TDU Bupa ride without registration
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TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby gbickle » Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:13 pm
Would it be feasible to just rock up and ride without a registration number?
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby cage » Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:47 pm
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Postby Jesmol » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:46 pm
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby gbickle » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:29 am
"you MUST wear the official 2015 Bupa Challenge Tour jersey for the duration of the ride, as this identifies you as a participant of the event. You will not be able to participate in the ride without one. Security is placed at refreshment stops and at the finish and you will be stopped and questioned without your official event jersey."
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby rustychisel » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:51 am
It's not really kosher, and a lot of people pay a lot of money for a crap jersey and substandard treatment, but if that's what floats your boat....
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby yugyug » Tue Dec 09, 2014 5:41 pm
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Postby rustychisel » Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:47 pm
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Postby yugyug » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:11 pm
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby Dr_Mutley » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:28 pm
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Postby yugyug » Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:32 pm
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Postby Dr_Mutley » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:03 pm
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby biker jk » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:09 am
The refreshment stops were very good. Water at all of them and two had food as well. No queues for water. This was a significant improvement to my previous experience in 2010 when the food and water stops were terrible. Admittedly, the 40 deg temperature didn't help.yugyug wrote:I paid cos I was doing it with mates, but I drafted/pulled quite a few non paying roadies in the last 50km or so. If I do it again, I might do it that way too. Anyway the refreshment stops were pretty ordinary. But a fun day, and my biggest ride so far and it didn't hurt as much as I thought it might.
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby elantra » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:25 am
2015 BUPA certainly was a fun day. Well organized. I have done a few of these.biker jk wrote:The refreshment stops were very good. Water at all of them and two had food as well. No queues for water. This was a significant improvement to my previous experience in 2010 when the food and water stops were terrible. Admittedly, the 40 deg temperature didn't help.yugyug wrote:I paid cos I was doing it with mates, but I drafted/pulled quite a few non paying roadies in the last 50km or so. If I do it again, I might do it that way too. Anyway the refreshment stops were pretty ordinary. But a fun day, and my biggest ride so far and it didn't hurt as much as I thought it might.
2010 was a lot harder, mainly due to heat and headwinds.
2011 was a nice ride. Food- was there anything other than unripe bananas that year?
2014 was a bit tougher, nice finish at Victor Harbour.
An issue is the sheer number of participants, too many for some of the roads.
Some sort of better staggered start process is needed.
I really enjoyed stopping at a cafe at Macclesfield for some real cafe food.
That's what you do these things for, to experience what's left of rural Australia, from the perspective of a bicycle event.
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby fixedlegs2012 » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:19 am
All in all a good ride, great roads and countryside. A lot of respect for the guy who did it on a hand propelled bike.
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Postby Biffidus » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:27 am
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby MikeM » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:29 pm
I think people who latch onto these events without paying are overlooking the charity side of it. If you don't want the crappy shirt or need to use the refreshment stops maybe make a donation to the sponsored charities.
The whole TDU was a real buzz and Adelaide was fantastic.
Well done Adelaide.
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TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby Dr_Mutley » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:21 pm
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby boyracer » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:39 pm
That way i feel the karma evens out. As a single income family i can't afford 150 bux for another jersey i won't wear.
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby adam79 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:06 pm
I don't think any of your $150 goes to charity, it just covers the jersey, refreshments and road closures. They say that the cancer council is the official charity partner and you can choose to "ride for a reason" which involves raising your own money for the cancer council. If you raise more than $1000 they will give you free entry into the Bupa ride.MikeM wrote:I think people who latch onto these events without paying are overlooking the charity side of it. If you don't want the crappy shirt or need to use the refreshment stops maybe make a donation to the sponsored charities.
The whole TDU was a real buzz and Adelaide was fantastic.
Well done Adelaide.
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Postby r11ss » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:04 pm
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Postby cage » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:09 pm
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Re: TDU Bupa ride without registration
Postby cage » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:35 pm
Are you going to start dictating to people as to which public roads they can or can not ride?
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Postby r11ss » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:38 pm
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