52 years of experience on road

Max Pendleton will tell you that, because he can't sprint, he needs to make his move a long way out. But he proved his bloodlines when he beat two cycling veterans in Neil Robinson and Garry Humpherson to take the Masters Games road race in the 65-69 age group Saturday.
Pendleton, who comes from Shefford, England, uses Blenheim as his home during the Northern winter. His daughter, Victoria Pendleton, is Great Britain's Olympic track sprinter.
She's also a Commonwealth Games champion and has accumulated eight world titles.
"She's been a professional for the past eight years, just about won everything," said proud dad.
Victoria's talent came to the fore when she was young.
"My three kids were racing at 9 years old on the grass track. When she was 13 she was following her twin brother down the back straight and moved out, passed him and moved in again, in about six lengths.
"It was a big meeting, and there were a group of us watching on the finishing line, all with our mouths open.
"It was the acceleration, the fast-twitch muscle that the sprinters have got.
"She gets it from her mother, Pauline, not me. It comes down the female line. I can't sprint but I can wear the buggers down though," Pendleton said.
He has been to two Masters Games in Wanganui for two wins.
"When the weather gets too bad in the UK, I come down here to Blenheim," Pendleton said. "Very sensible."
He waves at the blue sky and the bright sun.
"This beats the hell out of snow. It's been pretty grim the past three years so I've escaped the worst for three years running."
Pendleton has been racing for 52 years, and been English national champion in several events, mostly on the track, where he's a distance rider.
He needed all his ability to beat tough competition on Saturday.
'This was quite hard, this race. There were two guys there who wouldn't let me go. I made a big effort around the back and I thought I had a gap, but they came up on me a treat because they're both real strong boys."