The BURN

June 2, 2008

The burn was a really cool event.  The trails were really fun – there were times when I would start looking around enjoying the terrain and scenery; then I’d have to remind myself “oh yeah, I’m racing, go faster!”.

 Jon takes off at the start!

The time trial format was different for me.  It’s hard to motivate yourself to go hard when you’re out there by yourself and don’t know where you’re at compared to everyone.  I passed a lot of people and felt like I was doing pretty well.  On the last climb I got caught by the guy that started a minute after me.  We still had about 15 minutes left, so I put in a hard attack.  I dropped him and was able to put in a gap, but only got 30 seconds back on him.  He ended up winning, and I got 2nd in expert.

Jon posing for a pict

Bobbi (my wife) got her first xc win in the women’s expert! 

Overall, it was a fun race and it lived up to its name!

Next week, Teva games… -JW

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Durango Devo weekly race series

June 2, 2008

Every Wednesday night at 6pm, DEVO will host a short track training race at
a location near you. These are training rides and are covered by USA Cycling
at a cost of $1.50 a rider. DEVO will ask a $5.00 donation to take part in
each event. Results will be posted on this website after each event and a
top secret, season ending points tabulation will occur in a sweet manor.
Coach Chad will be running each event.

June 11th Team DEVO Circuit Race and ts-teamdevo-ad1
@ Three Springs 530pm B men/women, 600pm Jr DEVO, 630 A men/women

June 18th Factory Trails
@ Fort Lewis College 600pm Open 15min STXC, 630pm Open 10min STXC

June 25th Telegraph/Anasazi 3 Lapper
@ Horse Gulch Meadow 600pm

July 2nd Sport Ridge 5 Lapper
@ Horse Gulch Meadow 600pm

July 9th Factory Trails
@ Fort Lewis College 600pm Time Trial, 630pm Open STXC 15min

July 16th Durango Sports Clubber
@ Durango Sports Club 600pm TT, 630pm Open 4 laps

July 23rd Football Schmootball
@ FLC Football Stadium, 6pm 30min open STXC

July 30th Jenkins Old School Race
@ Jenkins Ranch RD Trail, 600pm Hill Climb, 630pm Downhill

August 6th Dump Run
@ Test Tracks Dump, 600pm 30min STXC

August 13th Telegraph Hill Climb
@ Horse Gulch Parking Lot, 600pm TT

On Your Mark, Get Ready…..GO!

More info: Durango Devo website

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Durango Mountain Bike Trails Update

June 2, 2008

I made it up to what we call the “High Point” on the Colorado trail yesterday before running into 2+ feet of snow on north facing slopes. The ride: Co Trail to Dry Fork, then hang a right to head on up to Kennebec. It will be a few more weeks – maybe until after July 4, until things open up. Trails 2000 launched a new website with a great trail map and pictures of Durango rides. Check out the following link: http://www.trails2000.org/site/interactive_map.html

 

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Blocking 101

June 1, 2008

Check out this video clip of Tim holding his position in the Angel Fire Super D!  Thanks to Jon for the recording!!!

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Angel Fire Podium Mountain States Cup – Team BikeParts.com

May 29, 2008

Angel Fire Mountain States Cup Podium Team BikeParts.com

Angel Fire Podium Mountain States Cup – Team BikeParts.com…Another XC race, another podium on a Maverick Durance.

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Peak Cycles Bicycle Shop is now a Specialized dealer

May 29, 2008

Peak Cycles (Golden, CO) is now a Specialized dealer.

Era FSR Marathon

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Team BikeParts.com photobucket slideshow

May 27, 2008

Maverick Bicycles - Peak Cycles Bicycle Shop - Golden, Colorado

Here is a link to a our Main BikeParts.com Photobucket Gallery slideshow…some good stuff we didn’t want you to miss.

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2008 Angel Fire Chile Challenge – Team BikeParts.com

May 26, 2008

Team BikeParts.com traveled to Angel Fire New Mexico to compete in the Mountain States Cup Chile Challenge Mountain Bike race.

Jesse Swift - 2008 Chile Challenge

Jesse Swift finished 9th (Pro XC) out of 26+ with a time around 2:08.

Jon Watt placed 2nd in Expert.

Tim, Parker and Nick (Lenny) all raced hard too in the Expert Class.

My shifting is kind of off.

More great pics…Click to View Race Photos Slideshow

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2008 Iron Horse Criterium

May 26, 2008

Michael Carter won the men’s 35-39 crit this weekend at the Iron Horse. This is the second year in a row he worked the field with a mad attack with 6 laps to go. An unorganized chase failed to close down the gap to the flying Carter. You would think we would learn…

Cornering from Main to 7th before Carter dropped the hammer.

Oh, and Michael has finished a few more Tour De France’s than most of the other crit participants.
Matt Smith ended up 10th and Andy rounded out the top 20.

 

 

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2008 Iron Horse Road Race Canceled

May 24, 2008

Its official, the 2008 Iron Horse Road Race and Citizens tour has been canceled due to incliment weather conditions. Temperatures at 32F and rain in town (at 6500 feet) translates to about 10F and 6 inches of snow at 10,640 feet (top of Coal Bank pass).

With over 2500 participants and only a small % with the gear to ride in such conditions, Iron Horse race promoters would have a small natural disaster on their hands if they let the race go.

 

JACK PINCUS/The Durango Herald
photo Credit: JACK PINCUS/The Durango Herald

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Team BikeParts.com – 2008 Battle the Bear Men’s Expert Podium

May 22, 2008

Team BikeParts.com Men\'s Expert Podium - Race The Bear 2008

Race The Bear 2008 Photo Album

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2008 Battle the Bear mountain bike race

May 20, 2008

Team BikeParts.com had a great showing last week at the Denver Battle the Bear montain bike race with team members competing in the expert, pro, semi-pro and 50 mile events. More pics and info to follow.

See the following link for complete results. Race Results

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Durango DEVO veloswap – gear and donations needed

May 13, 2008

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

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Durango training

May 11, 2008

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.  

 

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CT 50

May 10, 2008

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

Colorado Trail

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Tim Barnes, aka Timbra, Team BikeParts.com rider

May 6, 2008

Tim Barnes, Team BikeParts.com racer

Photo by: Deb Funk 
Sprockets and Spokes Bike Shop

 

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2008 Durango South Rim Duathlon

May 6, 2008

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).

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2008 Alien Run MTB race

April 28, 2008

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

 

 

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Colorado Premier Training Wind Tunnel Sweepstakes

April 15, 2008

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

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Fruita Colorado Rabbit Valley Rally Race Results, MSC #1

April 14, 2008

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!

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