Saturday, 27 June 2009

2009 Vehicle Update

The construction of the 2009 Bendigo Youth Racing vehicle is on track for the Australian International Pedal Prix which will be underway in only 12 weeks time.

The team is continuing to gather momentum with with last night's work session resulting in the second half of our fairing being produced ,after making the right side of the vehicle last weekend. The lay up went very smoothly with BYR's Nigel Preston adding "Having 10 guys there to lay up the canopy certainly makes light work of it" and with the job done by 10pm, it was time for knock off for some, which is by far the earliest we have finished up a build session this year with our work sessions usually continuing past the 1am mark. The 09 fairing is considerably more rigid that the model that everyone saw was in a bad way at day break during last years AIPP. So as a result the vehicle will be heavier than last year but in our opinion its good weight to have. Stay tuned for more vehicle and team updates as thing start to heat up in the lead up to September's race.

Friday, 12 June 2009

Training with a difference


(Above: Training out of the cold)
Bendigo Youth Racing riders have taking training matters into our own hands during the very cold start to the 2009 winter, with the mercury finnaly reaching 1 degree by 9am with a high of only 9 degrees yesterday. So instead last night's training session was held on Chooka's back veranda on our wind trainers with the heater cranking to try and escape the icy cold conditions out on the open roads around Bendigo. BYR's Deven Pearce saying after the training session "Why go riding out in the cold an end up sick when you can get the same result out of the weather inside". Bendigo Youth Racing's vehicle construction and training is gaining momentum with the Big one in September only a touch under 4 months away.