FIRST Friday of the month Mt. Nebo/Glorious run

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:45 pm

mattyredlocks wrote:Oh I get ya. Soz, I thought you meant six hours from where we left at Glorious!

I was going to say, you're not slow... Think we lost you maybe 30 seconds into the ascent.

I had to slow down after about 5 minutes, Alex was getting slightly nervous. Passengers hey?

mattyredlocks · Postby **mattyredlocks** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:51 pm

Trackphotos wrote:I had to slow down after about 5 minutes, Alex was getting slightly nervous. Passengers hey?

I know, right. Those F1 cars seem to go pretty fast with only one seat...

We held up a group of ...somethings for a bit, apparently they were not content to take it easy through the township. You know, where they like to put all those fancy cameras.

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:53 pm

mattyredlocks wrote:
Trackphotos wrote:I had to slow down after about 5 minutes, Alex was getting slightly nervous. Passengers hey?

I know, right. Those F1 cars seem to go pretty fast with only one seat...

We held up a group of ...somethings for a bit, apparently they were not content to take it easy through the township. You know, where they like to put all those fancy cameras.

Would that be the mob of skyline bros that we saw queued up on the side of the road? Thought they'd be catching us when I started coasting, but if you were in front of them, that'd explain why they never appeared.

mattyredlocks · Postby **mattyredlocks** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:02 pm

skyline bros wrote:Dude my wing is bigger than yours.

skyline bros wrote:Yeah but did you hear my new blow off valve?

That would explain it. Oh well, I'm sure they made up for it when we turned off.

mattyredlocks · Postby **mattyredlocks** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:02 pm

Anyone keen for a spin this Friday?

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:31 pm

If the forecast of 300+ mm of rain on friday turns out to be complete crap, I'll probably be in. Otherwise nah, cbf.

slug_dub · Postby **slug_dub** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:42 pm

Aw crap I hope its not rainy... looking forward to a drive.

mattyredlocks · Postby **mattyredlocks** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:05 pm

Really, rain? For reals? Urghhhhh it better not.

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:40 pm

You know the insane rain and hailstorms that NSW got hit by over the last week, flashing flooding and everything? That's predicted to move north all the way to the sunshine coast, worst for SE QLD is expected thursday night/all day friday.

mattyredlocks · Postby **mattyredlocks** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:42 pm

This is unfortunate. Let's hope that it's not as bad here as it was there :S

Vat · Postby **Vat** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:27 am

mattyredlocks wrote:This is unfortunate. Let's hope that it's not as bad here as it was there :S

I'm away on the Friday so no go for me.

Forecasting suggests 80-90 mm on Thursday and Friday.

madkeen · Postby **madkeen** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:38 pm

Hi fellas (and any ladies). I've been taking my 'new' mx5 up Nebo and Glorious for some early morning drives on weekends since buying it in January. Am yet to run into a single Mx5 up there! Am keen to meet up with some of you... so feel free to shout out if anyone is planning a run.

Yes, sadly this Thurs-Sat is looking like a washout. Maybe Sunday will be better.. although I'm guessing the roads may be a bit trashed .
Hope to catch up soon.

slug_dub · Postby **slug_dub** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:48 pm

How early on the weekends madkeen? :lol:

mattyredlocks · Postby **mattyredlocks** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:05 pm

Weekend mornings are a good way to get stuck behind a bicycle, unless you mean reeeeeally early?

madkeen · Postby **madkeen** » Fri May 01, 2015 1:32 pm

I've done 6am runs where you get stuck for WAY too long behind someone, and 9am runs where you cruise for 20mins without a blockage! Seems to be kind of random. To be honest the pushbikes aren't really the biggest pain... as you can overtake them on any uphill segment, and without having to swing wide into an oncoming lane. The PAIN is the occasional sedan going slow for an extended period with no overataking zone. The WORST culprits in my experience, are those huge cruiser style motorbikes that do 40km/h, fill a lane, and don;t want to let you pass.

Like I said, I haven;t yet found any great benefit to going earlier rather than a bit later. We must get up there soon!!