tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25379011866164006792026-05-29T07:45:54.143+10:00Bendigo Youth Racing designs, builds and races human powered vehicles (HPVs). Teams of 8 riders race these pedal-powered, carbon fibre vehicles in 24 hour circuit races.NigePrestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14496400390051964222noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537901186616400679.post-36068056528347823632010-09-16T10:57:00.000+10:002010-09-16T10:57:44.632+10:00

As Troy 'Chomper' Hutchins boards the Storeys' Bus to Murray Bridge to help our Bendigo Senior SC at this year's Australian International Pedal Prix, he couldn't help but reflecting what we were up to 1 year ago... "On this day 2009, 8 primed riders, a few pit crew and an epic trike took a trek to a um, arr, a great town(?). It feels like only yesterday." Of course this day last year was

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We're happy to report that our 2009 vehicle: "BY-09 has been sold. Thanks to those of you who got in touch or spread the word. We hope it enjoys it's new local home.

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We have decided to sell our beloved 2009 Australian International Pedal Prix (AIPP) winning vehicle: 'BY-09'. Having claimed line honours at the AIPP in 2003, 2004 and 2009, we've decided to hang up the tools and offer other teams a chance to participate in a top class vehicle. We rode this vehicle a total of 1001 kilometres during the interrupted 24-hour event last September. Prior to

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Despite plenty of questions in pitlane at the 2009 RACV Energy Breakthrough last month, we’ve now got a picture to answer the question – “Is that BY-09?” This pic above confirms that Bendigo Youth Racing’s AIPP-winning ‘BY-09’ is a different trike to Bendigo South East SC’s EB-winning ‘Furious George’. It was taken recently at a Bendigo Presentation event. Bendigo South East (BSE) worked in

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So the day had arrived, the day we had been waiting and working towards for the past 12th months, our moment of truth. We made our way down to Sturt Reserve just in time for the Top 15 shootout. Having posted the fastest lap during Friday night qualifying, joining us in the shootout was fellow Victorians (and 2008 AIPP Champs) Tru Blu Racing, Trisled Fresh Racing and fellow Bendigo team mates

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Friday (Qualifying) Our sunny Friday began at 8am as we made our way down to the track for breakfast at the food tent. In a first for BYR, we all brought our road bikes and went for a 30km roll to get the blood pumping and also to ride out a few pre-race jitters put of the legs. The rest of the day was very laid back with very little happening until Qualifying at 5pm. We headed over to the

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Major sponsors of the 2009 Australian International Pedal Prix - Uni South Australia - have put together this sweet video of this year's event. It was up online just two days after the event was finished, so hats off to their film and editing crew for such speedy work! Everyone loves a video (except people on really slow internet connections) and we really like ones that finish

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Yes! Bendigo Youth Racing (BYR) has won the 2009 Australian International Pedal Prix. Seven laps ahead of ‘Trisled Fresh Racing’! Winners of the 2008 edition ‘Tru Blu Racing’ lost their grip on second place late in the race and eventually finished third, 9 laps behind BYR. We finally cracked the 1000 kilometre mark (but only just), having completed 466 laps of the 2.15 kilometre course. (We did

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We're still coming to terms with the fact that we crossed the line first. Wow! We will post up plenty of photos and our race report in the next few days, but in the meantime we thought we'd collate some of the quick snaps from our Twitter feed during last weekend's Australian International Pedal Prix...                

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Here 'tis - 'By-09' ready to race

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We'll there comes a time when we have to step away from the nerd box & onto the race track. That time is now. There won't be any more formal 'blog posts' here until after the race is run and won this weekend in Murray Bridge. For more info about the Australian International Pedal Prix (AIPP), head to the official event website at: http://www.pedalprix.com.au/ You can, however,

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Development of 'BY-09' began in the later stages of 2008.  Soon after last year’s event at Murray Bridge, it was decided that the team would enter a 2009 team with the plan to completely re-design the entire vehicle. Original development was centered on the radical new drive system that would be required to lower the seat as close as possible to the ground. Forward thinking :: Front Wheel

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We have a team!A while ago, we asked you how you picked a team. In the past few days, we’ve gone through the process ourselves with a team vote. We are proud to present to you our 2009 Rider Line-up: Riders: (pictured top row then bottom row, left to right) Cal Ridge Daryl King Dave Maud Deven Pearce Jarrod Henderson Mark Anson Nigel Preston Troy Hutchins Emergencies / Pit Crew: Adam King

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And finally, we meet Troy. At 16 years young, he’s the ‘grasshopper’ of our team who led Flora Hill SC’s victorious Old Bearded Mate team across the line first at last year’s RACV Energy Breakthrough. There’s a 9 year gap between the oldest team member (Nige) and Troy. Name: Troy ‘Chomper’ Hutchins Age: 16, the grass hopper of the team Where do you live: Spring Gully. Home of Callan Ridge. (

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We usually have a few Ansons at our races – Big Anson, Little Anson and Norma too. Here we meet Matt... Name: Matt Anson (aka ‘Little Anson’) Age: 18 Where do you live: Kennington birth place of Kenny kevs brother “Calvin” What is your job and where do you work? Apprentice Fabricator at Australian High Performance Catamarans, Bendigo How do you use your skills from building catamarans in BYR

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As we quickly approach this year’s big race, we thought it was high time we introduce you to the rest of our team. We kick off this series of three profiles with one of our tallest & strongest team members, Mark ‘Chaz’ Anson. Name: Mark ‘Chaz’ Anson (aka ‘Big Anson’) Age: 21 Where do you live? Kennington, birthplace of Kenny Kev… Not much happens in Kennington. What is your job and where

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Two weeks ago, we unveiled our latest vehicle ‘BY-09’ for the upcoming 2009 Australian International Pedal Prix (AIPP). It’s been our most popular blog post yet. Whilst we’ve worked on all areas of the vehicle, the most visible change is to the vehicle’s aerodynamics. This new shape has come about through some fresh thinking with the aim of reducing the overall width, height and length. Here’s

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Our ever-insightful Dave Maud offers his thought of the week: "Right now, BYR could take down an antelope." We're not entirely sure what this means, but that's Dave for you. He felt as though this could be his contribution to our Blog.

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Bendigo Youth Racing conducted the first of many scheduled testing sessions on the weekend.Saturday was the first time our new vehicle had been tested in full race trim, including the new canopy design.The feedback from the riders was very promising, as they reported:improved acceleration, top speed, cornering and comfort as the most significant improvements from previous designs. Plans are now

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In Human Powered Vehicle racing, you only have 8 riding positions. So how do you choose the riders from 10 fit, experienced and committed guys? Our 2008 Australian International Pedal Prix Team. Pic from Pics08 Gallery It's just not cricket... It's not like footy or cricket where you can miss a week or a test and be back in the team for the next game. We only race once or twice a year at best

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Bendigo Youth Racing would like to convey our condolences to the DAS Racing team following the sad news of the passing of a team member during the 9 hour event in Adelaide yesterday. Whilst we were not trackside at the second round of this year's Australian HPV Super Series, we hear that one member of the team passed away whilst competing for the team.DAS Racing have had our respect for many

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We here at BYR have spent a of time lately brainstorming vehicle names for our new rig. Over the past six years we've stuck to a Formula 1 inspired naming system:2003 - O-Three (entered as Bendigo Bank BYR)2004 - BY-042006 - BY-062007 - BY-06 MkII2008 - BY-08We are proud of our history, but are now consulting the dictionary for some new terms. 'Consulting' is a loose term, since it involves

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A while back you might have seen our post regarding a letter we sent to the Australian International Pedal Prix. (read our letter here)Well, a while back we've received word from them, we thought we'd let you know what they said:1. Track busy-nessThey've said: that they have received widespread positive from many teams that the 2008 edition was the 'best ever' and that the track incidents

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On Saturday, Adam and I embarked on our now traditional weekend ride together.But this week, instead of aiming for Mordialloc and the bay views along Beach Rd, we headed north toward Whittlesea and on to Humevale. This was a training ride with a difference as we headed up a climb through the burnt out hills just past Humevale. It was black & quiet with ash and soot all over the road. The

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For those of you that didn't get a chance to listen to BYR's Media Rep Nigel Preston on Triple J yesterday afternoon. Here's your chance.After a bit of a mis-understanding between the Ex-Pats Racing team and the Barossa Boys.The Ex-Pats will be proudly representing Larry Marshall Electrical at the 2008 Australian International Pedal Prix (AIPP) to contest BYR in the Triple J trophy.Not sure what

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