2012 BMR 1 6 Hours Of T#$%!
Monday, November 21, 2011 at 8:24PM ;)
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Today was the first race for the 2012 BMR series. It was held on a steep rock filled trail. This is the downhill trail you earn. You do not take a car ride to the top. You have 1400 very steep and rocky vertical feet to push your downhill bike up. The push up goes almost straight of the hill with only a few small switchbacks thrown in.
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This is a technically demanding trail for sure. The descent is steep, loose and rock filled. Having the race set up in a 6 hour format scared off a good number of riders. About 10 riders total showed and of those about 6 did more than one run. The race was not only timing DH times but also ascending times. In the end it was decided that the winner would be chosen not by times but by the number of laps completed.
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Video courtesy of Kevin Pabinquit
Overall the turnout for the race was good. Some people were comfortable with one run while others kept cranking out the laps. The climb up 1400 vertical feet is for sure tiring. So being able to hold it together for a 5 minute rock filled steep descent was on everyone's mind. I will have images loaded soon guys find results below.
"We had an awesome turnout of 20 riders with almost perfect weather conditions. Niels G. took the fastest recorded time with 5:20 even though Leland probably put down even faster times borrowing Kyle's V10 and wearing an XC helmet for the race. Leland said he didn't care about his DH times since he already holds the record on the trail with a sub 5 minute time. Leland was out to beat his goal of 6 laps which he did with a total of 7 and time to spare on the clock. Jordan Smith had the fastest uphill time with a 24:15, but unfortunately had took a spill on his first run which was luckily the only injury of the day. Each loop was roughly 3 and a quarter miles with a little over 1,300' of elevation as well meaning our champ Leland did over 9,000' of pushing a 40 pound bike up a steep hill and then riding another 9,000' of nastiness on the way down. Props dude."
Name/Laps/Fastest/DH Fastest/Uphill
1. Leland O. 7 25:00
2. Kevin P. 5 8:18 32:30
3. Daniel B. 4 6:06 30:30
4. Greg H. 4 7:20 31:00
5. Niels G. 3 5:20* 30:00
6. David M. 3 6:45 32:00
7. Alex C. 3 10:00 33:40
8. Mark H. 3 10:00 40:45
9. Pat G. 2 6:52 31:00
10. Ryan C. 2 6:20 35:45
11. Chris L. 2 15:50 32:00
12. Jordan S. 1 24:15*
13. Cory S. 1 7:45
14. Matt G. 1 8:15 46:00
15. Brian W. 1 First time riding the trail!!
16. Ryan T. 1 26:00
17. Max R. 1 34:00
18. Josef D. 1
19. Tom D. 1
20. Owen R. 1 who cares? nobody
.2011 Parkfield Classic
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 9:50PM 
The 2011 Parkfield Classic kicked off this past weekend. It is located about an hour and a half North/East of San Luis Obispo. The event is the official kickoff to the Collegiant race series. Typically turnout for the race is a majority of College students.
This year the campground was not too loud. People stayed up late had a good time and shared BBQ tips and techniques at the neighbors grill while sucking down cheap beers. The pixie bike race somehow turned into a jump contest and a few competitors were throwing 360's and tail-whips over the wood ramps.
The race track has not changed in about seven or eight years now. It is high speed with considerable flow through trees over tight singletrack. There are a few obstacles thrown in for good measure such as g-outs, jumps and a slew of turns. Both big and small bikes have won here so it does not favor on type of bike over the other.
The course record is somewhere in the low one forty neighborhood and was set on a Dual-Slalom bike way back when. The fastest time of the race was 1:45 but at this time we do not know who it was.
2011 Parkfield Classic Results?
2011 UCI World Championship At Champery
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 9:31PM Great Britain’s Danny Hart gave a masterful demonstration of what downhill racing is all about as he careered down Champéry’s track undeterred by the torrential rain and treacherous conditions that graced the last day of racing at the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships.
At just 20 years old, the young but incredibly powerful young athlete put on a technical performance that belied his age and earned him the title of World Champion. In front of a delighted crowd, Danny Hart set off at full speed, never losing control of his bike, even on sections that had seen veteran riders slip and slide off course. He cut more than 11 seconds off the time set by Damien Spagnolo (FRA) who had waited in the hot seat during 10 riders before being relegated by Hart, who was bronze medalist as a Junior at the 2009 Worlds in Canberra.
