Good Friday - Not the same old.

[Chuck Norris]

Wow. Some early season distance. Senior 1/2 at 111km. M1 and M2 at 92km. And on a rolling course. Definitely not the 40-50km sit-ins of years past. Those HCC guys are great.

http://www.hamiltoncycling.com/gfbrochure%202007.htm

[Chris Helwig]

The course is 18.5 km long with 200 meters of climbing per lap. What other courses we ride would that compare to? I know the climb at KW is 30 meters, and maybe another 30 meters of the backside so about 60 meters per lap, but on a much shorter lap. D have you ridden this course? My guess would be something about the same difficulty as KW, but not as hard as Mosport? Maybe something like the old Warkworth course?

[Chuck Norris]

I know the roads fairly well. It's analogous to Warkworth, but not so long a grind at the end. Certainly won't have that 80km/h right hander into the finish stretch.

[Wool]

i ride these roads quite frequently. Start finish is about 8km from my house.

There are 3 good hills in the course , all within about a 5km section and rest of the course is flat. The hill after the start finish hill is the toughest of the 3 as it is the longest, with a right turn in the middle of it.

At that time of year the wind is usually a big factor as the course is largely unprotected.