Originally Posted by Rowan
Pffft. You lot ought to try the 60mph southerly buster that came through between Warnie and Port Campbell (and you'd know that was a SIDE wind), THEN the 15 hours of constant rain that followed. We were stripped down to our bike shorts and nothing else coz the wind was so strong, it ripped off the rest. the ex-road-racers were all hunched up snivelling in a corner at the Port Campbell youth hostel afraid to go outside.
EDIT: Sadly, there are some elements of truth to this.
I'd have more respect for audax folks if they raised the qualifying to something like 20kph....15kph?....fair dinkum, you could ride around the world & average that!...last years Alpine classic.....I got extremely 'lubed' the night before, got to bed at 4am, up at 5.30 for the 6.20am start......38 deg, 6 spews (I wish i was joking about that!)...2 hrs sleep under a tree & I still made the cut off by 45 mins...c'mon, 15kph is not a serious challenge!
Hitchy