Australasian Safari 2011 – Race day 3

Magnus:

Big drive for the service crews, our four vehicles had three different destinations.

1. 120 Km drive to the Service stop
2. 300 Km drive to the fuel stop
3. The direct drive to this stop, Leonora

I went to the first service stop and when all bikes was through we had another 250 km drive…

The service crew waiting for work after todays first stage

 

The service crew working on David Swartz bike, as usual he brings it in good condition

At the service stop the riders had a 20 min service opportunity. Damien did the fastest overall time so far to this stop and it showed on his rear tire. The tire was basically totally finished, he got a new one fitted. unfortunately Damien’s electric road book broke after the service stop so he had to wind the pages by hand which in turn made him crash at about 100 Km/hour.

The service crew got in about 20 min to Leonora before Damien and he was beat…

I got the problems on the road book sorted, a wire that had vibrated loose was the cause of the problem.

I wish that all electrical problems was this easy to isolate, this is the broken wire that indirectly caused Damien's crash today

 

Tomorrow is day 4 and we stay in Leonora for a day, this means no packing up tomorrow morning and parts of the crew get the day off… I don’t think I will as I am supposed to go to the service stop.

 

Agnes posing in her new Aaustralasian safari jacket

 

 Agnes:

Today I got up and put all the tents together and then we left for Liverton where we will stay for two nights (thank heaven I don’t have to fix with the tents tomorrow!!). So tomorrow I will follow the mechanics out to the fuel stop to see what that’s all about.

Agnes on tent duty in the morning

 

Today Damien had a bad fall because his road book didn’t work, so he got injured but he’s still gonna ride tomorrow. This evening he showed me how to highlight a road book and I got to meet some new nice people (Damien’s friends in another team), so I had a nice time eating pancakes and talking with them.

 

Agnes is getting an instruction from Damien on how he highlights the information in the road book

 

Agnes back on tire duty this time with the wheel already fitted

 

 

 

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