Roll on the dusty trails!
From some suspension fettling friends down under....
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With this much 'cross you'd think it was easter....
One weekend, two 'cross races. Saturday saw me stuck in work until later than ideal at which point i grabbed Katie and high tailed it up to Herne HIll for nightime 'cross action with the added bonus of bridges, berms, wallrides, beer tents and jumps.
As it was the halloween race i ditched the skinsuit in favour of a (moth eaten) wool suit. eight thirty saw us gathering on the start line ready and waiting and much to my suprise (and evidently some fellow competitors) i was called up to the second line. The race started and as usual a fair amount of the field shot past me but i managed to stay infornt of the pile up which took out a few.
The race was hot and dusty throughly unusual conditions for 'cross at the end of october. The course was fantastic 'cross needs more copurses like this. Penultimate lap and as i am approaching the climb my suit gets wrapped around my saddle, fashion injury time i get to the top of the bank and start to detangle myself much to the horror of the marshall who thought i was about to er unhydrate myself infront of her. After the misunderstanding was cleared up she kindly returned my trousers to the beertent for me to try to repair (thankyou!!) so one lap to the bell rings and soon the hurt will be over.
Sunday saw the orange wagon loaded up and off to Alexandra palace for the Rapha supercross. A vicious hilly course and unseasonably hot temperatures again and no bottle hand ups?? Again a superb course even though it lacked any berms or jumps. Plenty of heckling, cow bells and horns being blown by the spectators made the hour alot more enjoyable.
'cross is great, 'cross in the sun with screaming crowds is amazing :-)
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Entering a season of pain....
'Cross season has arrived and it is still warm and sunny. In theory this would made racing far more pleasant and it was apart from the sheltered section of Sundays course that was like a oven to the point where even the head wind on one of the following sections was a relief. The course was good, fast and bastard hard with very few sections where it was possible to let off the gas and recover some energy.
In true Moore fashion i managed to not pay attention to the start of the race and ended up midpack and trying to catch up to fellow KMP partner in crime Frazer Clifford who was looking like he had stolen a kids bike on the way to the race having borrowed Oli's bike (6ft+ and a 54cm bike are not a winning combo it would seem)
Having had possession of My Kinesis Evo4 'cross bike for almost a year i am ashamed to admit last seasons 'cross season went to pot for me. And this is the first time i have actually raced her and it is safe to say she went like a dream, light, fast, comfortable, stable.... as i said to Oli just prior to the start of the season if you wan this bike back you will have to peel it from my cold dead hands :-)
A big thankyou to any one who heckled during the race. Cheering, Jeering and general abuse always helps.
Is this the last post of the season where i will be moaning about it being to warm??
pics courtesy of Cross Crazy
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Injury+Boredom=Bad ideas
Bah! Bursitis is a ball ache, no riding for the last two weeks and i rattle like a pill bottle from the anitbiotics. Finally everything seems to be reducing and i should be back riding again soon. Last weekend i ended up at the Hotrod Hayride, Good music, hotrods and lazing in the sun a good way to spend the weekend especially if you cant ride... Whilst lazing in the sun my eyes fell upon some of the custom motor bikes kicking around mostly pre 1960's choppers
There is something about the aesthetics that i really like. The balloon tyres, The hardtail frame. The springer fork...
So with time on my hands and an idle mind my idle hands started to tinker with a frame i picked up at a bike jumble a few years ago. The idea to build myself a bicycle based rod. It's not practical and probably hard work to ride. But i can't wait to take it out for a spin and it has definitely kept my mind occupied for a while.
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