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  • Babushka: We all see it. The multiple layers that are slowly revealed as the road pitches up. The furrowed brow, the sweating strained face twisted in disbelief, the look of anguish, the tears, and the cursing. Oh, the cursing. Curiously, dig a little deeper and the first smirk appears. The giveaway grin that shows that you have just tipped over from denial to acceptance. Laughing? Well, that's just delirium.
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  • Winter is tough on a cyclist. As the rain falls outside in the dark, the motivation to get out of bed starts to drop. The knowledge that the layer on layer you are putting on is in futile does nothing to help. <br />
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So you skip that early morning ride with the best half-baked and foggy-brained self-justification you can muster. <br />
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The riding and the weather doesn't get easier, but the excuses do. <br />
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The clothes don't dry from the morning, and even the spare pair of shoes is wet. <br />
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You eventually get out on a ride. Things feel sluggish under a winter coat, and the excuses get easier. It's a self-perpetuating downward spiral with no end in sight. <br />
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Frigid days fall into a routine of starting and finishing in the dark. Energy bars snap when they should give and numb fingers fumble on wet shifters while shivers wrack the body. <br />
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Rapha calls it 'glory through suffering'. Whatever your take, there is no doubt that it makes those first blossom infused tendrils of spring all the more sweet. <br />
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Enjoy Sunday.
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  • Those chattering teeth: Cassette cogs chatter, click and whir mechanically under the strain of a pained load – driving and meshing and propelling forward. The intricacy of its simplicity is the key to its beauty, those chattering teeth.
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  • Motivation: No bones about it, Sunday's epic will hurt. While our riders chart out a previously unridden route, our brains will be mapping fresh neural pathways to more efficiently deliver pain. We have trained our bodies to withstand the physical trauma, and now switch to mentally preparing for the dark moments that will invariably come. We seek a source of motivation.
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  • Alone in Company: The chatter long since stopped, replaced with the clatter, click and whir of teeth biting chain, and man chewing tape. In company - but alone with the rush and pound of an earful of heartbeat and a slippery fistful of lever.
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  • Substance: There is something unique about a rider who has mettle, yet doesn't wear it pinned to his chest. In a sport of front, dominated by flashy bikes and garish personalities it is refreshing to see quiet efficiency in practice. We all know and see these riders, and at the cafe when talk turns to respect - it's them that everyone agrees on. There is a place for understatement in cycling, and we need to make it as big and brash as possible.
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  • Summer stats don’t lie: Last summer the Hells crew teamed up with The Climbing Cyclist in a series designed to cast a little light on why climbing hills can be so enjoyable. Cyclists are constantly surrounded by stats – and our post-series summary was no different. Presenting to you, the 7 Peaks Domestic Series – in numbers.<br />
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Over 4 months we:<br />
- Presented 12 testing mountain ride options<br />
- Pounded 959 individual stamps onto 7 Peaks passports<br />
- On average joined a rather social 77 riders per event<br />
- Collectively (and casually) punched out more than 45,000 kilometres in the bumpy High Country<br />
- Cracked out more than one million vertical metres (!)<br />
- Delivered 170+ riders to the awaiting sausage sizzle at Lake Mountain<br />
- On one ride proudly welcomed more than 50 women, who then proceeded to ‘chick’ riders left, right, and centre<br />
- Landed the biggest group on Baw Baw outside of the classic. Twice.<br />
- Had our amazing volunteers pour over 500 litres of quenching Emma & Toms juice down your gullets<br />
- Kept the bonking (relatively) at bay with more than 2,000 Winners Bars, Gels, and Chews handed out<br />
- Argued over the most worthy recipients of 65 Cycling Express vouchers, one set of wheels, a cracking merino top, a full cycling wardrobe, and a bunch of other sweet prizes<br />
- Had a video shot at Buffalo which will form part of a Tourism Vic campaign, and a video shot at Baw Baw that was picked up by the cycling show ‘2 better than 4’ (subsequently shown in more than 65 countries)<br />
- Were joined by a bunch of domestic and international professional riders - including a kiwi lad by the name of Hendo currently cutting The Big Lap of France.<br />
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Those stats are great – but it’s the friendships, fresh riding buddies, new Strava nemeses, and *ahem* even a romance that we are most proud of.<br />
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See you in 2013/14.
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