The three of us got away early on and settled into a nice rhythm. The track was deceivingly hard, with 1700m of climbing over the 65km. Brendan put in a few solid efforts to try shake Trav and myself. I knew if I got through the first 1hr my legs would come round. Experience pays off and after 1hr my legs started to feel normal
We continued to share the work and Trav looked to be getting stronger though out the day. I stopped and put some air in my rear tyre to fix a slow leak. Some how managed to rejoin as Brendon put the hammer down. We took a wrong turn but soon found the track.
It wasn’t long after that and I saw Brendan was starting to hurt. I whispered to Trav "it's time to GO" he put the hammer down and I was soon regretting having told him to go.
We rode the last 15km really hard and crossed the line together Trav in 1st and myself in 2nd.
The bike was perfect and the new Fox ICD suspension was unbelievable, the on demand electronic lock is something you have to experience for yourself to fully appreciate it.
