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trail riding a bit of hard graft on the shovel and all round goodtimes! Now I am back home in the North Island for xmas with the family which is always good to catch up with everyone that I don’t see for a year or so!


Had a pretty rough week with some out of character weather with the most rainfall ever recorded in Nelson where I am building trails, pretty lucky I live way up on a mountain and we didn’t see too much flooding but some weren’t so lucky my thoughts go out to those who’s house’s were damaged! Was lucky enough to get our latest episode of WynTV finished up before the rain came so check that out! Check out the gumboot or wellington drier as UK folk would say I rigged up after the wet weather!

I just got home after a big day of riding up in Rotorua on my new Pivot Phoenix DH bike that I am riding for the NZ season, first time on a DH bike since Leogang World Cup back in June! Felt unreal really loving the new bike and got some good runs in with my Pivot NZ team mate Matt Walker, totally worth the 5.15am wake to drive up there, check the sunrise from the drive up pretty rad!



Anyways now its time to go see whats the go in town tonight, as Xmas eve is always a good un!

Wish you all a merry xmas and happy new year, cut it loose!

Wyn

This week has been a flat out, packed out one. Leaving Lousa , Portugal on monday after packing the bike and giving the gym a seeing to. Tuesday ended up a big travel day driving to Madrid airport which was 7 hour drive to then miss my flight by 5mins because I hadn’t changed my watch to Spanish time when crossing the boarder. Ended up having to buy another flight and with there being non to Liverpool, my original destination I had to get one to Luton. My mum had to drive and pick me up at ridiculous o’clock that night and I ended up getting to bed at 3am. An expensive mistake normally happens once a year so I’m glad that one is over and done with.

Jacob Gibbins had planned to come up weds/thurs to shoot a video for my new team Unior tools. After the flight drama I didn’t think any action would be happening on weds so we planned it out and hit it all up on the thursday. Got some wicked shots on my pump track at home and some local dh, look out for the video next week.

Today (friday) is a prep day for the 2nd round of the BDS this weekend at Moelfre which is shaping up to be a good one if the dust on my pump track is anything to go by.

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Round 1 of the BDS was something I had been looking forward to for a long time. I don’t know about but this year winter has felt like it’s dragged its heels and I’m ready for some warmer weather. So on Friday morning I packed the Burgtec van, which was being bathed in some glorious spring sunshine, and DC and I headed off to North Wales, chuffed we were back on the road.

Nant G was a new venue for the BDS and it’s always nice to see different scenery when you’re on the road. It always perks me up when you see the coast as you do when you pass through Conwy. We arrived to a sunset lazily falling out of the sky illuminating the Irish sea like a warm fire in an open hearth you couldn’t ask for more than that.

DC parked up the Burgtec van and we headed up to the track for a quick look before the light disappeared. The top of the track was a mixture of tight trees and roots with fast rocky shoots. We were amazed at how wet the track was with small puddles filling ruts. The ground was visible damp and muddy under foot. We were suffering sunshine amnesia, common to British folk who when they see the sun for a day forget about all the bad weather that went before it, from our afternoon drive through Wales in the blue skies. One day of sun doesn’t dry out a track that’s has had some heavy winter abuse.

The Bottom of the track was characterised by a good old pedal section, which didn’t do justice to the top of the track. This part of the track would show up any rider who had not been training over the winter. Already without a tyre hitting the track thoughts were drifting to a Steve Peat victory. You just felt that Peaty would be a contender for the top spot of the podium. His ability to pedal and carry speed would make him in my honest opinion the man to beat.

But would this be the year for the Brit brat pack? Brendan Fairclough Josh Bryceland, Sam Dale, Joe Smith, Matt Simmonds to challenge the old guard. With the likes of Gee Atherton away in New Zealand, it was even more of a chance for the young elite to shine in the Welsh springtime.

That evening the pit area slowly filled and the excitement grew in equal amounts. The great thing about British race scene is the social side. Catching up with all the people who share the same enthusiasm and passion for riding as you. As soon as you hear the unmistakable tap on the side of the bodywork of the van and the sound of the cargo door sliding open, that’s the sign for the banter to start exactly where it left off from last season, good times!

Practice Saturday

A cold night gave way to a cold morning but again the spring sunshine lifted spirits and soon the peaceful costal morning was broken by the sound of the Monster Energy PA system.

The major concern of this event was the uplift, set on a freshly laid single-track road as steep as the Furker Pass in Switzerland. The good thing was the road was shut and was only open to the uplift coaches and tractors.

Rough time for a round trip was 1 hour in the morning but the transport sped up to about a 45 min round trip. Not the fastest but a good pace and enough to get a few run in.

It was great to see the elite riders back on track eating up rough, steep terrain as gracefully as a mountain goat running down a mountain after he’d forgotten to turn his iron off. As you can see from the picks the weather was holding steady.

There was a real field of stars out there with the CRC team lighting up the track. Matti Lehikoinen (pictured below) made an appearance and is always exciting to watch his flat out style.

There was a massive field of elites with 40 in total at last count. It’s a real testament to the talent that resides on the British shores. The top 10 riders at this event would be sure to pepper the top 20 of any World Cup race standings.

Joe Smith now with the backing of Chain Reaction Cycles and team manager Nige Page can only go faster this season. (pictured below)

Matt Simmonds a solid rider but can he break into the top 10 in the world this year? I hope so. (pictured below)

Slugger Beaumont full of confidence at the moment and it’s showing in his riding. (pictured below)

Peaty, showing no signs of relinquishing the crown of being the one to beat. (pictured below)

What a difference a day makes

On the Sunday the rain and wind took the place of sunshine it crept in under the cover of darkness. I know this because the awning was making all sorts of noises at daft o’clock in the morning keeping everybody in the van awake.

As you can see from the pics the weather was very cold and very wet. ‘It was that fine rain the one that gets you soaking wet’ to quote Peter Kay

In the morning most people managed a run, 2 if you were on it. This gave way to qualification, which ended abruptly with a junior smashing himself up pretty bad on the track. Qualification had to be cancelled and racing started at 2pm. Just want to wish the lad a speedy recover, hope you get better soon!

Now racing always throws up something to talk about and Nant G was no exception. Al Bond came out of nowhere it seemed and posted a time that nobody could beat. Rider after elite rider came down but still nobody could turf him out of the mud-lined hot seat.

Peaty came close if it were not for a spill over the rock garden hump (The very one pictured above on practice day). He over jumped it landing in the bottom of the dip which spat him off in the wrong direction.

It was a bad day for Brendan finishing 15th.. He is too good a rider for that position (pictured below)

Good day for Burgtec rider Sam Dale finishing 6th. I’m really excited to him ride this year with the backing of the Sunn team. He’ll do big things this year I’m certain. (pictured below)

A solid start for Burgtce rider Josh Bryceland who is showing signs of becoming as consistent as his Syndicate team mates. Finished in 4th. (pictured below)

One rider left with Bond still in the hot seat. Marc Beaumont’s spilt was only 2 hundreds of a second faster than Al’s. It would make for a nerve racking finish. Unbelievable when Marc crossed the line he had put 4 seconds into Al Bonds time. I guess we found out who’d been training over the winter months and Slugger must have been to the same training camp as Rocky before fighting Ivan Drago.

Pos Name Speed Spilt 1 Spilt 2 Race Diff
1 Marc Beaumont 26.63 1:28.113 48.585s 2:16.698
2 Al Bond 24.68 1:28.359 52.546s 2:20.905 4.207s
3 Steve Peat 24.77 1:28.145 54.258s 2:22.403 5.705s
4 Josh Bryceland 24.34 1:31.642 51.017s 2:22.659 5.961s
5 Joe Smith 23.99 1:30.728 52.071s 2:22.799 6.101s
6 Sam Dale 25.07 1:31.383 51.890s 2:23.273 6.575s
7 Matt Simmonds 25.56 1:33.491 50.653s 2:24.144 7.446s
8 Matti Lehikoinen 25.68 1:33.547 50.752s 2:24.299 7.601s
9 Tom Braithwaite 24.31 1:31.557 52.878s 2:24.435 7.737s
10 Bernard Kerr 25.51 1:31.061 54.949s 2:26.010 9.312s

Overall a good start to the British season with some exciting racing. A great-organised event and it’s exciting to see a load of new sponsors on board including ourselves for biggest winning margin.

The speed trap and spilt timing is definitely a welcome edition. I feel British racing is going in the right direction.

Shame about the weather on Sunday but you have more chance winning the Lottery than having 2 consecutive days of sun in Wales in March.

Can’t wait for the next race, Moelfre BDS round 2, 9th/10th April.

It was my last practice run before racing was due to kick of and was coming in to a steep chute and went to hop in to it at the top of it but caught a loose rock as I took off and then I came short and went for an over the bars excursion, I ended up falling probably around 4 meters and landed on pretty much a rock garden, I smashed my helmet pretty bad and even blew my goggle lense out from the force of it, so I came out with a solid concussion. I think my arm must have taken the first impact as it snapped both bones below the elbow, one came out of the skin and even out of my race shirt and in to the dirt before going back in to my arm on the next impact. I am sure my Leatt brace did its job as I had big marks on my shoulders from where my helmet had pushed on it.

It took a while to get off the hill as it was a very difficult spot to access and I was going to get a chopper but after nearly an hour of waiting to hear if the chopper was coming or not, I was told I would have to walk which wasn’t the most comfortable thing as even though my arm was in a splint it was still moving around, I was lucky to have a pain relief whistle from the First Aid guy’s which i promptly finished the first bottle in 5 minutes and they had to get someone to bring another one down to me, it was good stuff almost like being really drunk, which at the time was pretty good.

When I finally got to the hospital I was put through to surgery pretty quickly which I was happy about, that anesthetic was good stuff too, I remember talking some shit when I woke up I didn’t even know what I was on about or where I was. I spent three days on the hospital and then was let out for what ended up being only a few days as I had to go back in cause my arm got infected, which apparently happens to most people with compound breaks. So I had to go under surgery again in order for them to clean all of my arm out and then had to stay another four days on antibiotics to make sure it was ok before they let me out. Once out I flew home which is where I am now I was glad to get home after a week in hospital!

I have just started training again yesterday which feels good after a couple of weeks of doing nothing sitting in bed its good to be back training and I am working towards being back stronger than before and ready to go for Round two of the World Cup Series in Fort William, Scotland, I am already amping to get back on the bike so the time off should do me some good.

I just want to thank everyone that helped me out all the First Aid guys and then everyone who visited me when I was in hospital or sent messages, I really appreciate it. I want to say a big thank you to everyone at Wide Open for supporting me for the 2011 NZ season, I am gutted I cant be in Dunedin this weekend defending my NZ title for you guys! I also want to thank my personal sponsors Backflips clothing, THE, Leatt Brace, Infamous Designs, Loaded Isotonic drinks, Adidas Eyewear, Pinstripe and Burgtec.

Also my thoughts are with everyone down in Christchurch at the moment.

Wy

This is Wyn in Finale Ligure. Check out the dude on the exercise bike is that guy for real or what?

As per usual at Burgtec when we release a new product we like to make sure we do something extra trick. So we done some special colours for good customers. These are just a sample of a few we have had done.

Biketart.com green. Dave and Adam wanted some to match the Biketart logo. We also did the boys a one off green Boxxer stem as well. Send Dave an email at orders@biketart.com.

I-Cycles Splash. These super cool pedals will be staying up at I-Cyles in Innerleithen. Call Stevie Deas on 01896 833848

We have also done a pair of Gold Mk3 for a good customer.

If you want a special colour speak to your local bike shop and get them to give us a ring and we will see what we can sort out.

Just thought I would update people on the progress of the new Burgtec Penthouse Flat MK3s. As you can see we are in full flow production of the pedal at the moment. The first batch will be ready in 2 weeks. The pedals are currently at the Anodisers getting their colour on. I can’t wait to check out the special colours that have been done. Both Biketart.com and I-cycles shops have had special colours done so I’ll get some photos of them up on the site when I get them back.

Billets of material waiting to go in the CNC machine.

Finished pedals waiting to go to the Anodisers

Bob’s not a fan of getting his picture took!

Mk3 axle for Penthouse Flats.