Beijing today, Canberra tomorrow

If you want to see a frantic schedule, look no further than the world's best mountain bikers, and the staff that support them. From the Olympics in Beijing this week, to the World Cup in Canberra the next, there's barely a break before getting off one plane, and back onto another.
By all accounts, it's going to be a heck of a weekend. Already, there's a stack of tents and marquees set up at Stromlo, and the media machine is cranked up to 11, with television, print and radio ads, and a static display at Canberra's largest shopping centre.
There's no doubt that the World Cup will be the biggest test yet for CORC, but if their management of previous events (like the 2008 Nationals, above) is anything to go by, the World Cup will go precisely to plan. It'll all be good, but highlights will have to be the cross-country and downhill finals, with a huge crowd expected to line the mountain for the latter.
We're hoping to be at Stromlo for the duration of the event, so if you're heading out, don't forget to stop by and say g'day. We'll have a limited number of our bikes available, and, pending event regulations, we may be able to help if you're keen to check out the course from a rider's perspective.