So, Saturday was the inaugural Melburn-Roobaix.
MELBURN-ROOBAIX. An idea for a regular alleycat evolved into one of Melbourne’s biggest and best underground cycling events.
Over 100 riders rode all over Melburn in search of checkpoints tucked away in the roughest corners of each suburb, riding rough pave, dirt roads, traversing stairs, crossing railways, and carrying supplies.
When they were done, their musettes full, they rode a final lap of glory around Brunswick Velodrome.
Beautiful weather, lots of fun :)
Here’s a few of the Abbotsford cycling folks hanging out in the velodrome, post-race. Doesn’t seem like winter at all.
The event photos are up too – you can see us lurking in the backgrounds (and foregrounds) of a few photos.
Today, rain started bucketing down. Luckily, not until after we’d finished riding the Yarra single trails. Where I managed to crash and land on my head. Just a little bit. My bike decided to stop for some reason, and as there was no prior agreement about this, I went off over the handlebars.
