Training Ride: Daryl's Loop

This Training Ride, unofficially called Daryl's Loop is a great 40km hit out around Bendigo which includes a number of hills to test the legs and the option of a few sprint points if your crew is feeling frisky.

Despite it's length it is challenging to get a 30 km/h average on this course as the terrain is constantly up and down.


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A story of a Training Ride: January 2, 2008

As we (Big Deano, Daryl, Deven, Cal, Mark Anson and Nige) rode our first group ride for 2009 today, we enjoyed some warm hit 20' degrees temperatures and a chance to catch up on all of the happenings over Christmas and the New Years.




Apart from the sprint point near the Emu Creek Tennis Centre, a highlight was Daryl breaking a spoke clean out of his rear wheel. Cal was volunteered to return back to Maccas to pick up Daryl's car and head back to pick him up. Nigel also scored a slow leak in his rear tyre, so not particularly good omens for the start of '09.

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Some inspiration from John F Kennedy....

"We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

- John F Kennedy
Rice University, Houston, Texas, Sept 12, 1962
Listen / Read the full speech here

We think JFK was onto a good thing!

Our first work session begins tonight out at 'the Dream Factory' with a group ride tomorrow in Bendigo.

Bendigo Youth Racing Inc is gearing up for a massive 2009...
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About Bendigo Youth Racing (BYR inc)

We are...

• ... all about normal people joining together to overcome engineering challenges and strong competition.
• A crew of 20 young Bendigo men who come together to design and construct environmentally efficient human powered vehicles in our workshop in Axedale.
• These vehicles are hand built by us from carbon fibre and kevlar.
• enjoying the physical and engineering challenge created by 24 hour circuit races.
• a not-for-profit incorporated association, our ABN is 77 426 422 775
• aiming to proudly represent the Bendigo community and highlight what people in Bendigo can do.

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Video: 2008 Australia International Pedal Prix

If a picture tells a thousand words, then a 2 and a half minute video must say a lot!

Here's some video we found on YouTube by Brenton of TruBlu racing. The footage of the race start is pretty amazing - the speed and tight battle that took place between BYR, TruBlu and BlueShift.

We're the team in the blue, yellow and white for those checking us out for the first time!

Merry Christmas and we'll be back early in the new year with updates on our 2009 Campaign.

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