Tiger Vs Shark

For the fourth and final time it was off to the BP Road Series, but this time with a twist... The almighty Angry (Dodgy Old Shark) decided he would take a holiday and drop down a grade to Break. After packing his bag full of sand he rode down to Mirimar to meet me and sandbag about his "Top 10" finish in break.

Wow Angry, nice leg deffinision LOL

It was a stunning day and we had lost a few hardout riders like Davo, Ricky

and Nick K to the Cyclo-Cross in Upper Hutt, which from what I hear BLR took out 1st & 2nd for a nice podium victory with Ricky giving a madcore display of skills. (Post to come)
Anyway I was here to race and knowing Angry had dropped down a grade purely to put me in a world of pain did not help the nerves. We started off at a much too casual pace and continued that for 2 of the 3 laps around the Mirimar Peninsula. On the second hill Angry decided to see what people had and gave it a bit of Weetbix up Awa Road - no one went... it looked to be an outing with my Nana on her zimmer frame, finished with a dog fight up the Prison Hill. But I was proven wrong, Scratch caught us on Awa Road on the final lap and put the preasure on, now the race was getting interesting... I jumped onto the back of Scratch with the thought that last time I did this they dropped me faster than a fat kid chasing an ice cream truck. This time it was to be different, I pushed the pins hard and held the Scratch pace, all the way around the bays to the prison climb, knowing that Angry was right behind me checking out my ass again (always his inspiration).

As we hit the hill everyone climbed out of the saddle and gave it gonads. I knew that halfway up this climb there was a slight reprieve so worked hard towards that. Angry passed me looking strong but I stayed with him till the flat. By this stage we had dropped more of the Break riders and it looked to be a few Harry Hardouts in a bunch to the top. The second climb started and I was feeling it, I dug deep to hold as close to Angry as I could but he had me, with 100mtrs to go I was 3 secs back but digging hard. Finish 4 sec behind him and in a happy 3rd place for Break.

To go one step further with my sandbagging
#1 MTB peak still on helmet
#2 MTB SPD's still on shoes
#3 Cross country sprigs still in shoes

Final results in Break:
Angry Bushlove Bennett - 2nd place ADD TO CART
Tiger Bushlove Keith - 3rd place ADD TO CART
Kah Bushlove Chan - REMOVE FROM CART
Full Results

A fantastic race day finished with a massif dinner and too many drinks at the Keith Mansion. Finished of with a ride around Makara with the boyz (Couple of mechanicals there but lets not talk about that one). I did hear Davo went ove the handle bars down Ridge Line, such an amatuer :0)

This weekend its the first of the Penny Farthing Cycles PNP MTB Series
See you all there,
Tiger