I re entered the Audax force yesterday with a 220k ride. The dudes on the 400k zipped off into the distance and never saw them again . Then again, they're training for the PBP! I think there were three of us doing the 200k & we only caught up to him once! I rode w a dude from the BNA forum & his mudgaurds drove me nuts! We've had no rain for a while though....

It was 80km's of hills & 140 flattish-can't complain! The hills we did ride weren't as bad as I thought they were going to be. I know one of them very very well as we drive up it to go to mtb events all the time. I took my time on each of the hilly sections as i'd no clue what was ahead.

Traffic was great for the most part. Now if someone at Main Roads would create roads that are SMOOTH, it would save my bladder n hands . I couldn't ride on the inside line because it was too rutted n blech so I had to ride just beside the white line. Motorists were great!

I thought traffic would be frightening along the SW highway but I was wrong!
Tons o fun & glad I iced my knees n shoulder when i got home! Next one Jan 29th.

So, if you think a hill's bad, perhaps it's not!

I still can't get a map from google earth onto my garmin...what do i need to do??? I've read the help stuff on the garmin site but still can't find the answer.