CX is back! This is old news for all those that live in
Newcastle of course but here in the hub, the grease
is fresh, the balls polished and we are underway for another season of CX in
Melbourne. The Dirty Deeds conglomerate once again hosted a stellar
Friday evening of self propelled prologue shenanigans. Riders showed their
talents over 2 laps of a short but demanding course that provided the crowd
with everything from the regulation flat tyre to the highly anticipated broken
collarbone.
Set with the challenge of giving away more sausages and
taking home less beer than last year the iRide tent was pitched, the BBQ fired
up and the night was underway. Word quickly spread that free snags, burgers and
beers were being given away and from then on it was standing room only until
the completion of the final race.
As the night went on the tunes were turned up, the standing
room became the heckling zone and eventually the feed zone as riders were
‘offered’ bread, burgers, beer and regretfully even sauce for a lucky few.
While over 100 snags, a bunch of burgers and two cases of
beer were distributed there was also some frantic racing going on and it was a
great showing from those wearing the Team iRide Jamis skin suits (and
potentially one team rider sporting a GF Subaru skin suit owned and signed by
Mary Grigson circa 2000. 
photo courtesty of Adam Macleod
The final race of the night was run and won before we knew it
and as sorry as we were for the night to be over it was only going to be two
sleeps until we were remounting the cross bikes were pulled out again and we headed out to MillPark for the first round of the Syca Cross Series.
Stay tuned....
