Adventure pushies

[Padmei]

A broken arm for one person and some spinal injuries (serious) for another

How did you get on? Good ride?

[NordieBoy]

How did you get on? Good ride?

2nd.

To last

I've got to get some more skills on the techy downhill bits. Also some more trust in the front wouldn't go amiss.
I also need to be able to get off the back of the seat, although a dropper post would help there...

I'd usually start off and drift backward, with people lapping me soon after.
This time there was a battle with the guy in my age group and an under 17 (who started a min before us). The youngster was crap on the uphill but quite quick down.

Not a lot of locals. Out of 16 under 17's, 3 were from Nelson.
Hell, the elite had 4 from Germany.

Usually there'd be at least 15-20 odd in Masters 2, this time there were 8 including 3 Nelsonians.
None of the usual suspects so I can't compare my time against anyone I know.

Anton Cooper (2012 world junior champ) won from Dirk Peters in the elite XC.
Kieren Bennett won the DH from Sam Blenkinsop.

[R650R]

A finish is always good, amazing what can break during an event.
GET a dropper post. I consider it the best mod you can do. One of things you don't realise how usefull it I till you have one.
Most of the front half of any field are usually fitness freaks and do lot of road cycling.
Young Anton won the Karapoti 50km in 2hr26min, took me 5hr35min including front brake pad change lol, was muddiest year on record back then.

[NordieBoy]

Got a Command Post Blacklight on the Blur and I wouldn't mind training with one on the Stumpy and then racing with the carbon post.
Once I've done the drops/corners a few times with the seat dropped, I can do them at full extension.

I just don't have confidence to get behind the seat and trust the front.

I've seen the pics from the race and they're all from the same drop/corner and everyone is off and behind the seat...

Bastards

[R650R]

I just think of getting low, where your butt ends up is just a coincidence. Never really used to get behind the seat but am now to my surprise due to the new bike having quite a sharply raked back seatpost mount.
I've found a mtb front end will take way more mid corner abuse than motorbike, more likely to go over the bars than lose it.

Think this guy would be right at home experimenting in your shed...

http://forums.mtbr.com/santa-cruz/he...er-894136.html

Haven't had time to look at the rest of these ZX10 pics!!! http://blog.motorcycle.com/2010/05/2...-in-the-frame/

[Kickaha]

more likely to go over the bars than lose it.

Yeah I found that too, the x ray and ultrasound tomorrow will tell me what damage I did

Haven't had time to look at the rest of these ZX10 pics!!! http://blog.motorcycle.com/2010/05/2...-in-the-frame/

Shervin, I was trying to think of his name last week when I was telling someone about him

[clint640]

Been giving the new Giant a good few runs this summer. Checked out the sweet new Waihaha-Lake section of the Taupo trails a few weeks back, the Waipapa-Maraetai bit of the Waikato river trails ANZAC day, this weekend we're heading deep into the central Nth Is boonies to do the Kaiwhakauka-Mangapurua tracks to the bridge to nowhere. Plus the usual dicking around Whaka. Waiting on bits from Chain reaction to rebuild the singlespeed forks, need to get it back on the track before the geared 29er makes me too soft.

Cheers
Clint

[R650R]

Sounds like an adventure. Found this guy when searching some mtb stuff other day, epic trip by one of your locals???

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p...id=357089&v=1G

[blackdog]

That's a masochist right there.

[clint640]

Sounds like an adventure. Found this guy when searching some mtb stuff other day, epic trip by one of your locals???

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p...id=357089&v=1G

Keen alright. Moerangi & Pakihi are indeed fully awesome!

Cheers
Clint

[NordieBoy]

Wow egg beaters are easy to strip, clean, re-grease and re-assemble

[NordieBoy]

Oops

I think I may have damaged a rib...

Distracted whilst crossing out of a rut...

[Gremlin]

Oops

I think I may have damaged a rib...

Distracted whilst crossing out of a rut...

I feel your pain... well, as of beginning of Feb I was just finishing 5 weeks of pain.

Sucks... ribs are so essential

[Kickaha]

Oops

I think I may have damaged a rib...

Distracted whilst crossing out of a rut...

I've just been to the Doc after the xray and ultrasound, torn tendon in the left shoulder form going over the front, still works, it'll be fine

[NordieBoy]

I've just been to the Doc after the xray and ultrasound, torn tendon in the left shoulder form going over the front, still works, it'll be fine

Ouch!

It's been probably 10 years since I've been to a doctor...

It's a good thing I belly breathe. The rib is starting to annoy me now.

My right tricep looks like it's been done over by a cheese grater though. Not sure how scraping across the ground did that one...