Well it will just be a short post this week

On saturday we lined up in a pro Kermesse, so there was the odd protour rider and a few pro contis. The race was 157km with 200 starters so was looking like it was going to be a good race.
Lining up, I noticed something was feeling loose so I jumped off and found my cranks were wobbly. I figured not alot I could do so planned on racing for abit then once the race slowed I was going to try and get a spare bike off the Mavic guys.

So we set off on our way, and during the first lap the only real thing of note was a big crash right behind me, and my one attempted attack which didnt come to much. Coming into the 2nd lap the pace slowed down so i figured now was my chance to get a spare bike. I drifted my way back through the team cars and finally, now 40sec behind the bunch I came across the mavic spares. I stopped and they pulled up to me, so I told them my cranks were loose and if I could have a spare bike. This was when I was told that sorry, we only give out wheels the Bikes are for show. I was abit ripped and by now being a good 2 minutes down it was race over.

I was a little disapointed because I was feeling good. But thats racing, hopefully my run of bad luck with stuff breaking on the bike is over. I now have 2 broken wheels, 2 broken seat collars, a loose crank and a broken chain, so whats next who knows. Ryan manged to roll in with the bunch and due to a good ride is now lining up in the Tour of Belgium starting on wednesday. Also fellow new Zealander Sam Eadie manged 8th in the race, and considering the calibre of riders this was an immpressive result, so good to see.

Thats about all really, hopefully can get a few more races in over the next month or so.

Peace