2015 Monaro Cloudride 1000

[cloudrider]

Monaro Cloudride 1000 AUSTRALIA
Easter Saturday 4 April 2015
Seasons Greetings to everyone out there in Cloudland
The Monaro Cloudride website has now been revised with some changes and polish put on the rules of engagement for 2015. Entries will open on 1 January 2015.
www.cloudride1000.com
We are expecting a significant growth in our start list for 2015 and with that will come greater scrutiny of riders route compliance and expectations of rider observance of the established protocols for self supported bikepacking. As some of you may have observed there has been a lengthy debate on this forum regarding the ‘spirit’ of riding in and committing to these events. With regard to the ‘rules’ for the Cloudride I have taken the view that less is better and have carefully chosen the words to reflect the intent that you are on your own out there. The decisions you make regarding navigation, resupply and distance ridden are your own and if you fail, fall short and or vary from the ride course you must take full and sole responsibility for your decisions. Your backup option is not the next rider who comes along or the nearby farmhouse. You accept, and ride on with the consequences of your decisions.

The Cloudride is a tough punishing ride interspersed with moments of joy, relief and triumph. Be prepared for it at the start, commit to finishing it and be rewarded with a great sense of personal achievement when you do finish.
I will look forward to seeing the entries come tumbling in from January 1.

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[cloudrider]

Rider List, Bike and Gear Profiles are up on the Monaro Cloudride website now!
http://www.cloudride1000.com/#!contact/c2q4
There are a few members of the 'Cloudride Secret Society' who haven't completed their profile info and some who haven't found a beauty pic yet.......

SHORT LIST HERE
ANDREI WOINARSKI Aust Age: 37 Darlington, NSW
ARRAN PEARSON Aust Age: 42 SINGAPORE
DANIEL SPASOJEVIC Aust Age: 35 Scullin ACT
CALVIN DECKER USA Age: 22 Tivoli, NEW YORK State USA
ADAM KIEM Aust Age: 32 Waterloo NSW
PHIL MATTHEWSON Aust Age: 64 Northbridge NSW
GARY THEISS Aust Age: 50 Punchbowl NSW
GRAHAM ROBBINS Aust Age: 50 Calliope QLD
MICHAEL MOORE Aust Age: 47 Garran ACT
HUGH HARVEY Aust Age: 40 Huonville TAS
JULIAN WATSON Aust Age: 44 EAST CORRIMAL NSW
PATRICK LIEDERBACH USA Age: 25 Potoskey, MICHIGAN USA
TREVOR FAIRHURST Aust Age: 45 Ainslie ACT
NIJAT IMIN Aust Age: 45 Kaleen ACT
RAY BARNETT Aust Age: 66 Ainslie ACT
ROD ATKINSON Age: 44 Osborne Park WA
DUNCAN THOMAS Age: 40 Geelong Vic
HARRY WATSON Aust Age: 30 Bungendore NSW
ROSS MEULMAN Age: 54 Belmont Vic

[cloudrider]

http://monaro-cloudride-2015.followmyspot.com
Riders headed out at 8:00am this morning and the two youngest riders [both USA] Calvin Decker and Patrick Liederbach have dominated the leaderboard all day. Clearly over the last few hours Calvin has pinched a break on Patrick though this will compress coming into some tough country in the next few hours if the continue on into the late evening.
 

[kato]

Go Calvin!

Thanks for the updates cloudrider.
Do you have a race tracker for the Cloudride?

[cloudrider]

http://monaro-cloudride-2015.followmyspot.com

[cloudrider]

36 hours in and 250 miles Calvin Decker has just refuelled at the Delegate Hotel [8:00pm] and is pushing on for the crossing into Victoria and the Victorian Alpine Park, 40 miles that will take him close to 10 hours. Patrick Liederbach, three hours behind Calvin, appears to have stopped for the night and will cross the Delegate River in daylight tomorrow morning. Hugh Harvey [ex TD13] is in third place at 180 miles however has a failed gps, subsequently lost off the bike and will have to ride back to try and retrieve it in the morning daylight ..... fortunatley only 6-8 miles.

Behind these riders the field has been decimated with five riders now abandoning before the second night. The trailing group of three riders are back at 110 miles in Numeralla [no services] still with a 5-7 hour ride to their first re-supply town at Nimmitabel since the 8:00am start two days ago.

http://monaro-cloudride-2015.followmyspot.com

[jehsohn]

Holy cow! Patrick is kickin some ass! So stoked. Wish I was there!

[cloudrider]

USA rider Calvin Decker the leading rider in the Monaro Cloudride  has crossed over the Snowy River the half way point in the 1000 kilometre ultra enduro bikepacking event and crested the Barry Way climb on his way into Jindabyne with an expected arrival time around 6:00pm this evening. Decker crossed over the Victorian Alpine Park in 8h:10m hitting the foot of the climb up Mt Tingaringi at 4:45am this morning and arriving at the Snowy River at 12:55pm. This section in the event course notes warned of 'unridable steep rubble strewn descents and assents' however Decker appears to have taken little regard of these notes completing a remarkable crossing several hours ahead of the fastest estimates.
Compatriot Patrick Leiderbach is part way over the Victorian section in second place and Canberra rider Nijat Inmin in third place recently arriving in Delegate to resupply.
Riders must complete the 1000 Klm course without any outside assistance other than the normal commercial services available to all riders in the towns along the way.
Eighteen riders started in Canberra at 8:00am on Saturday morning and the field has halved in the first 48 hours as the tough off road fire trails and relentless climbing has taken it's toll on bodies and bikes.

Riders can be tracked live by SPOT gps trackers at;

http://monaro-cloudride-2015.followmyspot.com

[cloudrider]

Holy cow! Patrick is kickin some ass! So stoked. Wish I was there!

Yeah, not sure what Mrs Cloudrider put in their breakfast on Saturday morning .... never works that well for me.

This is no ride for a fixie and I don't know how Patrick is pushing one gear. The country he is in at the moment is brutal!

[cloudrider]

Calvin came, ate and left........

[kato]

Those young US guys are moving!  Amazed that Patrick is ripping it on a single and of course Calvin is flat out flying.

[MM]

Looks like Patrick is holed up at Cesjacks hut and asking for pickup.  A smart move, the forecast is not good and there is a lot of ground to cover before Selwyn.

[kato]

Congratulations Calvin!  Made quick work of that brutal race.  A bit more R&R time down-under.