Howdy
Been super busy in the shop lately and also been working on the Nationals XC course at Cascades (it's going to be such an awesome XC course!) We have had two Ellsworth Evolve 29er's go out in the last two weeks and today our first Ibis Mojo SL went out - will post pics up on the website soon.
Lots of racing action happening: Luke Roberts (Subaru/Wsquared) won the Massi XC race in Spain this past Sunday!!! Flipping brilliant! Two weekends ago we raced the 3rd Momentum Health Short Course race @ Uvongo. It was an awesome track with lots of super tight, technical singletrack. Carl Calverley (Subaru/Wsquared) won the mens Elite race and Eszter Cluer won the ladies with Julia Colvin coming in 3rd. This last Sunday was the 1st Super Classic of the 2010 season - the Bushmans MTB Classic held at Waggendrift dam - it was a fast 50km classic. Carl came in 2nd overall, Shale Exelby (Subaru/Wsquared) won the ladies and I cracked top 10 - Stoked! Now if only I trained more....
This weekend is the Subaru Super Classic @ Cedara College and it is the 2nd Super Classic of the year - gonna be good fun!
We've got new 2010 Ellsworth Truth and Evolve frames in the shop, they are beautiful!
I'll update the blog next week after this weekend's racing action.
Ciao
Gordon
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
My Truth's diet progression
Yip i'm almost there! Got the Truth down to 10.11kg's with just the brakes left to change. New Hope Race X2's arrive next week then she'll be under 10 kg's.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wartburg round up
Oh my! Heat and speed are not the greatest combination! I did Wartburg for the 1st time on Saturday and it was super hot! Fantastic turnout with 1061 entrants across the spread of events! The race started at pace with Matt Goetsch of Jeep attacking from the start! The pace quickly thinned the lead bunch out and I cracked on the 1st big climb - resolved to keep it consistent from then on. There was a fair variety on offer with dirt road, cane field, single track and jeep track riding and it was actually a hard course! At around 26kms there was a mother of a climb that switchbacked itself up the side of the earth and just when you thought it was levelling out, it kicked up again (twice). A nice touch was dual-line singletrack in the last 8 kms so you didn't get caught up with slower riders or riders doing the 20kms. Craig Paul of Team Jeep won overall and our very own racing snake Carl Calverley (Subaru/Wsquared) finished 3rd overall less than a minute down! Well done Carlos! Our ladies also cleaned up with Julia Colvin (Suabru/Wsquared) winning ladies overall and Melanie Palframan (Fox/Wsquared) coming in second.
There were two bad crashes that I know of and our thoughts are with Murray Starr and Marcus Kaumpek who both ate dirt and broke bones - we wish you guys a speedy recovery!
Its the 2nd round of the Momentum Health KZN Short Course Series this weekend out at Bishopstowe. Should be fast and the forecast is 30 degrees for Sunday so its going to be a painfest! If you've never tried short course XC racing there is a sports class where you can do 2 laps and see what its like! Come check it out....you'll be addicted!
Thats all folks....
Ciao
Gordon
There were two bad crashes that I know of and our thoughts are with Murray Starr and Marcus Kaumpek who both ate dirt and broke bones - we wish you guys a speedy recovery!
Its the 2nd round of the Momentum Health KZN Short Course Series this weekend out at Bishopstowe. Should be fast and the forecast is 30 degrees for Sunday so its going to be a painfest! If you've never tried short course XC racing there is a sports class where you can do 2 laps and see what its like! Come check it out....you'll be addicted!
Thats all folks....
Ciao
Gordon
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
01 2010
Oh wow! Been super busy and kinda slack I suppose when it comes to regualr updates on the blog.
2010 is well and truly under way and it is scary that its already February! The race season kicked off with a bang with the first round of the Momentum Health KZN Short Course Series which was held at Stainbank Nature Reserve on the 24th of January! It was hotter than the devils's kitchen in the reserve and the racing action was hard and fast! Great start to the season and it showed a lot of the riders where they need to do some work!
Im heading off to Wartburg on Saturday to race the Wartburg Classic. Never done it before as it's always on a Saturday but I've heard it's a brilliant race so I'm looking forward to it!
The shop is nice and busy! Workshop is pumping with race season being in full swing and for those of you who haven't heard, we are moving across the road! As of the 1st of May we will be where Rhino's admin offices currently are. This is going to be MTB meccah, a much bigger retail space and bigger workshop so watch this space!
I'm on a mission to get my Ellsworth Truth down to sub 10kgs - just to show people that an Ellsworth Truth is a race bike. Will post pics and descriptions over the next few days as we work through it.
Ciao
Gordon
2010 is well and truly under way and it is scary that its already February! The race season kicked off with a bang with the first round of the Momentum Health KZN Short Course Series which was held at Stainbank Nature Reserve on the 24th of January! It was hotter than the devils's kitchen in the reserve and the racing action was hard and fast! Great start to the season and it showed a lot of the riders where they need to do some work!
Im heading off to Wartburg on Saturday to race the Wartburg Classic. Never done it before as it's always on a Saturday but I've heard it's a brilliant race so I'm looking forward to it!
The shop is nice and busy! Workshop is pumping with race season being in full swing and for those of you who haven't heard, we are moving across the road! As of the 1st of May we will be where Rhino's admin offices currently are. This is going to be MTB meccah, a much bigger retail space and bigger workshop so watch this space!
I'm on a mission to get my Ellsworth Truth down to sub 10kgs - just to show people that an Ellsworth Truth is a race bike. Will post pics and descriptions over the next few days as we work through it.
Ciao
Gordon
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Back on the skinny wheels....
Well its back to base training time again so its long easy riding on the road. Its great to spend so much time on the bike especially now that the sun is up and it isn't cold anymore (rain kinda sucks though!).
Its also Amashova time again and i'm racing it this year after a break from road racing of 7 years (makes me sound old.) Looking forward to it though, just got to breathe out of every orifice to keep up with the bunch to the Fox Hill then i'll be fine!
The shop has been super busy lately! We've had a great run on Merida dualies (the 96 range) and the 29er bikes are starting to move nicely! Christmas is not too far around the corner - we've got everything you need so don't wait until the last minute!
Johann and his brother Malan are off to Swaziland to do the Swazi Frontier 3-day stage race. Johann has a 2 week old broken collarbone so good luck to them through the gruelling stages!
If you're racing Amashova we'll see you out on the road - ride safe!
Cheers
Gordon
Its also Amashova time again and i'm racing it this year after a break from road racing of 7 years (makes me sound old.) Looking forward to it though, just got to breathe out of every orifice to keep up with the bunch to the Fox Hill then i'll be fine!
The shop has been super busy lately! We've had a great run on Merida dualies (the 96 range) and the 29er bikes are starting to move nicely! Christmas is not too far around the corner - we've got everything you need so don't wait until the last minute!
Johann and his brother Malan are off to Swaziland to do the Swazi Frontier 3-day stage race. Johann has a 2 week old broken collarbone so good luck to them through the gruelling stages!
If you're racing Amashova we'll see you out on the road - ride safe!
Cheers
Gordon
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