Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Hellrose at Melrose with a Runny Nose
Just spent four days working with Bike SA at the Melrose Fat Tyre Festival. Of course I manged to leave my camera in the tent all day every day so no cool pictures. I managed to arrive with a cold kicking in to full effect so even though I saw and rode on some of the best single track I've ever seen, I just couldn't let go and enjoy it half as much as it deserved. The North Star Pub was great, Mount Remarkable showed why it was thus named and the local reds were more than tempting.
The Sunday XC race at the Bartagunyah winery property was the hardest XC event i've ever done. The track is on of the most demanding XC tracks I've raced on and the combo of hot dry air, an aweful cold and massive climbs and rocks, rocks and more rocks made me struggle to finish my second lap. I think the fastest riders were doing laps just under 40 minutes, with the slowest rider lapping at nearly 2 hours. It was nice to see three members of Team Ballistic dominate elites, with Brett Anderson proving once again that he loves it when the going gets tough, opening a hard won gap over Adrwian Whitworth and Ashley Wass. Tim Anderson justifed his title of Grandmaster Tim by taking out Masters A in fine style. Goto amtbc.com for proper results.
The Sunday XC race at the Bartagunyah winery property was the hardest XC event i've ever done. The track is on of the most demanding XC tracks I've raced on and the combo of hot dry air, an aweful cold and massive climbs and rocks, rocks and more rocks made me struggle to finish my second lap. I think the fastest riders were doing laps just under 40 minutes, with the slowest rider lapping at nearly 2 hours. It was nice to see three members of Team Ballistic dominate elites, with Brett Anderson proving once again that he loves it when the going gets tough, opening a hard won gap over Adrwian Whitworth and Ashley Wass. Tim Anderson justifed his title of Grandmaster Tim by taking out Masters A in fine style. Goto amtbc.com for proper results.
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