeframe (just)!

We were welcomed back to a BBQ, ice cold beers and drinks, courtesy of Mary, Kathy and Lea.

Outstanding members nominated and recently accepted by the National Com-mittee include Bjorn Blasse, Brian Hawes, Colin Farmer and Don Briggs. Nick Dale,

outgoing President of WA Audax, made a speech announcing outstanding members and presented Bjorn with a certifi-cate. Bjorn was very aware and excited about this. The other outstanding mem-bers will receive theirs at the upcoming AGM.

The McCloskey clan made it a family af-fair with Eamonn's youngest daughter Siobhan completing her first Audax 100km ride and wife Cathy completing a 50km. Ilme, an Austrian doctor, currently

flatmate of Mary's, was also a first timer to Audax, not without a prompt or two to ride on the left side of the road. WA tandem rider, Anthony Col-lier, was amazed at the hospitality of his first Audax ride. One of the PAP volunteers, Alison, completed her first AUDAX 100km ride, hopefully the first of many. Another new (oops sorry) rider, Adrian Giacci (the Italian stal-lion) swapped his motorbike for his pushbike coming out of retirement to join us for this ride. Hopefully, this is the start of a big come back for Adrian.

There was good intention to have the old boys out on the road for this ride; unfortunately the week prior Stephan Monot and Brian Hawes had an alercation with a truck. We wish Stephan a full recovery soon; Brian is okay coz he landed on Stefan.

Amazingly supported by Mary, Kathy and many others, without their sup-port, this ride wouldn't have been half as successful and socially enjoyable. A very big thank you.

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A U D A X Ride report by Perry Raison

A number of riders commented on the suitability of the new route. 1 rider stated that the route is a better version of the Mister Marston’s Meander 200km route in the same area.

The ride started with the president late as usual, although he claimed innocence, blaming his chauffeur for driving too slowly which led to them ‘Rocking’ up late. I don’t know about wine, but I did have trouble extracting money from the Rock, later having to use all my administrative powers to seek out the moola.

The morning was relatively cool and overcast given the forecast maximum of 37 degrees. Our nominated future president started quickly out of the blocks, hot on the heels of the Rock and the Flying Scotsman. I started the ride last with Greg Davey who was having a particularly noisy time with his rear mudguard. The noise ultimately terminated our conversation as Greg stopped to try and remedy the prob-lem. As I took off alone up Toodyay Clackline Road it oc-curred to me that this route was well aligned for the forecast wind conditions, with most of the route being on a NNW / SSE alignment. Hence after a battle against the fresh north easterly along Southern Brook Rd I was soon hurtling down Jennapullin Rd with the outside possibility of a cold beer at the Grass Valley Tavern. Alas, I had to forgo this temptation and satisfied myself with finding a rhythm along the rolling hills of Muluckine Rd with the result that Nick and Adrian soon came into sight, with all thoughts of cold beer forgot-ten.

On arriving at York I was surprised to see Tony already in attendance with the Rock and the Flying Scot. On reviewing my route sheet over lunch, I alerted riders that they should turn L not R into Balladong St to avoid a slight detour to the Lakes Road House. In hindsight this should have been a warning to be careful when not following my own route in-structions.

Tony and I leisurely left town starting out along York Rd heading towards the infamous Top Beverley Road. Adrian was seen ahead turning up what seemed to be a road heading in the wrong direction. At this very moment my drug company pen dropped out of my bento box and scattered in pieces on the road. Tony continued whilst I picked up the pieces. When I rejoined him we were standing next to a bloody big sign pointing to Beverley. Nonetheless, my influ-ential powers quickly subdued the future numero uno of WA Audax Region, we quickly ignored any signs and moved

straight on. After a while I commented that there seemed to be more of a head wind than I had expected. A bit after that we came to a sign indicating that Beverley was 29 km to the right. This road (Greenhills South Rd) could be seen in the distance to be unsealed. This is where the future president showed why he was born to sit on the throne and by using his incredible powers of lateral thinking came to the conclusion that we were in fact heading along York Rd towards Quairading. This realisation did not deter me for I knew I had to adhere to Audax protocol by returning to the correct route to complete the brevet and anyway, the extra 42 km would come in handy for my Bikejournal total. So it was back along York Rd into a seemingly endless cross headwind. Back at the Top Beverley Road with all of its signposting clear for all to see, Tony sheepishly admitted that the morning’s flight with the Rock and the Flying Scots-man had got the better of him and that discretion and the prospect of a cold drink in York were the better part of valor even though it would mean his first DNF since joining Au-dax. I was lucky in that I had a 3 litre hydration pack and 2 bidons with plenty of liquid to get me the 48 km to Beverley. So it was that I bid adieu to the future king and passed on my way along Top Beverley Rd expecting to encounter hor-rific undulations. This was based on the findings of a couple of riders who almost died there whilst completing a 600 km brevet a few years earlier. Thankfully their memories had been distorted by the ensuing years and/or their state of mind and although the road appeared to have been bitumised just after the 2nd WW it presented only a few small bumps which I quickly conquered, aided by the incen-tive of a cold drink and an ice-cream in Beverley. My stop at Beverley was brief and I was surprised not to meet Greg on my sojourn back along Great Southern Highway. Half way back to York a cool change bought a gusty swirling wind which, whilst making riding a bit difficult, was a nice change from the hot day.

All riders finished safely though I’m unsure as to the vari-able extent of their dehydration. A study is currently under-way into the strange nutritional habits of Audaxer’s.

Greg Davey won my award for the day in completing the ride at 9:00PM well within the 13h 30m time limit. This to me exemplifies the true Audax spirit, even though an outsider might certify us all as mad!

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Rides 200+ rides Kiometres

Surname First Name Dale Nick 26 19 8562 Raison Perry 34 22 8232 Gillespie Tony 23 15 6630 Hickman Wayne 22 19 6180 Law Colin 16 12 4932 Williams Caroline 21 17 4880 Rock Danny 16 12 4331 Godkin Rob 13 12 4200 Goonatillake Hari 14 11 4180 Hoette Aaron 15 12 4000 Divakaran Gangeshan 9 7 3501 McCloskey Eamonn 8 8 3000 Lacey Glen 6 6 2800 Dillon Steven 9 8 2667 Stevens Ross 7 5 2600 Davey Greg 11 4 1667 Guy Craig 4 2 1600 Eden John 7 4 1570 Crowe Grant 8 3 1337 Keeling Stuart 9 3 1317 Marston Rod 8 2 1050 Anning Chris 6 4 1000

Audax WA 2009/2010

2010 Summary All 200+ km Total Rides 413 248 162901 WA riders Interstate/internat. Events 10 10 3450 Held in WA 403 238 159451 Non WA Riders PAP 64 64 65600 Non WA Riders other 1 1 600 WA Riders 96701 Permanents 8 7 4900 Raids 3 3 750 UAF 39 29 11400 PAP (all) 78 78 78400 PAP (WA) 14 14 12800

The year that was, ……vital statistics

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A U D A X RIDE REPORTS

Sat 20 Nov Avonguard Perry Raison

Sat 4 Dec Southern Sunset: 100/200/400km Tony Gillespie

Sat 18 Dec Dawn till dusk: 300km Rob Godkin

No report submitted for publication.

Mon 27 Dec Hickman’s Hot Hell: 50/100km Wayne Hickman

There was potently 3 starters but due to the heat 2 of the big girls blouses pulled out! It is called Hickman’s Hot Hell for a reason you know! So only one starter, the mad cyclist Wayne Hickman! He found the ride very pleasant and at times a tad warm, low 30s I believe! The wind was kind to the sole rider and the company of somebody and anybody, sometimes also, nobody made for a nice peloton!! We know its not a race but 1, 2 and 3 were all rewarded with cold Guinness each!!!! Tony hope this is news wor-thy or just a load of tosh!!! You can decide! Note from editor to readers: As they say, … sometimes less is more. For me this is the most entertaining ride report in this edi-tion. I’d call it newsworthy tosh. Now you decide!

Sat 1 Jan New Years Revolutions: 50/100km Mike Jaworski

No report submitted for publication.

Sun 9 Jan Swanning Around: 50/100km Rod Marston

Starters 4, finishers 4. Sunny warm typical Jan summer day. May be too early in the holiday season. Could make second circuit a bit different to avoid repeat of same loop for 100km riders. Route is complex and riders need to use route sheet which most did not, so we got split up. 3 riders did two laps. John Paine a new (former) member of Audax rode to the start from his home in Mosman, but dropped off on the outward circuit to Claremont as he found it too hard to keep up. Ride organiser checked back and could not find him but after one circuit back to DWP, I drove back to his home to make sure he was OK.

Sat 15 Jan 10,000 in 8: 50/100/120km Colin Law

No report submitted for publication.

Sat 29 Jan Pinjarra Supa Loopa: 200km Tony Gillespie

See report from Tony on page 5.

Sat 5 Feb Bjorn Blasse Celebration: 100km Wayne Hickman & Caroline Williams

See outstanding report from Caroline and Wayne on page 6.

See lengthy, and not so accurate ride report from Perry on page 8.

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Sat 12 Feb Six Dams: 50/100/200km Rob Godkin

9 starters, all finished. Nine starters, eight for the 200km ride and one for the 100km. A difficult ride but all riders finished albeit widely spaced along the route. A hot and windy day with the temperature reaching 36deg with strong SE winds gusting up to 50kph. The ride organiser was involved in a “Road Rage” inci-dent at the end requiring an Ambulance transfer to hospital.

Sat 19 Feb Three Bites of the Gooseberry John Eden

Ride postponed

Sat 26 Feb Prison Pedal: 200km Perry Raison

See ride report in next edition.

Sun 27 Feb Two Rocks Turnaround: 50/100km Klaus Hagedorn

Ride postponed

RIDE REPORTS

Bacchetta Giro 26 ATT (2010) $2200

Includes:

Yellow steel frame (2011 model is aluminium) 26" (650) wheels

2 Schwalbe Marathon Plus (26" x 1.75") tires (near new for softer ride on rough surfaces)

2 standard Kenda Kwest (26" x 1.25") tires (not much wear for faster ride on smooth surfaces)

Avid disc brakes / SRAM shifters

Terracycle easy reacher (below seat) pannier rack (near new), standard rear pannier rack

One arm bandit for mounting front lights plus 1 watt LED light

Euromesh seat with cover / 2 x Zefal spy mirrors

ADEM-2 head rest with DiNotte bracket plus superflash rear light

Shimano SPD clip on pedals and standard platform pedals

yellow seat post bag with bottle holder / 2 under seat bottle holders

Contact: Michael Kalyaano Email: kalyaano@ gmail.com Mobile: 0448 275 957

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Always check www.audax.org.au for maps, start times and locations

Sat 5 Mar Out and Back 300km (night) Contact: Wayne Hickman Tel: 0417911086

Email: [email protected]

Sat 12 Mar The Autumn Witch 250km Contact: John Eden Tel: 0422 964 587 Email: [email protected]

Sat 12 Mar The Hour Glass 300/600km Contact: Nick Dale Tel: 0400 300 850 Email: [email protected]

Sat 19 Mar Opperman All Day Trial 360km + Petit Oppy 180km +

Contact: Tony Gillespie

Email: [email protected]

Sat 26 Mar Three Bites of the Gooseberry 50/100/160km

Contact John Eden Tel: 0422 964 587 Email: [email protected]

Sat 2 Apr The Long Flat One Contact: Caroline Williams Tel: 0438 299 229 Email: [email protected]

Sun 10 Apr Dog Leg Loop 50/100km Contact: Ross Cussons Tel: 08 9317 2588 Email: [email protected]

Sat 16 Apr UAF 200 Yanchep-Chittering Contact: Nick Dale Tel: 0400 300 850 Email: [email protected]

Sat 23 Apr Dawn Service 1000 (UAF) Dawn Service 1000 (Randonnee)

Contact: Nick Dale Tel: 0400 300 850 Email: [email protected]

Sun 24 Apr

Mon 25 Apr

Dawn Service 400 After Dawn 400

Contact Colin Law Tel: 0409 102 538 Email: [email protected]

Sat 30 Apr The Vines 50/100km Contact: Rod Marston Tel: 0413 984 771

Email: [email protected]

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