Friday, April 03, 2009

2009 is going live

Ive been in the US now for about 3 weeks and now im 2 days out from heading for the first round of the Downhill World Cup in South Africa with my new team mate American Ryan Condroshoff.
Everything is very new for me this season, after the last 3 years privateering ive got the full back up of the team which is awesome, right now my mechanic Mike D is stripping down my bike completely and rebuilding it so its like and then boxing it up ready for the flight. I dont know what to do with all my free time!
Im on a new bike for the first time in 2 years and it is awesome, we are racing protoype Intense M6evo frames which are unreal, the frames were handbuilt and so far is the best riding bike ive ever had. super light too with mine at 37.9 pounds at the moment.Im pretty excited about South Africa, the track looks good from some photos ive seen and its somewhere new ive never been so it should be a good trip, ive heard theres some awesome beaches around where we are heading too so that could fill in a bit of spare time if we have any.