I rode the 130km ride organised by Västerås CK. (get a google translation of this site).
We were about 20 cyclist, and rode together (for most of the way), which is why it went so fast. When I spoke to one guy at the front I said that I could keep up on the flat and down hill, but tended to get left behind up hill. He said the fast boys 'ride like madmen!'
One other (older than me) man and I couldn't keep up towards the end, and dropped back. One of the leaders dropped back to help us home. He was very nice.
When we arrived back at Västerås' main square we got applause from the other guys that had been there a while. A hot dog and a cheese roll were very welcome, as was the fact that we'd driven into town, so we didn't have to ride all the way home!
I plotted the route with my phone, and you can see the results (I think) at this site.
2010-05-13
2010-05-09
Energitrampet cancelled!
Energitrampet is a cycle ride organised here in Västerås every year. Usually about 1 - 2000 cyclists ride the three different distances (125km, 70km & 25km). This year it has been canceled because of insufficient interest!
All of us that have registered got a mail late last night, and will get more information about getting our money back.
It's a good job that this was the one cycle fixture that we don't have any overseas guests coming to! I'm confident that the two weekends in Motala won't suffer the same fate, Vätternrundan was fully booked up last October!
A different cycle ride is being organised on Thursday (Assencion day, a public holiday here), and might be seen as competition to Energitrampet. It's a lot cheaper, and probably even more simply arranged. Not much advertising has been seen for this event, but the one advert we saw indicates that the town council is supporting it, so perhaps they would prefer this event. Time will tell.
I'm off shortly to play viola in Mozart's Requiem in Sala. This meant that I couldn't ride with VCK where I would have heard all the gossip about this! I did,however have a nice ride with Margie. She has ridden to Sätrabrunn, and will after a treatment and relaxing afternoon there will ride on to Sala to listen to the concert.
All of us that have registered got a mail late last night, and will get more information about getting our money back.
It's a good job that this was the one cycle fixture that we don't have any overseas guests coming to! I'm confident that the two weekends in Motala won't suffer the same fate, Vätternrundan was fully booked up last October!
A different cycle ride is being organised on Thursday (Assencion day, a public holiday here), and might be seen as competition to Energitrampet. It's a lot cheaper, and probably even more simply arranged. Not much advertising has been seen for this event, but the one advert we saw indicates that the town council is supporting it, so perhaps they would prefer this event. Time will tell.
I'm off shortly to play viola in Mozart's Requiem in Sala. This meant that I couldn't ride with VCK where I would have heard all the gossip about this! I did,however have a nice ride with Margie. She has ridden to Sätrabrunn, and will after a treatment and relaxing afternoon there will ride on to Sala to listen to the concert.
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