I want to see more! Hopefully TreeSaw will post some of the pics Earl took. 
I'll see if I can get some more up later tonight.
I'll see if I can get some more up later tonight.
24 hours of flats and mud
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Yeah - more pics please!!
TreeSaw approaches a water and rock crossing.
Splat pops out of the woods with a college rider hot on his tail.
Keith wraps up a night lap and people look on.
Photog at work!
Splat and MMcG pedal up the same incline.
Splat pops out of the woods with a college rider hot on his tail.
Keith wraps up a night lap and people look on.
Photog at work!
Splat and MMcG pedal up the same incline.
MMcG gearing up for a night ride.
MMcG coming out of the woods, his final lap.
and 29 boy zips on by.
Splat hands off the Keith in the exchange area.
MMcG coming out of the woods, his final lap.
and 29 boy zips on by.
Splat hands off the Keith in the exchange area.
tell me those aren't toe clips!Racing !
They were - that guy was a good climber, but a not so good descender. I would pass him on descents and then he'd claw back and catch me on some of the climbs.
He was in great physical shape and had good lungs and strong legs. He told me he had only been riding for about a year and this was his first ever race. He did well I think.
He was in great physical shape and had good lungs and strong legs. He told me he had only been riding for about a year and this was his first ever race. He did well I think.
I was chatting with that guy during the pancake breakfast. He said his toe clips broke off during the race, so he rode flats the rest of the time. He was having a hard time keeping his feet on the pedals because of how slick it was and he really struggled with the climbs because of that. Still, he was doing low-40 lap times. That's pretty damn impressive. This was his 1st 24 hour race and he was loving it.
there was another younger dude on an IH Azure that used flats the entire race
I think Dane rode his Sinister in Flat too - complete with maunals, wheelies and bar spins during his laps. And a bit of brapping too.
Yeah Dane, was on flats , a 38 pound Sinster Free ride hard tail , and pulled 32 Minute laps!!
told me he rode an entire lap , with dreadlock boy.
saw him Yesterday , He has sworn off XC racing forever!!
The Genesis website has a link to this thread. Heh heh...we rock.
I want to see pics that other racers took! There must have been a hundred cameras there.
I want to see pics that other racers took! There must have been a hundred cameras there.
Yea us!!!!!
Yeah I sent the link to Steve. I had told him at the race I would let him see the pics
I have a bunch of pics of non-monkey racers. I should probably put them up now!
First post on RM, but I just wanted to say great photos of the event. I was pshced to see shots of Graham and Dane, and want to give props to Dane. He took my place in the race (back issues put a major damper on riding this year), and it looks like he did a great job ( probably better than me...). Hopefully next year I will get a chance to be part of the fun (?)...
Out of our team, team ramrod. Myself (joe) and one other rider, todd, had clip ins. jake and john, who were both riding the ironhorse Azurs, were on flats the entire race and have never used clips, EVER. Myself, jake, and john are usually freeriders and and dirtjumpers so thats where the flats come from. The Iron horse bikes were actually demo bikes that i borrowed from the local Iron Horse rep. how nice of him was that? I would highly recomend the bikes. I ended up sharing one with john for over half the race because my dad's bike's (the one that i was borrowing) derailler hanger snapped. this is the first year we did the race with padded shorts too. haha i can sit now. non of us even wore jerseys for the fist half. but the mudd on the camel backs was causeing chaffing so jerseys it is
Ok! Here are some of my pics (finally). I didn't want to hog all the photos here so I did up a formal report and added ones of me there too!
I believe this is an IAB to Splat handoff:
Splat's off:
Anxiously awaiting a handoff (Rob in the SMBA Jersey & IAB??)
HOH's Rob heading out:
McGrp01 through the final stream crossing:
IAB attacking the final stream crossing:
Peter enjoying some Harpoon:
Transition tent antics:
IAB & I are spent with Douglas & McGrp01 looking on:
Monkeycamp:
Rob heading back on course & finishing:
MMcG:
Splat taking the checkered flag:
I believe this is an IAB to Splat handoff:
Splat's off:
Anxiously awaiting a handoff (Rob in the SMBA Jersey & IAB??)
HOH's Rob heading out:
McGrp01 through the final stream crossing:
IAB attacking the final stream crossing:
Peter enjoying some Harpoon:
Transition tent antics:
IAB & I are spent with Douglas & McGrp01 looking on:
Monkeycamp:
Rob heading back on course & finishing:
MMcG:
Splat taking the checkered flag:
OMG MMcG - do you see what I see?
I'll give you a hint - I'm surprised he's wearing a helmet and if the course had red lights, I bet he wouldn't stop for them!!!!
That Benidorm team podiumed MBC.
So I was Having a Little fun stitching tonight
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and there is one of Tree saw in Her thread .
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and there is one of Tree saw in Her thread .
Nice work! I really should take some time and learn this skill!So I was Having a Little fun stitching tonight
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and there is one of Tree saw in Her thread .
in reply to- "Yeah Dane, was on flats , a 38 pound Sinster Free ride hard tail , and pulled 32 Minute laps!!
told me he rode an entire lap , with dreadlock boy.
saw him Yesterday , He has sworn off XC racing forever!!"
splat's got it all wrong. Not only did i NOT swear off XC racing, but i'm thinking of building up an XC-friendly rig for exactly that purpose. The only thing I swore off was 24 hr. misery fests on poorly designed death march courses. destroying an entire drivetrain and contracting a severe elbow (swell-bow)infection from the nasty swampass muck that made up the entire track is not really my idea of a good time, but to each their own, right?
told me he rode an entire lap , with dreadlock boy.
saw him Yesterday , He has sworn off XC racing forever!!"
splat's got it all wrong. Not only did i NOT swear off XC racing, but i'm thinking of building up an XC-friendly rig for exactly that purpose. The only thing I swore off was 24 hr. misery fests on poorly designed death march courses. destroying an entire drivetrain and contracting a severe elbow (swell-bow)infection from the nasty swampass muck that made up the entire track is not really my idea of a good time, but to each their own, right?
welcome to the monkey Dane.... I am glad you lived through it!
You and Mitchell, put you too on a lightweight XC bikes and you two will be scary !!
so is sinister coming out with an XC bike ? now that would be cool !!
I got an email from Genesis today and it brought me to their site and then to their photo album, and then to this thread!
That race was a lot of fun!
That race was a lot of fun!
I thought that was cool too! I am really looking forward to this year's race too!
Me too - but with less mud!
I'm in favor of more mud. It slows down the speed demons just enough where I can actually be competitive.
My badly abused drivetrain does agree!Me too - but with less mud!
Yep mine took a beating too. I might single speed it this year.
2 weeks and we get to do it again!! time to start getting pysched!!!
I am ready to rock and/or roll!
I really really wish they had the race this year (2008) 
Check it out. I whipped splat's ass.
...... Splat threw down the best lap time our team had all weekend with a 38 minute lap! (the bastard HAD to beat my 39 minute one.) That was a frikkin CLUTCH performance. Way to kick ass, Splat!
yo Monkey boy ,who laid down 1 more lap then you and who laid down the fast lap ! booooo yaaaaaa
Damn, I meant to edit that original post...