Thursday, December 31, 2009

Monday, September 21, 2009

Coaster mayhem


Your race crew hard at work.

A couple more here


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Monday, August 3, 2009

Fresh mappage - Cat 3

This map shows the Cat 3 (Beginner) course as an overlay on the Cat 2 course.

And ... an elevation profile for the Cat 3 course.

I can send .gpx tracks on request.






Saturday, May 16, 2009

Bringin' Techy Back!

Here is the HTH '09 Cat 2 course (link)

We've added in the fun/techish Second Peak/Little Moab (#4) and Inner Loop (#6) sections. Plus all the returning favorites: the Hill Climb, the Roller Coaster, the Green Rock, and the Cathedral.












Monday, March 23, 2009

Race Day


A great day for a mountain bike race. 

188 racers rolled out to christen the new race course on the East side of the Franklin mountains.

A beautiful, slightly breezy spring day.

A few clicks from the race start.


Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Coyote Course Recon Ride

Even though the trails are in my backyard, I really haven't yet had a chance to ride or get familiar with them.

I eventually figured out how to use the Garmin to follow the uploaded course track. (My first time using this feature.) There are a lot of junctions, and more times than not I would choose the wrong way. My Garmin would quickly tell me I was off course, and I would get back on track.

The course is good. It is much less bang bang chunky than the west side. Less of the hard limestone and more red crumbly granite.

There are still some chunky places and tricky spots to get one's attention. As with all courses, pre-riding is a good idea.

There are some short loose pack scramble up climbs - which folks may want to consider in choosing their tires.

Lots and lots of singletrack with some up down twist down up twist down g-out up cruise twist down etc. Sort of like the Robledos but with more flow.

The part I rode kind of reminded me of the Chupadera Crossing route in Socorro a few years back.

I finally got through the first, mostly singletrack portion and got to "Scenic Drive" heading north.

After some climbing - Fwheeh! Chain break! I pulled out the multi-tool to do a fix and to my horror discovered I packed the Alien withOUT the chainbreak tool. I was able to mostly coast downhill on dirt road back out to the parking lot.

I'll have to get back out again and finish up the ride.

Oh yeah, there's plenty of climbing on first part of the course.

Fun challenging course. A nice change up!