Argus 2013 29er all the way

What a amazing ride.

So another argus cycle tour under the belt and my what fun did I have this year, I decided to stick too riding my lovely GT Zasker 29er and wow what a great choice I made what a absolutely enjoyable ride.

No hand pain disk brakes rock in a pelaton and the noise my off road Continental tires make well one word, AWESOME.

My Baby GT Zasker Elite.

I tell you what though rocking up at the Argus on ya MTB, in such an early group you really do feel like the minority, I mean I hardly saw another mountain bike, it was quite eerie to say the least! I won't lie though I did love the attention......

It was amazing the responses you get riding on those big wheels.

This year I got to start up in the F group(06h40 start) which makes a massive difference to your ride, the group well they wanna race, the pelaton it works like a well oiled machine.
People talk too you they use hand signals and all these small things make the ride so much more enjoyable, I really take my hats off too those further back I know how much hard work it is.
 

Don't get me wrong there where still quite a few close calls, like coming down hospital bend at 50+ plus km's per hour and as u get too the bottom all u hear is shouting, all you can smell is burning brake pads, this is where u start appreciating your disks! Or at the end of the Blue Route freeway where I think someone in front dropped their spares back and everyone slammed on brakes, with disks and big tires you just stop but those little racing tires have no wear near the stopping power and come screaming literally shouting BRAKE AAAAAh, I flipping love it, love racing love speed love the adrenaline.

Well I loved every moment of this years ride but boy did not expect the output and cadence that you have too keep up, in the Mountains yes you work hard and have big climbs and technical sections but on the road its just flat out spinning, but what epic training.

Thanks to IonOnTheAction  for the pic easy to use camera, and all the Help from Maruwaan at Caladonian cycles Legend.