The Millstone Grizind

The #1 reason why I love coming back east is for the races and this race didn’t disappoint. Every aspect of the race was spot on: Sweet race course, Free food/Beer, Good friends, Cliff Jumping and sweet race course (it deserves two mentions). I have never done this race before so I didn’t know what to expect but since it was put on by the awesome people at Root 66 I knew it had to be good.

I was a little worried about what bike to ride. I was torn between the D29 Hard tail 29er and the XCR Dualie 26er. I ended going with the 29er, as I have yet to do a proper race on the bike and I wanted to go all in and see how she ran. Every racer back here races a 29er hard tail so why not try it out, eh? It turned out to be a good decision except for the fact that I hadn’t raced on a hard tail in a long time so my back was feeling it but other than that the thing shredded…Fast.

Ohhh yea before I forget you know you are at a B.A race with cool promoters when you role into town and get the #1 number plate. Proper.

As for the race itself, it went pretty well I didn’t get to pre-ride the whole course because it was a long 8.5 mile lap. So I decided to sit in for the first lap and learn the course and have some fun with my fellow East coasters. I broke away halfway through the second lap and rode solo for the next 2.5 laps. It wasn’t boring by any means. I had a fun trail to shred and a lot of lapped riders to get around to make for an even more challenging race. By the finish I had enough time to practice my one handed wheelie salute which didn’t go as well as planned but everyone got the point.

I think the best part about this race was the post race libations. There was a free BBQ with some tasty brats, salad, some pahsta, and of course some harpoon UFOs mmmm beer.

The “Cliffs” we hit up we were mainly just swimming

and the Podie shot

Like I said before racing in New England and especially in VT you are bound to have a good time. All I need are some tasty trails and a cool buzz