Hey C,

You should check out the BV Forum. The Around the Bay in a Day discussion has lots of advice being thrown about for those already starting their training.

For those who don't know about this ride it is around Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne, Australia). There are 4 options for this ride - 50km, 100km, 210km or 250km. It is held in October and up 10,000 cyclists do the ride. Most people aim to complete the 210km ride in between 7-9 hours. One of the major challenges of this ride is the changeble weather we seem to have here in Melbourne. You generally have an awful head wind for at least half the ride! The day can start out lovely and then change to absolutely horrible - 2 years ago it was sunny in the morning and then changed to cold and wet in the afternoon. People were suffering from frostbite because they were ill-prepared for the cold change.