How to make a BMW even more handsome

[Arne Rohde]

#18527

I was in Whakatane on 26th, afternoon. So it would have to be somewhere on direct route between Tauranga and Whakatane if it was you.

[Anonymous]

#18528

mmm, then not me. I rounded the northern side of Lake Rotorua, east on SH30 then south on SH2, so wouldn't have crossed your path.R1200GS's are so awesome, I'm not surprised there are a few around  ;D

[Anonymous]

#18529

So Ironman Taupo has been and gone last weekend. Thanks to a packing list I've worked on over the years, the odds of leaving things behind have almost been eliminated – they say that once you've figured out what you've left behind it's all good – so instead it was leaving my suspension settings behind. The BMW is equipped with Ohlins Mechatronic suspension (only set in the country I think). First time since installation, I noticed as I started her up on Friday that I couldn't access preload options (1up, 1up w/luggage, 2up), just the damping (comfort, normal, sport). Damn. There is no easy fix (that's this weekend's work, plug OEM suspension back in to reset) so I had to make do the entire weekend in 1up and sport (stiffest I could make it).We (the KTM and I) pulled our departure forward to 1000 from 1100, due to the inbound rain and had a nice ride south through backroads entering Taupo around 1pm. The afternoon was spent unpacking, gaining media passes and doing a recce of the course before a full production meeting at 6pm, where I met my cameraman called Havoc  ;D After the meeting he took a look over my bike, practised a few things moving around on the bike before some dinner, I did some work, then turned in for the night.Up at 0430, loaded the bike with the gear we needed, and took the cameraman down to the wharf before 0530 to meet his jetboat to film the swim. Elites started at 6.45am, Age Groupers at 7am. Around 0830 Havoc returned. We had a hit list of 6 age groupers to film, with two other bikes handling the lead elite men and women. We located some in transition, before slowing heading out to Reporoa filming scenery, competitors and supporters.In this way, we fell behind the leaders so the plan was to stay at Reporoa until the leaders came through again (2nd and final lap), and film the turnaround. Once done we headed back into town, now into the early afternoon and took a break for lunch. Well, Havoc did while I was tasked with a quick errand to the southern end of the run course (3 laps along the lake front to the south of Taupo, almost to the Arterial) to meet the chopper and collect their footage. Back to HQ next to transition at the Great Lakes Centre for a quick lunch and then out onto the run course to locate runners, more scenery and supporters. The hard part of this role is finding competitors with the minimal info given by the producers. Without trackers, and the run course going different paths, it essentially involved a fair bit of waiting otherwise we were worried we'd miss the athlete. From the scouts building we then sat in front of Terrenzo and filmed him into the finish. This is often the trickiest part, athlete right behind us, mountain biker right in front (for top 2 positions) and public crowding the path. Low lying branches almost got Havoc twice, as he was standing. Once my fault, warned him too late (branches scraped his helmet as he sat down) and once because he'd turned down his comms (the third and loudest warning from me was finally heard, again, branches scraped his helmet).Lead male home shortly after 1500, lead female home shortly before 1600 and once the athlete goes into the final chute we head out again and grab another top placer. After a few of these we wrapped, and not a moment too soon as within half an hour the predicted rain came in. Late afternoon was spent having a shower and chilling, before another dinner to swap stories of the day. Havoc was the most game cameraman I've had to date. We figured out a system that if I stood or leant right forward, he was able to rotate around on the bike negating the need to stop just for position change. He filmed sitting and standing, forward and back and even sideways. He would have preferred a shorter rear rail so he didn't have to swing his leg over it, but then the top box was still there and needed for carrying stuff like camera rain cover, spare batteries, food, drink etc.Brian on the KTM was worried about fatigue in the rear rack, so after more backroads on Sunday morning (Turangi for a bakery breakfast before turning north) I dropped off that piece of rack on Sunday evening. This weekend is pulling the BMW apart to sort out the suspension, then next weekend another road trip for the ITU New Plymouth Triathlon...

[Arne Rohde]

#18530

Many thanks for the update, Gremlin. Sounds like an interesting and busy weekend.Is there no method of setting the default preload on the Ohlins manually? Since 1up varies so greatly from one rider to another I'd have thought that the base setting could be adjusted manually. Or is that done alone by the choice of spring rate?

[Anonymous]

#18531

Is there no method of setting the default preload on the Ohlins manually? Since 1up varies so greatly from one rider to another I'd have thought that the base setting could be adjusted manually. Or is that done alone by the choice of spring rate?

This suspension is electronic, it plugs into the OEM ESA button on the BMW. Short pushes gets damping, long pushes gets preload. The spring itself has also been replaced for one notch stiffer to better suit me.This weekend I need to take the fuel tank off (1-1.5hrs work - so much for a naked bike) to access the OEM plugs, plug in the OEM suspension and let it cycle through. Everything should work. Then I have a new Ohlins wiring loom - that's supposed to be better - to install and then I should have full functionality back... fun and games  ???

[Arne Rohde]

#18532

Yes, but what I'm trying to get at is that the 1up preload setting would or should be quite different for a lightweight 60kg rider and for a heavier 120kg rider. Can the preload level that the 1up setting selects be stored in the on-board computer? Or is there a manual adjustment on the shock itself which determines what the 1up setting corresponds to? Or is the 1up setting always at a fixed preload level, irrespective of the rider's weight? If so, heavier riders would presumably be riding around in 1up + luggage or 2up setting permanently.

[Anonymous]

#18533

Yes, but what I'm trying to get at is that the 1up preload setting would or should be quite different for a lightweight 60kg rider and for a heavier 120kg rider. Can the preload level that the 1up setting selects be stored in the on-board computer? Or is there a manual adjustment on the shock itself which determines what the 1up setting corresponds to? Or is the 1up setting always at a fixed preload level, irrespective of the rider's weight? If so, heavier riders would presumably be riding around in 1up + luggage or 2up setting permanently.

Ok, know what you're saying. The preset settings for preload are just that, no fine tuning electronically (at least not on mine - there is an Ohlins dashboard for some I believe, no sure exactly what it can do). Robert prior to installation did do some setup of the suspension according to my stats. Yes, some stuff can be adjusted manually I believe, but not really worth the effort, adjustments are tucked away behind a pile of other stuff.Yes, prior to Ohlins, I rode in 1up w/ luggage even with just a top box. Full luggage meant 2up. With a passenger I just touched stuff down constantly. With Ohlins, it's been tailored so that a top box is 1up (I always have the top box) and so forth and it works really well... unless I have nothing... then it's a wee bit stiff (but very rare).

[Anonymous]

#18534

Earliest start to a season yet, I was approached via a chain of people for a duathlon hosted by Auckland City Triathlon Club on 16th August. It was also the secondary schools champs.A low key event compared to international coverage on Triathlons and Ironmans, they needed a couple of bikes for Tri NZ officials to enforce rules. The unusual part was that it was being held at Pukekohe Raceway (slow track day anyone?  ???). Athletes would run on the horse track, back to transition (pits), on the bike for laps of the race circuit then more horse laps. We patrolled the race circuit, but the officials had already said there would be almost no chance of real penalties, just lots of warnings (can't crush the kiddies too quickly I guess). Penalties were setup in transition, but one recce pass through there, and there was no chance we'd be going through during competition as there was no room.On course, and penalties might have been handy. Rule was no drafting and keep left... uh no, like lemmings, racing lines right after being warned.  ;D The weather turned it on however with fantastic weather, although the back straight seemed to be a bit of a slog for some.After the school grades we also did the age groups, although technically Tri NZ didn't need to, but we were all setup. Managed to find the odd open section, so of course I had to reach the next group... little bit of fun through the Castrol and over the mountain, pillion was happy to open up the BMW, so topped it out at 130kph on the back straight... yeup, I'm a speed demon.Quiet again until November, which has the Auckland Marathon and BikeTheBridge (with the exception of a couple of charity events perhaps). The marathon might be media duties rather than pushing the half through the back of the marathon, and BikeTheBridge has changed format (all busway and bridge now, instead of open road), so not sure if we'll be required. Auckland no longer has the Triathlon or Ironman 70.3 so this season will look quite different to last.

[Arne Rohde]

#18535

Thanks for keeping us updated on the adventures of the handsome BMW, Gremlin.Some years ago BMW had a combined car/motorbike day at Pukekohe. They needed someone to do a couple of demo laps on their bikes. I had the choice of the C1 scooter or the F650GS Dakar. I chose the Dakar. Another rider had one of the faster bikes, K1200 perhaps. It was pouring down with rain. He ran away on the straights. I caught up in the corners. I wasn't worried about losing it, as it wasn't my bike. He was worried, because it wasn't his bike. We both managed to get back with no damage done.

[Anonymous]

#18536

hmmm, no update for a little while.Since August we've covered the Auckland Marathon, which is always a big event. Usually we arrive around 0615 and first job was helping push the leaders of the male half marathon through the back of the marathon (after a quick yay for winning the world cup and the race started minutes later). This year we used 3 bikes for the front, 2 of us having done it before, the 3rd their first time so some training and practise for them. Essentially we're warning all the marathon runners to keep/move left as faster runners are coming through... then they move right back before being yelled at, at least once more. Some using music devices get quite the surprise when they see us right behind them yelling and beeping our horns. We usually link our helmets via bluetooth to talk to each other and manage space (speed up, slow down etc).As soon as the male leaders had come through (2 other bikes escorting the females) around 0800 I was off over the bridge again (thankfully an easy exit next to the finish chute) to the quarter marathon start at 0900 where I was escorting the lead males alone (another doing females was already there). We watched as the last runners were allowed to enter the busway and go over the bridge, and then the others that were denied due to timing and loaded onto buses instead (including one old boy who really tried to ignore security). This was an easy run down the busway, but got congested through the Viaduct, and with little warning and a single bike, most weren't moving and I got close to bailing and letting the leader fend for themselves (worst is to block the leader obviously) but was able to just make it through.I had a short notice call a few days later to carry a cameraman a few hours later (usually we have at least a week or two of heads up) for the V8 supercar parade up Queen St but fortunately had enough time to at least fit the main section of rack with running boards as it turned out he'd never filmed from a bike before. Such is life  😮 Things didn't really go as advised/planned, but he got some shots in which was the main thing. Ultimately, the whole news segment provided to TV networks wasn't long, and the trip itself was only part of the coverage.We had a new Tri NZ event at Villa Maria by the airport mid November which could become an awesome event if the athletes support it. Just cycling and running in a duathlon (run, cycle, run). I was assigned to media, the photographer didn't have pants, helmet, sturdy shoes etc, so that was quickly abandoned. I carry a spare helmet, but we do insist on pants, jacket, sturdy shoes for their safety. Instead, I was assigned to leading the leaders for a lap through the course then patrolled for safety/issues. While it is the athletes responsibility to know the course, some in the top 10 didn't, taking several wrong turns so I was running around for a while adjusting marshals etc.January was working with a photographer again for the 3rd time on the SRAM Tour de Ranges, 110km cycle loop anti-clockwise from Clevedon through Kaiaua back to Clevedon. We did it a little differently this year, getting swallowed into the main pack which resulted in a few km of really close quarter riding as I sought to pass slow riders while also giving room to faster riders to slip through. The first few hill climbs then sorted out the riders into packs which we worked on for a while until pushing forward for the leaders (the elite start 20min before the main entrants, so there is a lot of ground to cover). With photographer satisfied we pushed for the finish, again lucking into catching the lead females (they start same as male elite, but further into the course, doing 85km) a few km before the finish. That afternoon was spent stripping the bike of media gear and packing for a 2 week trip to the South Island.  ;D

[Anonymous]

#18537

Tri NZ called in 5 bikes for the Kinloch triathlon this weekend just gone. With few details (and no idea of briefing time, recce and which roles were needed etc) we aimed for 1400 in Kinloch on Saturday, and I fitted the media rack for maximum capability as I'm also in Taupo for the first weekend in March for Ironman, and that's a TV company, cameramen needing the media rack etc.1 was already down in Kinloch having left Friday, so 4 of us left the Autobahn at 0900 and I led the way taking a bunch of back roads. One, a Triumph decided to release some smoke by Karapiro dam waiting for the lights so a quick stop to make sure it was safe to continue, then a quick lunch in Whakamaru and arrived in Kinloch at 1345. Briefing was covered, it was 5 technical officials, no media and then we did our own recce of the 3 courses to be used for 4 races (I'd plotted them all in my GPS, but the others weren't too sure of layout). Tri NZ had provided a house in Taupo, back there to pull the Triumph apart and make sure there were no issues then headed for some dinner later. Bed was a bit late, little after midnight...Up at 0500, leaving non-event gear at the house and in Kinloch by 0615 so some could grab coffee. First athletes started the first event at 0650 with a course out onto Whangamata Rd. We saw a few tankers held up, and were concerned about a 100kph zone, open roads and cyclists, but given the early time, it wasn't too bad. Next event was same course, but half distance (1 lap instead of 2), with more athletes and definitely more crazy, warning many athletes to stop bunching as those races aren't draft legal. A couple were almost DQ'd as they almost crossed the centre line which is a big no-no.I had the lead Technical Official (TO) and we'd planned to sit out the Short distance, letting 2 others do it as only 2 were required for roles in the afternoon for the elite races and 2 for short course given the size. However, with some of the TO's having other duties I was pulled in again. As the Lead TO, we were also running the last course check prior to race start to sign off on the course being ready so I found there was little down time between events. There was a short break after the Short course but this was consumed by checks and discussion for the elites. Women are first and 2 of the other motos had left, one due to a rear tyre pressure issue (had been assigned to Elite, but this was obviously changed) and one because he wasn't needed so he escaped and one remaining as backup.Women are handy for going first so we can practise all the tricks, know where to stop etc. There was a section up a steep hill the officials wanted us to avoid so we had a dead zone at the bottom. The course was technical with a lot of climbing, descending and all suburban streets with 5 u-turns per lap (we skipped 2 as they were on the hill). Not too eventful and again time passed quickly before we had to check for the men's race (and the backup moto left). As expected, the men were more aggressive. Several pulled out for medical or mechanical reasons, and my role was at the rear, to mark the last rider. When they are lapped (5 laps of 4km) we pull them from the race, take the transponder and hand it in. If we spot riders pulling out we retrieve those as well and inform organisers.One rider crashed breaking his collarbone, one rider crashed into the ambulance as they arrived (yeah  ???) which I saw and told my TO, and the other moto was on the scene within seconds to assist (part of that moto's brief was to stop for accidents, otherwise to follow the main pack checking for rule compliance). Mine was the more crucial role so we don't stop. The officials were also extremely concerned with one high speed left corner, where the riders were running wide into the opposite gutter, hitting the dividing cones and risking riders coming the other way. We were asked to find the lead riders and warn, but left it to the other moto. Bluetooth comms are handy like that and I was able to connect when he was in range and double check they'd sorted it. With the course being tight and very few straights it limited opportunity to get alongside the riders for several seconds.Right towards the end of the cycle leg I had the leaders some 200m behind and we warned the last rider he needed to step on it if he didn't want to get lapped. He just made it into the last lap around the u-turn and I'd already decided I didn't have the time to slow and u-turn so speared off into our area so the leaders could go straight through into transition. Re-entering the course to find the last rider I expect to see the main pack anytime soon, and as I approach the corner (right for me, left for them) one runs wide into my lane. Face kinda goes like this  😮 and I'm hard on the brakes diving left against the fence (along with hearing the crowds packing the fence gasp). He avoids me, I'm super happy about that and we finish the last lap nice and quiet  8)We get away from Kinloch around 1600 and return to Taupo to pack, fill and head north. I'd filled in Auckland, not wanting a full tank for the event, but had done at least 200km during the day so was getting close to reserve, but made Taupo Ok. We exited Taupo around 1730, pointing the bikes for Auckland, taking in some back roads but then hitting the Waikato expressway as it had been a long day. A stop in Hamilton for a quick dinner, fuel for the bikes with smaller tanks and then a leg stretch at Bombay. I got in the door at 2200, pretty knackered...

[Arne Rohde]

#18538

Wow, you really do get some experiences and excitement with those duties, Gremlin. Thanks again for keeping us updated. I thought I had enough excitement yesterday, coming around a blind bend on a narrow, country road and finding a lady in a small car parked straight across the road, in the process of doing a 7 or 9-point U-turn. Instead of turning around in a driveway a short distance further on. I stopped less than a metre away, but almost dropped the bike as there was quite a camber in the road. Nothing compared to the excitement of heading for an oncoming bike and a fence with spectators, though.  😮

[Anonymous]

#18539

Plenty of excitement with cars on the road, just look at the Buller Gorge and the cop that u-turned.One thing however, on the road you're mostly the vulnerable one in any incident. With these events, the cyclists are the vulnerable ones, and we're usually the heaviest biggest objects. That said, on closed course yesterday in elite races was a TriNZ car, almost had an incident with a cyclist, an ambulance, did have an incident with a cyclist and a traffic ute, no incident. Cars don't seem to work well on the closed course, probably why motorcycles are used instead.Mostly, the athlete is going to come off worst and with us, bike and official, we're somewhere around 400-500kg. A decent crash and their entire season could be ruined...Found a couple of pics from SRAM, so uploaded to post above.Also attached a pic from the photographer for SRAM here. Cyclist reckons he was pretty much in touching distance to me, enjoying the draft when I was working through the pack early on. I remember the cyclist and photographer having a good chat  ;D

[Anonymous]

#18540

April and the end of the season.Since mid Feb, myself and a mate Brian with the other rack headed to Taupo for the Ironman on 5th March. We head down on Friday (via the back roads of course), have a production meeting in the evening meeting all the crew, discussing plans and then wrapping after dinner. I had the same cameraman from last year (Havoc) and the same role (hunting out a hit list of athletes along with scenic/supporters footage).0430 and we're up and getting ready. I'm outside the Havoc's unit loading up at 0515 and off to the marina by 0530 to meet the boat Havoc is filming from. I'm a free agent until 0730 ish when they return. I was photographing the leaders coming past heading for transition when I see my mate Brian coming past so grab a shot... only to see in the background the chopper hovering below the highest trees, right above my bike.  😮Both my and Havoc's helmets go flying. Gloves by some miracle are stuck on the dash and the pouch for my mobile exits stage something. I dash across, protecting my face from all the debris the chopper is sending flying, grabbing my helmet just before it goes swimming in the marina and try to secure it under the bike next to the centre stand. The draft is so strong it's still trying to rock the helmet away. My spare helmet (for media guys - an open face) is not so lucky. Complete with a set of Sena attached it's bobbing in the water  >:(The marina is a 1-2m drop to the water, no jetty... how the hell do I get it... and I need it fast in case it goes elsewhere! I was contemplating jumping in, but I grab one of my tie downs and start trying to hook the helmet by the comms wire. The first attempt works, but the speaker comes out of the helmet and I lose the helmet. The second attempt is better, the 2nd speaker stays in the helmet and the now water logged helmet is back in my possession. The rest of the time is spent protecting the gear while the damn chopper is overhead and squeezing the water out of the helmet.From there with plenty of athletes exiting the water we head to the exit of transition, trying to track down our athletes. We rely on the other crew in transition and crew in HQ to see which points the athletes transponders have passed and from there it's all eyeball 1.0. We head along the course out to Reporoa picking up any of our 7 targets including any other nice footage of the athletes. We ensure we're at the turnaround prior to our athletes getting there, and then stay there until most of them are through. When we need updates (as Havoc's radio mostly works in town) we're calling via mobile.It turns out the male lead is interesting, with one frenchman out front and a pack behind and we're asked to help cover the story as Brian is stretched doing it himself. Heading back to town working mobile and stationary on the leaders and then closely following the leader through town into transition, scoot around transition. One of the crew is waiting for us, as we've collected the choppers footage from the morning en-route. We debate staying with the leader as he's got a comfortable lead and not much is happening, or taking a break. We choose to follow for a little while and this pays dividends as he's barely on the waterfront before he cramps up 3 times and the chasing pack go right past him (with both us showing the leaders catching and Brian showing the pack going past the leader).The footage is important so we return to HQ, drop off more footage and take a lunch break. It's not long before we're being called out. Brian needs a break and has already left the leaders so there is no-one tracking in case something happens. We spend the rest of the 3 laps working the front runners and I end up leading Cameron Brown into the finish, with him celebrating and high fiving the crowd. Havoc wants me to take him as far as possible so I take him almost to the finish (golden rule is never go down the chute), but means I miss the chance to get 3rd place. However, Brian was the original plan to take the leader through (plans are always rough ideas subject to immediate change). He accidentally turns too early taking 2nd through, which wouldn't have worked for the leader, but works great to pick up 3rd, so we cover our bases.We take another short break to get the footage downloaded and then chase down our hit list of athletes again. This time we have more success, getting all the ones we need (minus 1 or 2 that we were told to ignore as they had had bad races and the story wasn't there). My special needs from the crew pay dividends, as I get a copy of the athletes we need to focus on, their picture, race colours, number etc cut down and laminated, to fit the top of my tank bag so I can refresh my memory.We return to the hotel just over 12hrs after we left, a long day but everyone is happy with the work achieved. Another dinner with the crew to swap stories of the day before an early night as my head feels too heavy to hold up by 2130 (I'm normally in bed after midnight, so this is unusual for me).Brian needs to be back in Auckland reasonably quickly, still sleeps in and then heads out shortly after I'm up on Sunday. I'm operating to a more leisurely timetable. I check out around 1000, head south to Turangi to a favourite bakery of mine before making my north via the western side of Lake Taupo, Old Taupo Rd etc and returning to Auckland early evening.

[Anonymous]

#18541

The last event of the season was an ITU event in New Plymouth, 3rd April.Brian had an unfortunate incident with a crazy attacking him, break a bone in his hand. This put him off riding for 6+ weeks, ruling him out of New Plymouth and so we pulled another of the guys in (unfortunately without a media rack).We headed down to New Plymouth Saturday morning, a cruisy ride with not as much rain as we expected. It was cruisy, stopping several times, including lunch and arriving at the hotel around 1515, ready for a production meeting at 1600. It was a new media production team this year, with the one last year apparently not delivering as expected. With such a specialised role, we're the go-to guys for at least 3 media groups that cover these sorts of events, hence doing it even with the change of group. We've worked with these guys before on Ironman 70.3 Auckland and ITU Triathlon Auckland, so it was business as usual for the most part.Given Brian being out, I was to take lead... no pressure.  ???  After the meeting we scout the course in the rain, caught up with some of the ITU officials and clarified the schedule, our required movements, with my mate Jarron delivering and collecting his cameraman from a boat covering the swim leg and also expectations from the officials. We've also worked with them previously, so it's mostly easy. When we're TO bikes (Technical Official) we're effectively the bosses of the course. We go and do as we like since we're instructed by the officials. As media bikes we're sort of the enemy. The media want to get in close, get the great shots of pedals, faces etc. The officials want us to keep our distance. We can easily affect the outcome of a race, but yet, without the coverage, the athletes don't get exposure for their sponsors. Hence... it's a tricky job balancing the demands and understanding the sliding scale of happiness of media v officials.  :- I also end up meeting an ITU Official who will effectively pass down an arse kicking if Europe gets unhappy with the coverage. It seems they're more careful than usual due to some issues in previous races and certainly don't want a repeat. I do my best to outline that we have experience, how we operate and to please raise issues with us after the women's race if necessary, so we can correct for the men's race. We wrap with a crew dinner, the camera guys typically end up in deep discussions about cameras while the rest of us nod wisely  ;DSunday morning, hotel buffet breakfast and several plates of food to tide me over  😉 The drone operator has offered us his ute to leave gear in, so we don't have to return to the hotel after the event, so all the gear is dropped in the morning. We're on site at 0900, the first event at 1100, so go for a planned recce with the local officials bikes at 1030.  Despite being advised the course is closed it definitely isn't, but another recce at 1045 and it's almost ready.The women's race goes well, no word from ITU, one mention from the officials that we were leading the race a little (that would be my fault) and I ask the lady in charge of the course if we can adjust it a little for the men. There was a turnaround on a hill but only for the run, so the cones were offset for the cyclists to use most of the road on the pass they made. This meant the turn was OK for runners but damn tight for us. With the front wheel by the fence my bars were coming close to the marker leant over through the turn... she kindly obliged ... phew.Women's highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6X4-dNon_UThe men's race was typically more agressive, starting at 1300. We like having the women first as it's a little more relaxed allowing us to improve any areas for the men's race. The leading men tested me, constantly trying to draft and I had to keep a close eye on them. Cyclists move very quickly and in 1-2 seconds they can go from the right gap to right behind you. The cameraman didn't seem to mind the weaving saying it even made good footage. One constant problem was the street intersections. Some had a real drop in them by the gutter especially when doing 40-50kph and despite the right suspension settings and trying some different lines I was still touching the stands down in a couple of corners.However, I had to maintain pace to stay in front of the cyclists so full steam ahead! I was actually surprised, thinking they would be quicker, as normally they can beat me mid corner. Into the run and the winner from last year came storming through from the chase pack, past first and second during the first run lap and then went on to win. Third was a sprint finish.Men's highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5dEtcM1TEWe were on the road to Auckland by 1600 and in Auckland in the evening. The season is a wrap as far as I'm aware, and I was involved in 8 events, compared to last season's 9. Some old ones no longer running, and other new ones coming in. One we're watching with anticipation is the World Master Games in 2017, which looks quite exciting.Picture is courtesy of a friend that was watching.

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