Check out this awesome video of Wheelbase/Kona Grassroots rider Dan Farley riding the 2013 Kona Supreme Operator at Innerleithen DH track:
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/308029/
“‘Simplicity’ - Often it’s the simplest things in life that get you stoked, like riding a bike as fast as you can down a hill. The adrenaline that pumps through your bloodstream cannot be replaced by anything artificial, the feeling of being of the extremely delicate line between crashing and staying in control is a feeling we all search for. I hope this video signifies this feeling.”
Read more about this video at: http://www.pinkbike.com/u/Robsta/blog/Simplicity.html
Filmed and edited by Robbie Giles Media.
Race results from this weekend at the first round of the 2013 Saracen BDS.
Expert Men
Andy Farley - 15th (3:08.494)
Junior Men
Dan Farley - 6th (3:04.628)
The Wheelbase.co.uk/Kona Grassroots downhill team headed to Innerleithen on the weekend of 23/24 February for the first race of the season. The winter break has been a long one and this was the first opportunity to see if the training had paid off and to race the updated 2013 Kona Supreme Operator. Unfortunately Dan had knocked his elbow the week before and was advised not to ride for a couple of weeks. Andy was riding in his first race in the Expert category and determined to do well.
Just under 200 riders were booked in and the Innerleithen car park was full as Saturday practice got underway. Luckily it had stayed dry and the usual river flooding the car park issue was not on the cards! A lot of riders were on new teams and bikes with all the talk being about Lewis Buchanan and his Intense M9 with 650b wheels. The track was quite icy at first forcing riders to be quite cautious. The track had been taped quite wide where possible to allow for multiple line choices.
Race day dawned slightly warmer as riders completed final practise runs. Race format was best time from two runs. Andy completed a solid first run of 3.16 a provisional third place. There was a small rain shower just prior to the second runs but Andy managed to improve to 3.15 ending up in 5th place (Experts) and 17th overall; a brilliant start to the season. The Elite category was won by Lewis Buchanan riding for SC-Intense in a time of 2.55 just beating Jack Reading and Cumbrian local Adam Brayton (Hope Technology).
The next race is the Pearce Cycles Series round 1 at Bringewood (Ludlow) on the weekend of 23/24 March.