Comments on: Ricketts Point Challenge

By: Stage 5 – Tears

Stage 5 – Tears — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:05:53 +0000

[...] read this post for background and this post for the [...]

By: Anna Meares And Shane Perkins Competition!

Anna Meares And Shane Perkins Competition! — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:29:19 +0000

[...] tricks of the trade. My goal – to have Anna teach me how to do a 52.6 second sprint up Ricketts Point. That’s what this whole thing is about in fact [...]

By: UCI Track World Cup Recap

UCI Track World Cup Recap — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:53:15 +0000

[...] medals in a dominating fashion – Sprint, Keirin, and 500m TT. And don’t forget her Ricketts Point winning time of 52.6 seconds. I spoke to Anna about her Ricketts Point challenge and [...]

By: DDD

DDD — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:59:51 +0000

Anna told me that she did it with a rolling start and a slight tail wind (and it was cold).

By: DDD

DDD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:35:58 +0000

“I did it rolling and I did have a tail wind that day :)”

By: What You Missed This Morning

What You Missed This Morning — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:19:53 +0000

[...] to go. Renshaw has done it! He has smashed Anna Meares’ record up Ricketts Point posting a time of 52 seconds! He’s done it! What [...]

By: Bordermeister

Bordermeister — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:19:22 +0000

Has anyone figured out if she did it it as a standing start or a rolling start?

I have tried to keep up with Wade on a sprint and I think this may have been a rolling start which would explain Wades "poor" time.

Cheers all

By: cyclingTips

cyclingTips — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:47:41 +0000

I just tackled Ricketts Point again this morning. I began with a 30km/hr rolling start and hit the finish line with a time of 56 seconds! I still got my arse kicked! Props to Anna

By: cyclingTips

cyclingTips — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:13:03 +0000

Did she say if she was suffering from a stand-still or a rolling start?

By: DDD

DDD — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:09:16 +0000

Here is what Anna told me about the Ricketts climb:

“I was suffering big time up that ricketts point hill… my god, the legs havent burnt like that in a while. ….and it wasnt nice weather either… I froze a bit :)”

By: Rob Lynn

Rob Lynn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:12:25 +0000

Sorry just watched the vid again and saw the aero descend on the music change. Nice editing, just made this vid even funnier.

By: Rob Lynn

Rob Lynn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:09:18 +0000

All challenges aside, I just thought it was great comedy. I just hate that now I feel compelled to come home from Brisbane and spend my weekend away doing “Ricketts repeats” and “Ricketts 1 leggies” in prep for my “official attemp”.