Dave reported on this over the weekend. Bob returned to Melbourne and picked Nico and I up for a return visit to compete in the Club Teams Time Trial for the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club as did a few other Bandido riders. Nico rode in a team with Bob Quirk and took out bronze in the 3 man team for Masters with a combined age of more than 135 years.
I helped out the age limit with Bob Beattie and Grant Boydell with a result of!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmm, well we finished anyway.
Nico displays his bronze medal on behalf of his fellow team including Bob Quirk.
There were a few Junior Bandidos there including the Boydell boys, along with Emma Doyle and Tom Quirk.
After the event the two country old timers, Bob and Nico got into a conversation of track racing and the old Ballarat bike track in Victoria Park. Following their fading memories, we drove through the parklands to discover what looked like a shallow raised banking from the roadside. Sure nuff, there it was!
A former shadow of itself, the bitumen was dissappearing under earth and weeds.
I wonder what great cyclists of the past raced here?
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