who needs more than a pair of velskoene and a coffee pot?

when all youre planning to do is ride your mountain bike around in circles for 24hrs... in the legend, there was this afrikaans guy with an old beater of a mountain bike, his coffee pot as his support crew, and his velskoene - shoes that are as dear to the afrikaans as clogs are to the dutch. and if i remember correctly, he took on the lycra clad, spare bike wielding masses and beat all but one. my attempt to plan like the guy in the legend went up in smoke with all the help i got from olympic cycles, and the canadian avenger flew in this morning with some fresh heckling just for the occasion.

against what im sure is perfectly good advice, i am only taking one gear with me - 32x16. one speed steel frame hardtails just never seem to get old. the course out at oak valley is rumoured to be relatively flat, and the weather is certain to be more than just relatively warm. 4 of my mates are entering a singlespeed team, and last i heard planning to stick it to just about everyone, and another 7 of my mates are entering a 'social' team. who knows what they plan to do with all their spare time

anyway, the bags are packed, lights (thanks again to olympic who still help me out whenever i need stuff for a race on my summer holidays) are charged, bottles are filled. early start tomorrow, so its time to sign off. 12noon saturday till 12noon sunday. cant wait - 24hrs of oak valley :-)