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March 25, 2013 at 10:59 pm #238743singletrackmind wrote:We are trucking up the highway after a great weekend. It was a brilliant event and OBT represented very well. I have a lot of footage and will load it up over the next few days.
Our team goal was to come in the top half of our class and we exceeded our expectation and almost made it into the top quarter overall. We are all stoked.STM
Cheers Scott look forward to the footage and the details. Thanks for the call yesterday I was wondering how you guys had gone
TB
March 26, 2013 at 12:08 am #238745Good work guys look forward to all the vids, bet your a bit sore this morning
March 26, 2013 at 12:11 am #238746Hello again all.
It was a good event. Conditions were the complete opposite of last year. Dry and dusty was the order of the day. Course was very rough by the end. There were some good challenges and single trail. We managed to come 7th out of 62 in the pairs and 30th out of 190 odd outright. Very happy with that and very sore to boot. We just managed to beat the bloke who won ironman. Blows my mind how tough the ironmen must be. I was that far gone at the end of the day I could only drink 2 beers before hitting the sack. Then I couldn’t get to sleep until my brain had re-ridden two laps of the track. The pit crew reckons I did 3 laps in a row in my last stint. We were only doing two each but apparently I had lost the ability to count.
A bit dusty at the end of a long day
March 26, 2013 at 12:25 am #238747Well done bundy that sounds like a great result
March 26, 2013 at 1:44 am #238751top effort bundy, i couldnt feel my hands by the end and was only doing one lap stints :S
it does put it into perspective how fit the iron men are (in fact everyone) needs to beMarch 26, 2013 at 3:39 am #238748Bundyroy wrote:Hello again all.It was a good event. Conditions were the complete opposite of last year. Dry and dusty was the order of the day. Course was very rough by the end. There were some good challenges and single trail. We managed to come 7th out of 62 in the pairs and 30th out of 190 odd outright. Very happy with that and very sore to boot. We just managed to beat the bloke who won ironman. Blows my mind how tough the ironmen must be. I was that far gone at the end of the day I could only drink 2 beers before hitting the sack. Then I couldn’t get to sleep until my brain had re-ridden two laps of the track. The pit crew reckons I did 3 laps in a row in my last stint. We were only doing two each but apparently I had lost the ability to count.
A bit dusty at the end of a long day
Two man team 30th outright :ohmy: :ohmy: Smashed them Roy! That’s an amazing effort almost un old bull like
congratulations to you and your team mate as I said that’s an amazing effort
TB
March 26, 2013 at 4:22 am #238753Thanks Mike, Wazzup and TB. Well done to everybody who finished. There was noticably less bikes circulating at the end of the day. It was only my 5th time on the bike since last years 12 hour so I was stoked with the result. I was also the slower and least consistent member of the team by a fair margin. I rode with Scott Michell and he finished with a 3 lap stint as quick as his first two. One of the few times I have ever seen him visibly tired though which made me feel a tincy bit better.
The main concern was that the age of the opposition seems to be getting visibly younger each year. I did feel like an old bull. I’m sure one of the teams of 4 on the podium, you could have added up all 4 of their ages and still get a number less than that of Scott and mine added together.
I’d thoroughly recommend this race to anybody of any ability. If you want to go hard it will play with your mind and your body. If you want to have a fun day out you can. It is a great atmosphere and nobody will harass you for riding at your own pace. There is the full spectrum of riders there from the first timers to a race to the top level pros and they all just seem to fit together with no pressure to perform. It’s all about the smile on the dial.
Unfortunately it’s probably my last go. It’s just too far from home. My only advice is that if you go as a team of two make sure you have a pit crew. You will be too tired to do anything other than feel sorry for yourself by around 8 hours in.
March 26, 2013 at 9:48 am #238756:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
First.Id like to thank our team sponsors..
Nickj..
STM…and his family..
Chris t..
LC for our pit area.
Big thanks to my team for asking me to enter in this great event. I had an absolute blast riding this event. We exceeded our expectations and couldn’t be more happier with our result. The company was great and the road trip was awesome. The track was so sick :woohoo: :woohoo: but by the end of the day it was full on. Thanks to OBTs that made this such a fun event. We travelled a long way but came home all smiles. A special thanks to our team
Podium Proof …
Spud .
Nick J .
STM .
Chris T.Well done boys. :woohoo: :woohoo:
SPUD…March 26, 2013 at 10:15 am #238695Cheers LC for posting up the results.
What a great weekend. It sure did get tough & rough out there, awesome buzz though.
Working as a team was a lot of fun, i’m stoked with the results. Cheers again scotty, nick & spud for a top wk end.
Well done to the rest of old bulls that competed. Great results there.
Another high light was to witness the pros working there magic, although it did mean being force feed ten pounds of dust & riding the next 100m blind 👿
March 26, 2013 at 10:18 am #238754Trailboss wrote:Bundyroy wrote:Hello again all.It was a good event. Conditions were the complete opposite of last year. Dry and dusty was the order of the day. Course was very rough by the end. There were some good challenges and single trail. We managed to come 7th out of 62 in the pairs and 30th out of 190 odd outright. Very happy with that and very sore to boot. We just managed to beat the bloke who won ironman. Blows my mind how tough the ironmen must be. I was that far gone at the end of the day I could only drink 2 beers before hitting the sack. Then I couldn’t get to sleep until my brain had re-ridden two laps of the track. The pit crew reckons I did 3 laps in a row in my last stint. We were only doing two each but apparently I had lost the ability to count.
A bit dusty at the end of a long day
Two man team 30th outright :ohmy: :ohmy: Smashed them Roy! That’s an amazing effort almost un old bull like
congratulations to you and your team mate as I said that’s an amazing effort
TB
Great result BundyRoy
you must be stuffed mate !!
Not sure it was un old bull like though TB , we had our best crack with no DNFs , BundyRoy was just a shit load better than some of us
LC and his team really impressed me for a bunch of loose units
they did a very proffessional job and rode so well they certainly were our benchmark to strive for during the race.
Galey and Mick were amazingly tough and stubborn and still flying to the end
Marty and Goc went out so hard too and were great to have a laugh with between laps
Apart from the rancid portaloo near our pit tents this was the best pit area to be in my opinion
:woohoo:
Nick
March 27, 2013 at 12:09 am #238696I put our laps into a spreadsheet and here are our results.
STM
March 27, 2013 at 5:49 am #238736wazzup wrote:We came second in the mixed team :woohoo: :woohoo:i didnt get the memo about training and being fit.. now i can hardly move :whistle:
we didnt need to train it was the drinking session on saturday night that killed us :sick:
March 27, 2013 at 10:09 am #238749Bundyroy wrote:Hello again all.It was a good event. Conditions were the complete opposite of last year. Dry and dusty was the order of the day. Course was very rough by the end. There were some good challenges and single trail. We managed to come 7th out of 62 in the pairs and 30th out of 190 odd outright. Very happy with that and very sore to boot. We just managed to beat the bloke who won ironman. Blows my mind how tough the ironmen must be. I was that far gone at the end of the day I could only drink 2 beers before hitting the sack. Then I couldn’t get to sleep until my brain had re-ridden two laps of the track. The pit crew reckons I did 3 laps in a row in my last stint. We were only doing two each but apparently I had lost the ability to count.
A bit dusty at the end of a long day
Great result BundyRoy.
Mickktm300 and I (#257 The Dirty KTM 2 Bangers ) were two spots behind you in 9th by 14 minutes. 9th/62 teams is pleasing. Totalled 27 laps.
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Marty450 and Gocman ( #206 Bush Bashers ) completed 13 laps but had a DNF result.
Gang members Kim & Tait ( #246 Tapped Out) 34th/62 teams.
March 27, 2013 at 10:16 am #238791[attachment=3769]AJSkateParkGoPro024.JPG[/attachment]
Scrutineering Saturday chill out.[attachment=3770]AJSkateParkGoPro030.JPG[/attachment]
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The Gang check out the pit setup.March 27, 2013 at 10:22 am #238794[attachment=3772]AJSkateParkGoPro035.JPG[/attachment]
Marty450 & Gocman. Team Bush Bashers.[attachment=3773]AJSkateParkGoPro036.JPG[/attachment]
KTMKim & Tait. Team Tapped Out.[attachment=3774]AJSkateParkGoPro045.JPG[/attachment]
Mickktm300 (R) and I. The Dirty KTM 2 Bangers. -
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