Olympic Course

This is the "hard" parts of the 2012 Olympic Mtb course. Not exactly the most challenging track there has ever been. Most of the track seems to be a perfectly groomed walking path. I would anticipate that a fully rigid 29er with some 1.8 tires would be the bike of choice.  Obviously I wont be riding that course ever but I think im getting a little picky about courses but there are some really fun trails out there that races could be held on. There seems to be a growing divide on what mountain bike riding is and what mountain bike racing is. I knew I should have signed up for the Translyvania Epic to get my singletrack fix.

Cancelled races.

When I first started doing this mtb racing stuff, they never cancelled races.  It didnt matter what the weather was like or how bad the trails were.  It was always a blast racing in knee deep mud.  Last year we raced in Columbia under some terrible rainstorming conditions, and it was great.  Sliding all over the place, just trying to stay upright.

Ive been enjoying a nice rest week this week.  Short easy rides most everyday except when the nice weather and dry trails get the best of me.  Friday I decided I would go down to Oklahoma to do a little racing.  I expected that it wouldnt go too well, as I was sure to be "shut down" from not riding much this week.  Got the bike all ready to go and got on the internet just now to find out the race is cancelled due to rain.  March and xc racing just doesnt work in the midwest, april barely does.  Probably for the best, I was determined to not race until April.  Going to Sea Otter without any xc racing is a bit risky, but you really cant recreate the pace of that caliber of racing anyways.  Hopefully the lack of racing will pay off in July when Im not so tired.

Oh well....live vicariously through others and watch the ProXct at Fontana.  I wish I was there.  Im gonna go look at my bikes and wish I didnt have to put on multiple layers to go out and ride.

http://singletrack.competitor.com/2011/03/features/live-from-fontana_14276#

The Canyon

I was planning on a nice easy cruise for a recovery day, but after wathing Cam having too much fun in The Springs Im headed out to find some dirt before it rains again. I think its the woowhos that did it for me.

Otter course

The Pro course map for the Sea Otter.  I probably should have looked for this before I registered.  Its the same course as last year.  Its pretty much terrible if you like mtb riding.  Blow it up and you will notice that half the course is on the road racing track.  When racing it seems like the road part takes forever and the singletrack goes by in a flash.  Oh well, im still pretty excited about going and getting the racing season started.  Anything better than an 80th place will be an improvement.

Full Kits

Twin Six has stepped it up a bit more this year.  Now offering 9 full on kits.  You can now get all matchy matchy with jerseys, bibs, socks, and H20 bottles that match.  For everyone who doesnt want to sport black shorts with some goofy jersey, get a Twin Six kit that is pretty awesome.  Or you could be one of those guys who rides around in a Liquigas or Fabian Cancellara World Champion kit like you are a Euro pro.  You dont trick me, I know there arent any ProTour riders doing super secret training in Kansas.

Pullen

Big game tonight.  Jake needs to win us one more by continuing to play like the guy who deserved to be on the cover of SI at the beginning of the year.  We got by Utah St who most of the "experts" predicted was underrated and would beat KSU.

Riding in Support Of

This year the High Gear team is riding in support of a few organizations.  Most of the team volunteered their services this week with one of those organizations when they helped numana help the Japanese.  Pretty cool.

Click over to the High Gear website to learn a bit more about this and some of the other good deeds Matt and Stephanie are involved in.