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@Davros
Last weekend, I was riding with my girlfriend doing the Surrey Legs of Steel route, roads were icey, people were falling off going up Box Hill, average temp of 0, and now here we are in Victoria !!!
Off the plane, drive from Sydney to country Vic to her Mothers house, build the bikes, get to bed at 02:00, alarm goes off at 05:30 and we set out for a small 114k loop.
We headed off into the country, and within a K, 4 kangaroos started hopping beside us, they then jumped the fence and hopped in front of us and into the next paddock !!!
The plan was to ride up Mount Alexander, down the other side, do a loop and then back up Mount Alexander and back home. As we hit Mount A, within the first K, Mrs Davroos picked up a puncture and as her dedicated domestique, I fixed it and then she insisted on going back down and starting again so that her strava time would be better !!! Up we went, so different from England, there was nobody, not a car nor bike on the road, and up the top, we found a couple of wallabies who were more interested in us
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Back down the other side, we saw one cyclist coming up, and into a 30k loop. It was starting to heat up when we came back towards Mount A, but the route we had chosen, included a dirt road
We started the climb, and this side was loads steeper, but we got to the top, with Mrs Davroos pulling the QOM !!!
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Back down and 5ks from the finish, my chain decided to snap !!! She rode off, whilst a friendly local chucked my bike in the back of his ute
http://www.strava.com/activities/107079706
Day 2, we decided to do a longer flatter route and the temp was also a lot better, it was quite cold at 14 !!!
Amazingly, the headwind decided to follow us wherever we rode, also the route was very undulating and Mrs Davroos was suffering from the QOM attacks from the day before !!! So we crawled along, the average time slipping down whilst she died !!!
Eventually the ride ended at 122ish ks.
http://www.strava.com/activities/107340381
Great weather and awesome riding. The lack of traffic here is amazing !!!
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