No Scott 24 For Us

guess most will already know but to confirm, Ryan and I will not be doing the Scott24 as a pair this year. After the Taupo 12 hour we were unsure of our fitness but still sort of keen to race.

We'd already kinda decided that it wasn't going to happen due to work, money, riding, travel etc when James, Spoke(n)s other mechanic, had a bad accident on the roadbike. Thankfully he is fine, now out of hospital and on the mend. For those that haven't heard the story, James clipped a bus that was parked along beach road early one morning. He broke ribs, scapula and punctured his lung.

Something unbelievable to come out of the accident is that the bus company are suing james for the damage he did, with his chest, to the back of the bus.....

SO to the bus company we say.........

Ay Up.....Update

Andrew from AyUp has picked up a new Race Truck. A landrover defender, that so far has the AyUp logo on the side.....and then more decals coming.

He picked it up in Perth, and is taking his time driving it back to Bris.....
Wonder when Ben and I get the chance to PimP this ride to a race....
At least we won't get lost, not with a bright orange truck...

Local XC Race

While Russ/Ben were racing in VIC, I was up racing my Yeti at the local XC race in Mt Crosby. A slight extension of the course from last time, with an addition of a a rocky singletrack downhill 9instead of a plain fireroad descent) helped keep the amusement levels high.

The legs were a little heavy from the previous day, but as the race went on, the legs started to get better. I tried to maintain a steady pace on the the climbs, and really try to make up time in the tight and twisty.

The end result was a good one, with top spot on the box with my name on it...
I am up for new race wheels, and I got to borrow some ROVAL wheels for the race. Quite light, and the stiffness was surprising. They changed my ARC hardtail into a very responsive weapon..
And with the XC race starting at 8am, and all over by 9ish.....i was home early, cleaned then beast.....and let it play in the backyard.

Bendigo 6 hour

Yeti Australia takes 1st place Male Pairs.


Taking advantage of a Felt Racing flat tyre on lap 2, Russell and I took the lead early in the race and managed to hold off all.
Perfect weather and an awesome course made for great racing. Unfortunately for the Bendigo Club a timing program meltdown meant no progress results and a honesty system had to be used to decide the winners in each category.
Hopefully they can salvage something for those interested in individual lap times.
Congrats to John Claxton and Jess Douglas winning the solo classes.

More photos if i can finds any.

Found on a 303 Forum.....

"the theory is sound but you don't see any yeti riders winning world cups do you? and they are the people who can really tell the difference between the top bikes"

"thats because there team sucks ass. no offense to any of the riders. but they'd rather put there money into the bikes rather then paying steve pete or sam hill to ride for them. if they went and payed them $100,000 to race for them, sure they would have wins. but there team is pretty mediocre. "

"They haven't had many downhill wins on the World Cup level, but Sam Blenkinsop, and Justin Leov are putting in solid results so far this year, including Sam qualifying 1st at the Italy test race, and don't forget about 4X and now BMX with Graves looking at the Olypics while killing it in 4X when he races and Ross Milan posting good results as well, like winning Fontana. "

"The yeti team isnt just about results, they have an amzing team chemistry. Yes they might not be top of the leaderboard but they have some killer riders that will be there soon, Sam Blenkinsop, Justin Leov. These 2 riders are progressing amazingly well. Jared graves, the guy owns the 4x track. Go onto itunes and search for the yeti podcast and you'll see that they are the friendliest most laydback team on the world cup circuit."

Sounds just like us.......

New Retro......

The TOMAC inspired YETI......

Yeti ASR 7

The ASR 7 is a long travel All Mountain bike based on the 575 platform, but with added travel. Key features include:
-7" of travel, 16.9" chain stay
-single sided chain stay, oversized carbon swingarm
-oversized pivot bearings
-12x135 standard rear hub
-custom threaded rear axle
-oversized carbon dogbone (link)
-tapered headtube
-hydroformed top tube-coil or air shock compatible
-ISCG mounts and e-type front derailleur mounts for 3,2 or a single chain ring with guide
-approx 7 and 3/4 pounds



http://reviews.mtbr.com/interbike/yeti-asr-7/