Anyone Interested In A Hills Cruise?

[pork hunt drifting]

7 or 8 even 9

[AndrewJZX100]

3am

[D_Stirls]

3am then cruise until the sun comes up

[AndrewJZX100]

Nah seriously if you wanna do a sunrise cruise, 5ish is probably a good start time. And maybe cruise out to the barossa or maybe the back way to Murray Bridge where your facing the sun (bring ya sunnies ) so we can cruise along with all the 'lines and see the sunrise

For a proper hills run, yeah 3ish

Edited July 20, 2008 by AndrewJZX100

[mad34]

I usually do an early morning run sundays with a few mates we depart about 6 do a run then end up at harndorf for breaky.

[rhys5169]

thats crazy that you guys get up so early to go for a blat thru the hills, and i thought i was dedicated!haha

well if people are happy with 6 i will make it that time

[DSTROY]

yeah, id be keen to give it a crack.

[32hills]

It just depends if people want to drive at night or during the day. myself i would prefer around 3am, less traffic.

[D_Stirls]

+3

3am

Mind you I'm two of the three.

[chef_stagea]

+1 for stupidly early cruise back way threw to murry bridge... then beacky at stirling or sumthing ??

[Chris#3]

+1 for stupidly early cruise back way threw to murry bridge... then beacky at stirling or sumthing ??

+1 for breakfast in Stirling!

[Dohmar]

+1 for breakfast in Stirling!

Heh yeah, I wonder what time Millies Bakery opens? Schnitzel sandwich ftw!!

-D

[pork hunt drifting]

im out for 3am, theres no way i can get up that early. plus i like to see the road surface conditions when thrashn around. ild go around 5 or 6.

[SLED]

don't forget guys that at this time of year and at that time of the morning, most hills roads have a sheet of ice on them

[Madaz]

good call Pete BLACK ice too not crack cocaine

[love my 32]

i'm keen for an early morning cruise through the hills. sunrise is normally around 630-7 so kick it off around 5-530 and it will be wicked. i'm normally up then anyway.

[rhys5169]

i gathered people took the ice into the equation? those roads this time of year are foggy and slippery up untill around 8am.....

[32hills]

has anyone actually driven on an icy road in the hills?

ive lived in the hills all my life and been on my far share of early morning cruises and have never hit any ice on the road.

i did hear that it happened on the freeway once near crafers, but that was after rain aswell. i would be one of the first to say that if it is raining that it isnt the greatest idea to go fanging through the hills and i think that is more of a consideration than ice.

[SLED]

lol, black is is what your tyres feel not what you see.....explanation below:

"Black ice, also known as "glare ice" or "clear ice," typically refers to a thin coating of glazed ice on a surface, often a roadway. While not truly black, it is transparent, allowing the usually-black asphalt/macadam roadway to be seen through it, hence the term. It is unusually slick compared to other forms of roadway ice.

Because it contains relatively little entrapped air in the form of bubbles, black ice is transparent and thus very difficult to see (as compared to snow, frozen slush). In addition, it often is interleaved with wet road, which is identical in appearance. For this reason it is especially hazardous when driving or walking because it is both hard to see and unexpectedly slick.

Bridges and overpasses can be especially dangerous. Black ice forms first on bridges and overpasses because air can circulate both above and below the surface of the elevated roadway, causing the pavement temperature to drop more rapidly. This is often indicated with "Bridge May Be Icy" warning signs.

Black ice may form even when the ambient temperature is several degrees above the NTP freezing point of water (0°C) if the air warms suddenly after a prolonged cold spell that leaves the surface of the roadway well below the freezing point temperature.

The term black ice is sometimes used to describe any type of ice that forms on roadways, even when standing water on roads turns to ice as the temperature falls below freezing."

[nos man]

i've had a run in with (black ice) not too sure if it was! but i use to work at a vineyard in the hills and drove out there at 6 in the morning and i hit this bit of road where you park! i broke and it slowed a little but slid straight into another workers vk commy! not fun

Edited July 24, 2008 by nos man