Vikings Nocturne Criterium

[bosworth*]

Vikings Crace Nocturne Criterium

On Saturday 28 May, Vikings will be running a “Vikings Crace Nocturne Criterium”, on a NEW CRITERIUM CIRCUIT!

The Major Sponsor is Crace Joint Venture, with NiteLights also sponsoring the event.

We will be raffling of a set of NiteLights bike lights, valued at $220, amongst all competitors. http://www.nitelights.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=6&Itemid=1

This will be a fully-closed street circuit, in the evening, under street lights. No residents or parked cars. Residents will move in a few weeks afterwards, so this is the only opportunity to race this circuit.

Other locations may become available in future, but only if this one is well attended. Bring your mates!

The location is Crace.

16:00 Juniors roll away for 20min+2laps
16:30 WC/ME for 20+2
17:00 WB/MD for 30+2
17:40 WA/MC for 40+2
18:30 MB for 50+2
19:30 MA for 60+2

There will be prize money. $30 for 1st, $20 for 2nd, $10 for 3rd. This will be increased depending on the number of entrants. There will be separate prize money and results for the womens and mens grades.

Unlike SFP, this course will require you to stop pedalling to go around some corners.

Front and rear lights are optional for juniors and required for all other grades. No flashing lights. A UCI commissaire will be present to inspect bikes and equipment.

Also there are toilets, coffee service and BBQ. Race entry is $10, free for juniors.

Dress warm. CA licence required. 1 lap = 800 metres.

This will be great preparation for the ACT criterium Championships, on 4 June, in Kingston.


http://www.vikingscyclingforum.org.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1306&d=1305625043

[j_young_80]

Week before Wagga too - sweet!

[SimonD]

Unlike SFP, this course will require you to stop pedalling to go around some corners.


How cool is this?! I might have to ugrade my licence...! Great stuff!

[_ABC_]

Might even need to use brakes!

[Simonsky]

Awesome initiative. I'll just be off the plane from Europe and horribly unfit, but don't want to miss this one!

[SimonD]

All this jet-setting back and forth from Europe, Simonski. Have you considered the carbon footprint?

[Simonsky]

You've got me there, alas. I have considered riding my bike here.

[Hipster]

I guess now that I've got a racing license I better use it, so I'll be there. Just to clarify, is the no flashing lights for front only, or for both front and back?

[bosworth*]

Both

[Startrek]

Most lights have two or three settings you can stop the flashing

[Hipster]

I only just found out that mine actually has a "stay on" setting which is exciting, I thought it only did slow, double and fast flash. And here was me thinking I'd have an excuse to buy something more from the LBS!

[Startrek]

No keep away from the LBS back away now , for once you enter you will be lost forever.................

[Michael M]

Race Around Crace

More details to come later.

Do we have anymore detials on the streets/location for this? Where in Crace should people rock-up?

[Steven]

Here's the course map:

1306

Parking location has changed from this map - it's now across from the Visitors Centre, first left at the roundabout!

[Michael M]

Thanks Steve - although a mysterious shade of darkness descends when I try and look at the image? You might have to take-off the protection or something on the image?

[bosworth*]

just hover your mouse over the image, stationary for 10+ seconds (depending on your connection)

[Vanessa]

just hover your mouse over the image, stationary for 10+ seconds (depending on your connection)

Still all black for me...

Probably also need to circulate the details - start/finish street location to google groups to ensure we get numbers! This should be great :)

[Ross]

Thanks Steve - although a mysterious shade of darkness descends when I try and look at the image? You might have to take-off the protection or something on the image?

I get the same. Maybe it's deliberate so as to remind everyone it's a nocturnal crit! :tongue2:

[SueP]

Try clicking on it (when it goes black)?

[Vanessa]

Try clicking on it (when it goes black)?

still doesn't work for me...

[milto]

The course is a simple rectangle.

Stowport ave
Narden St
Ultimo St
Vandyke St

All in Crace

[Vanessa]

Thanks Milto :)

[j_young_80]

Now? It does often take a bit for the image to load so you can insert the image direct after attaching it as below which often works better.

<INSERT here jibe tradies random>

http://www.vikingscyclingforum.org.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1306&d=1305625043

*insert random tradies jibe here*

[Vanessa]

Thanks Jamie - that I can see :)

[Steven]

*insert random tradies jibe here*

It's becoming traditional! But I'll leave off this time, since you got my back (yet again). Great tip - thanks for sorting this out.

[Steven]

Crace Joint Venture have been named as the official Major Sponsor of the Vikings Crace Nocturne! With nearly $500 in prize money, the stakes have been raised.

[rach]

I'll do a BBQ shift - but planning on having a go in the Women's C race.

[RobF]

It would be great if people who are racing can take a turn helping out.

Also need some help setting up from about 2pm.

[Startrek]

I have a generator , very heavy would need to pick up from my place and need two people to pick it up .

[Steven]

I have a generator , very heavy would need to pick up from my place and need two people to pick it up .

Thanks heaps! I can collect/return it in the van, if I have a helper with me.

[Michael M]

I can help from 2pm - just let me know what you want me to do.

[Ross]

A friend who's into horses suggested FAW Hardware in Mitchell for hay bales and she said they will deliver.

[milto]

I will buy half a dozen hay bales when you are done with them for the garden if they are lucerne.

[_ABC_]

A buyer for two more hay bales here.

[Andrew]

What do they cost? I can buy some?

[RobF]

note to self: get into the hay business.

[j_young_80]

You guys are killing me, i'm trying to sell genuine bike parts on the forum and hear crickets. People start talking hay bales and there's a sales frenzy.

[RobF]

You guys are killing me, i'm trying to sell genuine bike parts on the forum and hear crickets. People start talking hay bales and there's a sales frenzy.

I think I can see the problem.

[gribble]

You guys are killing me, i'm trying to sell genuine bike parts on the forum and hear crickets. People start talking hay bales and there's a sales frenzy.

Maybe you should sell hay bales with free bike parts

[j_young_80]

Damn, rookie mistake, I tried to continue to sell bike parts but with free Hay.

[RobF]

I reckon we would be happy to onsell all the hay at cost. Crashed bales 10% off.

I don't know if it's lucerne, but if it will sell better, yep, it's lucerne.

[Vanessa]

Can't wait for this event - looks to be shaping up for a great evening of racing. Hope to see loads of riders there supporting the creative race team at the Vikings :)

[Startrek]

I will be supplying bales of straw NONE will be for sale as they will be returned as i have them on hire .

[SimonD]

It is possible to hire hay bales??

[Shal08]

I'll do a BBQ shift - but planning on having a go in the Women's C race.

Same for me, planning on racing womens C but can help out after the race (from 5 I think).

[Vanessa]

I will be there & happy to help out as needed - will have kiddies in tow but they can be very helpful :)

[Startrek]

It is possible to hire hay bales??

Ninja has special contacts.

[j_young_80]

I will be supplying bales of straw NONE will be for sale as they will be returned as i have them on hire .

Are straw bales as effective as Hay bales?

Planning on being there for the race, great to see some new crit tracks coming out-spewing I missed last weeks!

[Simonsky]

Looks like I won't be able to make the photo shoot. Going to miss my connection :(

[RobF]

It is possible to hire hay bales??

Not for stock feed.

[Steven]

Club ride to preview the Crace course TODAY meeting at 10.45 cnr Bunda and Mort St!

Join us in your Vikings club or squad kit (Tradies and Argonauts too) as there will be media present.

Brunch at Lonsdale Street Roasters afterwards.

[Startrek]

Not for stock feed.

I learnt yesterday there is a difference between Hay and Straw .

[Startrek]

Steve will try and get there will have to drive out I have a sick chlld.

[j_young_80]

A Brief Explanation of the Difference Between Hay and Straw:

Hay: Any of several nutritional grasses and legumes, such as alfalfa or clover, that is cut, dried, and then used as fodder for farm animals.
Straw: Hollow stalks of grain (such as wheat), used mostly as bedding and garden mulch, but which is also used as feed. Straw has less nutritional value than hay. And if you ask a cow, she'll say that it doesn't taste as good, either.

[Startrek]

Sorry guys drove over there GPS could find any street name I had. Couldn't find a signage ended up at 104.7 and gave up and came home.

[milto]

The porshe GPS got me there.

[milto]

Thanks for coming out Matt, Steve and Bos. Look for some vikings jerseys on Win TV tonight and in the CT tomorrow.

Tha's cool Lee, thanks for trying. Maybe this is an issue for us on the weekend? Are the directions clear? It is pretty easy to find off Gundaroo rd. Just take the barton to the big roundabout, right onto Gundaroo and then 1st right into crace and the sales office is there. Park at the sales office and ride to the course.

Also steve? Where is rego? At the sales office or the course? Maybe we should be getting as much at the sales office as we can?



MM

[Steven]

Sorry guys drove over there GPS could find any street name I had. Couldn't find a signage ended up at 104.7 and gave up and came home.

Sorry Lee, I've got a missed call from you - didn't notice till I was back at the office.

[dadcram]

http://www.cyclenation.com.au/calendar/DynamicEventsbyMonth.aspx

[RobF]

Heads up - Crace is not yet in GPS directories unless they are brand new. These roads became public on Wednesday. Head out on the Barton highway and look for the really big "Crace" signs.

[dadcram]

I've emailed BC, TLC, ONYA, ACT Bike Superstore, Lonsdale St and Cycle City with this link.
http://vikingscycling.org.au/events/details.asp?IntContId=7871&IntCatId=3
I haven't found email addresses for any others. How about Bilby's?

[bosworth*]

I have already publicised this through bilbys.

[SSSimon]

I saw it on the local TV news - good work Michael M, Steve C and Matt L!

[Startrek]

Great TV guys

[libbya]

Sounds like it'll be an awesome night. Great to see some new races - I'm sad to be missing this but shall be out of town.

[Ross]

Just stopped in on the way home from work to check out the course and there was a street sweeper truck going around making things tidy.

There are actually houses and cars and people living in part of Stowport St, presumably not the part that we will be racing on.

[rach]

I heart street sweeping

[Bean]

Gunna miss this one all. Have arrived back in town just in time to catch the family illness. Yay me. Hope to be back in the saddle soon.

[anla]

Just wondering if there are any plans to combine A and B grades for tonight? Just think may struggle to attract the numbers with a 730pm start for A...

[Steven]

No plans but it is possible. The RD would make this call depending on numbers and course safety.

[Startrek]

Don't forget your lights

[Steven]

And warms! Heck I'm considering the old hip-flask...

[Simonsky]

I'd vote for that! Though might be a bit tough for the A graders who show up for the later race.

[SSSimon]

I can bring a brazier and firewood and start a nice warm fire. But then I would be able to pull myself away from the warmth to race...

[Driver]

Not trying to stir any pots here but you really ought to stick to the advertised program.

Even if one or two A graders turn up half an hour prior to their advertised start time and they find out that their grade was combined and already racing, they'll be a tad shirty.

It's better to turn up to a small field and race on time than no race and several disgruntled punters. Reliability is key to getting people to show up (in future).

[Ross]

Thanks Steve, Rob and all the other organisers and marshalls it was a well organised event. The only slight downside was the fw builder that decided to drive on the course in the middle of a race and then through/over the barriers. Hope you reported him to the police, Steve, technically he ran you over. From what I saw (and probably mnay others) you were standing there trying to talk to him and he bumped you out of the way.

[tt40]

...The only slight downside was the fw builder that decided to drive on the course in the middle of a race and then through/over the barriers....

Narrow-minded knob - predictable.

[Vanessa]

Thanks Steve, Rob, Bossie & co - a great night & a great turnout of riders :)

[Startrek]

What a fantastic night ,great racing a lot of fun really good to have some thing different for a change .Great job Steve C ,Rob F ,Bosie and Jane at rego and the rest who helped to make it run smoothly.

[Simonsky]

That was an awesome event. Thanks for putting it together folks. Hope we can do it again!

[lovetoride]

It was great to see so many CCC riders front up. Fantastic! And lots of thankyous and praise were received at the desk when people were returning their numbers.

Well done! Excellent organisation and preparation Steven.

[Steven]

Not trying to stir any pots here but you really ought to stick to the advertised program.

Even if one or two A graders turn up half an hour prior to their advertised start time and they find out that their grade was combined and already racing, they'll be a tad shirty.

It's better to turn up to a small field and race on time than no race and several disgruntled punters. Reliability is key to getting people to show up (in future).

I agree, and I'd particularly like to apologise to Andrew Lake and Tom Behrens who did not even get a chance to jump on with B grade for a few laps. At the very least I could've given some advice to show up early to register before B rolled away.

Lesson learned.

[gribble]

thanks Steve, boz, rob etc for running this was a lot of good fun, a couple of work mates of mine had a great time (might have some new members soon)

[lovetoride]

I sold five 3-ride licences plus and I now have all their contact details to chase them up over the coming weeks to ensure they do another couple of races and then join :-)

Another woman with a used 3-ride licence is about to join too.

[MatthewL]

Huge thanks to all the organisers - that was a lot of fun and certainly something different! Well done all :hail:

[Hipster]

Thanks gang, was a really wonderful experience. I need to learn to hold my line through corners when there are riders on the inside, but that will come with more experience.

[Driver]

I agree, and I'd particularly like to apologise to Andrew Lake and Tom Behrens who did not even get a chance to jump on with B grade for a few laps. At the very least I could've given some advice to show up early to register before B rolled away.

Lesson learned.

Sounds like this was a successful event. I wish work hadn't canned my leave and I could have raced it too.

The other downside that is often overlooked when combining (for example) A and B grades is that often there are many B graders walking away after getting spat out the back. Leaves them scratching their heads, wondering if that is something they'll bother to do again should grades be combined at late notice.

Lets have more crits! :)

[SSSimon]

Great race, great experience. The technical course blew over 1/2 the B grade field away. Great ride by Ian Downing to take the win. Nathan Spillane was also riding impressively and reveled in the technical corners!

Lee I have your generator in the back on my ute. It take 3 people to lift the sucker. Where do you want it dropped off?

[j_young_80]

Big Thanks to all involved in getting the event up and running as well as those who turned up to race - well done!

Greg's got some cracking shots on facebook;

http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.1933277006368.2108138.1075560671

Not sure whether it's the remnants of post-crash skittiness, but I don't think I hit the first corner once feeling confident - hurt like a dog having to chase back on every time - clearly we need to race at the Causeway again.

[Micklan]

Thank you for a Great Event to Steve and all those involved. :)
Its a excellent concept...and was a great success!
Loved the course.
Have the results been tabulated as yet.

[Steven]

Thanks Mick, and thanks for helping us at the finish chute. Bosie's working on the results.

[Micklan]

D grade on the gas...

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc106/micklan/onthechase.jpg

[dadcram]

The MTBers and sudo MTBers all enjoyed the event. Not sure whether having the BBQ soooo far away helped with sales.

[Nos131]

Thank you all involved for making it possible to race on such an unbelievable circuit. I hope we have the opportunity to race an event like this in the future.

[SSSimon]

Also, I forgot (keeps happening)

Big RAP for 'The Tradies' team who turned up en-mass to race this event!

Well done Tradies - great to see a team training by racing!!!

[dadcram]

sad about Lyn's fizzer of a tyre on the neutral lap.

[Steven]

Yep, a world of pos rep to the Tradies squad :)

Hopefully Lyn's winning the meat tray raffle makes up for some of the sting!

[lovetoride]

And there kit looks soooo cool! (Not as good as Vikings of course Steven, but right up there :-)

[Hipster]

I've just seen Greg and Simon's (sydneyhipster) photos, there's some killer material in both. So stoked for how well documented this was :)

[LynV]

Thanks and congrats to everybody for putting on a great event - well done everyone:thumbup1:

[bosworth*]

results:

I'll do up full race report today.


Juniors
1 Ryan Coyles
2 Jade Coyles

WC
1 Emily Nicholls
2 Liz Lowe
3 Angela Wren
4 Anna Johnston
5 Verity Linehan
6 Haylee Weaver
7 Shalan Bray
DNF Rachel Green

ME
1 Craig Ritchie
2 Peter Merrick
3 Tony Goldsworthy
4 Chris Knezevic
5 Nigel Huckstep
6 Ray Gorrell
7 Jonathan Lowe
8 David Harries
9 Rowan Mason
10 Travis Schofield
DNF Michael Milton

WB
1 Lee Sheather
2 Shridevi Vasudeva
3 Emma Viotto
4 Yvette Fisher
DNF Alexandria Nicholls
DNF Saly Thomson
DNF Vanessa Essam
DNF Lyn Vasudeva

MD
1 Michael Langdon
2 Patrick Quiggin
3 Adrian Moy
4 Rakin Rahman
5 Adrian Plumb
6 Michael Masters
7 Matthew Larkin
8 Ben Cooper
DNF Liam Stone
DNF Oliver Thearle
DNF Julian Drape
DNF James Fisher
DNF David Brudenall
DNF Darryl Cram
DNF David Johnson
DNF Jesse Kennedy

WA
1 Cheryl Hulscamp
2 Kimberley Wells

MC
1 Matthew Cousins
2 Chris Short
3 James Toole
4 Ed Pellegrino
5 Jared Greenville
6 Andrew Collins
7 Chris Wilson
8 Heath Chester
9 Ross MacPherson
10 Kenneth Webster
11 Mal Bennett
12 Danny Chak
DNF Brad Drew
DNF Rob Fisher

MB
1 Ian Downing
2 Nathan Spillane
3 Mike DeBoer
DNF Andrew Thaller
DNF David O'Neill
DNF Steven Jones
DNF Simon Niemeyer
DNF Myf Galloway
DNF Kane Piper
DNF Jamie Young
DNF Anthony Murfett
DNF Avi Vasudeva
DNF Andrew Lake
DNF Jeff Dau
DNF Jason Chalker
DNF Ben Smith
DNF Simon Claringbold
DNF Andrew Schloeffel

[_ABC_]

Wow - who set off the bomb in Mens B?!?!?!

[Andrew]

I don't think they went through the chute. A few DNF'd, but there was more than 3 left at the end

[Steven]

Gotta go through the chute. That said, please (politely) report any inaccuracies directly to Bosworth so he can finalize the results.

[Startrek]

Steve i left early how do we collect prize money?

[Andrew]

Gotta go through the chute. That said, please (politely) report any inaccuracies directly to Bosworth so he can finalize the results.


In that case I came 4th >_>

[Steven]

In that case I came 4th >_>

Directly. To. Bosworth.

[_ABC_]

Directly. To. Bosworth.

I'm not sure how much of an inaccuracy that was correcting :)

[bosworth*]

Andrew,

thankyou for your email.

You did not come 4th.

You did not finish the race.

Kind Regards,

[_ABC_]

A couple of thoughts:
Having to slow down for corners was awesome, scary, infuriating, tiring and bloody hard work!
Much more than Stromlo there is a benefit from picking a good wheel to stick on. I was on one guys wheel for a fair bit of the C Grade race and he kept dagging off on the corners which meant that we had to catch up even more out the other side. I knew I didn't want to be on his wheel out of the last corner as there would be no chance I would overtake any more riders than him.
It's much more a race to the last few corners as much as a race to the line. I think our grade finished in exactly the same order we went down the long straight before the last corner. If I'd been thinking I would have absolutely smashed it down that straight and gotten to the last corner in a better position - next time.

Hold. That. Wheel. The first 10 minutes of our race was absolutely balls-out stuff and I was pretty knackered at that point but I just took it one corner at a time and about 2 laps after I thought "there's no way I can keep this up" the whole group started to slow up a little to something more manageable. The first time I had a chance to look at the time board 13 minutes had gone by! Just keep on the wheel in front of you and watch for gaps in front of them. If they start dagging off, blast past them and get on the wheel in front.

I had a blast, can't wait for Wagga!

[Andrew]

Andrew,

thankyou for your email.

You did not come 4th.

You did not finish the race.

Kind Regards,

Thankyou Boz, for your kind words prior, and after, the race :P

[lovetoride]

Steve i left early how do we collect prize money?

See me. I will attempt to contact all prize winners this evening where prizes were not claimed.

Jane

[Steven]

Thanks Jane. Bosworth, can you please mention this in the race report to Canberra Roadies.

Note - Milto, you won the Nitelights raffle! I can hand this to you next time we meet.

[Ross]

A couple of thoughts:
Having to slow down for corners was awesome, scary, infuriating, tiring and bloody hard work!
Much more than Stromlo there is a benefit from picking a good wheel to stick on. I was on one guys wheel for a fair bit of the C Grade race and he kept dagging off on the corners which meant that we had to catch up even more out the other side. I knew I didn't want to be on his wheel out of the last corner as there would be no chance I would overtake any more riders than him.
It's much more a race to the last few corners as much as a race to the line. I think our grade finished in exactly the same order we went down the long straight before the last corner. If I'd been thinking I would have absolutely smashed it down that straight and gotten to the last corner in a better position - next time.

Hold. That. Wheel. The first 10 minutes of our race was absolutely balls-out stuff and I was pretty knackered at that point but I just took it one corner at a time and about 2 laps after I thought "there's no way I can keep this up" the whole group started to slow up a little to something more manageable. The first time I had a chance to look at the time board 13 minutes had gone by! Just keep on the wheel in front of you and watch for gaps in front of them. If they start dagging off, blast past them and get on the wheel in front.

I had a blast, can't wait for Wagga!


Thanks Andy, I was on your wheel for probably 90% of the race. Good wheel, consistent pace though I wasn't game to try and overtake (undertake?) on the right because a couple of times I did start to nose up you shut the gate on me and I decided that descretion was the better part of vallour. There wasn't really any room on the left in the short straights to overtake.

That guy in the Route 7 kit was funny I thought. Every few laps he would do a Ninja attack and come from near the back to at or near the front and then the next lap he would get spat out the back again. Not sure where he finished in the end, he quite possibly had the last laugh and finished in front of me.

I was just keeping a steady pace and trying not to do any more work than I needed to, just happy to be still with the main bunch, especially considering I'd just raced Honeysuckle about an hour before! Unfortunately the race went for one lap more than my legs wanted it to and a couple of guys slipped past me on the last lap, but at least I didn't finish last, I was quite happy with my result in the end, especially as I don't normally do crits and also that I was racing C instead of D.

[_ABC_]

http://the-riotact.com/vikings-crace-nocturne-criterium-2/46591

[Steven]

Thanks Andy! (but please wait for the full race report next time)(in case the results need a tweak)(so as not to enrage the punters)(on the off chance)

[_ABC_]

Yep, let them know there was a report on the way. Didn't think they'd jump to it that quickly to be honest!