Crank It Cycles

In a weekend of stellar performances, Manawatu Mountain Bikers, all of whom are associated with Crank It Cycles, took out podium places at the Rotorua XTerra event and the National Secondary School Champs at Levin.

At XTerra Mark "Cabin" Leishman had the "race of his career" (so far) to come a close second to Auckland Pro Terrenzo Bozzone. Nic Leary, a recent addition to the Jamis sponsored rider ranks on her Dakar XCR Expert, came 3rd in the Elite women's event. Read more about it here: http://www.vorb.org.nz/article-77281.html

At the National Secondary School Champs, two Feilding AHS students, Matthew Waghorn, astride his new sponsored bike - a Jamis Dakar XCR Pro, and Keryn Knight gained podium places in the Under 15 Boys and Under 14 Girls respectively. Matthew was 2nd in the XC and 3rd in the Hill Climb, and Keryn was 3rd in the XC. Creditable performances were also notched up by Campbell Tannock and Aidan Terpstra (both on Giant bikes.)

It’s worth noting that all these riders are Cabin’s protégés, being part of the Manawatu Mountain Bike Club’s Junior Development Squad.

All in all, to paraphrase Cabin, not bad for a small shop.