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<\/a>The pace was fierce from the start as riders vied for a good spot on the much hyped single track. Photo credit: Em Gatland<\/span><\/p>\nWith a fair amount of single track on the cards B-batch were frothing, and we flew out along the district roads. I probably went a bit hard here because I felt flat for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n
The day was scattered with sections of flowing single track, mostly fairly flat, with some faster downhill sections. These were interspersed with district roads to cover the distance in between.<\/p>\n
<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe PG Bison floating bridge presents a unique challenge to riders. Photo credit: Em Gatland<\/span><\/p>\n Some of the most fun sections included a windy super tube through green and mossy forest, before the PG Bison floating bridge, and some pretty legendary switchbacks in a forest in the middle of (what seemed to me) nowhere.<\/p>\n Some of the least fun bits included my sluggish legs on the district roads and the few rolling hills at the end, just before the MacKenzie Club, which I wasn\u2019t expecting (my own fault- I never check the route profile and tend to just wing it). Luckily it was over fairly quickly, after a bit of \u201cvasbyt\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n