Max Plaxton

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Career Highlights:

2006 Bronze Medal U-23 World Championships

2 X Pan-American Champion

2 X World Relay Champion

5 X National Champion

8 X Norba Pro Podium including 1 win

Levi Leipheimer’s Kings ridge 103 mile Gran Fondo

October 9, 2009

Levi Leipheimer’s Kings ridge 103 mile Gran Fondo was a really great day. It was awesome being part of something of such magnitude. The weather was perfect and a tail wind made for a fast ride. I felt really good having rested up and riding my sweet Tarmac pedal bike. I rode most of the day with Levi himself, Scott Nydam of BMC, Paul Mach of Bissel and my buddy fellow Canadian Kris Sneddon with Kona. At the 4-hour mark with most of the 8700 feet of climbing done, I started to feel a little flat! Fortunately I was able to sit on Scott and Paul who for sure had more endurance in the legs. The last 4 km were on a dirt gravel path and unfortunately I had a close to flat tire so combined with the hard pace I had to settle for 3rd overall with a time of 4:49 a minute behind Scott. It was great to see Scott riding so strong again after a tough year with a few heavy spills. I wish we had the same sort of cycling enthusiasm up north as Sonoma County does.

This past Sunday, the day after the Gran Fondo, I hooked up with 6 other guys and we nailed a rad dirt ride in an area called Occidental, or just Occi as the locals call it. The trails there are so smooth and fast it is mind blowing. The Stumpjumper S-Works hard tail is a sweet ride for that area. It’s great there is not as much Poison Oak as there is the winter/spring. That stuff can really suck if you get in on yourself.

Monday night I was invited over to my buddy Duncan’s. He along with another guy own a Winery called Arnot-Roberts. I highly recommend anyone who appreciates a good bottle of red, to try theirs. The 2007 Syrah is my favorite. It was a great evening with mind-blowing bottles, and some of the best BBQ meat I have ever had. No coincidence the guy cooking it up was from Argentina. Thanks Duncan!

Tuesday night, I took my American hosts Roger “the godfather” and his wife Hilary out to dinner at a restaurant in Healdsburg-CA called Scopa. It’s an amazing little Italian restaurant right downtown by the Plaza. Again, some amazing food and wine was had, I highly recommend it.

So much has happened in the last 2 weeks between Vegas and California it seems like it has been a month at least. Good friends, food, wine, riding, weather etc…. Hard to beat! Back home to Victoria today and looking forward to our Thanksgiving this weekend. I am headed down to the Oregon coast with some buddies and going to do some long overdue surfing and relaxing! I also got a feeling the trails at home should be in perfect shape. Love it

Thanks for reading.

Max ”the mountie” Plaxton

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