Capital Cup at Whitetail
As many of you are aware, the coming weekend of June 23rd will hold the frist summer bicycle event Whitetail has hosted since closing to bikes some years ago. The diligent pestering and reputation for excelent races by Racers Edge has finally payed off, so lets all come out , have a great time, and show Whitetail we can fill a mountain!
The weekend will consist of a two course downhill race, one on saturday and one on sunday, as well as slalom on saturday evening. Both courses are similar, best described as fast flowy singletrack, designed to be fun for all ridding levels. I’ve had the chance to ride them both, and they are a blast! The Saturday course starts at a mild pitch with some fun berms and a few rocks to negotiate. It then winds around a corner, down a short rock slab and steep chute onto the fire road. This is, in my opinion, the hardest section of both courses. The course then rolls back into the woods for some fast and flowing single track with some off camber. It had me grining the whole way down. The Sunday course is similar in terain, with a few rock rollers, and a 3 foot drop with an optional go-around. Not that I would recomend the go-around, the drop has a wide smooth landing and is really fun!
The Slalom course in still in the works, but I’m sure it will live up to expectations. It is being built by Mike Hartlove of Racers Edge, who has built such talked about courses as the 2005 Snowshoe NORBA National mountain cross course as well as all of the Mid Altantic Cup DS and MX courses over the years. These races are always fun to compete on, and make for some of the best spectating.
The final topic which can’t be overlooked is prizes! This race boasts one of the biggest purses of the year, with much of the prize list being donated by City Bikes. The Pro purse will total $5,000. Amature prizes worth around $10,000 will include 2 DJ frames from Yeti, a Cannondale Chase, a Rocky Mountain Flow, and a Jamis Komodo, and maybe more. Gear will include everything from 661 and Bern helmets, pressure suits, and pads, to E-13 chain guides, tires, SDG saddles, and much more.
We are expecting a good pro turnout, with some top riders and teams. There will be demos available form Jamis, Kona, Specialized and Rocky Mountain, as well as a good showing of tents from other industry vendors. Camping is available, as well as lift passes for spectators.
More info is available at www.racersedgeonline.com. Hope to see you for a great weekend of racing, riding, and spectating!
—Hillary Elgert
this just in…
team ‘city bikes and the meat wagon’ take 3rd in mens expert at the 24 hours of big bear and team ‘gwadzilla’ takes 4th in mens vet… both teams finish 18 laps to take 14th and 7th places respectively in the overall standings… stay tuned for more information as it becomes available…
results: overall | mens expert | mens veteran
24 Hours of Big Bear
Location: Hazelton, WV
Date: June 10 - June 11
Coming up on its 15th year, The 2006 24 Hours of Big Bear, Hazelton, WV (formerly the 24 Hours of Snowshoe and 24 Hours of Canaan) is rolling out the bike trail for as many as 300 teams, 50 solo riders and more than 2,000 spectators.
The race will take place on June 10th & 11th, 2006 at Big Bear Lake Campland near Hazelton, West Virginia. Racing is a blast, but you can also have fun as a spectator, volunteer, or as support crew for one of the teams.
Event Website: http://grannygear.com/Races/Bigbear/index.shtml
Up This Weekend… the 24 Hours of Big Bear
The City Bikes Mountain Bike team is heading out to West Virginia this weekend for the 2nd edition of Granny Gear’s 24 Hours of Big Bear (formerly of Snowshoe, formerly of Canaan). If you’re heading out look for the big City Bike truck and come by to hang out. Team Gwadzilla (Joel, Marc, Chris, and Kent) will be throwing down in the 35+ and City Bikes and the Meatwagon’ (Klasmeier and Matt with guests riders Jon Wheaton and Alex Viorst) will be upping the ante this year and racing expert. Thanks to the really cool “real time” scoring system that granny gear have, you’ll be able to keep track of the teams online in real time. The real-time system isn’t live yet for this year’s race, but when it is, i’ll add the links here.
Team Meeting
Date/Time: Monday, June 5, 2006 - 8:30 pm
Location: 1860 Park Rd NW
Please bring checks for the QBP order and the Jersey Order.
Massanutten Hoo-Ha
Location: Keezletown, VA
Date: Sunday, June 4
The Massanutten Hoo-Ha is a classic East Coast single lap mountain bike race.
Event Website: http://www.massresort.com/amenities/mtnbike/hooha.html
DCMTB Comes Up Big for Chain Reaction
DCMTBer’s Matt Donahue and Tris Newbury came out to Chain Reaction Wednesday to paint and hang a sign for the new Chain Reaction location on 1416 N Capitol St.
Tris painted and hung sencils and Matty D used his mad, Bob Vila like, carpentry skills to hang it up the eight foot long green monster on the new store front.
Member Eric Welp was there as well but its not as cool because he works there.
Another Shot from Bike to Work Day 2006
Memories of Bike to Work Day 2006
Chain Reaction Re-Opens
