Apparently so.....you have to 'apply' and only one person has a chance. Failure would really suck...you'd be pretty much kicked outta the scene! :devil:
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Official Contest Description and Rules
DESCRIPTION:
Santa Cruz Bicycles will select one (1) lucky rider to go on a grueling, 6 to 8 hour ride with Pro Rider Mark Weir. The ride will include 10,000 feet of climbing, and be between 60 to 80 miles in length. The ride will NOT be conducted on a light weight XC bike, it will be on a 40 pound, full-on, DH rig. If the chosen candidate CAN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE RIDE, they will be presented with a FREE, fully tricked-out Santa Cruz VP-FREE mountain bike! (value: $4800.US) This is a SERIOUS CONTEST AND A SERIOUS RIDE! The chosen candidate will also receive one (1) FREE FLIGHT FROM ANY MAJOR AIRPORT in the United States(including Alaska and Hawaii) or Canada, to come to Santa Cruz, California to meet Mark, Rob Roskopp, and the Santa Cruz Bicycles gang for the ride.
You know, the more I think about it........this is almost worth training for........much more so than some stupid race.
I still got the bob trailer and some free weights................
EDIT:
Okay, just read the contest. I guess the hardest part is winning the drawing first. Hell if I won the drawing, there's no way I wouldn't finish the ride.
Finishing, and keeping up with mark are two different things.
Hey mark if you catch this, I got your scooter at the shop, saw it the other day when jake and I were cleaning out the back room, I know you probably have been having a hard time sleeping without out it. I can bring it to otter if you want.
I am sure that Mark Weir isn't going to be setting a blistering pace for this ride, that would be unfair. My guess is that he would hold a moderate pace to let the winner keep up. I think the contest is to see if the winner can complete the distance and climbing with the 40lbs bike. Kinda makes me want to enter just to do the ride, I don't care so much about the bike.
But spincrazy and I have done the big loop at Ramapo (basically 20 miles of rolling rock gardens) dozens of times. I've lead loop twice before on my 40 lbs. 2-Step with 7x6" - depending the group it takes between 3-4 hrs. One day spin and I were feeling fast and completed the whole loop in about 2.5 hrs on our low-30s trail bikes. It helped there was some xc racer weenie boys that started out 15 minutes before us - it was a fun catching them and crushing them all in a matter of only 10 minutes or so and doing the same after we were on a rest break (see you later, nah I don't think so)
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