“Anyone who rides a bike is a friend of mine.”
Gary Fisher
Not much to report this week. Only five turned up to race the first Dirt Crits XC race of 2024, so we went for a very pleasant evening ride instead! And the rain on Thursday forced the cancellation of the first road race of 2024.
Next week will be better! Tuesday will see the first Gravity Dirt Crits of 2024 and Thursday we’ll be back on Howes Creek Road, one of the best courses we race on.
In the meantime…
The 2024 Mansfield Hotel Tour powered by Orcoda is fast approaching - Sat 16 & Sun 17 March. Please make a note in your calendar as we’ll be looking for volunteers very soon.
Speaking of our Tour, Jason Parker found these great little videos from Nero KOM Racing from the 2017 Mansfield Tour. It features some youngsters who’ve turned out to be fairly handy bike riders: three-time Australian Road Race Champion Luke Plapp (now of Jayco AlUla) and Q36.5 pro Jimmy Whelan.
Finally…
Good luck to Talia Appleton in Saturday’s Deakin University Road Race. It’ll be Talia’s longest ever race and will be broadcast on 7Mate and online on 7+.