N-Duro, Some of the sweetest single track I've ever ridden

Beware and fear the Angryman!!

The smile says it all, even after stacking it

about 30min into this race I was all teeth.

So my day started off a little slow due to a few to many liquid refreshments and dancing in a Tutu the night before... at a wedding (Pic of me in yet another dress...) Just to explain myself, 10 years ago in a moment of weakness I made a pact with a friend that if she ever got married I would wear a Tutu to her wedding... 10 years later there she was and there I stood in my skirt. Funnily enough the Wairarapa farmer she was marrying and his family took it rather well, one of the guys even asked how I keep in-grown hairs away LOL.

Right back to racing, Vegas had put on a fantastic day for us weather was good, company was great and the tracks were superb. I think part of my excitement was because I had had such a bullocks ride around Karapoti the weekend before, anything would be an improvement.

Earlier in the week I took the bike to the guys at Rocket Bikes and they fitted my favorite Larsen TT tyres and a Stan's Tubeless kit. Admittedly I was highly skeptical of the Stan's Kit at first but they worked perfect, don't be afraid to try something new I say. Thanks guys nice effort on the bike, only thing holding it back now is the fat heifer riding it, will get the bike off the heifer for Nats :)
If you have not already been in to Rocket Bikes Lyall Bay, stop in for a chat, their all top b@stards and about as helpful as you can be without getting a law suit against ya ;) Special thanks to Nathan & Mike.

The first 30min of the race were pain sureved up with a little "no sympathy" "for self infliction", until I came down a couple of drop offs and got the exit ALL wrong... over the handle bars resulting in a dirt mask for me. Best thing that could have happened, as it snapped me into aggressive ride mode. Away I went power to the hills and attacking the downs. Currently I was back in 10th place overall where I finished, but the track was so sweet and I had finally hit my stride I just gave it shit.

Cruised through to the finish to the reception of my family. Afterwards went for a sifty ride with my Nephew (DJ) who's a little gun on the bike, watch this space.

The rest of the evening consisted of food, beer, thermals pools, robbing a dairy, talking shit with Catherine (Top bird that one), Clive (Angry) and watching the local road workers on their road eater machinery thing.

N.B. No Native New Zealand birds were harmed in the writing of this posting.

Angry here, just hijacking Tigers (Not jacking Davo) thread.

I entered the main 45km race , leaving Tones to burgle the 25km beginners race, I was after a nice tough workout leading up to Poti and to test out how the knee was recovering.

I started off mid pack but was soon out front, this of course is ignoring Hiskey, The Clintons (NZ's first royal family), Cabin etc who were long gone.

The tracks where nice, I was climbing well, on Gunna Gotcha I came across Thomas who had loose nuts on his bike, someone lent him their tool and he was back off again, After about 30 minutes Anika past me going up a hill, sweet jesus that girl can climb. I then procceded to have a nice stack on A-Trail down a slippy rut, no damage.

The rest of the race was uneventfull until the last 10kms where I had someone steaming on my tail which caused me to increase my pace somewhat that I caught up with Thomas again, he must have been having a nap as when I past him he looked around decided he didnt like being past and shot off. I held off the guy behind me for the rest of the race to get 3rd by 1 second over 4th. Stoked with the result.

We drove home via Ohakune and Taihape for some interesting state sponsored fun.. Long story.

Top weekend.

Oh and somewhere in there ran over a Hawk trying to take off with a Rabbit, feathers everywhere and completely unrelated to that I need to join witness protection. Who's got the number?