Hi Folks just a quick report on the Coffs Harbour race that a few of our club went down to on the weekend.

 

The race was held at Pine Creek and in short, it’s a great track with some fantastic features, I was particularly fond of the log roll’s. These are fallen logs about 5 metres long that take you across streams with up to about 1.5 metres drop (into water below in some cases) and a tread width of less than a foot!!! I did come off them several times but managed to avoid the water.

 

The rest of the track is a mix of very twisty single track and the occasional fast fire road.

 

They have some really competitive riders down there that will blow the legs of most us up here so it’s a great competition.

 

Bamf was racing strongly (I think in the top 5) until he got two flat tyres which saw him lose a fair bit of time. John boy was similarly going alright until he snapped his seat post and spent the rest of the race riding with his feet around his head mumbling something about the virtues of road riding.

With some early race tactics the thinking mans rider Gareth managed to edge out new club member Michael after our last club race which saw Gareth beaten in a sprint. Phil, Steve Mair and myself all managed some solid laps in there too.

 

If you get a chance to race down there or even go for a social trundle its well worth your while.

 

Mark Trotter

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