Thanks to happy snapper Gary Korn, he caught this delightful image in Canberra a couple of weeks ago. Wasn't the weekend just perfect for a bit of MTB riding?
WSMTB held their monthly XC racing on Sunday and after a coolish start to the day, it wasn't just the racing at Yarramundi that was hotting up. Even with a sprinkle of rain during the week the track held up and conditions were fast and dry. These high speed conditions lead to smashing battle in A Grade with Tom Chaffey outgunning big hitters Lumley and Gordo in the first lap. Some over exuberant and late night festivities saw Chad Gossert have to pull out of the race early in the peace. Lumley and Gordo were virtually neck and neck for the remaining laps, Gordo went on to pinch the top spot after some super fast final laps. Tom Chaffey found their intensity a little outside his league backing off each lap and holding onto the third spot.
After riding out to the event from the inner Hawkesbury area for a bit of a warm up, I registered and waited for the racing to start. My race went well with a couple of consistent laps before being ruffled by some B Graders, I found some super fast legs but was brought back to reality with a superman impression. From there all I could do was dust myself off and get back on the bike, in hope of catching those sandbagging B Graders. Sebastian Jayne managed to keep a minute or so between us, I could spot him through the windier sections but couldn't real him in.
A great morning out was had at Yarramundi, Mick Smith and I made our way back home taking it relatively easy through the hills of Springwood Rd. Once we hit the flats I turned up the pace and we made like TT’ists. It was a great weekend for riding.
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