the old line through the rock was more chalenging and thus more fun, the drop is just a drop and there are atleast 3 drops exactly like that one in the course already. so why not keep the fun, techy, rock section.
Third Annual BEACON BLOWOUT DH Race
- Thread starter MinorThreat
- Start date
ONLINE REGISTRATION through Active.com is now up and running. My apologies for the delay.
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?EVENT_ID=1568131&CHECKSSO=0
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?EVENT_ID=1568131&CHECKSSO=0
Thank you so much for the two run format. Becon is back on my schedule. Im extatic right now.
What up everyone hope to see you at the beacon blow out
Ive been a long time mt Spokane rider but need to find some peeps to show me around beacon "old, new there all the same to me" i have lots of free time and want to ride let me know when you are going to have some fun and maybe i can join ya!
I want to race, but want to practice with the pros b4.
I live at the Y and can get their quickly HINT HINT MinorThreat lol
Give me a shout out guys i can keep up
Thanks
BerSerK
Ive been a long time mt Spokane rider but need to find some peeps to show me around beacon "old, new there all the same to me" i have lots of free time and want to ride let me know when you are going to have some fun and maybe i can join ya!
I want to race, but want to practice with the pros b4.
I live at the Y and can get their quickly HINT HINT MinorThreat lol
Give me a shout out guys i can keep up
Thanks
BerSerK
hey I am planing on racing the Bomber this year, but I dont know what class to race in.
I ride beacon quite a bit and hit most of the big drops there and I am quick amoung the group of riders I ride with.
I dont want to enter a beginner class and just walk over people, but I also dont want to ride in a class that is way over my head.
so what class should a 15 year old like me race in?
I ride beacon quite a bit and hit most of the big drops there and I am quick amoung the group of riders I ride with.
I dont want to enter a beginner class and just walk over people, but I also dont want to ride in a class that is way over my head.
so what class should a 15 year old like me race in?
That's a great little vid. The step up section looks like a ton of fun. Can't believe I missed this when you first posted it.
Sorry all! I didn't realize there were fresh posts until today (title wasn't bold on my browser - oops).
BerSerk - - I'd be happy to hook up with you for a ride; BUT - - my new frame is not here yet so I don't have a bike right now, and I'm on vacation the following week. Best bet is to call Chris A. at WheelSport East and find out the days they're going. Anyway, it seems like there's always somebody up there practicing and more will be as the race date gets nearer.
Downhillbell - - If you're hitting all the big stuff you should at least sign up Sport, I'd say. There are others that might advise Expert but only you can answer that. Jr Ex is a pretty stacked field usually and if you're sorta new to actual racing, there's no shame in running Sport.
Glad everyone is looking forward to it. Beacon is always fun and we will make every effort to make it a good day for all.
BerSerk - - I'd be happy to hook up with you for a ride; BUT - - my new frame is not here yet so I don't have a bike right now, and I'm on vacation the following week. Best bet is to call Chris A. at WheelSport East and find out the days they're going. Anyway, it seems like there's always somebody up there practicing and more will be as the race date gets nearer.
Downhillbell - - If you're hitting all the big stuff you should at least sign up Sport, I'd say. There are others that might advise Expert but only you can answer that. Jr Ex is a pretty stacked field usually and if you're sorta new to actual racing, there's no shame in running Sport.
Glad everyone is looking forward to it. Beacon is always fun and we will make every effort to make it a good day for all.
ok thanks, I havnt ever entered a race before but, A kid that I ride with a buddy that came in 2ed in the beginner class at Silver Mt. and that was before he got serious and I am faster than him to this day, so I was figureing that sport would be the best class for me to start in. But hopfully that is the right class for me.
One good way to tell is, if you do every/most feature(s) on the course (drops, Twisted Sister, step-up, etc.) then you are definite Sport material. True beginners will be doing a lot of the ride-arounds.
ok thanks again as like I said I am hitting everything that beacon has to offer. but I have had a few people say that I could probably hold my own in the expert class.
I probably dont need to ask but who all is going up to beacon this weekend?
first I would like to ride with some one that has raced the bomber to tell me if I should possably race the expert or sport class and I would like someone to show me the last little section of the course. I know it from the top,then once you hit the step up close to the bottom I dont know where to go. I am guessing that with the good weather this weekend that there will be someone for one of the Mtb sites that could put me in the right class and show me the last of the course.
thanks for all the help and I am looking forward to a fun weekend of racing!!
I probably dont need to ask but who all is going up to beacon this weekend?
first I would like to ride with some one that has raced the bomber to tell me if I should possably race the expert or sport class and I would like someone to show me the last little section of the course. I know it from the top,then once you hit the step up close to the bottom I dont know where to go. I am guessing that with the good weather this weekend that there will be someone for one of the Mtb sites that could put me in the right class and show me the last of the course.
thanks for all the help and I am looking forward to a fun weekend of racing!!
Doug,
I heard some rumor today that we had to be registered by tommorrow? any truth to this, or not? I won't be able to register until the day of the race(practice), so if I can't register then, I guess I'm not racing.
edit: n/m I read the site and whoever was telling me that, apparently can't read.
Kyle,
I heard some rumor today that we had to be registered by tommorrow? any truth to this, or not? I won't be able to register until the day of the race(practice), so if I can't register then, I guess I'm not racing.
edit: n/m I read the site and whoever was telling me that, apparently can't read.
Kyle,
Ya, they cannot read. Postmark date for mail-ins is May 27. I worked with active.com to make the online cutoff the same - - that still gives me plenty of time to download all of the onlines and set them up. And, YES, there will be on-site registration at Saturday practice. We just can't do day-of (Sunday) because we need time to get all the data sorted and generate the start list.
You have your NORBA license for '08 right? Because we will only be set up to do one-days for the Sports on down (or I guess the Opens challenging the pros?) We will not be able to sell season licenses on-site which Experts/Semis/Pros need to race their class or accumulate points.
yeah, I have my license for 08, so that shouldn't be a problem, now I just have to remember how to ride a bike.....
Kyle,
Kyle,
haha! I doubt there will be much problem - - You can ride better in your sleep than I can fully awake with a two-minute head start 
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Got your Blindside put together yet? My floater kit was in the box sans axle so it delayed me a few days
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.Got your Blindside put together yet? My floater kit was in the box sans axle so it delayed me a few days
.not to be the kid that doesn't know anything, but Is there any reason for me to get a year long NORBA license if I am racing in the sport class? I was planing on just doing the one day license
Will I need it for anything other than the Bomber?
The only other place I might race is at Silver and I don't know If I need one or not.
And If I do need a year long one, where do I have to go to buy it?
thank you guys again!!!
Will I need it for anything other than the Bomber?
The only other place I might race is at Silver and I don't know If I need one or not.
And If I do need a year long one, where do I have to go to buy it?
thank you guys again!!!
If mostly all you're going to do is Silver, don't bother with a season license. Silver is self-insured, so their Sunday Series races do not require a license.
Silveroxx may be NORBA sanctioned; but, again, you can just purchase a one-day to cover that too. The prime motivations for going season license in Sport is if you were going to hit a National or two and wanted to accumulate Nat-standing points to qualify for the Championship, to satisfy sponsors, etc.
Silveroxx may be NORBA sanctioned; but, again, you can just purchase a one-day to cover that too. The prime motivations for going season license in Sport is if you were going to hit a National or two and wanted to accumulate Nat-standing points to qualify for the Championship, to satisfy sponsors, etc.
Can we self shuttle?
If by "self shuttle" you mean push your own bike up the hill, then yeah. :biggrin:
But I am a fat, lazy, McD lovin American (really, no joke here) and I hate walking up hills. I came to DH, not hike!
Oh yea, and in response to this whole west side/east side, Tupac and Biggie thing you're all rambling about, I have the following to say on the whole matter:
West side bitches, west side.
When I lived on the East Coast (not the east side) we just took it as it came, finding racing where we could. There was only one race in VA, and it was the VA state champs as such.
So give poor Minorthreat a break. Running/putting together a race is a first class pain in the doo doo hole, with a real love/hate feeling towards it by the time its all said and done.
And bitching about $30? Come on now... $30 is dirty dirt cheap.
haha! I doubt there will be much problem - - You can ride better in your sleep than I can fully awake with a two-minute head start
Got your Blindside put together yet? My floater kit was in the box sans axle so it delayed me a few days
haha, I got my BS built up the night before PA, I rode beacon last sunday and have never rode that poorly, I just need time on the new bike, I haven't ridden a DH bike in a while, it handles a little differently than my double.
Kyle,
I'm looking for someone to travel out to Beacon with me. To share gas, etc.
I would be willing to leave very early on Saturday and come Sunday after the event to keep costs down.
For those still not sure about going. Check out this video from last years event.
I found a 2 queen beds room via the booking service on Bones Over Metal.com for $73 plus tax, etc.
Here's A Helmet Cam of the Course Last Year
I would be willing to leave very early on Saturday and come Sunday after the event to keep costs down.
For those still not sure about going. Check out this video from last years event.
I found a 2 queen beds room via the booking service on Bones Over Metal.com for $73 plus tax, etc.
Here's A Helmet Cam of the Course Last Year
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So I registered. Where the hell am I going? Directions, address, something...
Go here and click on the Map tab. Then click 'map' view so you don't get the stupid aerial photo:
http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1568131&assetId=70c3852a-b7cc-4af9-ad8a-d995b517f53a
I think last year I published concise driving directions. When I find them, I'll post them here. Crap, can't find them.
Physical address is 6707 E. Upriver Drive. Best way to get there is to take the Argonne exit #287 and turn left (North) across the freeway. Continue north throught the little town of Millwood, across the river and turn left (west) at the traffic light at Argonne and Upriver Drive. Go west on Upriver until you see the signs.
Doug
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any word on what the course will be like? I heard rumor of a completely new course going around the waterfall/seattle line can anyone clarify?
Anyone know what the lodging situation is anywhere near there? Is there camping, or a Motel Six or something?
What is it, about a mile and a half to the gate?
If you are going up through Millwood, make sure to stop at the Rocket Bakery!!
Course will be much the same as the past two Blowouts. My dream of a longer course did not materialize because there is just not enough terrain to work with. I was scoping out some cool features but I did not want to cut out the waterfall and Seattle line so I had to can the idea. We will probably straighten it back out a bit after the step-up, eliminating last year's small drop that was a hard left after the step-up rock; so it will be more like it was year before last.
Also, there is a new double in the upper part of the course that got built this spring before the step-down drop. The ad hoc builders are always throwing something new into the mix.
We'll be out tomorrow morning staking out the course.
DirtMcGirk - - camping options include Riverside State Park (other side of town) or Liberty Lake County Park (farther out in the Spokane Valley). Tons of motels everywhere - - hopefully someone else will chime in about best/closest value.
Super 8 sucks royal, my back hurt worse than when I broke it! Crappiest mattress Ive slep on ever, and I stayed there in 2 different rooms on 2 different occasions and they sucked!
Its right off the exit on the 90 to go to the race!
Its right off the exit on the 90 to go to the race!
I'm staying at the Super 8, it's easy to get to the event from there. If you think Super 8 sucks there are many other options via the Service on Bones Over Metal.com
Check the top of the site.
The site gets some of the booking rate to help fund it.
Hey MT, you should make the course go straight after the stepup and into the highspeed section of the old bomber course. The triple-double is prime right now!
THC plans on rocking the house this weekend.
camping at liberty lake is free right now. that is where we are staying. we should be there tonight.
Kyle,
Kyle,
Also, there is a new double in the upper part of the course that got built this spring before the step-down drop. The ad hoc builders are always throwing something new into the mix.
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I hate that new double soo much.Its the only thing on the race course that scares me and I have yet to clear the entire thing clean. Its a good addition but I still hate the stupid thing.
You got your wish, HTH - - it's in. I still personally prefer the waterfall/Seattle line but I was outvoted.
I'm a bit leery of it; so, needless to say, that's where I will be spending some time tomorrow trying to get it dialed.Downhillbell said:
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Yea I have honestly tried it 5 or 6 times and everytime I end up with the bottom bracket on the top of the landing. Maybe durring practice tomorrow I will be able to clean it. Are other ppl in the sport class clearing that?
Well this sucks.
Got stuck in Seattle after listening to my wife's theory on how much practice I need.
Never in my life have I ever missed a race I've registered for.
Someone post a photo.
Got stuck in Seattle after listening to my wife's theory on how much practice I need.
Never in my life have I ever missed a race I've registered for.
Someone post a photo.
Was very fun. 2ed in under 18 sport. I had a horrible crash of the rock spine in my 1st run and had a DNF and then blazed the course on my 2ed run and ended up in second.
Doug, can you post the full results with both runs timed? I want to know what my second run time was, even with my crash.
Kyle,
Kyle,
I will get the files(s) from Cindy; I need to have them to generate the USAC report anyway. When I get that done, I'll re-sort the data and post it up somewhere this week.