Ryan's Week
Ryan Moody, who is one of the team that builds the bikes at Baum, started his week of preparation for the Six Hours In The Saddle with a night on the town finishing at 2am. He followed this up with a half marathon on Sunday. He was in building bikes Monday and Tuesday morning, then off to walk in the high country on Tuesday afternoon. He spent 3 days being blown off the Razorback and walking through snow arriving at the Team Baum accommodation on Friday night before the Six Hours In The Saddle. Darren had talked him into riding the rigid single speed (sucker), so he set off, having never ridden the Beechworth trails before, with six hours of solo riding in front of him. Now, my personal opinion is that he is a little loopy …. what do you think?
He did a pit stop to change gearing and Darren was between laps so he helped out while Ryan recovered.
After four hours he was running seventh out of the seventy solo entrants. As his fingers started running out of the strength required for braking, he was regretting being on a rigid single speed - nice and light, but a bit hard on the bumps and hills! After just over five hours he decided to have a rest…..that lasted until the end of the race time.
Beechworth Six Hours In The Saddle Results – Baum
We had a big group of riders up at Beechworth to race six hour this year. The results were as follows:
Darren: lots of cramping. Sometimes hamstring, quad and calf at the same time.
Ryan: fingers used for braking worn out. 
David: a couple of crashes, two front tyre blow offs and some blood.
Jim: A realisation that four weeks off the bike affects your fitness. 
Neil: A nice meal of Thai food.
We also had the kids up for the weekend and did a winery tour on Sunday to make the most of being in a wine growing region. A great weekend was had by all.
Next race: Geelong Mountain Bike Club 6 Hour, 4th May 2008. See you there.
This crew is not our kids, but they looked so cool I had to include them.
Proof that Darren does not spend all his time behind the welding mask - because in the end it is all about the riding.
