2010 Sydney ride thread

[Monstar_100]

I dont have much work on at the moment mate, i wouldn't mind just meeting up for lunch or coffee.

[mostro900]

So we could well add some mid week rides in 2010 then.

I'm up for mid-week rides...

[Betty]

This had slipped away onto page 2.

So is there a plan for the next 'official' Ozmo ride? We must be getting near due.

Date? Time? Destination?

Just a thought on the big west ride discussed earlier: may this be better left for when the days are not so short?

[mattyvas]

Yep a big day out west might be best for when the days are longer.
So who's pitching the next direction/date. Usually first/second Saturday of the month.

[Betty]

Note: Second weekend in June is a long weekend ... generally meaning double demerits, etc.

So does that mean Sat. 5th June?

[mattyvas]

Then the 5th it is I'd say.
So who's gonna suggest the route then?

[FIFO]

Well if there is no Rain, Snow ,Sleet or Dust. :'(
And not sub zero temperatures.  :'(
How about a Quickie.

Say  meet Rouse hill not to early(could be frosty) Bells Line , Lithgow ,back up Victoria pass to MT Vic Pub for lunch, nice spot with good meals.  
Back along Darling cause way to Bells line.




ps I will have to grovel to go as it is the cooks birthday  5th june  
 

[suzyj]

I'm up for a quickie 

I really like Bells line of road - especially the nice sweepers around Mt. Tomah.

[tricolore]

Well if there is no Rain, Snow ,Sleet or Dust. :'(
And not sub zero temperatures.  :'(
How about a Quickie.

Say  meet Rouse hill not to early(could be frosty) Bells Line , Lithgow ,back up Victoria pass to MT Vic Pub for lunch, nice spot with good meals.  
Back along Darling cause way to Bells line.




ps I will have to grovel to go as it is the cooks birthday  5th june 
 

The chances of getting sub zero temperatures = HIGH
It will be very cold, I do recall a run up that way in about august or september and got light snow. If anyone is adverse to the cold this ride would not suit.

[mattyvas]

yeah I do remember folks going out up that way last year and there was sleet and freezing conditions!!
not a very pleasant day from all reports, I think you were on the ride Rob.

[FIFO]

yeah I do remember folks going out up that way last year and there was sleet and freezing conditions!!
not a very pleasant day from all reports, I think you were on the ride Rob.

No  i bailed out last minute.

The  weather on the mountains can be very changable.
 Early june might still ok.
Right now would be perfect.

We only seem to only have 3-4  basic options for group rides.
 South, K,V
 north, old road
 north west,  putty rd
 west, Bells line.
So put them up an a board and throw a dart blind folded

Putty road would be just the same more or less weather wise like Bells line weather / temperature conditions as you are heading over the ranges in the cooler months.

[craigo]

One Bathurst via Bells Line run I swear it *snowed* going over the mountains, that was in April last year:



There is an awesome little pizza shop on the Great Western Hwy just out of Lithgow that Mostro found.

There are also a lot of  around there.

[heatherp]

That looks like a standard day here in Victoria. 

[mostro900]

One Bathurst via Bells Line run I swear it *snowed* going over the mountains, that was in April last year:



There is an awesome little pizza shop on the Great Western Hwy just out of Lithgow that Mostro found.

There are also a lot of  around there.

yeah, it's likely to be cold, but we could get a warm snap! fingers crossed. At least we would be prepared for the cold this time around. that prior occasion, it was quite warm in Sydney if I recall, so we all got a nippy surprise. 
At least the pizza(Little Hartley) was good. 

[Betty]

Hang on a minute ... I thought I was the one that was meant to be confused around here.

The photo above was not the snowy, pizza ride. As Craig said it was much earlier than that and it was a beautiful day out at Bathurst ... we just encountered a little low lying cloud on the way home (yes the photo was taken in the middle of the afternoon ... and yes it was a little chilly about then).

The snowy ride was later as Tri mentioned. The intention was to go further west but a few of the less hardy souls decided Lithgow was far enough. I believe this may have been the ride that started with the dust storm.

Guess what?

We would be falling right between the two season-wise.