Originally Posted by Hitchy
g'day,
speaking of beach rd.....the 'coaching nazi' has the 'hell Ride' on the agenda this weekend. Anyone up for it?. He's keen to drive me especially hard cos I got 'shelled' yesterday at the state titles at Dookie & had to ride the last 50km by myself......even the corner marshalls had gone home by the time i got there...lol...as punishment for this racing 'indiscretion'.....out front driving the 'hell ride' for hitchy this week!.....I quite often ask myself why?....but hey...why not!,
Hitchy
About 12 years ago I did a
very tight "shopping strip" criterium with very sharp corners, in Croydon or Bayswater, or somewhere, and I had no idea. There was stone paving and everything. So, I got dropped after about three laps (back at VFL park the first 10kms used to be a "warm-up" by comparison), then I tried to figure out a way of sneaking back to the start line to return my number without anyone seeing me
That used to be the main motivation; put in, or else you'll be dropped, and all those people at the start/finish line will no about it. At least if the Hell Ride spits you out the back, you can sneak down a side street.
