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Durango DEVO veloswap - gear and donations needed

sysaux — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:37:15 +0000

Durango Devo Velo Swap May 23rd!

20% goes to Durango DEVO so it helps us keep kids on bikes.

Drop off is Thur May 22nd 3-8pm at the La Plata County fairgrounds
Swap is Fri May 23rd 10am-10pm
Pick up of items not sold is Sat May 24th 5-8pm
New gear and donations are always welcome.

http://www.durangodevo.com/

Contact Info:
Annie Cheeney
Director Durango DEVO
970-764-5758
annie@durangodevo.com

Durango training

sysaux — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:17:22 +0000

I guess I have to call it training, even though I despise formal training. Yesterday we went to ride the passes in preparation for the Iron Horse road race and crit. It was 40F at Purgatory with wet roads, Coal Bank and Molas passes were covered in clouds with fresh snow at about 9300 ft. We bailed and instead did a mountain bike tour of Durango including Animas Mountain, Test Tracks and Horse Gulch / Telegraph. Sunday was a different story with great beautiful spring weather. The Durango Wheel Club hosted training criteriums at the new Mercy Medical Center Regional hospital.

CT 50

swiftjesse — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:19:21 +0000

Tate and i rode a nice 44 mile section of the Colorado Trail this morning. we started up near Bailey and rode east on the CT trail through Buffalo Creek/Top of the World/Waterton Canyon. it was a great ride and after riding tons of sweet singletrack, we didnt see any one else on the trail until 2 1/2 hours in, hikers, then we saw our first mtn bikers at almost 3 hours. the wind was nasty and it was a pretty cold ride, but it was a good time! we are getting ready for the Front Range 50 and the BC bike race later in June! here is the GPS site and elevation profile. After looking at the elevation, it was kind of like a 44 mile Super D! - jesse

Tim Barnes, aka Timbra, Team BikeParts.com rider

sysaux — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:41:39 +0000

Photo by: Deb Funk
Sprockets and Spokes Bike Shop

2008 Durango South Rim Duathlon

sysaux — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:27:13 +0000

The 2008 Durango South Rim Duathlon is hosted by Durango Parks and Rec. This year it consisted of a kids race, short course and long course.

The short course included a 2.5 mile run and a 6 mile bike section. The long course consisted of a 6 mile run and 18 miles of mountain biking (3 laps of the 6 mile run course).

The course was along the South Rim trail, a part of the greater Telegraph Trail System built by Trails 2000 and included fun twisty singletrack, short climbs (longest at 4 minutes) and one long muddy downhill down the Big Canyon trail.

We finished up 2nd in the 35 under team category with a 2:12, about 3.5 minutes out of first.

Overall Race Results:

Dan Ourada won the 19-34 age group (2:01.17).

Shonny Vanlandingham won the women’s (2:07:23). Kristin Danielson was second (2:29:30).

2008 Alien Run MTB race

sysaux — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:16:54 +0000

I survived the 2008 super sandy Alien Run, ended up 6th. It was not pretty. i ended up with a flat tire on the back side of the Alien course, caused by running over a few too many cacti in a dizzy anaerobic state. My Big Air cartridge came through and allowed me to fill up 3X to make it home. Travis B took the pro class win with Zach Shriver in a close 2nd. $30 still gets you a race entry, t-shirt and a bar-b-que lunch, old school mountain bike style. More races should be managed like the Alien Run. ms

http://www.aztecufo.com/bike/

The “Alien Run at Hart Canyon” is a mountain bike trail that was developed by private citizens, Al & Deral Saiz along with two other brothers and various friends, all residents of Aztec. The trail was designed in response to the Friends of the Aztec Library’s call for a mountain bike rally as a possible fund-raiser during Aztec UFO99. These brothers responded to that call and designed the trail that circles the “alleged” crash site in Hart Canyon and is located on BLM Land . A special use permit was applied for but the proper studies that needed to be done for BLM clearance had not been done. The July 2000 issue of New Mexico Magazine, featured a story on the trail as well as the local paper, The Daily Times. There have been inquiries from as far away as Hawaii , New York , and Montana , who accessed this information via the Aztec Library’s Web Page

Colorado Premier Training Wind Tunnel Sweepstakes

sysaux — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:28:55 +0000

Colorado Premier Training (CPT) and BikeParts.com are offering a chance to win a free wind tunnel session, Mavic Wheelset and Kurt Kinetic Fluid Pro Trainer, valued at over $2000!

Sweepstakes Link

Fruita Colorado Rabbit Valley Rally Race Results, MSC #1

sysaux — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:42:40 +0000

Race Results are posted with Team BikeParts.com fielding 6 pro and semi-pro riders for the first MSC event in Fruita. Thanks to all the guys that made the trip over Fruita!

Fruita Rabbit Valley Mountain Bike Race Cross Country Course

sysaux — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:44:12 +0000

BikeParts.com team rider Jesse Swift mapped the Fruita Rabbit Valley Mountain Bike Race Cross Country Course with his Garmin Edge 205 and posted it here for everyone to view. Check it out!
MAP: MSC #1- Rabbit Valley XC | Mountain Biking | Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, United States

Off to Fruita Mountain States Cup event

sysaux — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:42:24 +0000

The BikeParts.com professional racing team is heading to Fruita, Colorado this weekend for the 1st Mountain States Cup Series Event. We will be riding our new Maverick race bikes.

Rabbit Valley, Fruita, CO - The Mountain States Cup, one of the nation’s leading mountain bike race series, kicks off April 12-13 with the Rabbit Valley Rally.
The series opener treats riders to a blistering off-road time trial and a traditional long-loop cross country race.

Stay tuned for race photos, results and team updates.

Event website: http://www.racemsc.com/events/rabbitvalleyrally.html