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Member Profile: Andy van Bergen

"Me Vesy Y Sufres"

Member Since: 2009

Victoria, Australia

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Hill Climbs

07 May 2011: Arthur's Seat - 11mins 31secs

30 Apr 2011: Mt Donna Buang - 1hr 5mins 1sec

30 Apr 2011: The Half Donna / Cement Creek - 28mins 26secs

24 Apr 2011: Chum Creek Road - 19mins 34secs

18 Apr 2011: Mt Terrible - Jamieson side - 31mins 21secs

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Australia > Victoria > Mt Terrible - Jamieson side

Comments

Andy commented on his own time: "A solid ride - pretty fun with a crew.."

Andy commented on his own time: "Pushed hard to Cement Creek - couldn't hold off Shane though!"

Andy commented on his own time: "Had a brilliant start, but probably overcooked it on the way to Cement Creek - had nothing for the final kilometre!"

Andy commented on his own time: "Solid start, felt great most of the way up. Not much of a sprint in the end, was feeling it by then!"

Andy commented on his own time: "A great old-fashioned hit out on a stunning climb. Thought I'd overcooked it several times, but just managed to hang on!"

Forum Posts

13 May 2011 9:45 PM posted in Hells 500 video...

Finally got around to finishing the video from the Hells 500 ride.... Always a pretty tricky job to try and sum up 10,000 vertical metres of climbing over 500km in less than the time of an ad-break - but hopefully the finished result gives you just a little insight into what we went though over that weekend in March... Please enjoy: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vTkb2O_fsA]Hells 500 Video[/url] As a side note, the full ride report is available: [url=http://www.tinyurl.com/hells500]Ride Report[/url] and feel free to join us on future (slightly shorter!) rides - [url=http://www.facebook.com/hells500]Hells 500 Facebook Page[/url] Cheers, Andy, John, Shane, Paul

26 Mar 2011 10:09 PM posted in Hells 500 : 10,000 vertical metres

The ride report and plenty of great pics are up: [url=http://www.tinyurl.com/hells500]Hells 500 Ride Report[/url] ...not a ride we feel the need to do twice!

22 Feb 2011 8:48 PM posted in Hells 500 : 10,000 vertical metres

Really well written article posted by 'The Climbing Cyclist' on the background to Hells 500. Worth a look: [url=http://theclimbingcyclist.com/hells-500-48-hours-of-pain/]link[/url]

16 Feb 2011 5:44 PM posted in Hells 500 : 10,000 vertical metres

Hi Daniel, We've just popped the maps up onto the Facebook site. You can access it here: [url=http://www.facebook.com/hells500]link[/url] Enjoy! <em>edited by Andy van Bergen on 16/02/2011</em>

15 Feb 2011 6:48 AM posted in Hells 500 : 10,000 vertical metres

In less than 3 weeks myself and three other cyclists will be taking on the toughest ride we have ever contemplated - Hells 500. In a nutshell it's more than 500km, with over 10,000 vertical metres of climbing in less than 48 hours. This is not an official, organised event. The concept that we developed more than 18 months ago was to come up with an 'impossible' ride for a bit of training motivation. For the past year we've been training - including through the dark depths of a Melbourne Winter. As important as this challenge is to us, it has recently taken on a completely new meaning. We're proud to be supporting Ride Hard to Breathe Easy, a fantastic cause aimed at raising awareness of Lung Cancer. We're doing this in support of Karen Munroe - a Masters National Champion track cyclist who has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer - yet has never smoked before in her life. We've popped together a little teaser video for the ride that you can view here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQzqkUwFOQ Finally - if you are interested in tracking the ride, then feel free to have a look at the Facebook fan site 'Hells 500' Enjoy!

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