Bike SA VeloAdelaide ride. How did you find it?

I thought they put on a great ride. Nice weather, good loop with some climbing to keep it honest. I saw lots of aid stations as well. Radelaide is the only city in Australia you can pull off something like that starting and finishing in the CBD.

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Permalink Reply by Rob (Chewbacca) on March 18, 2012 at 16:02

my personal veiw for what its worth is that a loop ride such as the Ride Like Crazy caters well for this sort of event and not necessary to offer a similar experience...the Coast2Coast was a beautiful ride and a challenge especially for those who also rode back to town....hope the Coast2Coast makes a stunning return ;)

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Permalink Reply by Pete Roberts on March 18, 2012 at 16:06

Why not have both ?

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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Kane on March 18, 2012 at 16:13

...on the same day ??

Now that would be a ride.

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Permalink Reply by Dave L on March 18, 2012 at 16:43

I found it a bit hard due to 3 weeks off the bike but made it OK in the end. I still think the C2C was much a better ride and safer.

Ride like Crazy seemed a lot easier than Velo even though it covers similar ground, not sure why.

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Permalink Reply by Mark on March 19, 2012 at 8:20

Me too David, was off bike for 2 weeks and found yesterday a great ride but hard yakka, especially getting back upnover the lofty range.

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Permalink Reply by Just another psycho-list on March 18, 2012 at 16:44

So rotten to have had to miss it... :-(

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Permalink Reply by Matt Jones on March 18, 2012 at 17:33

2 weeks off the bike with various excuses (manflu , torrential rain etc) was not the ideal prep, but still it was a great ride. Freeway wasn't fun with the headwind, in fact nearly didn't make it down the freeway on the way there due to a sidewind gust that nearly pushed the bike over at about 50km/hr.

Only did the 50Km ride and suffered from calf and driver cramps, but feeling better now for having got out.

I'm thinking this ride is more suitable for a wider range of riders than c2c and the re-group back at Hindmarsh square worked well.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Hutchinson on March 18, 2012 at 18:08

Great to see so many riders out today, especially the 500 plus who joined the free Family ride , kids & family& other less experienced riders on the Free Family Ride, this has to be our future of building cycling & encouraging newbies about the joys of riding. Awesome vibe from all that I chatted to & loved the atmosphere of Whitmore Square. Congrats to the dude from Kenya who rode the 20km - he did it on one leg, not sure if you have tried riding with one leg but reckon I would only make it to the end of my street & back! He is here in Adelaide till July so I have directed him to this site - hope he makes contact..