Wartburg Classic.

This weekend saw the start of the annual Roag series, round one was held at Wartburg high. After three back to back weeks of intense training it was bound to be a tough day. The start was fast and Brendan Davids (TREK) could see I was tired. Luckily I had my team mate (Travis Walker) who could cover a few of the early moves.

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.