Dot Points by Julian
. Strong easterly made for a hard first climb
. Chris T, Jerard, Chris A, Heiko and Brodie took the points.
. Special mention for the brave (or foolish!) soul who led out on Lesmurdie Rd and did all the work only to get swamped in the last 200 m and come in 6th
. Group split after first climb due to punctures, the intermediate group going a different way and Lennie’s inability to read maps
. Observatory climb – Chris T, Johnny, Heiko, Chris A, Julian
. Camelberg climb made difficult by the fact that only one of us had done it before
. Dispute over finish line – I wanted to call it at the farm (as I was in front in the time) but was over-ruled by Brodie sprinting past
. Camelberg points – Chris A, Johnny, Julian, Jerard, Heiko
. A few big pbs on the climb – Brodie and Jerard’s 7.35 not as impressive as Damir’s 7.34 and Chris T’s 7.32
. Chris A, Damir, Brodie, Jerard, Julian in that order
. Gooseberry Hill only done by ~10 elite riders – Chris A, Johnny, Brodie, Heiko and Julian took the points
. Short coffee stop this week before a hot ride home
. Hopefully a more timely and more enthusiastic report next week!
it was Chris A first on Lesmurdie rd and Chris T was third I think. Chris A and I will be doing the 5 dams challenge this sunday, 245Kms of torture, pain and a lot of KOM points!!
the camelberg KOM is actually marked on the road. past the farm up by the intersection of weir rd. you can’t miss it.
I just looked it up, wow! Good luck Jerard and Chris A for sunday.
Cheeky s@d. Tiz true, maps are nowt but colourful lines on a flat plain, but it don’t help that Perth-ians can’t be bothered to label their roads. It is hell finding a particular road – s’pecially when they all look the same. Seems a good number of the others have map reading probs too coz there were a fair few just ahead of me. Even funnier how Perth-ians born and bred here can’t find their way around neither. Bah Humbug.
you found your way back in the end Lenster to rejoin us for an extra climb to the Observatory 😉