Ladies and Gentleman - this route is already full! YEP! In just 10 days (including pre-public registrations) there are no more places on the 'traditional' route.
Registrations will soon be open
Monday 7 April for the 2008 Around the Bay in a Day to be held on Sunday 19 October 2008. The start/finish area will return to Alexandra Gardens, our most popular and successful location to date.
See http://www.bv.com.au/great-rides/40110/ for details.
The Sacred Heart Mission Community Cycle is a ride from Frankston Visitors Center (Melway's map 100 A9) to the Sacred Heart Mission in Grey Street, St Kilda (Melway's map 58 A9), on Saturday the 22nd of December, 2007.
Food Donations
The Sacred Heart Mission's prime activity is to supply food too, and cook for the poor and homeless. To assist the Sacred Heart Mission with this ever growing demand for their services, the Sacred Heart Mission Community Cycle will be delivering food to the mission via the backpacks that all riders will be carrying with them on the ride from Franskton.
Route description
The ride from Frankston to St Kilda is a regular route but many cyclists and it will known for its long stretches with few traffic lights, it's mostly flat elevation and its wonderful views over the bag.
- Ride start: 8.30am, Saturday the 22nd of December 2007
- Start location: Frankston Visitors Center (view map)
- Route distance: 40.5km
- Ride finish time: 11am
- Ride pace: Approx 22kph average
- Ride finish location: Sacred Heart Mission (view map)
- Detailed route map: View the route here
Dress ups
All riders are encouraged to dress with a christmas spirit. Leading the ride will be Santa and his 9 reindeer's with the rest of the group following. So wrap your bike in tinsel, or dress as an elf, snowman, what ever. Lets make it a fun ride!
This is the little girl at the zoo
Or on the roads a lot? Check out this website debunking a lot of cycling myths.
The official photographs from ATBiaD are available, but it appears that Fuse Photography, the people who took them, have been a bit unundated and their website can't handle it.
Try, try again. I find most of these sports photography people do a good job and are often worth purchasing from.
Cory.
Thanks to all the people of have emailed me with their comments about the ride. Here's a few:
Well, now that I've recovered a bit it's not so bad. Everyone at work is uber impressed/thinks we're mad. Thanks for all the support yesterday - it's always great to ride with you as you pace it really well and you're really considerate of other people.Top to tail summary:
- Just a bit tired - went to bed at 9pm, up at 8am.
- Hand numb, like last year
- Legs are tired but not sore
- Right knee is bung
- Great tan lines :o)
- Oh, and Matt thinks I'm slightly retarded due to the inability to make any sense last night!
- Belinda
Bels, thanks for being part of our crew getting us home. 'Twas a long, long day.
Rohan, we appreciated you greeting us at the finish and directing us to the Team CPA tent.Appreciate you letting me be a part of you team and the support helped me finish my first.
- Rohan
I made it back to Alexandra Gardens around 4:15pm. Missed the 10:30am ferry by about 10 seconds, had to wait for the 11:00am which left around 11:15am. (The person in line in front of me got on). Feel pretty good today considering I was riding a bike I had never ridden before 5:30am yesterday morning. Sore bottom is the worst pain I have. Conditions were bad but nowhere near as bad as 6 years ago when we had rain, hail, sleet and gale force headwinds... first timers I think would be cursing however can feel very proud to achieve such an excellent feat in such trying conditions. Well done to all concerned.Thanks for the recovery tips, any excuse for a chocolate milkshake is a good excuse.
- Vincent
Got in at 5:50, from Sorrento to Mordy, I felt like crap, but from Mordy to the end I managed to focus on getting to the end and felt great, better than I had since we first set off! Was pretty well spent yesterday, although not as bad as I expected (i.e. I was actually able to help Ros sort out tea), feeling pretty good today just bloody tired, a nap would go a treat right now.If the bridge opens at 6 again next year I think I'll go the other way and leave at 4- 5... getting in that late does not really float my boat! :-)- Mick
Well done. Adrian and I popped in at about 4 and saw a few people coming in and out. We had lots to do so had to keep going last night. We were so impressed with how many people were there and are all fired up for next year. All Adrian could say is a year is too long to wait.We really were sad we had a wedding on Saturday night and couldn't be involved.I would definitely be part of the CPA team again next year, it really was such a great group of people to ride with on Sunday mornings.Both your and Naomi's encouragement, dedication and team spirit was fantastic. Well done and thanks for the taste of training for ATBIAD.
- Amber
Sounds like everyone did ok???I'm going to rub it in (after all who was called the "Loser going to sorento" ;) ) I seemed to had got a tail wind the whole way until Werribee.... I even checked the BoM and seabreeze sites and it confirmed this. Hence my ave speed of 35kmh until then!! Don't know what it was but I was extremly lucky (or was the only saying those prayers....)Anyway will prolly be out there on Sunday again if anyone else is keen. I'm going to do the Surfcoast Saunter in Torquay on the Sat 3rd Nov. Recommend it as its 55/98k's and they do a great lunch.($50 entry)
- Geoff
I concur. Well done for sticking with it, and check out http://www.bv.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6927 for more people back after dark.I finished the ride at 7pm. It was indeed a tough ride.
- Sue
Somewhere between Sorrento and Frankston on Sunday, Mickey and I saw a guy walking his bike - his rear derailleur had broken off... not a good spot for that to happen.
I think (well suspect) that [the memory of] it is something akin to childbirth - you forget how hard it was a few days later and think about saddling up again next year ;0)
-Brendo
Hard luck story of this year...
Hi Cory sorry did not make it today. Unfortunately yesterday while
undertaking some charity work I twisted my left ankle, which caused some
swelling and was still tender this morning when I arose.
- John.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/melbourne-sizzler-doesnt-faze-14000-riders/2007/10/21/1192940900042.html
http://www.bv.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6911
Well done to everyone who participated. Certainly not the best of conditions (BV are calling it one of the 3 toughest years, conditions-wise). For those of you who did it the first time this year, the other two times I've done it were nowhere near as tough. The final two hours were some of the toughest riding I've ever done. (And how about those little bugs! Grrr!) Naomi and I got in a bit after 6pm - (too dazed to remember and/or look at watch at the time). Long-time riders will let you know about the year when there was driving wind/sleet/rain etc, which is generally regarded as the toughest ever ATBiaD year.
I also have to say a big thankyou to all of you who have thanked me. I've had a lot of fun - if it got old, I wouldn't have been doing it! Thanks for being a part of it - in whatever capacity you did; riding, training, supporting, etc etc.
Might see you next year... hey?
Cory (and Naomi and Genevieve).
The rest are just mine that I snapped with my phone (so you'll see a slight bias towards Naomi).
Email me yours and I'll bung them up!
I just thought I'd post one final missive pre-ride (unless we get anything urgent to tell you) to say good luck and safe riding. You've put in all the hard work - now you can kick back (ish) and enjoy the day.
We'll post as many pix of the day as we receive!
- Bring a change of (comfortable) clothes. Especially shoes and fresh socks. Your feet will thank you.
- It looks like it's gonna be warm, so don't over-dress. Think about the training mornings and the similar temps you started in. (Which is cool - less to carry).
- Start easy. Spin lots. The temptation will be to get out there early and really crank it. You don't want to peak too early. It's not a long way, it's a long day. Conservation of energy the key. If you can't talk to the person you're riding next to (because your huffing and puffing), you're probably going too hard.
- After each stop, don't expect to go out at the same pace you came in. Spin after each stop until you warm up again. It's really easy to tweak something if you go too hard, too early.
- High-energy lollies/goo/whatever. You WILL deplete all of your fuel in your tank. You will need to refuel.
- Keep hydrated. (Weigh yourself before you leave home. You will probably drop 2-3kg in the day - and that'll be in liquid. You need to put back in a litre for each kg you lose). There is water at each of the designated 25km rest stops. So suck it down, and fill back up. This one is REALLY important as it's going to be pretty nice out there weather wise - warmer conditions mean more liquid.
- Get out of saddle every 15 mins - just for 10-15 seconds or so. You need to get some blood down 'there' again. Getting out of the saddle happens naturally when there's traffic lights. But there's huge stretches where you can go for hours at a time - and get in the zone.
- Ride at your pace - it's not a race. Hook in with a group that is at your pace. If you lose them, try to hook in with another. That's the benefit of so many riders being there on the one day. (Warning - some people get annoyed if you 'wheel suck' - essentially bludging off their effort).
- Even if in a group - do the big hills at the pace comfortable for you (well...as comfortable as any big hill can be). Regroup at top. (And don't forget to give the last person up some recovery time too!)
- For
small hills, get some momentum prior to the hill and gear down early.
You don't want to have to gear down on the way up.
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Look at http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/vic.asp - stop looking if you don't like what you see!
- If you are comfortable with your abilities, look after ppl who aren't as good. Lead the way/push wind for them.
- Smile
- Check your tyre
pressure/lubed chain/etc. Give your bike a once-over.
- Sunscreen. You WILL need to reapply - probably several times. They will probably be handing it out, but don't rely on it!
- Remember to carb up, starting now... or the day before, depending upon which strategy you think works.
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