Harrisonburg representing in Colorado.

This weekend, several of our friends participated in the Colorado Freeride Festival at Winter Park's Tressle Bike Park.  The hosted a five-stage Enduro race featuring "technical all-mountain riding".  Stages included a legit chainless dh, a standard dh, a stage that was all table top jumps, a stage that was filled with manmade features and huge burms as well as a "cross-country" stage which Sue called a "Giant SuperD".

The final stage, was a pursuit where each rider started according to their time behind the leader making for exciting opportunities for many riders to be on course at the same time.

Congrats to Sue Haywood for finishing 6th in the Pro Women's category.  Representing the JVSquad, Freshman Dan finished 41st in the Pro Men's Category.  Also, a big props to il Giro Director, Marty Quinn who got 2nd in the +30 category.

Check out this video to see what kind of riding these wild ones were roostin'.



Colorado Freeride Festival Enduro Highlights - More Mountain Bike Videos

Wolfson: ready the kit for the Colorado Trail Race!

On July 30, 2012, Jennifer Wolfson starts riding the Colorado Trail Race on her little Trek Paragon 29'er hardtail.  Her 470 Mile journey from Denver to Durango will detour around 6 wilderness areas, climb 13,000' passes, and cover 65,000' of ascents.  The fastest times for the massive race are just a hair more than 4 days, where racers ride straight through with very little sleep.  Hopefully, Wolfson will take care of herself on this epic adventure and come home in one piece after a fun filled finish in Durango.

The race is a unique format; a self timed individual time trial, no entry fee, no pre-arranged support, no prize money, no registration.  "all that is provided is a route description, a suggested start time, and a list of results."

Wolfson hopes to finish the race in roughly two weeks.

Her bike is fully loaded with Revelade bags on her frame, seatpost, handlebars, and just about everywhere you can hang some gear.

Keep track of Wolfson's progress here!

Charge up your lights, ride Wednesday Nights!

"Come to the dark side."

Get out on your mountain bike with the Wednesday Night ride!  Meet at the Western Slope parking lot at 8pm.  If you need a light, we have demos available at the shop.

Flooding on Saturday at SBC

After 2 hours of hard rain on Saturday afternoon, the Blacks Run watershed encountered a flash flood.  Downtown Harrisonburg was submerged in feet of surface runoff.  Water rose above the bottom of the door jams in the storefront, most of the water just piled up in the parking lot and flooded Clementine's basement.  In the bottom photo, you can see Jason Williams' Ford Ranger, chilling in several feet of water behind the shop.  After the water subsided, the pickup started right up.

Domane: doh-mah-nee.

Come by the shop to check out the new Domane.  This thing is a road biking game changer with the ISO speed dampening system.  With the rough road endurance cyclist in mind, Trek designed the Domane to provide a killer combination of performance and comfort.

 

The Ring

Several weeks ago, two Harrisonburg riders became the first to successfully complete the Massanutten Mountain Trail in a single ride on bicycles.  A successful full pull on "The Ring" or the "Ring of Fire" links together 78 miles of some of the most challenging technical rocky, yet somehow rideable terrain in the area.

Check out the Signal Knob & Short Mountain Videos below to get an idea of how difficult this trail is.




The full pull was attempted for the past several years, always ending in blown up bodies and beat down souls.

Congratulations to Kyle Lawrence and Mike Carpenter for their successful ride!

 

Last call for lost souls.

These two beauties showed up at the shop a few weeks ago.  They seem lost.  We'll find a new home for them soon if their home doesn't find them first.