How was it overall? Did you run the whole thing? I think I may show up even though my hanger is jacked and I can only use my four lowest gears.
so whos doing the melt-down
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They should change the name of the race to the O-hill mud down after tonight rain..... er,thundershowers
I'm actually more excited to do it with a little mud. Should make it more interesting. Downside is it will be bad for the trails to run a race in these conditions. I wonder what will happen? I'll ride the focker in the rain if I have to.
the course was almost totally dry and the race was really good except for one thing. the trailsd were horribly marked thanks to paige. alot of top riders and expert class made wrong turns and got dq
i thought the course was marked fairly well...but i also did the course the day before... so that may have something to do with it...and Jake shoup placed second out of all beginners and 1st in under 18 class...only one guy was ahead of him by 7 seconds..and he was sponsered by trek....so i must say i give jake total props
and its to bad some peoples bikes broke..but atleast you gave effort right.
and its to bad some peoples bikes broke..but atleast you gave effort right.
i hate mech. problems. i would have won the sport class if i hadnt had to stop after the first lap because i had no front brake and gears skipping after every pedal due to my broken shifter.
BIRDMAN111 said:
yeah foky, that def was really ****ty
Bearmntpicnic said:
Man oh man, why am I not surprised to hear that? :nonono:
There was one spot where there were no markings. I went the direction that all the tire marks seemed to point to. I then almost ran into all the top pro/expert riders who were climbing back up the hill I was bombing down after they too had taken the wrong turn. Luckily no collisions took place. Once it was figured out J. Bishop and Paul grabbed some arrows and remarked the trail and added some logs to block the wrong ways. It made no difference to him as he was going to kill everyone else anyway. There were a few other places that the arrows were hard to find when you were hauling ass.VaNIlLin81 said:
This seems to happen every year at O-hill, it wouldn't suprise me if someone was out there purposely pulling down course markers.
Westy, what race did you do?
Eckspurt.VaNIlLin81 said:
Nice man, I did beginner
Cool, how'd it go? O'hill is possibly the toughest venue going.
Well Jake Shoup, Lil guy on Sette Reken came in 2nd out of all, and the guy that came in 1st was sponsored. I don't know what I came in out of all, but I got 3rd in my class...(and thats out of 3) At least I wasnt the last one to cross the finish line, I just wanted to get it done. I think if I was in shape I could have done better by 10 minutes. I walked alot of the ups.
At least I wasnt the last one to cross the finish line, I just wanted to get it done. I think if I was in shape I could have done better by 10 minutes. I walked alot of the ups.
yeah i was leading the sport under 18 race till my bike broke.:mumble: 
:bomb: :angry: :nuts: 
uch: :redhot:
:bomb: :angry: :nuts: uch: :redhot:
Dude, sorry to hear that...
its ok. theres more races to come
Yeah dude, so this summer we are gonna get a team going. How should we go about doing this? I guess it'd be Jake, you, Charlie, and me. It'll be bad ass..im gonna go tomorrow and do the loop again prolly. My mom is making me go to church cuz its easter..woo hoo
it should be the Basic Cycles team
that would be awsome. get some jerseys with basic cycle written all over them
that would be awsome. get some jerseys with basic cycle written all over them
Thats what I was thinking. Charlie talk to Wade or whoever and see if we can do something like that. Cuz that'd be badass.
BIRDMAN111 said:
Broke your bike?!?!?!?! Could you elaborate on that a bit?
I think he broke the rear shifter...and the front brake was acting stupid so even if he laid on the front brake it would'nt give him any stopping power.
yeah i was skipping on all gears almost every pedal because of my shifter.
What new shifter are you gonna buy? Wait, what do you have?
ive got sram x.7 and plan to get the same ones because they are cheap
and i like the double thumb triggers. unlike shimano finger and thumb ones.
Wow, when you said you broke your bike, I envisioned you cracking your frame or ripping off the head tube. I'm glad to hear it was just easy to replace parts.
yeah me too
fokey I dont know i think I could have had you in the first loop if my drive train didnt fall apart and go up in flames. it would have also been really nice the have a non downhill reary rimy and a hub that worked but hell I cant complain since you most deffenity would have killed me on the second lap i still would have easily gotten second though since the eventual winner was good 15+ minutes behind us on the first lap. fokey would you like to ride after school.
Oh snap... that rear hub and rim was fine!Bearmntpicnic said:
yeah thats true it was still a sun downhill rim oviously meaning something had to be wrong with it
I say we all meet up and do the loop tomorrow after school.
Me and Jake did 3/4 of it today then went to Walnut Creek and rode for two hours.
Me and Jake did 3/4 of it today then went to Walnut Creek and rode for two hours.
dude brian you need to let me know when your doing that stuff
Me and Jake were gonna stop by on the way to O-hill but then we remembered ur bike was broken.
So Rich, when you gonna come out here and ride with us young fellows.
I'm gonna try and get a ride at Walnut on April 29. Hopefully some people can come out?
I'm gonna try and get a ride at Walnut on April 29. Hopefully some people can come out?
April 29th is two weeks from last saturday right? If so, I'll be off work and down to ride for sure. I'm sure we can get a good group of people together.
It's two weeks from yesterday.