http://www.mtbr.com/contest/santacruz/hellride/rules.shtml
Just curious...it's way out of my league, but man! so cool
Just curious...it's way out of my league, but man! so cool
Are any of you going to try the Santa Cruz challenge?
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I know a few people who have submitted entries.
Not my cup-o-tea.
Not my cup-o-tea.
exactly
threat of failure is nothing compared to the threat of highly publicized failure
if you get the chance, you WILL finish
I entered 
Oh, hell yeah, like taking candy from a baby! I'm tired of Weir being the only SS'er in the spotlight. He's not the only one to set the fastest's laps at 24hr events on a single speed.
Thanks for reminding me though.
I just entered.
I have a better chance of winning than Rob in Florida because they don't have to fly me anywhere.:devil: :devil:
So uh this VP free has a front derailleur right?
I just entered.
I have a better chance of winning than Rob in Florida because they don't have to fly me anywhere.:devil: :devil:
So uh this VP free has a front derailleur right?
Hell ya man!! Thats my plan!! Right now I know I can't make 80 miles, but damn it i will ride my legs off!
WERD!!
I dunno guys. I know ton's of people who have once ridden with Weir. I only know two people who have ridden with him more than once.
He's a great guy but riding with him hurts real bad.
He's a great guy but riding with him hurts real bad.
That depends on your definition of "riding with him".
My definition is the sun is setting, mark wier is having a beer in downieville, and I am somewhere on butcher ranch or some other trail....
Mark said "nice bike" to me back in 1999 woohoo.
Drving that long would make me tired!
Price of VP-free.................$4800
One round trip tix from Va to Ca...................$1000
Having Mark Wier give directions to the helicopter to rescue my dying and rotting carcass out of the bush......................priceless!
Price of VP-free.................$4800
One round trip tix from Va to Ca...................$1000
Having Mark Wier give directions to the helicopter to rescue my dying and rotting carcass out of the bush......................priceless!
10.000 feet of climbing!
6-8 hours!
Free bike if you don' die!
Thanks but no sale.
Good luck to all
's who enter.
6-8 hours!
Free bike if you don' die!
Thanks but no sale.
Good luck to all
's who enter.See, I don't get this - the main contest says in no uncertain terms "IF you can successfully finish the ride you will recieve a VP-free." I haven't perused the legalese, but it seems that what you're/they're saying contradicts the very plain language of the contest....
Obviously a lawyer did not review the writeup......
Damn. It says if you work in the bike industry you are not eligible. I guess I'll have to go do my own wicked 10,000 ft 80 mile ride chasing a guy on a dirt bike. 
If I win, I'll give you the plane ticket and pay you to ride behind me with a cattle prod............and then in front of me with a pint of Sammy Smith Oatmeal Stout.Originally posted by peter6061
Damn. It says if you work in the bike industry you are not eligible. I guess I'll have to go do my own wicked 10,000 ft 80 mile ride chasing a guy on a dirt bike.
I was gonna ride there for a warm-up. Plus the attached picture was me with a CLEAR picture of my SC Heckler. Who's got the better chance now?
it's right there in the rules:Originally posted by DßR
See, I don't get this - the main contest says in no uncertain terms "IF you can successfully finish the ride you will recieve a VP-free." I haven't perused the legalese, but it seems that what you're/they're saying contradicts the very plain language of the contest....
Obviously a lawyer did not review the writeup......
http://www.mtbr.com/contest/santacruz/hellride/rules.shtml
i trust the rules more than the flaky "description" above it
Well heck, if that's the case, then I'll enter too and just pant along behind him!
oooooooh snap!!!
(kidwoo whimpers away to a dark corner)
Which one you talking about, the Whiskey 25 is 4200 and the 50 is 7400?
can't believe i'm missing thatThe whisky 25 is NOT really 4200...it's about a thousand off. I have the topo maps, I actually ride those trails at least once a week, if not more. Their numbers are wrong. Furthermore, they are real easy climbs, going up copper basin road from both ways basically. I ride up these roads on my DH bike already, although the race is like doing about 2x what I normally do there, still I have done it before.Originally posted by ssaddict
Ride from Whiskey Row to top of Trail 48, 6800-5500=1300, then you drop down to highway 89 south of town where trail 260 meets with 53 (this is the cool downhill part), then you climb on 53 and then turn right on copper basin and climb back up to the overlook, 7000-5300=1700. There's a small climb when comming back down through the Thumb Butte area on the return trip, but it is maybe 200 feet, pretty insignficant. Total climbing is about 3200.
Whisky row is at 5500 feet, south of town it's a little less, but the ride is basically going up to the "top" of the thumb butte area twice, and 7000 feet is the max elevation in thumb butte. The numbers do not add up.
You are also not missing much, the course sucks arse, there's only a few miles of single track, and in the big picture, only equates to about 33% of the actual riding, at least about 80% of that single track is straight downhill though off of mt francis. 33% is also on graded roads, and the other 33% is on paved road. They had a much better "race" here last weekend, called the "shakin your ass" race, all on single track, I couldn't go because of graduation though
Even though I'm not registered for this whisky thing, i'm going to ride it (obviously not competatively on a DH bike )eh..i wont ride the course on the same day as the race, so i dont piss off all the riders, but i will ride it the day after, and take a lot of pics of all the hardcore pavement and graded-road riding (80% of this "race" is on some kind of road).
Yeah, I know :angry: Unfortunalty, I was busy last weekend too. That's the only event Jim puts on that I have yet to do. Real races and rides on real trails... not jeep road, or worse.Originally posted by Jm_
They had a much better "race" here last weekend, called the "shakin your ass" race, all on single track, I couldn't go because of graduation though
Nope, will be in Europe doing my other passion. Performing music.