BOOST MOBILE - ABM

Boost Mobile -Australian Bike Mechanic Championships

Representing QLD – Todd Preston (Ferry Road Cycles)
Representing NSW – Alex Malone (King of the Mountain Cyclery)
Representing VIC – Doug Greenal (Gran Prix Bicycles)

The first Australian Bike Mechanic Championship, sponsored by our Telco Team Partner Boost Mobile, was held in Federation Square on the 31st March 2008 on a breezy Monday morning at 9.00am on live national television- Channel 9- Morning’s with Kerri-Ann. A fierce contest was held between the three contestants to determine who was the fastest man to change a flat.

The contestants had two heats to perfect their technique prior to the finals……was this enough and who was looking like the potential winner from the early form??? Certainly not the Queenslander Todd who managed to explode his tube by overinflating it, rather worrying actually. The early form going into the final was the New South Welshman Alex who was taking 55 seconds to change the flat. Anyway, introducing the final was Hawthorne’s favorite son Dippa- who happens to be a bit of a cyclist himself and about to head off to Outer Mongolia in July for a cycling adventure.

Tension was in the air and the contestants were starting to sweat. Conscious that they were on live television added additional pressure. The Victorian had a sensational start- whipping the wheel off in no time and was well ahead of the others- Unfortunately Doug felt the strain of the early lead and surrendered it to Todd, the Queenslander who was rebuilding his confidence after his earlier debacle. Sadly, as if often the case with the Queenslanders the situation got the better of him and Alex- the New South Welshman came home in first place.

Following the Boost Mobile Championship the Tour De Cure riders set off on their journey to Sydney with some trepidation…..