Datsane wrote: Dents you are allowed to ride any kind of bike. 700c wheels on the slacker

I will be there on a cross bike.

Slacker with drop bars then

So with another day of no rain. The tracks looking abit better alot less standing and surface water It is still how ever rather wet on the grass as you can see below. I tried to keep clean(ish) and thats from a lap and abit

Dents I know just the puddle to sit next to BEWARE


Note: Some of the mud on the bike will not be included in the CX race course

Another dry day in the Waikato, anyone been out to check the course today?

am presuming the standing water will have been replaced by increasingly thick mud...

roll on tomorrow.

That muds a killer
If the rain stays away I'm going to take a look tonight. Hopefully its just cloud thats coming across and there isn't any rain.

So went for a blat tonight.
Tracks looking good grass is still soggy in places but in total fine. Its dry enough in fact that I did even bother taking a dirty pic of the bike
I still have that spot I'm going to camp at for photos

Good luck All

Some photos from the day I'll put some more in my gallery.

Winner had a 4ish minute gap on the second place getter at the finish. 6laps with his best time of 9ish Minutes

Mel, We won a prize to best supporter. There is some Beer here for you

nice supporting Datsane, great event cheers Warwick.

Amazingly dry track versus the last few weeks (months) and unanimous support for next years event! roll on winter.

I was abit gutted the ground dried up so fast. Or the lack of bastard big mud puddles Warwick could have sent you guys through

I'll get around to the rest of the photos some time. All that running around made me sleepy

I guess I should join the Club and race next year

I'm gutted I couldn't make it. It looks like a ton of fun but needs moar mud!!
Hopefully I'll have a weapon built by next year and will be able to make it. How many people turned up for it?

What a cool race. Well done to all those who participated. Props to the dude on the MUni - mad. And a big "wow" for all the bling being dragged through the mud today. Who would have thought there were so many nice looking cross bikes in existence, let alone in, near, or around Hamilton? I should have raced... I think I might have been able to beat Tui to take the women's title...although she looked pretty fast on that uphill run. Maybe next year?

I really enjoyed being a spectator - it's a great race format for spectators. The high turnaround of riders and the fact we could easily wander between 3 different viewing points (and see three very different parts of the track) made it interesting and exciting.

Datsane wrote:Mel, We won a prize to best supporter. There is some Beer here for you

"We" as in me, you and Chris? Choice! Bummer I couldn't stay for prizegiving (only just made it home it time!), but I'll happily take some beer and put it away for later.

I've got some photos to put up later too (I've asked for an event gallery to be set up, so keep an eye out for that).

Wow, that looks fun.

How long are the courses for cyclocross?

Not sure how many km's was in the lap. But I think most riders were in the 12 minute per lap range. Was timed for 1 hour, then the next time the race leader crossed the start/finish he got the bell for 1 more lap. Most riders did 6 or 7 laps.

Mad respect for the organisers. Yep I would be down for that one again next year, it was choice

Have just created an album here http://www.vorb.org.nz/photos-album-3321.html for people to upload photos in

That was crazy fun - pity I couldn't stick around for the beer-frittes. Many, many thanks for the organisers, sponsors, and supporters for taking the leap into this format.

Hopefully the first event of many!