Newsletter No 26 11/11/04
OK, I've collected enough dirt to put together another newsletter.
So, the Nationals are over, as is the Tour of Southland. I think we did OK in the Nationals.
Justin Kerr came second in the Elite Men's race. Ryan Russell came in 10th place. Ross Simmonds was unlucky to puncture and after a slow wheel change was unable to get back into the race, finishing in 29th place.
In the Senior Women's race Amy Mosen came in 17th place (she was racing for Akarana - I think she joined them because they offer discounts for dwarves). Karen Fulton DNF'd. I don't know what happened to Karen. But we could speculate - she punctured, she crashed, a dog ran out and bit her on the bum, she saw Bob Puru on the road and fell off in horror - I don't know, but my warped and twisted mind could come up with any story.
Miles Watson came in 10th in the U19.
Blyth Andrews came in 24th in the Vet 2 Men.
Bob Puru came in 9th and Cliff Whittaker came in 11th in the Vet 3 Men's race and Murray Russell got 12th place in the Vet 4 Men's race.
The Tour of Southland also seemed to go well for our guys - Ryan, Ross, Glen all featured prominently,. I don't too many tales from those guys - yet.
Plenty of riders had a go at the K2 as well. We had a few offs as well, unfortunately. Selwyn Kirkpatrick decided to eat tar after about 15kms into the ride. Kerry Evans hit the road, as did Rod Carpenter. I know Kerry lost a bit of skin, but fortunately his bike is fine. I'm not sure how Rod fared - I hear that he broke an elbow - but I'm not sure. I also saw a very flattering photo of Kevin Stuart riding with his best mate 'Mudflap'. However, I couldn't find either Kevin or Garry Gallagher's name on the results list. It turns out that both tight a*ses snuck in for free. They deserve to go into the Hall of Shame - they can afford to spend thousands on their bikes, but they're too tight to shell out $65 for a 200km ride! Of course, Kevin may have an excuse - if he had to count out the money for the entry fee, he still be there at the end of the race counting - 'duh let me see...one dollar..............................two dollars..............what comes after two? Oh yeah, three dollar .................................................' it would have been a pretty painful experience.
*Kevin and Mudflap riding rather closely together. Kevin insists they are just good friends.*
However, I think the Hall of Shame accolade (if that is what you call the worst offender) should be reserved for our own Jack Swart! Yes, El Presidente, decided that he'd cling to a car to get him up the hills!! So spare a thought for old Jack and next time you're out with him offer him a push up the hills, it sounds like he needs it.
*Jack, looking fresh a couple of weeks before his ride (or should it be tow) around K2.
*A few of us also had a go at the ride around Lake Rotorua last week. Jack was there, fresh from his exploits in K2 the previous week (know we all know why his legs were fresh). Sonnie Witana, Paul Watene, Neil Fray and yours truly, to name a few. It was a good ride in many ways. The start was a bit twisty, but the course was good and most riders were very well behaved. Jack came in third in the Masters section. Sonnie and Neil also did pretty well. Paul Watene had a mechanical with his seat post and pulled out in lap two. Paul made a few fundamental errors; firstly he fiddled with his bike the night before, secondly
he didn't take a tool kit and third, and most importantly, he left his bike with Sonnie just before the race started - big mistake Paul. Remember the ancient saying, 'never trust a Witana'. Sonnie also won a watch - now all he has to do is learn to tell the time.
Some of you may be familiar with the law of Karma, which can be described as 'what comes around, goes around'. Well here is an example; a few weeks ago Kerry Evans disqualified C Grade because quite a few of them were riding on the wrong side of the road at the sprint finish. I thought it was a bit tough, particularly since I was coming third in the sprint and we were all riding on the right side of the road - but, I thought fair enough - it's only a club race and it doesn't hurt to remind riders of their obligations on the road. Well this week, who should get DQ'd but our good friend Kerry Evans for riding on the wrong side of the road during the A Grade sprint. Should we have a moment's silence to express sympathy for Kerry? Yeah, right!
*Here is Kerry a couple of Sundays ago, before he experienced the ignominy of disqualification. Behind Kerry is Selwyn Kirkpatrick, who bit the tarmac on K2.
*Sonnie Witana seems to be hitting his straps now - he is even managing to give Eric the crippled slug a run for his money up the hills now. He came in second in B Grade tonight, just behind Bob Puru and ahead of Garry Gallagher - who incidently paid to race this time!
Spare a thought for poor old Bob Puru, who managed to drive his bike into (and I mean, into) the garage about a month ago. This Tuesday his beloved 'Trik' fixed wheel bike was nicked outside his work as he went into his office to grab his bag. He reckons he was only away from it for a couple of minutes, but when he returned it was gone, he searched the streets to no avail and we suspect someone put it into a vehicle. Being a fixed wheel it would have been a challenge to ride for the majority (even Bob has trouble with it). I hope he gets it back, because he was pretty upset when he rang me the other morning - so if you see anything contact Bob.
STOLEN
8pm from Carspot, Lake Road, 9^th November 2004
Bob’s fixed wheel “Trik” Bike
Have you seen it anywhere – if so please contact urgently
Bob on: 07-247 0511 (work)
027-2460021 (mobile)
07-853 9800 (home evenings)
· Custom Built Frame, carbon front fork
· Colour Blue, chrome rear end with Red and White Trik decals
· Single Speed
· Carbon Cranks
· Campagnolo Carbon Brake Levers
· Bontrager Wheels
· Selle Italia Flite Gel Saddle
· Carbon drink bottle holders
· Sigma Pulse metre on handlebars
· Bum Bag and rear red light
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Also on the tough break front an unnamed source revealed that poor old Harry 'Gollum' Donker nailed both tyres riding over a hedgehog on Tuesday night. Apparently, he had just fixed his rear tyre when the front tyre gave up the ghost. "That is midly amusing", I told Bob (oops, I mean my anonymous source). "Yes, but the intriguing bit is how he managed to get two of the hedghog's prickles embedded in his foreskin." Believe it....or not! Don't think about it too hard, it'll only put you off your food.
Well I've run out of steam at the moment, but I'll be back soon with another instalment for you.
In the meantime good riding.
Michael
So, the Nationals are over, as is the Tour of Southland. I think we did OK in the Nationals.
Justin Kerr came second in the Elite Men's race. Ryan Russell came in 10th place. Ross Simmonds was unlucky to puncture and after a slow wheel change was unable to get back into the race, finishing in 29th place.
In the Senior Women's race Amy Mosen came in 17th place (she was racing for Akarana - I think she joined them because they offer discounts for dwarves). Karen Fulton DNF'd. I don't know what happened to Karen. But we could speculate - she punctured, she crashed, a dog ran out and bit her on the bum, she saw Bob Puru on the road and fell off in horror - I don't know, but my warped and twisted mind could come up with any story.
Miles Watson came in 10th in the U19.
Blyth Andrews came in 24th in the Vet 2 Men.
Bob Puru came in 9th and Cliff Whittaker came in 11th in the Vet 3 Men's race and Murray Russell got 12th place in the Vet 4 Men's race.
The Tour of Southland also seemed to go well for our guys - Ryan, Ross, Glen all featured prominently,. I don't too many tales from those guys - yet.
Plenty of riders had a go at the K2 as well. We had a few offs as well, unfortunately. Selwyn Kirkpatrick decided to eat tar after about 15kms into the ride. Kerry Evans hit the road, as did Rod Carpenter. I know Kerry lost a bit of skin, but fortunately his bike is fine. I'm not sure how Rod fared - I hear that he broke an elbow - but I'm not sure. I also saw a very flattering photo of Kevin Stuart riding with his best mate 'Mudflap'. However, I couldn't find either Kevin or Garry Gallagher's name on the results list. It turns out that both tight a*ses snuck in for free. They deserve to go into the Hall of Shame - they can afford to spend thousands on their bikes, but they're too tight to shell out $65 for a 200km ride! Of course, Kevin may have an excuse - if he had to count out the money for the entry fee, he still be there at the end of the race counting - 'duh let me see...one dollar..............................two dollars..............what comes after two? Oh yeah, three dollar .................................................' it would have been a pretty painful experience.
*Kevin and Mudflap riding rather closely together. Kevin insists they are just good friends.*
However, I think the Hall of Shame accolade (if that is what you call the worst offender) should be reserved for our own Jack Swart! Yes, El Presidente, decided that he'd cling to a car to get him up the hills!! So spare a thought for old Jack and next time you're out with him offer him a push up the hills, it sounds like he needs it.
*Jack, looking fresh a couple of weeks before his ride (or should it be tow) around K2.
*A few of us also had a go at the ride around Lake Rotorua last week. Jack was there, fresh from his exploits in K2 the previous week (know we all know why his legs were fresh). Sonnie Witana, Paul Watene, Neil Fray and yours truly, to name a few. It was a good ride in many ways. The start was a bit twisty, but the course was good and most riders were very well behaved. Jack came in third in the Masters section. Sonnie and Neil also did pretty well. Paul Watene had a mechanical with his seat post and pulled out in lap two. Paul made a few fundamental errors; firstly he fiddled with his bike the night before, secondly
he didn't take a tool kit and third, and most importantly, he left his bike with Sonnie just before the race started - big mistake Paul. Remember the ancient saying, 'never trust a Witana'. Sonnie also won a watch - now all he has to do is learn to tell the time.
Some of you may be familiar with the law of Karma, which can be described as 'what comes around, goes around'. Well here is an example; a few weeks ago Kerry Evans disqualified C Grade because quite a few of them were riding on the wrong side of the road at the sprint finish. I thought it was a bit tough, particularly since I was coming third in the sprint and we were all riding on the right side of the road - but, I thought fair enough - it's only a club race and it doesn't hurt to remind riders of their obligations on the road. Well this week, who should get DQ'd but our good friend Kerry Evans for riding on the wrong side of the road during the A Grade sprint. Should we have a moment's silence to express sympathy for Kerry? Yeah, right!
*Here is Kerry a couple of Sundays ago, before he experienced the ignominy of disqualification. Behind Kerry is Selwyn Kirkpatrick, who bit the tarmac on K2.
*Sonnie Witana seems to be hitting his straps now - he is even managing to give Eric the crippled slug a run for his money up the hills now. He came in second in B Grade tonight, just behind Bob Puru and ahead of Garry Gallagher - who incidently paid to race this time!
Spare a thought for poor old Bob Puru, who managed to drive his bike into (and I mean, into) the garage about a month ago. This Tuesday his beloved 'Trik' fixed wheel bike was nicked outside his work as he went into his office to grab his bag. He reckons he was only away from it for a couple of minutes, but when he returned it was gone, he searched the streets to no avail and we suspect someone put it into a vehicle. Being a fixed wheel it would have been a challenge to ride for the majority (even Bob has trouble with it). I hope he gets it back, because he was pretty upset when he rang me the other morning - so if you see anything contact Bob.
STOLEN
8pm from Carspot, Lake Road, 9^th November 2004
Bob’s fixed wheel “Trik” Bike
Have you seen it anywhere – if so please contact urgently
Bob on: 07-247 0511 (work)
027-2460021 (mobile)
07-853 9800 (home evenings)
· Custom Built Frame, carbon front fork
· Colour Blue, chrome rear end with Red and White Trik decals
· Single Speed
· Carbon Cranks
· Campagnolo Carbon Brake Levers
· Bontrager Wheels
· Selle Italia Flite Gel Saddle
· Carbon drink bottle holders
· Sigma Pulse metre on handlebars
· Bum Bag and rear red light
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also on the tough break front an unnamed source revealed that poor old Harry 'Gollum' Donker nailed both tyres riding over a hedgehog on Tuesday night. Apparently, he had just fixed his rear tyre when the front tyre gave up the ghost. "That is midly amusing", I told Bob (oops, I mean my anonymous source). "Yes, but the intriguing bit is how he managed to get two of the hedghog's prickles embedded in his foreskin." Believe it....or not! Don't think about it too hard, it'll only put you off your food.
Well I've run out of steam at the moment, but I'll be back soon with another instalment for you.
In the meantime good riding.
Michael
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