EAGLE DIRT UPDATE

TICK ALLEY IS DRY AND 100% RIDABLE

RIDABLE TERRAIN INCLUDES, TICK ALLEY, ABRAMS CLIMB, ELK DROP, EASY RIDER, STAR WARS, ALL OF BONEYARD/REDNECK, WORLDS GREATEST DOWNHILL.

JUST A COUPLE OF MUDDY/SNOWY SPOTS ON SCRATCH AND ITCH

MADNESS AT THE START OF 18 HOURS OF FRUITA, MAN IS IT FUN NOT RACING THESE EVENTS....

IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT MERLE HAGGARD, "THINK I'LL JUST SIT HERE AND DRINK".

AND A MIDNIGHT START...CRAZINESS AT HIGHLINE STATE PARK.

CHEERS TO ALL WHO COMPETED AT FRUITA, YOU ALL EMBRACED THE SPIRIT OF THIS SICK SPORT OF ENDURANCE MTB RACING LIKE WARRIORS. IT IS INCREDIBLY MOTIVATIONAL TO WATCH EVERYONE SUFFER AT THEIR OWN LEVELS FOR THEIR OWN REASONS..YOU ARE ALL CHAMPIONS. ADDICTED TO BICYCLES COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE PEDALING WARRIORS OF THE NIGHT, THE DAY AND THE IN BETWEENS...

then there is Frenchie..this guy shows up everywhere. And despite me calling the guy a pain in the ass, that should actually be construed as a term of endearment, as I really love this guy, he is one of the true characters of the Colorado cycling scene and still racing in his 70's.

JONO KILLIN THE CLIMB ON THE SINGLE, HIS THIRD LAP IN A ROW GIVIN IT UP FOR THE TEAM AS THEY ROLL TO VICTORY.

AND DERRICK FISH ROLLIN THE CLIMB ON HIS WAY TO A SOLO VICTORY ON THE SINGLESPEED...34 LAPS IN 18 HOURS, CRAZY.

Frenchie at the crazy corner, the New Belgium crew were the killer cheering section all day Saturday..more cowbell!

COURTNEY CAM FROM 18 HOURS OF FRUITA....PART 1, PARTS 2 &3 COMING LATER.

Apologies to Amy H for misspelling your last name in the vij, I must have either been hungover or in a gas fog......ahem.

COURT CAM PART 2

COURTCAM PART 3....


ADDICTED TO BICYCLES MORNING INTERVIEW DURING THE RACE WITH SOLO VICTOR DERRICK FISH AS HE COMES INTO TO SUPPORT FOR A QUICK LUBE AND FOOD STOP..THE BRO DID 34 FREEKIN LAPS SOLO TO WIN, ON HIS SINGLESPEED....SICKNESS.

EIGHTEEN HOURS OF FRUITA CHAMPIONS KILLED IT....

MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR THE GUYS WAS 16 MINUTES AT THE END, BUT LET THERE BE NO MISTAKE, THEY OPTED TO NOT DO ANOTHER LAP AT THE END OF THE RACE AS THEY ALREADY HAD IT WRAPPED UP BUY 45 MINUTES...AND ON SINGLESPEEDS TO BOOT.

AND THE CHICAS, WELL, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU CAN APPRECIATE WHAT A SET OF ATHLETES THESE GURLY GURLS ARE, THEY COMPLETED NEARLY AS MANY LAPS AS THE DUDES AND WON BY AN ASTONDING 6+ LAPS...HOT LAPS ABOUNDED FROM JULIE MORROW, CHERYL COOK, HEATHER SAPPENFIELD AND AMY HERMES...THE LEGEND OF HERMES CONTINUES AS SHE WAS UP TRAINING ON JACK DANIELS AND GORDON BEER UNTIL 12:30 AM, THEN WENT OUT FOR HER FIRST LAP AT CLOSE TO 3 AM....AND PASSED LOTS OF BOYS. THE BOYS WERE NOT HAPPY.

OFF TO FRUITA TO DRINK BEER

BEING A BUT PEAKED OUT ALREADY, I'M OFF TO FRUITA TO GO DRINK BEER AND RING COWBELLS FOR MANY FRIENDS RACING, SHOULD BE FUN, WHICH IS WHAT ADDICTED TO BICYCLES IS ALL ABOUT. RACE REPORTS COMING SOON.
I HAVE LOTS OF OSKAR BLUES BREWERY BEER.

IM OUT.

IS THIS KID ANY GOOD?

I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT...WELL, FREEKIN SERIOUS TALENT.

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!

YA KNOW, DESPITE THE FOOT OF SNOW THAT FELL AGAIN TODAY ON THE CLOSED SKI HILL AT VAIL AS WELL AS IT SNOWING ALL DAY AGAIN TODAY IN EAGLE, THE EAGLE POOL WILL BE OPEN VERY SOON WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, AND I DO MEAN SOOOOOOOO MUCH MORE....EVERYBODY OUT OF THE POOL! THE WATER IS ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR! MAN, THAT SHARK IN CALIFORNIA WOULD BE SALIVATING AT THIS PROSPECT!

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOP RIDES KICK OFF AT THE MOUNTAIN PEDALER

WHO WE WANT TO BE, AND WHO WE ARE....
THE CREW HEADS OUT FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOP RIDE
VIJ IN TOW.

the wreck was just some random 4X vij from Angel Fire MSC after a CX race last summer, the kids got all jacked up, and the runner is carrying his bike in two pieces after beating it in BIG TIME.