{"id":1682,"date":"2014-10-28T08:13:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2014-10-28T08:17:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:17:21","slug":"rapha-supercross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/rapha-supercross\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapha Supercross"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is my take on the Rapha Supercross race held on the weekend.\u00a0 Held at Ally Pally, Gabi and I trekked across London to see the event.\u00a0 As it turned out the weather was good and the racing full on!\u00a0 It was a fun day out and I would recommend attending one of these cyclo cross racing days.<\/p>\n

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A great sunny autumn London day.<\/p>\n

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Early races saw a mixture of Senior and Veteran races.\u00a0 A nasty muddy climb sorted the men out from the boys.<\/p>\n

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One of the obstacles out on the course.<\/p>\n

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Some very heroic re-mounts were witnessed.<\/p>\n

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The up hill bog was a real lung and leg buster.<\/p>\n

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Rapha noise makers.<\/p>\n

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Too wet and steep to ride.<\/p>\n

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The Invitational Elite race was full gas from the whistle!<\/p>\n

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One of a couple of riders who chose to bunny hop the boards.<\/p>\n

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The mechanics were ready with clean spare bikes on each lap.<\/p>\n

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Team Europcar Pro Roadie Dan Craven turned up for the fun race and ended up racing Elite race first.<\/p>\n

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The fun race included the tequila shot shortcut and a huge foam canon.<\/p>\n

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The foam was like a huge snow drift across the course.<\/p>\n

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Some of the racers dressed up for the fun race.<\/p>\n

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Dan Craven still looked ‘All Pro’ even after a tequila shot shortcut on every lap.<\/p>\n

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Finally the kids got to give the foam ago!<\/p>\n

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