Bwahhaaaa! You poor bastard, I can imagine the reaction when you realised.1:07:11 with a stupid flat down from the helipad. Riding a fully rigid 29er and the 2 tubes I had in the camelbak were 26ers! (Ta Beth). Had me farked for a few minutes as I thought I was tripping with the lack of circumference in them.
You too! I had a proper sized tube on my seatpost you could've used... You should've kept up with me to the helipad...1:07:11 with a stupid flat down from the helipad. Riding a fully rigid 29er and the 2 tubes I had in the camelbak were 26ers! (Ta Beth). Had me farked for a few minutes as I thought I was tripping with the lack of circumference in them.
Great day.
Apparently one guy broke a leg and one broad had shoulder/chest damage and had lots of blood seeping from a head wound.
I've got some video of JP fixing his flat as I go past, might have to edit that bit and post it.Bwahhaaaa! You poor bastard, I can imagine the reaction when you realised.
I had a top day, I take the piss out of this race a fair bit but it is an awesome event, heaps of fun. Spectating on the last corner of Bennetts Ridge after your race is always good too.
....and the award for "Captain Consistency" goes to.....!Just looked at my result from last year, it's clearly not about the bike...
2010 - Yeti ARC-X (35mm rubber - tubes at 50 psi) max speed ?? km/h Time 53:24 for 20th
2011 - Ibis Mojo SL (2.5" rubber - tubeless at 30 psi) max speed 58.2 km/h Time 53:24 for 24th
I'm not 100% sure, just going off what he wrote earlier in the thread, but i dont think he was part of the group. It seems he was just riding and got in the road of the train, which is when they had a go at him. If this isnt the case i withdraw what i've saidI'm not sure they did anything wrong, if you're in a group like that in a race & not working for what ever reason, be prepared to cop some flack.
+1. Big props to the marshals and organisers. I've got to say that the marshals and event volunteers were amongst the cheeriest I've come across, like a little bunch of cheerleaders every time you went past, even the 15mins I spent at one of the aid stations was pretty fun.A big shout out to the volunteers and the organisers for putting on such a great event... the weather was great, the trail was great, organisation was great... :thumbs up: