Hey guys... it's been a while
well my preparation for the next national at Mankele Bike park in nelspruit is going well... I'll deffinately keep you updated.
The first provincial for the year kick's off at Stainbank nature reserve tomorrow. It's going to be a really tough race with a couple of extremely leg eating climbs! I'm pretty relaxedfor it... if I've got the same form I had at Jonkershoek it'll be good... but next weekend is the big one!
O well i must be off, gotta get some good R'nR for tomorrow, it's going to be really hard! hope to see you all you guys down at Stainbank!:)
See ya
Brendon
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
The New Steed
Hey guys!
Just a bit of catching up... I took delivery of my new 2009 Specialized S-Works Carbon HT on wednesday, and boy is it awesome!I only finished building it up today and itis really sweet.
The new frame design looks alot like Specialized Tarmac road frame, and up front is the new Specialized Futureshock S90, which has an adjustable brain fade so you can set how your fork rides. The brain of the fork allows you to run it like the old Fox Terralogic. However it is way lighter than most forks on the market as it also has a carbon steerer tube and crown. The steerer tube is over sized at the bottom which also makes it a lot stiffer than the sid w/cup I ran last year. The thicktubing also makes for an extremely stiff bike.
The new beast is kitted out with full XTR drivechain, Formula Brakes, ZTR 347 rims with American Classic hubs, and KCNC seatpost, stem and handlebars.
I'd just like to thank Clint for all the hard work put into getting my frame and components, I really appreciate it!
until next time
ciao
Just a bit of catching up... I took delivery of my new 2009 Specialized S-Works Carbon HT on wednesday, and boy is it awesome!I only finished building it up today and itis really sweet.
The new frame design looks alot like Specialized Tarmac road frame, and up front is the new Specialized Futureshock S90, which has an adjustable brain fade so you can set how your fork rides. The brain of the fork allows you to run it like the old Fox Terralogic. However it is way lighter than most forks on the market as it also has a carbon steerer tube and crown. The steerer tube is over sized at the bottom which also makes it a lot stiffer than the sid w/cup I ran last year. The thicktubing also makes for an extremely stiff bike.
The new beast is kitted out with full XTR drivechain, Formula Brakes, ZTR 347 rims with American Classic hubs, and KCNC seatpost, stem and handlebars.
I'd just like to thank Clint for all the hard work put into getting my frame and components, I really appreciate it!
until next time
ciao
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
A Cape Getaway
It was really cool to manage to go sight seeing in Cape Town on Monday, as I had never actually been into the city itself, and it enabled me to just chill after Saturdays race. We decided to go to Table Mountain and the Aquarium as well as Ratanga Junction.
We left from the quiet town of Stellenbosch, as my family my girlfriend and I went to go see what Cape Town was really about. The weather was really awesome on top of the mountain and it allowed for a clear view of the city below.
on top of table mountain
From there we went for lunch at the water front, and were all entertained by a seal in the bay. We then found ourselves in the aquarium and managed to get in a couple of laughs at the weird creatures we saw.
We ended the afternoon with a thrilling visit to Ratanga Junction. We met up with some friends and we hit some of the many rides at Ratanga.
one of the rides at ratanga
That night the Neethlings joined us for supper at the scenic Stellenbosch Hotel. The evening was fulled with laughs and jokes, which made it an awesome, relaxed day for me.
We left from the quiet town of Stellenbosch, as my family my girlfriend and I went to go see what Cape Town was really about. The weather was really awesome on top of the mountain and it allowed for a clear view of the city below.
on top of table mountain
From there we went for lunch at the water front, and were all entertained by a seal in the bay. We then found ourselves in the aquarium and managed to get in a couple of laughs at the weird creatures we saw.
We ended the afternoon with a thrilling visit to Ratanga Junction. We met up with some friends and we hit some of the many rides at Ratanga.
one of the rides at ratanga
That night the Neethlings joined us for supper at the scenic Stellenbosch Hotel. The evening was fulled with laughs and jokes, which made it an awesome, relaxed day for me.
Jonkershoek National XC Cup 2009
start of the youth men
This was the first big race for 2009, the first S.A. XC Cup and I felt extremely prepared for this event. My mind was right and I was ready to race.
Thursday:
Craig Paul and myself flew into Cape Town Airport at 13:00 on Thursday. Luckily I didn't have to worry about boxing my bike as my dad drove down the night before with it. We arrived in the picture perfect town of Stellenbosch and began to get ready to go check out the new XC course at Jonkershoek.
We pulled into the venue at around 16:30 and managed to get in two decent laps of the brand new course.
Friday:
On Friday I met up with Rourke Croeser and we went to get a proper look at the different lines on course. Rourke, being very experienced gave me some really good lines to work with and I knew they would come into play on race day. half way through our 2nd lap it rained really hard and we had to rethink some of the lines, but fortunately the rain did not change them drastically.
Saturday (race day):
This was it, the big day. I was mentally prepared for the race and i knew my body was in good form. My race, being the last one of the day, I was able to sleep in. I rolled up to the start very relaxed but extremely focussed.
Off the start Myself and Arno du Toit attacked and manged to get a slight gap into the first single track. We continued to ride really hard over the next two laps and we managed to get a 5minute gap over the nearest competitors. Going into the 3rd lap I unfortunately suffered from a puncture on the entrance to the one single track. I lost a couple of minute but i was still in 2nd. However on the 4th lap I had pushed to hard to catch up and began making costly mistakes in the single track. Luckily with the biggap we had built up,I managed to keepmy 2nd position. I wasreally stoked with my performance, mainly because it has taken me three years to get a podium at this venue.
one of the lines over the rocks
The final results were as follows:
Youth Men:
1-Arno du Toit (Mr Price/Scott)1h40min24s
2-Brendon Davids (Team Jeep SA)1h44min15s
3-Michael Hughes (Maverick/Kona)1h48min19s
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
KZN High Performance MTB Camp
'the wheelie comp. the 2nd night of the camp'
Hey guys, well the HP camp was really fun but at the same time very interesting. Johann Wykerd, who organised the entire event, managed to get many people to come in and talk to us. Max Cluer, from Max Cluer sports marketing came and gave a speech on how to present yourself properly at an event. Dr. Stuart Rose came to give us a talk on the different test done at the lab down in Durban. These are to name but a few of the many people who gave us interesting talks.
I was also able to get in some training on the new world cup course at Cascades, with my team mate Craig Paul and friend James Reid (www.james-reid.blogspot.com) of the Life in Motion team.
All in all the entire event was absolutely fantastic. The talks were inspiring, the food wasgood and the riding was awesome.
I'm going down to the first National of the season, down at Jonkershoek-Stellenbosch and will be racing on Saturday the 10th of January. I'll keep you guys up to date... until then
ciao
Friday, January 2, 2009
Down at the Neethlings
Hey guys, sorry I haven't been updating my blog, i've completely lost track of the time.
Just a quick update, I've just comeout of base training and have started my intense work. Hopefully I'll have some form for the first national at Jonkershoek, in Stellenbosch from the 10-11 Jan.
I got back yesterday from visiting with the Neethlings, and spending new year with them. I did one really hard ride while down there, but i unfortunately didn't get to hit any of the awesome single track down there by the Oribi Gorge/Lake Eland area. The weather was also pretty bum while I was there so going to the beach was out of the question, and the one day we did manage to go, the sea was absolutely terrible!
I'm off to the first ever KZN High Performance camp, I'm pretty stoked I was accepted, I'll keep you guys posted and will let you know how things go. My next week is goingto be pretty packed as the HP Camp ends on Wednesday, and I fly out to Cape Town on Thursday for Nationals, so I'll try my best to keep you updated with whats happening.
Ciao.
Just a quick update, I've just comeout of base training and have started my intense work. Hopefully I'll have some form for the first national at Jonkershoek, in Stellenbosch from the 10-11 Jan.
I got back yesterday from visiting with the Neethlings, and spending new year with them. I did one really hard ride while down there, but i unfortunately didn't get to hit any of the awesome single track down there by the Oribi Gorge/Lake Eland area. The weather was also pretty bum while I was there so going to the beach was out of the question, and the one day we did manage to go, the sea was absolutely terrible!
I'm off to the first ever KZN High Performance camp, I'm pretty stoked I was accepted, I'll keep you guys posted and will let you know how things go. My next week is goingto be pretty packed as the HP Camp ends on Wednesday, and I fly out to Cape Town on Thursday for Nationals, so I'll try my best to keep you updated with whats happening.
Ciao.
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