I hate to get a new bike!It is all happening for Redshift Racing at the moment. New sponsors have come on board and we have been able to recruit a terrific team of riders for 2010. In the Elite ranks, Rosie and I will be joined by Cal Britten and Nick Both. Cal and Nick bring a lot of domestic and international experience to the team; Cal is a huge talent with a big motor and was 19th at the World Champs in 2009, and he has one year left with the yougins. Nick is a very accomplished racer with a flare rocky descents and a penchant for tripoding muddy corners as well as some great results in World Cups, Oceania Champs, L’Hexagonal VTT and BC Bike Race to name but a few. Possibly the most exciting additions to the team though, are the juniors…..Cameron Ivory and Trenton Day. If you haven’t heard of these boys, you will soon! They can move. Cam is the current U19 nationals series leader and was 36th at junior worlds last year. Trenton is just back from breaking both wrists, which caused him to sit out the 2009 world champs and he is hungry for some results in 2010; 4th at Thredbo in his first race back is a good sign. Redshift is proud to support the development of promising Australian juniors and I am looking forward to doing what I can to help these lads fulfil their potential (at least until they are as quick as me!). With Paul Aubrey joining Clarkey in the management department, the team has a very well rounded roster. It is a great bunch of guys and I’m looking forward to some fun times this year.
On the sponsor side of it, we will be well looked after in 2010 by Swell Design Group, Thredbo Resort, Felt Bicycles, 2XU, FRM Technologies and SRAM. My new Felt Six Team arrived this week and I took it for its first spin last night. The thing is wild. It is really stiff and it ate up the rough Cooma trails. I am really looking forward to putting it to the test next week in the Mountains to Beach stage race.
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