Bernd's blog

I had a good race no mechanicals or anything, did hit a bit of a hole around km 20, don't know why, and Davis_jnr came past me and we overtook each other a few times!!! but got going strong after the km 28 drink station, left with Davis_jnr and got up some of the hills ok. Later on the downhill he came flying past me, so did Peter J. and I managed to past them again.
I powered back on the gravel road to finish not close to the 2-30 h I was going for, but still not that bad.
Bernd

Arrived in Jindabyne on Saturday morning and went for a ride with my mate near the Tyrolean Village (Stuart's favourite track!).
It is tricky and steep, so a little bit hike a bike. Also it is not used much, surprised Stuart?, you can see, that some of the tracks are not used much at all.

where do I start?
It was a hard race for me, but this course is so much fun!
First lap was ok, a lot of traffic, but not to bad, I rode behind Anke for a while and she let a few riders through in the more challenging bits, thanks Anke.
then it was Buck's turn! He was much faster then me all day, but my goal was to at least to do 4 laps.
The second lap was gr8t real fun and a bit faster then the first one, rode behind Gazza for .... well maybe 5 min. or so... and he was gone!

Hi,
thanks to all for a gr8t weekend! Very funny night at the camp site!
I'm stuffed, but happy!!
Except for the Japanese chain ..........the FAT was super fast, but I have broken the chain only 6km after the start! Thanks Lance for stoping and offering help, and all other riders who offerd help, Thanks.
it took me about 20 minutes to make everything race ready again .... Yes, unfortunately I have not put on the Made in Germany Rohloff chain on the new F A T ....! Fool!!!
Race was as follows:

Majura Pines ROCKS,
had a ball for about 2h this morning!
Started at 7am @ 0C !!!!
Finished at 9am @ 5C! nice amd warm...
Bernd

My day:

We started in Group 3 for the 50km, very good pace by Pikey, thanks for pushing us along.

About 7km, or so, into the race, The Crash! A rider next to me try'd to avoid a pot hole and lost it....all I could see, is his Helmet just missing my back wheel!!!

And then Andy hit him hard coursing him to do a OTB at about 25km/h on a gravel surface!!! ouch....

He dusted himself up nicely and caught us soon...Thanks Gary for waiting for him.

Then the big hill...no comment!!