Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Team members Andrew Brown and Amanda Wakeling riding around Cumberland this Saturday with Frank and his dog on helmet cam

Sunday, August 7, 2011

2011 BC Time Trial Championships

Hi All
Team Trail Bikes Eatmore Sprouts had an excellent time out at the 2011 BC TT Championships. With the juniors riding the middle 20km portion of the 40km TT; Mark Grant stormed the U13 in 36:14 to take the win by 3:19 over MIVA rider Brodie Haye.In the U15 class, James Grant took 3rd after the heat took its toll.

In the U17 class Andrew Grant powered to an excellent time of 29:33 to take the win with a 1:47 minute advantage over CVCC club members Thomas Andrew and Jake Van der Vliet.

In the U19 class Nigel Ellsay rocked out on the 40km course to take the win with a time of 57:06 and a 2:24 advantage over second place, with fellow CVCC member Jordan Duncan taking 3rd. Nigels winning time of 57:06 actually gives him the winning time for U23 category as well as 5th fastest time of the day!In the cat3 mens class Doug Merrick suffered on the course and finished in 1:02:41 to take 6th.

After the TT Nigel, Doug, Jordan, and Jeff Matell raced the 20km TTT on the same course to stop the clock in 29:36 to miss the podium by 37 seconds despite Nigel Riding with a broken rear shifter!