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Bala 2011
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really enjoyed it but it was freezing so i'm gonna give it another couple of weeks on the turbo before i venture out again.
good though
Be afraid, be very afraid ...........
Will be heading back to Oz a few days after, so pretty sure to be my last UK race for a while 
There's a signed Bala entry form on my desk, have a leave pass from Mrs K, just need a cheque and a stamp and Kanga will be in da house
Kanga, i'm sure you said you were heading back there last year, so we'll no doubt see you at Bala in 2014
Alan - yeah that's the right campsite. It is a great place, and they have hot showers, woo hoo hooooo!
we're not camping...we're staying in town in a hotel....
be good to see you there tho....i'll see you before tho i'm sure.
hey interested in doing a training ride in may on the route?? me and a couple of mate are gonna go down and camp for the night (few beers) then ride the course
BTW, Andy a few of us did a bike course recce last May, and camped.....turned out to be the coldest May night in 10 years; logged it at about -2C I think. So don't take a 2-season sleeping bag like I did. Take a 4 season, just in case
The coldest days training I have ever done, Hail stones on a bike ride when I was only in 1 layer of lycra... If it hadn't been for the fact I was the only guy with 4 hot babes I might have died
Dave would you say the ride is tougher than a loop of IMUK??
nope It's the same sort of route
Rolling away from the start, Then a long drag and fast descent Down the A470 is straight and fast, to the turn round and then just the reverse......
The Bala profile is on Wrexham Tri's website..
i think i run a 34 on the front (its a compact)..i can climb pretty much anything with it but it depends how long it is and how long i can hold it for....the top of SH i can do in the seat once...but we did a ride in the lakes where it was about 3 times as long...and i was out of the seat loads..and only just made it without throwing up!!!!
i'll be ready for this though this year (and for IMUK)
in that case i run a 27 on the back....but i think thats the max i can get for the 105's i run!!!
not that i'm planning on changing it..but i like talking about bikes..lol
Sprockets at the back, Rings at the front !
When Graham built my bike last spring, He tracked down the 29 especially for Bala and IMUK
I wished id a few extra gears going up the beast at IMCH.
You cant have to many gears
One man's flat is another man's hill.....