Introducing RUSTY MACKAY…
A product of the post-war Baby Boom and avid technophobe (still coming to grips with Twitter, Facebook, texting and blogs), he's looking forward to assisting "MickRooCrew" with all things mechanical. Give him a broken bracket or a brake calliper over a laptop any day?!
A product of the post-war Baby Boom and avid technophobe (still coming to grips with Twitter, Facebook, texting and blogs), he's looking forward to assisting "MickRooCrew" with all things mechanical. Give him a broken bracket or a brake calliper over a laptop any day?!
He purchased his first bike from the next door neighbour at age 9 – it was a 26” Raleigh brush painted Zenith Blue and cost him his life savings of 5 pounds! Dollars and cents were still 3 years away (14th Feb 1966 as sung by Dollar Dan) and he spent a solid week pleading with his parents before he was able to finalise the deal!
At 57, it’s carbon fibre composites, Durace and lycra. The advancements in equipment have been spectacular when considering those early machines, he just wishes he still had the cadence and the heart rate to push the modern bikes the way he flogged some of those old machines around Oatley Park.
RAAM shall be inspirational for him as he watches Mickey push his “Giant” across America. Averaging 25km/h, we will have lots of time to soak in the views and think of the she-crews left in Sydney. Vera, Alannah, Georgia and Playboy shall be supporting our effort and looking forward to the blogs, texts, tweets and Skype sessions…looks like this technophobe could be getting with the programme!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL IN MICKROOCREW!!!
P.S. Are we there yet?!!!
Having fun Rusty, we are here, NOT,sounds a bit cruisy over there but don't worry plenty of work left on the desk for you. 6.20 pm and the first one has walked out. Take plenty of photos with the DIGITAL camera or phone if you can. See ya when you get back and good luck to Mick and the team.
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Almost there Rusty, after reading the blogs i take back the cruisy bit, keep up the good work and spur mickey on to the finish.
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