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Scody National MTB Series Round #1
This past weekend saw the Scody 2009-10 National Mountain Bike Series kick off. The opening round was held at Glenorchy MTB Park near Hobart. Pete and I made the trip over early Friday morning, entrusting our shiny new steeds to airline baggage handlers. Thankfully they made it through unscathed and we soon had them reassembled and ready for their National Series debut.
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25 October 2009
PETER KUTSCHERA & JOHN GROVES - MALE PAIRS AND OVERALL WINNERS!
While the roadies have been pinning a number on for a couple of months now this weekend gone saw the MTB team make our debut. PeterK and I (Grover) ventured down to Anglesea for Southern Exposure's Surfcoast 6hour. This event is unique for being the only six hour event that runs into the night. The format is obviously proving quite popular with record numbers entered.
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19 October 2009
As always the end of the herald sun tour bought with it the ever popular Lygon street support criterium. Apollo had entered a strong team consisting of Sam, Trent, Center-fold (Jim), Peter (me) and an ill Grover. The discussion before the race was centered on the 130 rider field and avoiding the evitable pile ups a field of this size would cause. As the gun went Jim, Grover and I quickly found our way to the front with Jim making his trade mark early attack. However it was unsuccessful and the peleton found a rhythm that continually shed riders. Luckily for me in the first 15 minutes Grover sacrificed himself to keep me out of the wind and in good position, not bad for someone claiming to be sick.
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9 October 2009
PETER BRAUNSTEINS - 2nd PLACE & MOST AGGRESSIVE RIDER - STAGE 8
Jim, Trent and I (Peter) recently went over and rode in the tour of Tasmania. For those select few who read the blog I thought I’d give an insight into the trip. Before I begin I should mention that we’d all received our new Elite C road bike a week prior to the events start. Briefly, because a full review is in progress, the bikes main strength is its stiffness, all the power makes it to the road. However the bike still rides comfortably and smoothly. The other feature that jumps out is the bikes handling, the tires stay firmly glued to the road making it easy to lean over into any corner.
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12 September 2009
With Herdy still recovering from his crash the remaining Apollo boys, Trent, Jim, Sam and Myself (Peter) lined up for Footscray Cycling Club’s midlands tour on a hot and windy day. The course featured 6 laps of a 20km circuit, which included two steep climbs of a couple of kilometers each, before heading out 10km on an undulating route to the finish, this featured a very steep 1.5km climb at 7km to go.
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