Melbourne Australia group ride April 2012

[ElectricEd]

Hi Sam,
No worries, I am happy to postpone until the 21st. Count me in.

[t3sla]

in for 21st

[shorza]

I guess i really should come to one of these to introduce myself and meet fellow electrics. Unfortunately, I am working on the 21st, and doubt my 10ah battery would keep up with everyone.
Have fun, I look forward to watching the videos.

[full-throttle]

I should be good for the 21st

Run into shorza this morning. Conveniently right next to a velodrome. We swapped bikes and done a couple of laps - your bike goes well! Hyena's 200W sticker is a nice touch

Also run into another e-biker on Fri night, hopefully he can find this thread and join us.

[shorza]

Cheers Full-throttle, it was nice to meet you.
It's a great community here.

[kiqnkf]

So... 21st it is then.

AussieRider, are you in?

FullThrottle, what monster have you fabricated?

Kepler - joining us again?

[adrian_sm]

Count me in.

I vote heading out the Yarra Trail but rather than doing a long range ride, we stick in close around Yarra Bend and get full-throttle to show us some of the single track stuff. This will motivate me enough to get my full suspension bike up and running again, so I can play with some off-road stuff. Will give people a chance to see what off-road ebiking is about, rather than commuter style riding.

Maybe grab something to eat at the boathouse.
http://fairfieldboathouse.com/



Where are the good tracks full throttle?

[full-throttle]

FullThrottle, what monster have you fabricated?

No monster yet

I'll be riding my commuter or something else. If the spokes arrive in time and the bike survives the weekend prior to the ride

[full-throttle]

I vote heading out the Yarra Trail but rather than doing a long range ride, we stick in close around Yarra Bend and get full-throttle to show us some of the single track stuff. This will motivate me enough to get my full suspension bike up and running again, so I can play with some off-road stuff. Will give people a chance to see what off-road ebiking is about, rather than commuter style riding.

Good idea! If we head upstream from the boathouse people can do either path or singletracks - they run next to each other. When we come back could hit more technical tracks. Most of the tracks are on the eastern banks, then change over to the other side just before Burke Rd and back again further up.

[adrian_sm]

How about the usual meet at Fed square for those training it in, then head along the Yarra to the Boat House at Yarra Bend, and meet up with the rest that live out East or drive in. Then follow full-throttles plan above. This leaves maximum watt-hours for the fun stuff.

Looks like I better hit up Hobby King for my 20s LiPo pack.

[AussieRider]

Weather permitting, I'm in. I don't think I'll tackle any off road though with my slick tyres & close mudguards.

[Samd]

Gents,
my bike has issues inside the crank case - she cannot take any more power captain! I was gonna nurse it thru but the power is just slipping too much now.
New parts from Italy will take a few weeks.

I'm not gonna be able to make the ride, but I think you should still do it before the weather gets shite!
Please go ahead and don;t forget to post video, (please!)

Sorry folks...

[t3sla]

Soooooon
We still on for 21st

[kiqnkf]

Had an issue with the Bomber, was devistated - I wouldn't be able to attend, but John from Stealth told me to check some things, and FIXED!!!

21st ..... I'm there if the weather is ok.

[Kepler]

Hi guys, I don't think I will be able to make this one due to family commitments. I will try my best to sweet talk the good lady wife though. You never know.

[adrian_sm]

I am out. Life a bit too busy at the moment.

[ElectricEd]

Just to confirm, same bat time and same bat channel as the last ride?
This fits in with Sam's train trip from Ballarat.
Sat 21st at 10.30am in Fed square?

[full-throttle]

Sounds good

See you all on Sat

[kiqnkf]

yep.

[kiqnkf]

Only 4 of us!!!

AussieRider, FullThrottle, "Ben" (who's handle elludes me) and myself...

Weather was perfect, cool, light wind, and sunshine!!!

[adrian_sm]

Where did you end up riding?

[ElectricEd]

Sorry folks,
I coudn't get there, extra-curricular activities got in the way and when I looked at the clock again it was too late! Damn!
I'll make sure that my clock watching is better next time.

[full-throttle]

Awesome autumn day in Melbourne.

BenMoore and myself rode from inner north to Federation Square, where we met up with AussieRider and kiqnkf. While waiting for ElectricEd we witnessed an interesting phenomenon

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then rode to Port Melbourne and along the beach to St Kilda. No women's beach volley this time but plenty of stunt riding by kiqnkf on his new Stealth Bomber
While getting snacks at a servo kiqnkf helped not one but two desperate drivers with their cars

By then Ben had to turn around, so I left as well and we had a rather scary ride along Chapel St

[adrian_sm]

Cool photo.

You rode down Chapel St. Pretty narrow road, with too many car doors for my liking. Not to mention the constant distraction of short skirts. Last time I was there, I was having a beer at Bridie O'Reilly's and saw a guy get doored. Ended up on the road, luckily the car behind him had time to stop, or he would have got run over. Scary how quickly a ride can turn nasty.

[AussieRider]

Another great social ride. kcqnkf & I rode on to Mentone via the Beach road. 33km & my SLAs were done. A big improvement over the last batts that only gave 13km but still, kcqnkf was only down to about 60%! On the way back at a rest stop, who should come the other way but Nicko 20km from home & going strong on his 2WD folder with trailer. What are the odds? We really got lucky with the perfect weather for the whole day. Keep the EV grin until the next ride.