Today was a rude awakening to what lies in store over the next 5 days. As I mentioned prior, the thunderstorms have been doing work on the trail system. Heavy downpours drag away all the sand and dirt leaving behind the baby heads that prove too heavy to budge. What’s left are some burly, loose, fast and sketchy descents.
We started the day up the Boreas Pass rode via police escort under cloudy skies and cool temps. Most riders were anxious to get on trail while the select few who came …
Blake checks in from Breckenridge, Colorado
Well they say the third time is the charm, I hope they’re right because for the life of me I can’t seem to put it together for this one. I have paid my dues in the weeks leading up to this race, doing the big rides and sleeping in Winter Park in hopes that I can sleep and race well up here, tomorrow will tell if that worked. The trails here are amazing and as I did a little course recon today I remembered why …
Its a border battle between the Swedes and Norwegians, with a Cajun thrown in the mix for a 6th place overall.
Here’s a camera view of the almost 20mph avg speed for the 50 mile route:
Rotem checks in:
From Israel to Montana
One more Israel national champion title in the books! I’ve had the good fortune to earn 6 champion titles in the U23 and Elite (there’s no distinction between these categories in Israel), two in the juniors (U19) and one
in the cadets (U17). That’s 8 titles I’m proud to have earned!
This year’s nationals was in Misgav forest (Northern Israel) and is definitely one of the best mountain
biking locations in the Holy Land – it’s a big green forest with a well developed and maintained trail
network for all …
Lots to say about the BC Bike Race – its one of our favorite races of the year. Each event has its own flavor, but BCBR is all about reward – amazing trails, intense competition, and unlike some races…even if you’re having a tough go of it, you’re still racing and riding on, in my opinion, the best trails on the planet.
Race reports are a-plenty, but the team rode great – Blake Harlan taking a solid 5th overall on the solo GC, and Sager finishing 2nd on GC with 3 …
Rotem Checks in from his World Tour
From the east coast of U.S. to the west coast of Israel
When traveling for a long time away from home for races (on my third week already), it’s always
a bit harder to find myself “feeling at home” – while living out of a suitcase, not having all the
stuff, equipment, tools, clothes, travel food, packing and unpacking constantly, you get the
point… yet I’ve been living the good life with the Wells family in Ulster Park, NY. Getting some
good east coast riding with Todd and Troy …
Adam Snyder checks in from the Downieville Classic.
Downieville Rocks!
The trails are sweet and I had a really fun time pre riding the course this year. This was my 3rd time here so I kinda know the course now so even on my first run I was able to open it up and shred. On my first run I actually hit my fastest top speed of the weekend, topping out at 35.6. Yeah that’s right 35.6 on a mtb and on single track…What? That’s just how sweet it is here. The …
