GreenWEDGE Cycling TT Results

Check the full ride report on the GreenWEDGE Cycling website here

2014 GWC TT Results

However

The Festival TT was cancelled however we’ve decided to just go for a ride anyway.

Basically come down to the Bakery at Warrandyte from 8:00AM, ready to roll at 8:30AM.

GreenWEDGE Cycling have details on their Strava website.

Click here to find out more.

EVENT CANCELLED

The 2014 Warrandyte Festival – Carnival of Cycling has been Cancelled

Cyclists and Supporters

Due to “Risk and Insurance” issues that may not have been resolved before the Warrandyte Festival – “Carnival of Cycling” the event has had to be cancelled this year. Sorry for any inconvenience.

2014 Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT

Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT

This free event is part of the Warrandyte Festival and is open to experienced road cyclists. Participants will be timed using Strava and results will be advised once the cut-off time for uploading your ride is complete. Strava can be used directly from an iPhone, an Android phone or with a Garmin or similar bike computer Click here for directions to use Strava if you don’t already.

You must complete the registration form before commencing the ride.

When: Sunday March 23,

Registration time: 7:45 AM  

Ride commences: 8:30 AM

Where: Warrandyte Netball Courts,  Taroona Avenue, Warrandyte (opposite IGA) Melways Ref 35 C1.  Click here to view on on-line map.

Distance and total vertical climb: 41.0km and 739m

Cut-off time for uploading your Strava time: 4:00PM on Sunday March 23, 2014.

Registration Forms: available here and should be completed before arriving. No Completed No Start. 

Ride Route: The ride commences at the netball courts, leading to a neutral start through Warrandyte which ends at a left turn over the bridge.  The north side of the bridge is where the 41km Strava segment starts.  The route features the climb up Kangaroo Ground Road on to St Andrews, through Hurstbridge, Wattle Glen and up the hill to Kangaroo Ground and then the 4km descent back to Warrandyte Bridge where the Strava segment and time trial finishes. Head back to the netball courts for a BBQ and refreshments.

See map here

Download and print the ride cue sheet here

Download the ride directions to a Garmin here

Riders are expected to be self-sufficient and have the following:

• spare tubes and tools
• pump
• water
• mobile phone (The organisers do not have the capacity to recover damaged/faulty bikes)

Cyclists participating are advised that they will riding on “open roads” and that all normal road rules apply including not riding more than two abreast except when another rider is passing.

Photos and Results from Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT

A selection of photos by Justin and Daughter

TT Results here

More photos are available on Justin’s site

Another album from MAG

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THANKS EVERYONE

Warrandyte is dark till late in the morning these days and so when the riders started showing up early, even in the dark, I knew it would be good roll-up and it was.

So thanks to all those who helped with registration and set-up this morning especially Justin, Cyril, Wes and Austin. THANKS. Its the ethos behind of the the Warrandyte Festival to get in there and help everyone have an enjoyable Festival and cycling is no different. Riders pitched and helped make it a safe, fun and hard ride. Whether they were doing the TT or the 7 Caffè latte passport ride. Riders came from all over, Don rode out from Southbank to do it, others from Eltham, Doncaster and beyond. Of course we had a fair smattering of Warrandyte and North Warrandyte riders in it.

We more than doubled the roll-up from last year and despite the harsh wind on the way out to St Andrews the riders loved it. Results here and photos soon.

WATCH THIS SPACE! 

Final details of the Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT

This free event is part of the Festival and is open to experienced self-sufficient road cyclists.

Date: Sunday, March 24

Time: 8:00 – 9:00 AM (Registrations accepted from 7:45AM to 9:00AM with first riders away at 8:00AM)

Distance and total vertical climb: 41.2 km, ca. 390 m

Location: Lions Park, 215 Yarra Street, Warrandyte (Melways 23 F11) near bridge

Registration Forms: available here

Ride Route: Across Warrandyte Bridge and straight ahead to Kangaroo Ground

Turn right at roundabout and then past Kangaroo Ground General Store, Panton Hill and Smiths Gully.

Turn left at St Andrews and through to Hurstbridge

Turn left at the Wattle Glen roundabout and up the climb to Kangaroo Ground

Turn right and straight ahead past the Kangaroo Ground General Store

Turn left at roundabout towards Warrandyte and down the hill to the Warrandyte Bridge turning right at roundabout

Turn right into the Lions Park

See map here

Riders are expected to be self-sufficient and have the following:

• spare tubes and tools
• pump
• water
• mobile phone (The organisers do not have the capacity to recover damaged/faulty bikes)

Cyclists participating are advised that they will riding on “open roads” and that all normal road rules apply including not riding more than two abreast except when another rider is passing.

WFCTT – SUNDAY MARCH 24 – 8:00AM

RIDE DETAILS FOR THE WARRANDYTE FESTIVAL CYCLING TT

When: Sunday March 24, 8:00 – 9:00AM. Groups will be  set off in 10 minute intervals  (riders will not be able to enter the event after 9:00 AM). Cut-off finish time is 12:00PM and DNF will be noted against the rider finishing after 12:00PM.

What: Do I need to do to enter? Complete registration form here on Festival website and give it to one of ride organisers on the day.

Where: Register from 7:45AM at the Lions Carpark just past the Warrandyte Sweet Shop at approximately 215 Yarra Street Warrandyte (Melways 23 F11) Bring your completed registration from to get your ride number (please print your name clearly).  Registration Forms available here. The riders are expected to be self sufficient and have the following:

• spare tubes and tools
• pump
• water
• mobile phone (The organisers do not have the capacity to recover damaged/faulty bikes)

Ride Route The Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT heads out of the Lions Club car park Warrandyte on Yarra Street, across the bridge and straight up the Kangaroo Ground road into the GreenWEDGE for 4km then its down hill and turn right at the roundabout past the Kangaroo Ground Store on the St Andrews Rd.

Continue up through Panton Hill, and Smiths Gully General Store down to St Andrews past “A Boy Named Sue” going left (west) to Hurstbridge.

Continue on through Hurstbridge past Wild Wombat Cafe to the Wattle Glen roundabout turning up the hill to Kangaroo Ground.

Turn right back onto the Eltham – St Andrews road and continue past the KG General Store taking a left onto the Warrandyte-Kangaroo Ground Rd at the roundabout and back to Warrandyte and the Lions Club car park to have your ride time recorded.

Stop for a coffee at the Warrandyte Bakery or the Roundabout Cafe and get your Caffè latte passport signed and dated.

Untold Peaks…..that’s the Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT

Now there’s a word that doesn’t get used much these days but was big in the ’70s. UNTOLD, used by surfers to describe any number of things, waves, left-handers, reefs, surfers , sharks etc.

I’m using it describe the hills you’ll knock off as you ride the Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT or maybe the number of coffee you’ll have. Maybe we can make it a “must be used cool word” amongst cyclists.

So get your registration form downloaded and signed by your mum or someone else’s.

Remember there’s no prizes but glory and nothing but fun to be had as you smash your mate’s coffee quota or time on the ride. There’s no charity to donate to unless you want to.

Registration form here

Registration Form

What: Do I need to do to enter? Complete registration form here on Festival website and give it to one of ride organisers on the day.

When: Sunday March 24, 8:00 – 9:00am. Groups will be  set of in 10 minute intervals  (riders will not be able to enter the event after 9:00 am). Cut-off finish time is 12:00 noon and DNF will be noted against the rider finishing after 12:00PM.

Where: Register at the Lions Carpark just past the Warrandyte Sweet Shop at approximately 215 Yarra Street Warrandyte (Melways 23 F11) Bring your completed registration from to get your ride number (please print your name clearly).  Registration Forms available here. The riders are expected to be self sufficient and have the following:

• spare tubes and tools
• pump
• water
• mobile phone (The organisers do not have the capacity to recover damaged/faulty bikes)

Eighteen Days and We Climb

The Warrandyte Festival Cycling TT countdown is on, and riders start climbing in 18 days’ time.

Riders will cross the Yarra River at Warrandyte Bridge and commence a 5km climb to Kangaroo Ground.

Cyril Dixon has been out on a reconnoitre of the course.  He has commented on Strava that on

“my flat out attempt tonight…. it is a very tough ride. My KOM is not 4th overall after Strava has sorted through everyone that has ridden the loop. Not sure I can go much faster. Had a nice tailwind to St Andrews, and threw as much as i could into it. Really worked hard back into the wind, through Hursty to Wattle Glen. Then spent by the time I got to the hour mark and on the climb back to KG. Held it together for the descent back to Warrandyte”.

So the 41 km ride is not easy – it’s testing. Dan Field completed the course in the best time at 1 hour and 15 minutes. So it will be good to see who turns out to do the ride and whether Dan can beat his record.

For those interested in a more leisurely ride, we’re thinking of a caffè latte passport: how many coffees can you drink from the 7 coffee locations, getting your passport signed at each one on this ride?

1. The Roundabout Cafe
2. Smiths Gully General Store
3. St Andrews – “A Boy Named Sue”
4. Hurstbridge Wild Wombat Cafe
5. Wattle Glen General Store
6. Kangaroo Ground General Store
7. Warrandyte Bakery