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Motatapu Race 2012

Arrowtown was once again on show as the annual Motatapu MTB rolled into town, bringing comptetors from all over the countryn. With rivers running full and fast, Cycleways mechanic and rider Nick Clark lead the race right to the finish. He had himself a great and by picking a slightly dubious routeon one of the last river crossings, was passed rigght before the finish. Overall Nick rode very well winning his catagory and fourth overall with a time of 1:52:51. The race was won by Gavin Mason in 1:52:45.

Full race results and pictures can be seen here: http://www.timeit.net.nz/Results/results.php?CompNum=37

A sunny Sunday in North Canterbury hosted the Burkes Pass2Pub race with our sponsered rider Bradley Hudson leading the pack.

Bradley had another strong outing being the first rider home winning the event in a time of 1:17:40 over two mintues ahead of Kyle Wood in second place.

Congratulations to Bradley and best of luck to him racing at the Oceania Champs next week.

Full results and photos can be found here: http://www.pass2pub.com/

10th Anniversary ride was the biggest field yet with Anton Cooper taking home first place.

Nick Clark had himself an awesome race coming winning his catagory and second only to winner Anton Cooper. Nick raced home is a quick time of 1:54:52 just six minutes off the lead pace.

Full results and photos from the race can be found here: http://www.kaiwara.co.nz/index.php?cid=9

Shit Cyclists Say

The Brook Valley track in Nelson played host to the 3rd round of the National circuit.

Bradley Hudson and Nick Clark lined up to compete in the Elite field. Bradley had another very strong outing finishing 3rd with a time of 01:39:56 and Nick had a tough time being lapped out after 3 laps.

Phil Patterson was once again ready to race in the Masters 1 catagory and had a solid race finishing 5th in a strong field with a time of 01:20:12.

Full race results can be viewed here http://www.mtbnz.org/wordpress/?p=1014

NZ MTB Cup Cross Country Wrap from Christchurch

Living Springs played host to Round two of the Nation series with changing weather keeping riders on their toe’s.

The 30-39 age group raced in bitterly cold Southerlies in the morning but Phil Patterson absolutely rode his wheels off winning his catagory by over four mintues with a sharp time of 1:40:31.

Like last week Bradley and Nick were waving the Cycleways flag in the Elite race. The weather cleared to produce a slick surface for the riders. Bradley had a great race and really showed what he is capable of finishing second, 7 seconds behind the winner with a quick time of 1:42:35.

Full race review and results can be found here:http://www.mtbnz.org/wordpress/?p=1000

Signal Hill in Dunedin hosted the first round of the National MTB Cup. Although race day was clear, the surface remained wet and muddy from the heavy overnight rain.

Sponsered rider Bradley Hudson and Cycleway’s own Nick Clark threw their mud tyres on and raced against a strong Elite field. Bradley had a solid race finishing 5th with a time of 1:50:57 and Nick had himself a strong race coming in 6th behind Bradley with a time of 1:54:50.

Full race review and results can be seen here: http://www.mtbnz.org/wordpress/?p=983 

We wish you all a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. We will be reopening Wendnesday the 28th of December and closed for the 1st,2nd and 3rd of January.