Early start last Sunday, hooking up with the
Chimon Family and
F-i-N to head out to Osaka for the opening stage of the
KNSCX season...
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Dogs at cross!! |
The race venue was the rather bleak industrial surroundings of
Rinku Town...
Local CX legend
Dave Hama recovered well after and early technical...
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Hama time! |
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Switchbacks. |
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Barriers. |
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Mud. |
The one they call the
Street Viper was rullin' it out on the course...
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The Viper. |
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Jump. |
Some were taking it all rather seriously...
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Rollin, rollin, rollin. |
We shot a lot of bikes. Seriously, a LOT of bikes...
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'Sonic. |
As did
F-i-N...
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Getting that 'Gram. |
Chiyo and Monica made some new friends...
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Chiyo and Monica meet "Jack". |
And caught up with some old ones, always good to see
Andy and
Toshio-san...
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Dogs at cross 2! |
Toshio managed to hide his disappointment at finishing 9th out of a field of 60 riders despite crashing and cutting his leg open!!...
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How good does that Team Guell kit look? |
A huge thank you to Mike, Yuka, Brad, Toshio and the whole Kansai Cyclocross crew. As usual we have a ton of photos from the day that will be posted here for infinity. It's basically gonna be 33c round here fore the foreseeable.
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When Monica gives you that look it's time to stop shooting bikes and go home. |