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My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
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Towing the party line.

One of the biggest purses in MTB is the US Open, and it gets underway later this week in Mountain Creek, New Jersey. So far the weather is looking good, so it's bound to be an excellent weekend. Team Monster Specialized, Trek World Team, Team Transition Bikes, Gee Atherton and more scheduled to attend.
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Stay tuned to see who can take home the $7500 before they head back off to Europe for round 2 of the downhill World Cup!
 

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mattmatt86

mattmatt86

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2005
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Wish i could race this year but I'm still heading up to spectate and ride on Friday and Saturday. Definitely one of the most enjoyable weekends every year. See you Monkeys there!!!
 
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davetrump

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I'm aware that vernon is the town, and that mountain creek is the resort. No one knows what the hell vernon is. :rolleyes:
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Steve can only be negative about anything Diablo/Mountain Creek... ignore him

He surely would not have corrected someone for saying Platekill, New York was location of the Pro GRT last week
 
jonKranked

jonKranked

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Nov 10, 2005
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ANYWAYS! A number of teams at the Pro GRT this past weekend will be heading down for the Open this week. Lotta riders looked real fast this weekend... should be an exciting US Open!!
 
yuroshek

yuroshek

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jonKranked said:
Not to derail, but Plattekill, NY is about 2 hours away from Plattekill Mountain. One of my friends made this mistake before. :rofl:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Plattekill+Mountain,+469+Plattekill+Mountain+Road,+Roxbury,+NY+12474&daddr=Plattekill,+NY&hl=en&geocode=FSpOhQId3OWM-yFBPkU4c2vDXw;FRfyegIdQL-V-ylRTPC_XyTdiTFvGHSnoU3qzA&mra=ls&sll=41.611799,-74.072256&sspn=0.072771,0.113297&g=plattekill+ny&ie=UTF8&z=9
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oh boy... jimbo picked up a chick at the plattekill rest stop 2 years ago and brought her to the race. WTF moment for sure.
 
mattmatt86

mattmatt86

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2005
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Bleedmore, Murderland
I know it's kind of last minute, but does anyone have a bike I could borrow (rent) for Giant Slalom? I have an itch to race but I only have a DH bike and I can't stick around for Sunday's DH final.

I can provide Beer of your choice and funny stories...
 
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illflip

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the new step up off the fire road looks like a good place to spectate from.

prediction:
Sam
Brendan
cant decide between Gee, Bryn, Stevie and Needles for third...

Mosely seems like the obvious for womens

what race has a bigger purse than the Open? $7500 is a butt load of money for first.
 
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My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
18,040
3
Towing the party line.
illflip said:
the new step up off the fire road looks like a good place to spectate from.

prediction:
Sam
Brendan
cant decide between Gee, Bryn, Stevie and Needles for third...

Mosely seems like the obvious for womens

what race has a bigger purse than the Open? $7500 is a butt load of money for first.
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There's a redbull event coming to whistler that will be $10 000+ this September.
 
drkenan

drkenan

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mattmatt86 said:
I know it's kind of last minute, but does anyone have a bike I could borrow (rent) for Giant Slalom? I have an itch to race but I only have a DH bike and I can't stick around for Sunday's DH final.

I can provide Beer of your choice and funny stories...
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I can bring my Evil Sovereign but it's only a frame, fork and headset right now.
 
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