IT was a pleasant evening, not baking hot.
A small crew of committed mountain bikers lined up for another roll of the dice in the dust.
A relatively simple lap of approximately 2.9km had been set and as usual riders were competing together but, based on varying degrees of ability and fitness, their number of laps varied.
Shooting off first was Ant Bateup with 5 laps, he was followed a minute and a h...