Appin 3hr Twilight

[crummy]

Saturday arvo saw us head to south west Sydney for a Twilight race hosted by Wollongong MTB Club. The track for the race was at Appin and it has been a couple of years since my last devastating race there. The low-light reel from my last race went something like, 8hrs in the saddle, single-track studded with rough rocky sections, loose rocky climbs followed by physically demanding technical bits. Absolute punishment and it was one race I remember saying “lets not come back here”. So there I was, back for a 3hr twilight race hoping things have changed a bit. But no, the track remains very similar, apart from the addition more single-track added instead of an old fire-trail section. The track, a 10km loop, is demanding and after a couple of laps I turned off the pro-pedal on the rear shock. I probably didn’t make it easy on myself by taking just the lighting system that I used in the 2005 Mont, 5w Halogen, helmet mounted.
All up the evening race went well with possibly 30 participants. Giant factory rider Josh Carlson was pushing the boundaries out the front while the remainder of us fought it out for the minor placing. Head to Appin to polish up those lacking rock garden/roll-over/step-up skills or for a couple of social laps with mates.

All the juicy pictures and other details at mcrumm.blogspot.com

[dunkman]

that should be mcrummy.blogspot.com/

ah Appin... a war of attrition that your bike hopes you give up on... before it does.

Still, crummy's right, it's a great ride to test or tone up the skills. One of my favourites.

[crummy]

My body was still complaining 3 days after,

no official results yet, probably waiting for their web guru, to get back from Alice Springs.