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Here is a great calendar of Colorado area 2018 mountain bike events.

• Rain on the east slope, hard racing on the West slope for the mountain RXC riders (5/20/2018)

  The Battle of the Bear race was postponed with no new date yet set.
  For those on the team that signed up for the Epic Rides Grand Junction Off-road, it was a beautiful day to race. The race was fast, the course was challenging and conditions tough. Bob Cambell, Keith Collins, Lisa and Vincent Davis made the trip out to race. All entered the Grand Junction Off-Road – 40 Grand

  Bob was having bad luck with his wheel, destroying one pre-riding the course and then having a spoke stick through his rim tape during the race. He was in good position but the result is that he walked out. Keith said he had a C+ ride commenting how tough the course was this year. It was really dry and dusty which made for poor grip and the fast snaking technical trails. Keith finished 8th in the 45+ at 4:30. Lisa and Vincent rode their tandem. They (we) had a solid race 15min behind Keith with no mishaps and a time of 4:15. This would have put Lisa as 1st open women and Vincent 11th masters men. Full results here LINK

  Lisa and Vincent got a cool write-up in The Daily Sentinal. and more on their blog MTB Tandem Coach.

  If you have not done this race you should consider it. Its a cool scene in downtown Grand Junction. The pros race a fat tire crit Friday night and Saturday night is a Music festival.

  Special thanks to our sponsors, The Feed helping keep us feed, Big Ring cycles which just had there reopened.
  and all our other sponsors.

   

   

   

   

• 18hr of Fruita Race report (5/11/2018)

  RXC sent two teams to the 18hr of Fruita,
  THIS ONE’S FOR WALDO; Peter R, Kim, Ted, Art, Sean, Rob.
  SPEED RACERS OLDER BROTHER; Bob, Keith, Vincent, Christine, Jon, Peter F.
  For most, this was the first time to race or ride around Highline Lake State Park. The event, trail and atmosphere was awesome! The park has great green grass camping under large shade trees. This is something to put on your calendar for next year.

  The course is a 7.5 mile twisty trail around the lake with 3 short climbs which makes for a fun and fast course. Even with all the twisting, the average speeds of the fastest racers was over 15mph. The Start is at midnight Friday/Saturday which makes for a really interesting first lap.

  RXC entered two 6-8 person coed Geezer teams. This was a mistake in hindsight as we had a “slow” team and “fast” team but it put us in the situation where we where racing each other. Our slow team had the speed to win the category and our fast team won the event overall, check out the results.

  Long events like this are always fun and as you near the last few hours, our team started doing a lot of math trying to figure out how many laps we needed to get in.

  Speed Racers older brother wanted to get in 34 laps. It was close, Keith C. headed out for the last lap needing to do a sub 31min lap. Having taken everything off his bike he headed out and turned in his fastest lap of the race with a sub 30min lap and coming in with only a couple minutes to spare.

   

   

   

  Here are some photos and a short video.

  
  

   

• Big Ring Cycles Grand Re-Opening (5/10/2018)

  Thursday, May 17 through Sunday, May 20

  Come celebrate Big Ring Cycles reopening and awesome new shop. We will have test rides, group rides, drinks, food. See wants in store each day then pick a day to visit or visit each day.

  Thursday, May 17
  6:00 pm: Group road rides and post-ride beers at Barrels and Bottles

  Friday, May 18
  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: After hours party* featuring the Big Ring Cocktail Contest and Smokey J’s BBQ. Celebrating 2 years under new ownership with a new leadership team.

  Saturday, May 19
  Demo bikes from Parlee and Rocky Mountain. Meet reps from some of the best companies in the industry. Word is there may be some specials too!

  Sunday, May 20
  8:00 am: Wheels up for group road and mountain bike rides. Return to scones and coffee from Bike-a-Latte
  10:00am – 2:00pm: Trek e-bike demo day

  

• Winter Park: Team commitments needed (5/9/2018)

  HELLO MOUNTAIN BIKE RACERS!!!   Since Mountain Bike racing season is upon us, we are now evaluating our TEAM presence at Winter Park (WP).

  We have enough talented racers on the team to not only finish on the team podium for the season but to unseat Avout from their recent dominance.
  WHAT WE NEED is your solid commitment too race. The rosters can’t change throughout the season (more below).  Additionally, I’m looking for someone to help out at the WP races: coordinating our pit area, bringing team tent, etc.  The schedule and team rules are below.

  WINTER PARK:
  Race 1: Saturday, June 9 – Granby Ranch XC (New! No more hill climb..) This is a fun 2-lap race up/down the mountain for pro/experts and is 20.6 miles. 13.1 miles for Sport/Beginner
  Race 2: Saturday, June 23 – XC Super Loop course TBD
  Race 3: Saturday, July 7 – Race Rendezvous
  Race 4: Saturday, July 21 – Elk Creek XC
  Race 5: Saturday, August 45 – Devil’s Thumb Ranch  Point to Point    NEW!!!!!!!
  Race 6: Saturday, August 18 – King of the Rockies
  Team Captain: Ted Benning

  WP TEAM RULES:

  • Team rosters must be submitted by the team captain by Friday, June 8, 2018.
  • Please include the following: first name, last name, year of birth and racing class.  Teams can be made up of both men and women in any skill or age category.
  • Once a rider is submitted for a team, they cannot change to another team or be dropped from the team. A rider may be a member of only one team.
  • Team points will be calculated by adding the individual race points of the 6 highest racers of each team with all races counting towards the total.  A perfect score would be 300 points per race (50×6)  and 1800 points for the series (six 300-point races)

  RXC WP Team Strategy:  I will submit team rosters for the SEASON by June 8. These CANNOT be changed. Also; you CANNOT be added to any team rosters AFTER June 8. So it is important to commit only to races that you know you are showing up for. I put teams together so that we are at “maximum strength” for each race. 6 racers out of 10 per team score for that race.
  Registration info: http://www.epicsingletrack.com/registration.html (NOTE: as of May 8, the registration site is not up yet..)

  ACTION TO TAKE:  Please contact Ted Benning with your race plans so I can get you placed on teams. Register for your races. Also please contact Ted with any questions.
  CONTACT:  Ted Benning tedben@solusys.com

• Team clothing order (Spring 2018) (5/9/2018)

  RXC Team Members have expressed interest in purchasing some more RXC custom clothing, we decided to open our team store for a 3rd and final round.

  Comments regarding this 3rd store:

  • We added the Offroad All Mountain Baggy Shorts, available both in men’s and women’s cuts. These baggies are a slim, tailored, XC short. If you get the same size as your team bibs/shorts these will fit snug on you. If you prefer a more generously fitting baggy, go up one size. They come with an internal elastic waistband with rubber buttons so you can snug up the waist if they are a little big.
  • We also added the Aero Race Gloves in the Women’s FAST pink accents. Very stylish and a must have! Note: we need a minimum of 5 pairs, better 10. Order away!
  • We also need a minimum of 5 pairs for the Men’s Aero Race Gloves, please.
  • The listed inline (non-custom) Cuore items are being offered at 25% off regular MSRP. Good time to jump on this deal.

  A note on fitting Cuore clothing:
  If you are not sure what sizing to order and want to pay a visit to the Cuore office in Boulder, please send an email to Mike at mgoldberg@cuore.ch and he will set up an appointment for you to come in and try on clothing. For any other questions send me an email at clothing@racerxcycling.com 🙂

  Detailed instruction for placing your order can be found here.