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off-topic: climbers who ride 14-Sep-2005 At 1:52:32 PM rolsen

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On 1/09/2005 dalai wrote:
>Kinglake (St Andrews - Kinglake rd) 7.46 km at 4.8%
>- Right from Kinglake.
>* At Melba hwy either
>Yarra Glen Eltham rd 2.4 km at 6.7% + Watsons ck climb 4.1 km @ 3.8%
>
> Or at Melba Hwy continue straight ahead to Toolangi and loop Chum Ck
>Myers Ck roads (this order if feeling strong as Myers creek is the steep
>of the two).

I have road bike and used to ride alot - many of the loops Dalai is referring too - I've only done the Toolangi hill once though (leading into Kinglake) and after being warned about its steepness I paced myself and didn't fine it too bad. The greensborough, Healsville, Toolangi, Kinglake, greensborough ride I thought was close to 140km. I love the kinglake hill as it was my first "real" hill and is always a challenge when you're out with a bunch - great fun when you're fit!

I got to 96km (I think) a number of years ago on thompsons road (i think) Lower Plenty (I think) - I didn't pedal hard until about a third of the way down when I realised I was flying and you max out in the 80s and after that pedalling does no good - I used to have a 53 : 11 - I always thought that if I'd pedalled from the top then 100kph would have been in the bag.

We often do the Hurstbridge - Arthurs Creek - Plenty Rd ride which is a cruisy 80 km

I'm pretty sure my speedo was working fine.

Richard