Scotty Crashed His Quintana Roo Bike After One Race!

An article by Debi Hazelden    3 Comments

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My boyfriend Scott (McNab) bought his first time trial bike only a few weeks ago now. He had one race on it – the South Island Half Ironman. Before that race he had trouble fitting our race wheels on because of the brakes. Apparently on the new model of bike they have changed this, but with his current model you need to file down the brake pads a hell of a lot or change the brake cable part so it is longer. (I probably haven’t explained that 100% right!) So anyway he was gutted and I got to use the race wheels on my Avanti for the Sprint triathlon at Aushburton that same day!

Scott is training for Ironman NZ in Taupo in March so really needs to get some time on the bike as it’s not far away now! With the Challenge Wanaka Half Ironman in early Jan 2011 it was going to be a good chance to try out the new bike with the ZIPPS we have borrowed from our coach (Graham Park) for the summer. Now I’m not sure if Scott will have his new bike ready for Challenge Wanaka. But I think when he does get it, it might be the new model so the brakes will be fine to fit carbon race wheels in.

While on a sales trip last week he was staying in Owaka at his parents place in the gorgeous Catlins. He was out on a bike ride down the Owaka Valley rd and a dog ran out in front of him flipping him over the handlebars. He must have been going about 50 km/hr with a tail wind and hands on the aerobars so no time to brake. But don’t worry the dog was ok!

The forks are smashed and now the bike is off to the bike shop. The bike is bright green and there are no more of the green forks in stock anywhere! He will have to get black forks for his green bike, or an entire new frame.

The carbon fibre forks sadly broken

Here is Scotty in his first (and only) race on the green Quintana Roo CD01 bike at the South Island Half Ironman a few weeks ago. Looking good!

This is the bike he bought just a few weeks ago.

This might be the new colour frame Scott is getting. It's the 2011 model o the Quintanaroo CD01. Looks pretty hot too.