Good Article About 29er's

Singletrack.com has a good (well I think it is good) article comparing 26 inch bikes to 29er's. When I say good, it is without a lot of the hype, etc and seems pretty unbiased.

Check it out.

http://singletrack.competitor.com/2010/10/features/taming-the-29er-trend-at-least-a-touch_10872

Cheers

John

PS: When it comes down to it, the motor is probably still the most important part!

2011 Tentative Race Schedule

I've been looking at the tentative 2011 race schedule for next year and listed below are some dates to keep in mind:

May 7-8 - Denver Fat Tire Festival - Battle of the Bear Race
June 4 - Teva Games - Mt Bike Hill race - Haven't done it but I hear the Swag is amazing.
June 11 - Winter Park Hill Climb
June 25 - Winter Park XC Superloop
July 4 - Firecracker 50
July 9 - Winter Park point to point
July 30 - Winter Park Crankworks race
Aug 13 - Winter Park Mary Jane Loop
Aug 27 - Winter Park King of the Rockies

Hope everyone's off season is going well.

Cheers

john

Denver Veloswap This Weekend (October 23)

Wheelmen,

I can't make it this year due to heading off to Moab for the weekend tonight, but I thought some fellow Wheelmen may be interested in the Veloswap.

http://veloswap.competitor.com/

Great deals for sure.

John

Climbing Time - Moab Trip Report

With the Winter Park race season over I haven't had much to post up about lately, so I thought I'd post up a link to a Trip Report I wrote over on mountain project. It's got some nice pics.

http://www.mountainproject.com/v/trip_reports/moab_tr__zenyatta_entrada_and_artist_tears/106910115
I'm off to Zion on Wednesday with a friend from NZ for about 10 days for some more sandstone fun. This bike riding is fun, but .....

Hope all the wheelmen are enjoying the "off" season!

Cheers

John

Winter Park Race Series Finale

Golden Wheelmen numbers were out in force on Saturday for the last race of the season. Top five finishes included Jason and Susan grabbing a 2nd placing and Mike and Rick third. Series winners included Mike and Susan with first placing and Rick with his third placing. Please let me know if I missed anyone!

Team Golden Wheelmen 1 was 5th and T2 10th in overall team results...

After the race we had a great combined BBQ with Green Mountain Sports. Thanks for the food and drinks. Also, thanks to everyone for pitching in some money to replace the base camp tent. If you missed this please pass some cash onto Matt the next time you see him.

Looking forward to next year I'll be putting on a 2 day Golden Wheelmen Training camp in Moab. Most likely this will occur either late March or early April. It will be a fully supported 2 day white rim ride (100 miles), with 4 wheel drive support and a chef. I've done this trip serveral times and can usually kept the cost down to about 30-50 dollars a person. Meet Friday night in Moab, home by late Sunday evening.

Once dates are finalized I'll send out an update. It will be limited to 12 riders.

I'll be posting up some links to photos later tonight or tomorrow.

Cheers

John

PS: A big thanks to all our sponsors for the season.

Link to Photos (free download for GW)

Doug's Series Pics

Last Race of the Series

Final arrangements have been made for the weekend. John will secure a spot for the teams at the base area. We will be combining with the Green Mountain squads. We have plenty of beer and food for all.

If you did not provide food this year, please bring a small donation to support the food purchase. A small donation would also be nice to help Phil with the replacement of the tent which sufferred a fatal blow at the last race.

King of Rockies Finale, Tipperary Point to Point Info

This Saturday we have an awesome course to race with 26 miles of rolling fun. For those that haven't ridden it before, it starts off with a few miles of gentle road before a great smooth single track climb to the top of Morse Pass. That's the big climb out of the way. From there its onto D2, WTB, D4 and before hitting the single track that we are now very familiar with closer to the finish. Total climbing is about 4000 feet.

We are all riding the same course the start is more compressed with all racers starting between 10am and 10.42.

Our official photographer, Doug is going to be on site so many sure you smile for the camera!

After the race we will be passing the hat around to repay Phil for his destroyed tent and also have a Barbie. Hopefully everyone can hang out after the race and enjoy the food and fun.

See you there on Saturday

Cheers

John

PS: Check out this web site to see daily rider cam footage of the Breck 100. Maybe next year. Yeah, right!

http://www.jeffkerkove.net/2010/08/breck-epic-stage-1.html

To view the other stages, just replace the "stage-1" with 2, 3, 4, etc.