Hi All

I am Terence from Luxembourg. I am an Australian originally and have been living her for 2 years and a bit. Have lived many places in the last 10 years.

I still own 5
 fiats or bits of them including the Abarth.

I am 37. Company manager.

Used to be the secretary of the Fiat Club of NSW Australia 10 years ago before I left overseas for work

Stable of cars I own (scattered between Lux and Oz)

Fiat 124 spider  (Dad crashed it.!! In bits awaiting my return!)
Fiat 127's * 2 Motorkhana cars
Abarth 500
Fiat Stilo Schumacher (no 1934) bought new in Singapore now lives in Oz. My dad is into Fiats and he was born in 1934 so I cannot sell this car. It is the only Stilo in Australia.

Cheers!

Quote from: richbrowne on March 02, 2009, 03:36:23 pm

...I currently compete in mountain biking competitions...

What kind of MTB racing do you do? XC, enduro's, DH or something else? What kind of bike(s) do you have? I'm a very keen mountain biker too although I don't participate in competitions that much. My current bike is an Ibis Mojo SL.

Hi Portti,

I only started getting into mountain biking last year after doing a duathlon with a mountain biking friend (I ran, he biked). I had not ridden a bike for 20 years (honest!) and he managed to import me a limited edition KTM/Magura test bike. I updated the XT pods and rear mech to XTR and did an initial 23 mile bike ride (castle bike ride). I came quite well placed given it was my first attempt. I then moved onto the 100 mile South Down Way endurance! I got through it but it was flipping hard work (13 hours in the saddle!).

I then started training for the 80 mile South Downs Way night endurance event and managed to break two ribs in two places messing around jumping (or not!) off a wall on the bike. I rested for a week ( ) and then managed light training. I did the ride but was well below par!

I am currently training for the June 27th South Downs Way endurance event (spinning 3 days a week, biking one day, weights twice a week) and will be a lot sharper, unless I break something else.

I have just managed to get a wickedly priced Pinarello Paris (my friend again) so will also be doing quite a bit of road work in preparation for the events this year.

For me the main point is just enjoying the riding and that's why I have a full suspension bike with 140 mm travel on both ends. That's a nice tool for trailriding around here.

Yeah, that's good travel for the suspension. I will likely spec/build my next MTB; am toying with the idea of a titanium framed hard tail but am concerned it may be a little harsh, even though the frame acts as suspension.