Welcome the lone wolf, no longer a one man wolf pack...
Monday 8th Mar 2010
So the rain kept us from showing of our newest aquisition - the lone wolf is flying the Nacional Stay True colours now... keep an eye out! Only 7 weeks until Lee’s new sled arrives - he’s excited!
Rain is the pain is Lee from Spain?
Wednesday 10th Mar 2010
It’s been crazy times for the last few days - pulling our hair out, no riding, lots of rain -LOTS! Check this out you’d think we should give up riding and take up kayaking... SKCC crits was cancelled so no racing on Sunday, so we wait patiently for the upcoming weekend to spin the legs.
No long now...
Monday 1st Mar 2010
Autumn just landed - ouch - it’s darker in the mornings now, north road isn’t as welcoming as it was a month ago, but the need to get up and do it is more important than ever with the club champs coming in 4 weeks. That said we only have a few more weeks of the daylight savings we all love & cherish - so take advantage! See you on the road.
SKCC crits
Thursday 25th Feb 2010
Racing has been heating up down at Skcc - A grade competition is showing it’s cards at the moment with some quick racing occuring. Mark was away for 5 lap break at the end of last weeks race, but unfortunately got caught with a half a lap to go.
MTB Otway 100k
Monday 22nd Feb 2010
Congratulations to Tim who finished the Otway Odyssey with style & grace. Time commented “I had a ball,
no mechanicals, offs or injuries. I took 9 minutes from my time last year & got 5th in veterans category, 58th overall out of 1000 starters, shagged but very happy!” His overall results
Total Time - 5:45:14 Overall Place - 58 / 704 Category Placing - 5 / 179
Gender Placing - 58 / 656 Average Pace: - 17.38 km/hr (100.00 km)
TTT skcc 2nd this time
Monday 15th Jan 2010
Tim, Lee, Nick & Mark stepped into time trial mode on Sunday and represented the Nacional Stay True team and placed the guys in second A grade. Nice one!!
Twitter time
Friday 29th Jan 2010
Yep - follow us on the road or on twitter - depending on how tech savy you are - lookup ‘staytrueracing’.
We will all be adding snippets here & there - see you soon.
Tour Down Under
Tuesday 26th Jan 2010
Some stayed, some went - there was plenty of good times had at TDU in Atown. Check out some of the antics on the photo page, Lee got to meet Sanchez, Mal & Tim were separated for longer than 2 days, Benzo let his hair down at Hungry Jacks again and the rest of us trained hard.... maybe?
Who will wear the nacional strip come Jan 10, 2010?
Tuesday 5th Jan 2010
Time has come - Nationals for Nacional - 5 of the boys are racing this weekend in Buninyong-Ballarat along side the likes of Robbie McEwen, Simon Gerrans, Michael Rogers, Cameron & Travis Meyer. Scody Men’s Road race over 163.2km is going to prove tough for all involved, but the boys will be out to show their best efforts.
Check out the start list at the official site. The boys have been out and about soaking up the weather training hard, check out some shots on the photos page.
This time of year...
Friday 18th Dec 2009
Hey Ho! It’s that special time of year when you’ve gotta search high & low to find a fave cafe which is still open, meet there, get your set sorted, then head out on some mega-long training rides, sans commuters & their cars... merry ol time indeed... We’ll be racing at Glenvale this Sunday and at SKCC crits in the upcoming weeks... see you at the races, or out on the road training. Have a safe summer break!
Tour of Bright wrap up
Wednesday 9th Dec 2009
Well it was a great weekend - lots of hard racing - and the results are up - check them here
All the team did very well, we all rode away very happy and look forward to next year. Nick was lucky enough to take out 2nd in the sprint jersey competition and Lee was unlucky enough to be asked not to ride stage 2! It was a learning experience for all of us, and we definitely came away with a lot. Thanks for the support!
Some of the blurriest photos you’ve ever seen, taken by Lee Turner are also on the photo page.
Bright starts this weekend
Wednesday 2nd Dec 2009
It’s coming - this weekend - we head up to Bright to race B grade - wish us luck!!
Now we can eat & compete - to be winners!
Tuesday 17th Nov 2009
We are very happy to be associated with our new sponsor, Winners, Eat Natural - Be Active! Thank you very much to Tim from Winners who will be helping the team out with nutrition for our training and racing. Check out their range of bars & gels online or head into your local bike store and ask for them.
SKCC camp - bright on target
Monday 16th Nov 2009
Thank you to all those who attended, and especially those who helped organize a fantastic training camp weekend in Bright, hopefully we all prosper from the efforts put in over a great weekend away. Next time we’ll be there to race.
Tim takes out 12hr race...
Saturday 7th Nov 2009
Congratulations to Tim who along with his partner Brett Kellet, raced the 12hr at Mt Beauty to win!
The boys took the win by 8mins in the male pairs category and possibly more impressively, 5th place overall against the more widely resourced teams of 3 and 4 riders (and much younger ones also).
Bright looking future in November & December
Wednesday 21st Oct 2009
Looking forward to a trip away, Bright destination, good crew, clean air, fresh fish & chips!!! Well if your up in the country in the next 8 weeks keep an eye out for our team, we’ll be riding up & down hills, big ones!!
Entries for Tour of Bright close 22nd Nov, capped at 550 so enter early.
Lygon St Jayco Herald Sun Tour race - tick that box!
Saturday 17th Oct 2009
Great day out, weather held off, our family & friends came down and watched, cheered, and wowed at 45 minutes of bikes, lycra & zipping wheels unfolded before them. A number of people took photos of the race and they are posted here, we'd like the thank Ernie & Lloyd for capturing some great moments - I'm sure that you will also be able to check out shots on skcc.com.au thanks to Ernie!
With 130 starters and 40 finishers - the Nacional boys did well to get 5 out of 8 home - the hot dog course makes for tough racing conditions, lots of close calls, burning rubber smelt from brake pads seizing and the Crow was in full vocal flight blasting commands at everyone! Thank you for everyone who helped - said hello, patted us on our backs and came down to support! Big props to Mal who came off and took a lap out then rejoined the race to finish in the top 20, he unfortunately sustained a clean broken wrist in the fall.
HK @ your service all week Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Sunday 11th Oct 2009
Hayden is rocking out the coffee machine with Michael from Soul Kitchen for the whole week at the Sun Tour - I can vouch for the soy latte - bon soy - yes! If you get to the tour go say g’day to the boys they’ll be with the SRAM bus & team.
Round 2 breakout @ SKCC & Ballarat JHST crit
Sunday 11th Oct 2009
Cross winds and a up & down main st Ballarat hot dog circuit proved very tough going for Mark & Sime, whilst Tim, Mal & Lee made a great showing down at SKCC - break aways, hard work, and plenty of colour was shown. New bikes where put to the test as well - mmmmmmmmmmm Dogma!
Rained out @ Sandown CCCC
Tuesday 7th Oct 2009
Southerly winds & rain stopped the racing 15mins into it at Sandown so Mark & Sime rode home soaking wet with Wade & Loaksy - hot shower!
First race @ SKCC -
Sunday 4th Oct 2009
First day out on the track at St Kilda crits - good times all boys present and accounted for, Paulie even gave us a motorpace down to the start line- was great to be out there dodgy the land-mines and back in the thick of it. Everyone finished - so it was a successful day - ended at Nacional on the long table - coffee!!
This weekend - let’s race!
2009/2010 Daylights Savings schedule
Victoria's period of daylight saving will start at 2:00am on Sunday 4 October 2009. At 2:00am move clocks forward one hour to 3:00am.
Hayden just wanted everyone to know - you gotta get up at the right time this Sunday - your clocks should all be set forward one hour at 2am - yeah get up - run around the house - do it - change it - then go back to bed, then get up again - not late, not early - on time - we race at 9.45am -
