Road and TT nationals: October 2005

The road and TT nationals were held in Ashhurst this year. Near Palmerston North in the North Island. We did a reccie and I did one full-on effort on the course with the Power Tap on. You could tell straight away it was going to be a slow course. I couldnt even crack 40km/h for the 20 kms. We had a fair bit of time to go to gather some more form for the actual race.
On the day itself the conditions were pretty good. As usual, 2 times World age-group TT champ John Alabaster just ripped everyones legs off

Vet 6/7 Men TT Distance 20 km
1 Garry Humpherson Port Nicholson Poneke 32:26.0 1 37.00 km/hr
2 Laurence Sunde Wanganui 33:00.0 2 36.36 km/hr
6 Harry Donker Hamilton 33:13.0 3 36.13 km/hr

Vet 4 Men TT Distance 20
1 John Alabaster Wakatipu 27:58.0 1 42.91 km/hr
4 Paul Lewin Port Nicholson Poneke 29:31.0 2 40.65 km/hr
6 Barry Gilliland Palmerston North Marist 30:11.0 3 39.76 km/hr

Vet 3 Men TT Distance 20
44 Ray Dunstan Otago 28:35.0 1 41.98 km/hr
70 Malcom Perry Port Nicholson Poneke 28:55.0 2 41.50 km/hr
43 Dave Sullivan Pegasus 29:08.0 3 41.19 km/hr

Vet 2 Men TT Distance 20km
1 Lester Settle Pegasus 28:43.0 1 41.79 km/hr
4 Andrew Townsend Ramblers 29:07.0 2 41.21 km/hr
5 Jeff Lyall Port Nicholson Poneke 29:10.0 3 41.14 km/hr

U23 Men TT Distance 40 km
1 Logan Hutchings Otago 00:54:47.0 1 43.81 km/hr
75 Matthew Haydock Counties Manakau 00:56:01.0 2 42.84 km/hr
72 Joseph Cooper Port Nicholson Poneke 00:57:23.0 3 41.82 km/hr

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Wheel Cover for Power Tap

Here is a mosaic of the wheel cover my buddy got me for my Power Tap wheel, it is an amazingly snug fit. Apparrently the guy in LA, at Wheelbuilder.com is the biggest supplier of Power Taps in the US.

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