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Old 06-09-05 | 05:19 PM
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anyone here done the ATTA time trials up at Calga? if so do you think its somthing worth doing? im looking at getting into some time trials and im looking for osme feedback on people whove done that event.

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Old 06-09-05 | 05:37 PM
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anyone here done the ATTA time trials up at Calga? if so do you think its somthing worth doing? im looking at getting into some time trials and im looking for osme feedback on people whove done that event.

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ITT's are reserved for sad, desperate and lonely individuals... See you there on the 3rd July!

But seriously, I've not done the event but it's been running for years so it can't be half bad.

I would thoroughly recommend doing one or two road races before you try a time trial as the course has a few tricky sections. It would be soooo easy to overcook it early in an ITT if you weren't familiar with the course.

[edit] road racing is held on Saturdays at 2pm, except it's not on this weekend. You'll need a road racing licence of some sort, of course. If you don't have one and you still wanna check out the course then we can probably make a decent ride out of it with Climbo and Dr. Shaw one Sunday.

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Old 06-09-05 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by climbo
4am start? was that you going down Karalta Rd at about 6am?
Not me. I was standing on No.1 platform at 6am
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Old 06-09-05 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jock
ITT's are reserved for sad, desperate and lonely individuals... See you there on the 3rd July!

But seriously, I've not done the event but it's been running for years so it can't be half bad.

I would thoroughly recommend doing one or two road races before you try a time trial as the course has a few tricky sections. It would be soooo easy to overcook it early in an ITT if you weren't familiar with the course.

[edit] road racing is held on Saturdays at 2pm, except it's not on this weekend. You'll need a road racing licence of some sort, of course. If you don't have one and you still wanna check out the course then we can probably make a decent ride out of it with Climbo and Dr. Shaw one Sunday.
cheers, thanks jock. mite see if peleton is running some group rides up there. im pretty sure their sunday ride heads out there occasionly. just want to do somthing to break up the MTB racing a bit and ive always had an interest in time trials. cant afford aero bars or good (racing) tyres at the moment , so it looks like i do it soon its gonna be a St Vinnies effort!
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Old 06-09-05 | 06:13 PM
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Funny? Or sick??
I saw Irreversible on World Movies last week. Bugger me....that was full on.
Monica Belluci.....13 out of 10. Stunner.
Yup, Irreversible is probably the most full-on movie I've ever seen....although I have blocked most of Salo out so I dunno.

Agree about Monica. 100% woman right there. Watched about 10 minutes of her in some war movie with Bruce Willis in it last night. Even with her in it couldn't go for more than 10 mins.

What sci-fi movie was she in where she spends the entire time in PVC? Hrm....maybe Google can help there.....
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Old 06-09-05 | 06:17 PM
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Tears of the Sun?? Crap.

Malena...great film. (she nudes up, too...)
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Old 06-09-05 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by pshaw
I hope you mean 4pm when you knocked off early yesterday..?
Err... no.

I hope you and climbo are both gunna be up at Minmi with me tomorrow. I'll be needing someone to lean on when my left knee blows up.
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Err... no.

I hope you and climbo are both gunna be up at Minmi with me tomorrow. I'll be needing someone to lean on when my left knee blows up.
you can lean on my car, that's OK, even better, just hang on.
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Old 06-09-05 | 08:15 PM
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you dippin out again, ya slacker?
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Old 06-09-05 | 08:16 PM
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Jobie's on the juice for sure....

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World championship bronze medallist Jobie Dajka faces possible expulsion from the sport after attacking national head coach Martin Barras, pushing and pinning him to the ground.

Dajka's golden future in cycling may be quickly terminated today when he faces an urgent disciplinary hearing in Adelaide before the Cycling Australia chief executive Graham Fredericks.

South Australian police are also investigating an alleged assault.

It is understood several cyclists and cycling officials are shocked at what happened and furious that the sport faces intense scrutiny once again.

Dajka has been in trouble before, being dumped from the Athens Olympic team for lying to the Robert Anderson inquiry into allegations of drug use by cyclists.

It is understood Dajka assaulted Barras, breaking his glasses in the process during a counselling session with a sports psychologist in the cycling offices at the Adelaide velodrome. The counselling session had been organised after Dajka had been involved in several incidents.

The most recent had come last weekend when he and another national cyclist, Shane Perkins, traded blows after a fiery discussion about cycling's black days of last year involving the banned cyclist Mark French and the discovery of equine growth hormone in the rooms of the Australian Institute of Sport.

Perkins is a one-time training mate of French. French is still awaiting the result of his appeal heard last month before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Perkins is not the subject of any disciplinary board.

Cycling Australia officials would not comment on the matter last night.
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Old 06-09-05 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jock
you dippin out again, ya slacker?
just busy, haven't even thought about racing let alone training, when and where is it?
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Old 06-09-05 | 08:27 PM
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Spotlight on Michael Rogers in the BlueCollarRag https://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/st...toryid=3261011

There was also a big write-up on my favourite clown, Dopey Dajka, who is in a spot of bother after getting physical with senior coaching staff at AIS track training in Adelaide on Wednesday. The cops are even considering laying charges. But nothing on the web-site about it unfortunately.

[edit] see climbo's post above!! Gawd I'm slow today... must type faster, must type faster, must....
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Old 06-09-05 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by climbo
just busy, haven't even thought about racing let alone training, when and where is it?
Central Division Champs at Minmi (Blackhill) at 1:45pm.

Start line is near the marshalling area (the red dot on the map). To get there just go to the roundabout at the end of the freeway. Do a U-turn then take the first off ramp onto Lineghan's drive. Travel on for about a km and take the first left to get to the carpark.
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Old 06-09-05 | 10:17 PM
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I shall be there, I think...
how long to get there?
race distance?
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Old 06-09-05 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by climbo
anyone going to the Comm Games??

I got allocated ONE night at the track only !! The whole track cycling thing is sold out, the mountain bike race is too if you can believe that, it's free but you need a ticket for it, how they can sell that out is beyond me, since when was MTB racing so popular?

Good news is the badminton and squash still have plenty of tickets available.
With the pulicity going about the tickets and the comm games, well iv booked my ticket front seat in front of the telly, or got the recorder ready.
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Old 06-09-05 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by climbo
I shall be there, I think...
how long to get there?
race distance?
allow an hour from Erina & take it easy: double demerits apply
Should be 40 or 50km. Course is a hotdog with two little hills in the middle and a small rise as you approach each turn. Finish is uphill (~ as steep as ourimbah), but it's fast >60kmh because you come off a downhill run-up.
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https://www.holdthebutton.com/game.php
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Old 06-10-05 | 01:08 AM
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That was great. Lance got some serious pace on in the Jay Leno car park!!

That thing sounded fully sick, mate!
131 cubic inches, with dual carbs. I'll be the first to admit that's too much for Lancey boy. Way too much.
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Old 06-10-05 | 06:43 AM
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....did I just hear on the news that Jobie got 4 years for belting the coach?.......the lad has the IQ of toast!

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Old 06-10-05 | 01:39 PM
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Funny? Or sick??


I saw Irreversible on World Movies last week. Bugger me....that was full on.


Monica Belluci.....13 out of 10. Stunner.
If you like Monica Belluci, you should watch Les Pactes Des Loupes/Brotherhood of the Wolf. It's a typical french film full of naked bodies, incest and men in wigs. Oh and it has a weird plot and some martial arts in it too. You can even claim to the other half that the film was critically acclaimed (it was) while appreciating the display of Miss Belluci's ample talents.
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Old 06-11-05 | 01:59 AM
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Jock - hate to drag you into this if it brings up any unpleasant memories, but I thought of you when I saw this thread - https://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-safety/112990-brooklyn-bike-horror-3.html#post1249212
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Old 06-11-05 | 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by climbo
Jobie's on the juice for sure....

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World championship bronze medallist Jobie Dajka faces possible expulsion from the sport after attacking national head coach Martin Barras, pushing and pinning him to the ground.

Dajka's golden future in cycling may be quickly terminated today when he faces an urgent disciplinary hearing in Adelaide before the Cycling Australia chief executive Graham Fredericks.

South Australian police are also investigating an alleged assault.

It is understood several cyclists and cycling officials are shocked at what happened and furious that the sport faces intense scrutiny once again.

Dajka has been in trouble before, being dumped from the Athens Olympic team for lying to the Robert Anderson inquiry into allegations of drug use by cyclists.

It is understood Dajka assaulted Barras, breaking his glasses in the process during a counselling session with a sports psychologist in the cycling offices at the Adelaide velodrome. The counselling session had been organised after Dajka had been involved in several incidents.

The most recent had come last weekend when he and another national cyclist, Shane Perkins, traded blows after a fiery discussion about cycling's black days of last year involving the banned cyclist Mark French and the discovery of equine growth hormone in the rooms of the Australian Institute of Sport.

Perkins is a one-time training mate of French. French is still awaiting the result of his appeal heard last month before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Perkins is not the subject of any disciplinary board.

Cycling Australia officials would not comment on the matter last night.
From what he was saying on tv about other riders and the cycling sport,and taking down others down with him, it sounded like he was also sick of breathing!
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Old 06-11-05 | 02:48 AM
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Jock - hate to drag you into this if it brings up any unpleasant memories, but I thought of you when I saw this thread - https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=1249212#
Bloody 'ell! Did Munchie fall under a truck?
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Old 06-11-05 | 03:02 AM
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You never read his blog, did you?

[edit] It appears to have vanished, but I did find this:

One guy's ride from truck accident to recovery to racing again.
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Old 06-11-05 | 03:10 AM
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Blog? What Blog?
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