In the aftermath of the 2008 Australian Singlespeed Nationals in Hobart last weekend the BnC gang have hit the road..
Clint and Grundalingus are rockin’ some singletrack somewhere around Winchelsea in Vicco. It’s big Matty’s birthday this weekend so I can imagine the boys arvo will adhere to the beer n bike mantra BnC roll to.
Mishmash and I are rollin’ in the countries capital this weekend.. Took on the Canberra Off Road Cyclists ‘Anzac Day’ short track dirt crits @ Mt Stromlo this morning. Hooked up with fellow Taswegian BnC bandit Jimmy to take on the might of the ACT’s xc set.. …in C grade.
Ran into a few Singlespeeders from the ASSN’s ..big Michael Davidson who was riding the Haro 29’er was there as was Simon the Dane who was again smashing out super quick laps.. I left before the A grade final but going by all the previous heats it’s safe to say the Dane cleaned up.. Bloody quick rider that boy (He needs to drink waaaaaay more beer!)
Jimmy and I didn’t do particularly well but we didn’t disgrace overselves either.. The 4 lap short track didn’t really suit either of us and we both kinda messed up the 4x track hill climb.. the real hero of the day was Mishmash.. Mash lined up in her punk rock t-shirt and jean shorts amoungst a heap of lycra clad ladies for the 5 lap short track and then again for the 4x track hill climb and at the days end she ended up 5th on the leaderboard! Fkn awesome work Mash! Photo’s of the event can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lematelot56/corcanzacdaycrits25apr08 and if ya keen to read how badly we went, well the results are here: http://www.corc.asn.au/news/index.asp#1004
Canberra is really the home of the city cyclist.. Buses come equipped with bike racks and cycle lanes run EVERYWHERE! Awesome! and best of all is the singletrack.. Shit, I have NEVER seen this much singletrack! We hit the Majura Pines singletrack last this arvo and were blown away by the quality of the trails.. Freakin’ amazing!
