The grass is always greener on the other side of the bed

After opting out of the Canberra 8 hour for fear of cold, I didn't get any riding done as it rained most of the weekend here. Scotty and Deano enjoyed sunny, dry but yes, cold weather and buff singletrack as they took out the final round and overall series in convincing fashion. Sitting in third well through the race, Deano summoned up the anger, put on the magic G-string and reeled in John Hardwick (former hotshot) and put a couple of minutes into him in a lap (maybe two). All Scotty had to do was ride around and not fall off or go too slow. He's good at that, doing as little as possible while Dean does all the hammering. The boys were pretty happy with themselves, as I kept getting phone calls from them on their long drive home saying "we won!" Geez guys, no need to overdo it.... And just because you're on the local news, doesn't mean you are stars or anything. e.g....


Dean (left) and Scott (right) take time out of their busy media schedule to pose for a photo and autograph with an underprivileged and poorly dressed 'average' rider...