For those in Melbourne Australia

[evilvet]

As opposed to Melbourne, FLA............

I'm riding 100km tomorrow morning in a charity event to raise money for disadvantaged kids, just me and 18,000 other riders. The full ride is 250km and details are here http://www.bv.com.au/general/great-rides/20005/ but at my fitness level the 100km stage will do just fine.

Anyhow, if your are a Melbourne based Spudfiles member, come out and cheer us all along tomorrow. Given the forecast for 45km winds we will need all the help we can get.

Cheers

[Crna Legija]

good luck mate, if you go passed Brighton pier you can come see me im going fishing lol. ill be the guy with no fish

[evilvet]

Should be passing Brighton pier about 09:00.
Look out for the the three old guys yelling "what the f@$# am I doing here" as it starts to hail.

[Crna Legija]

9 am? lol ill be sleeping hahah

[Zeus]

Well I'm 100km from Melbourne, if you end up heading towards Bendigo, I'll shout you one.

Best of luck to you and all participants, I'm skint,but I hope you reach and exceed the donation targets.

[CooperJS]

Good luck, i hope all goes well And i hope you and the participants raise alot of donations

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Good luck, may the wind be generally behind you

[evilvet]

Made it back, just. 45knot crosswinds all the way down and all the way back, time for some amber dehydration treatment.

So far the ride raised $745,000 for the kiddies.

Interesting day, saw two riders go down with suspected heart attacks and taken away by MICA ambulance and one pretty much FUBAR by a women in a small Mazda who thought he would make a good hood ornament so she rear ended him at 70kmh. Big ouch.

BTW, @CL if you or anyone else in Oz is looking for a cheap shock pump, the online shop I use has these on special, claimed 300psi
http://www.velogear.com.au/products/Sho ... 120-0.html

Cheers