Aply Epix

All the lads have summed up the day well with Pics, Video, Trail tails & yarns, you'll find all the links you need right here

So not much else to say really, other than I had a great time slipping & a sliding on some fun trails that I had no idea existed around Warandyte, Smiths Gulley & ending up in a great little pub at St Andrews just in time to watch the grand final.

6.5hrs in the saddle on virgin trails(to me anyway)with a good bunch of blokes & finish up with a good feed & beer, happy days & thanks to the boys for making it happen.

Ride on,

Troy

Cadel Wins

Couldn't help myself, had to stay up & watch the road race world champs in Switzerland & was rewarded with a very exiting last 10km & Cadel riding pretty much the perfect race, making the break on the final climb & picking himself up a rainbow jersey!
The Aussies road a good team race, bridging gaps, driving when needed, getting in breaks & in the process getting Gero in the top 10 too! Just great to watch in such a European dominated sport.

With the world champs coming to Geelong next year,(starting in Melbourne) & Cadel coming down as defending champ, it'll be huge!


Cadel back in the day, Syd Olympics.

Ride on,

Troy

EPIX

Finally my weekend schedule allows me join the boys on an EPIX adventure,
I'm not going to disclose too much & steal their "thunder" except the fact it is in the forcast,
It's sure to be a hoot & looking forward to a blat in the bush without having a number stapped on.

Read all about it, here! as it approaches & especially after the weekend to find out where we ended up & what went down.

Live to ride, ride to live,

Troy

Australian MTBA Marathon Champs

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Aussie marathon Champs have been won & run, Bendigo Mtb club in conjunction with MTBA put on a great event!

It was a sprint finish for the Aussie jersey with Murrey Spink grabbing the Green & Gold, Jase(team BMC) had to settle with silver & Neil VP a mere 100th of a second back to bronze, Exciting stuff!

I had a good day also picking up silver, in the Veteran class(30-40), with a very Strong Taswegian John Darcey turning up meaning business taking out the Gold with Jason Quigley coming through for bronze,
Fellow Kaos rider Leigh Barret finished with a very credable top 10 finish.



Full results can be found here

Bendigo's endless trail network blew me away & the weather was perfect, what more could you want!

Again the BMC Fourstroke 01 was the perfect waepon of choice & thanks again to Andy from Kaos for giving her the royal treatment.

Live to ride, ride to live,

Troy

Jeoff Toohey Badly Injured

Fellow Aussie 24hr Mtb Champion has been hit by a car & is in a serious yet stable condition, read report here.

Fingers crossed for a full recovery mate.

Take care out there!

Troy

National Marathon Champs

I'll be heading up to Bendigo this weekend for the National Marathon Champs, for those new to the scene, that's 100km point to point, flat stick on varied terrain in the scrub, ranging from single track, 4x4 trails & fire road with a big bunch Euro style start.
With National jerseys, wads of cash & prizes & of course bragging rights up for grabs. By all reports, huge entry numbers too!

So it's looking like a big one.

Check back when the dust has settled to see how the BMC boys have fared.

Live to ride, ride to live,

Troy

WORLDS

What a weekend,

Nothing short of huge was the UCI Mtb Worlds event in Canberra over the weekend,

I was lucky enough to experience it first hand,

To some it up if it's ok with our fellow neighbours to pinch a word & phrase, Wickid!!! Choice Bro!

Over the coming days, weeks, months I'm sure you'll see & hear all about it so I'll try to keep it brief with a few of my personal Highlights.

FRIDAY- Running up Cardiac climb(Brutal climb) numerous times with cow bell in hand & cheering at the top of my lungs for Lach, Paulie & Cal in the U23 XC, awesome job fellas 11th, 16th & 18th respectively.

FRIDAY NIGHT- Being track side with a good view of the big screen too, seeing Gravey & Caroline take double Gold in the 4X, the Crowd was & went nuts.

SATURDAY- Joel's local trails in the morning & Seeing Macca in the Elite XC go from 54th on the grid to off the front on the fire road before going up Cardiac & holding 4th possie to the top of the climb,Madman! The crowd again was huge with cow bells, horns, whistles & massive cheers for the riders.

SATURDAY NIGHT- Caught up with Stuart Dorland from 24hrs of Adrenaline & chewed some phat about next years 24hr Worlds(more on that later) then it was Party time with all the XC riders & crew.......Fun times!

SUNDAY- To see tens of thousands of people going ballistic at the men's DH was a sight to be seen.
Oh & Kabush just owned the short track, with Paulie, Ben Hendo & Neil(Before getting it sideways in the loose stuff) putting in strong performances.

TRIALS ran all weekend on various courses, very clever cats.

To wrap it up, great to see the worlds best strut their stuff in all discipline's, for me personally, good to catch up with various industry folk & on a whole really good to see so many people sharing the one common thread,

The love of Riding Bikes!

For results, pics, free casts etc check it out here.

I'm sure Paulie will have some fun tails to tell too.

Grover has a good take on how the womens & mens XC races went down.


Live to ride, ride to live,

Troy