BBozz woz here...Superbike superstar takes 3rd...

Superbike superstar, Ben Bostrom from the USA came in under the radar and took out an amazing 3rd place...in spite of a series of mechanicals...
Nice guy and what a talent on 2 wheels!

Henny Ray Abrams from top motor-cycling website Cycle News was on the case and caught up with Ben when he returned to the USA...

"Ben Bostrom came within a beer of getting a tattoo. But not in a bar, in a mountain bike race. And not just any mountain bike race, but one of the premier off-road races in the world. Which Bostrom would've won had his chain not come off six times and he'd drank that beer.

The occasion was Saturday's Singlespeed World Championships, in Rotorua, New Zealand, a tourist destination known for its natural beauty, mountains, lakes, forests and reeking of sulfur from the area's many hot springs. Bostrom flew the 6500 miles from Los Angeles to Auckland and another 150 or so from Auckland to Rotorua on the spur of the moment..."

Photo: Nick Lambert, Rotorua (www.zero7.co.nz)