{"id":19734,"date":"2019-05-23T06:21:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T06:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/?page_id=19734"},"modified":"2021-02-06T03:24:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T03:24:54","slug":"fnq-big-troppy-and-little-troppy-18-19-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/?page_id=19734","title":{"rendered":"FNQ Big TrOppy and Little TrOppy – 18\/19 May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was our third annual running of the FNQ version of the “Audax Australia Fleche Opperman All Day Trial” aka (locally) as Fleche’s Little TrOppy and Fleche’s Big TrOppy.\u00a0 After our cyclone enhanced experience in March 2018 (thanks Nora), Audax FNQ was offered the chance to select a later date in the year from the rest of Australia.\u00a0 We chose May – with the plan of avoiding the wet season, cyclones and hot weather …….<\/p>\n

With the first out-of-season cyclone in 30 years looming off the coast (thanks Ann), three Big TrOppy teams and one Little TrOppy team finalised their plans.\u00a0 Saturday 18 May continued with the showery weather that had graced FNQ for months (our first long wet season in seven years).<\/p>\n

And we all had a blast !!!!\u00a0 Four teams, 17 riders, lots of support crews and a (mostly) incident-free ride for all.\u00a0 And FNQ is now the proud home of the Queensland Men’s record (620km) and the Queensland Women’s record (370km).<\/p>\n