Saturday the 15th saw the coming together of the Big Dog’s of Cycling. Magnus Backstead, Yanto Barker and the Big Dog Himself….Me! For the Brighton Big Dog Mountain bike race.
Pairing up with the local Caravan expert of the Cycling world, Paul Hopkins of BMV Leisure….plug… We competed in the 6hr Pair. The course was excellent, great climbing, amazing single track and dry! With an MTB Jumble from Retro bike, cakes and propercoffee the event was a true mountain bike festival with a great atmosphere.
The Race! Paul started and came through in 2ndplace not far down off 1st. We pushed on with one lap on, one lap off for the duration, taking the lead on lap two and building on it. We finished 1st and just missed out on clocking up another lap come the finish….a great day out. We cleaned up, packed up and got some chicken from the Barbecue before the prize presentation. A great effort for the ceremony, podium girls, goodie bags and sparkly stuff, you had to make the most of it! Also over the course of the day, I picked up the prize for thr fastest lap and received a very nice model sterling engine which has kept the office amused this week and the kettle on permanent tea duty!
So, rosette in hand, I am now the official “Big Dog” of Brighton….. Life’s complete.
Will deffinatly return next year: http://www.brightonbigdog.com/
Official site of Felt Racing: http://feltracing.co.uk/
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