General Holmes & Southern Cross Drives 19.5.12
May 29th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Ken Dinnerville 2012 Gallery
May 28th, 2012 § 1 Comment
Small gallery of images from yesterday’s Ken Dinnerville Classic.
Link to approx 400 images HERE. These will have no ‘creative’ filters added. (Sorry – am waiting on “technical support” at a new provider to figure out what is not allowing this gallery to view)
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Ken Dinnerville Classic
May 27th, 2012 § 1 Comment
Big gallery of images Monday about 10pm. Here’s the first over the line.
DJ – Cancer survivor and another ‘Suit on a Bike’
May 24th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Darren John Aquilina – former mad track sprinter, now mad road cyclist. DJ is also a cancer survivor and is an active participant with the Tour de Cure gang.
I had arranged in the past to meet up to do the 2nd in a series of ‘Suits on a Bike”. Sometimes work just gets in the way. Whilst chatting about meeting at Walsh Bay yesterday, I asked him about the different Tour coloured jerseys different people wear. I’m sure the Tour de Cure website has a good explanation what the jerseys mean and DJ said he has a ‘Pink’ one.
After mentioning the also had a pink tie, my idea of DJ riding in his suit in traffic changed…
(The awesome track bike was resting outside a restaurant near where we met.)
A Foggy Specialized Cup – Eastern Creek
May 7th, 2012 § 2 Comments
7am and the racing starts in thick fog. The pic above is pretty close to what it actually looked like.
By 7.15 the sun was starting to burn through. The fog thinned, then returned for one last coverage. And then Liam Kelly blasted off the A-Graders.
ITU Sydney Race Faces
May 4th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Cahill Expressway at the exit of the 270° entry to the Harbour Bridge. Images are all cropped to show only the faces…
Wet Macquarie Pass
May 3rd, 2012 § Leave a Comment
During the recent rainy school holidays, I arranged with Craig McGee of McGee’s Cycling in Bowral to meet a local rider Daniel at Robertson, for a quick Macquarie Pass photo shoot, hopefully in the mist and rain.
Arriving the the top at 7am, conditions were perfect – rain and fog. Nautrally by our meeting time at 7.30am, the rain stopped and the fog cleared. Images are a prelude to another shoot later (June/July) around the Southern Highlands.
If you are not familiar with the Macquarie Pass, it starts inland from the coast, just south of Wollongong. A few kms from the summit is Robertson, then about 20 minutes drive to Moss Vale, Bowral and beyond. Here’s some details:
Total Distance:
7.67km | 4.77mi
Starting Altitude:
67m | 220ft
Finishing Altitude:
584m | 1,916ft
Average Gradient: 7.2%
Elevation Gain:
517m | 1,696ft
Have a look at www.cycle2max.com to see some more details and their member climb times. Fastest here is just over 20 minutes, which must have been a fearsome effort.
http://www.cycle2max.com/bike-hill-climb/Macquarie-Pass-(Mt.-Murray-finish).aspx?id=195
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