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Tathra fun and …

A few of us, James & Stacie and family, Harri & Libby, Sue & Denys and myself (Bleeksie) went to compete in the re-scheduled Tathra Enduro on the weekend of the 28th August, which also happened to be Stacie’s 40th (uhum) birthday…. WOOHOO, party! The weather was super kind to us with temperatures of 6 […]

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Final stage (#3) of Vietnam Victory Challenge

5am wake time again…. uugh! Thankfully the early starts mean slightly more bearable temperatures for a while. Todays stage was the 3rd and final stage of Vietnam Victory Challenge, an annual race running for it’s 2nd time, and the stage consisted of 3 laps of a loop, part of which we had ridden on both […]

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Stage 2 Vietnam Victory Challenge

Back wheel taped up to help keep the cracks under control and we are set to ride another super bumpy 48km stage. It all started ok until the 14km mark when my rear derailleur hanger snapped. Converted my bike into a single-speed, which of course is virtually impossible when you run a oval chainring, anyway, […]

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Stage 1 of Vietnam Victory Challenge success

It was a hard 48km track, super bumpy and a sweat fest. I rode it in 2:49 with 58mins in VO2 heartrate zone… ouch! Managed to get a win in the 50+ and 9th overall and Matt Larkin just got pipped to 2nd in the 40+ category, also Dan Isaacs (ex Bike Culture) managed a […]

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DUO-Classic 2016

Libby and I rode the Duo Classic on January 30th. This is a great event, as the vibe is way more relaxed and friendly then most other XC races. You could tell at the start line, it was super noisy with everybody chatting with each other, unlike many XC races I have done where we […]

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