NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: 31 Mar - 5 Apr, 2011

For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend's MTB racing schedule for NorCal:

1. Boggs VI (04/02/11) [8HR]
2. BBP Dual Slalom Winter Series (04/03/11) [DS]

2011 Santa Cruz MTB Festival

This is coming up quickly, register if you will be attending ...

Mountain Bikers Of Santa Cruz (MBOSC) is proud to present the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival (SCMBF) taking place April 9th and 10th, 2011 in Aptos Village, California. The event will be held at the Barry Swenson Builders property which includes the Epicenter Cycling Pump Track and the Post Office Dirt Jump park. A temporary 1/2 mile Santa Cruz style short track course will be built on the property which features berms, rollers and jumps.

The SCMBF is Santa Cruz County’s premier mountain biking event, bringing together a mix of competitive racing, fun rides, skills clinics and a deep list of industry manufacturers and retailers with booths and demo products. To benefit mountain biking in Santa Cruz, all proceeds from the 2011 event will be dedicated to a permanent bike park in Aptos.

For two jam-packed days, the SCMBF will be home to exciting events for riders at every level. Whether attendees want to participate, spectate, improve their skills or check out the latest gear, there’s something for everyone. For professional and amateur competitive mountain bikers there are jump contests and short track races, endurance XC rides, and Soquel Demo Forest shuttle rides. Beginners can hone their dirt skills with clinics focusing on bike handling and pump track skills.

Over 40 vendors are on hand to share their latest innovations and equipment. The beer garden will pour tasty drafts from local beer makers including Santa Cruz Ale Works, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Seabright Brewery, Boulder Creek Brewery, Uncommon Brewers and Corralitos Brewing Co. For kids there will be handmade root beer on tap.

• Epic Endurance XC Ride (Free)
• Short Track Race
• Pump Track Race
• Jump Contest
• Clinics (Free & Paid)
• Beer Garden
• Bike Demos from: Trek, Gary Fisher, Ibis, Specialized, Black Market

More information at http://www.santacruzmountainbikefestival.com/

Prairie City Prologue Online Registraton Ends Tonight !

Quick note for those of you looking to race Sunday at Folsom Prison:

Online Registration for the FIRST race this Sunday closes on Friday, March 25 at 10pm

The season opener is HERE. Sunday March 27 will kick off the Prairie City Race Series season on the new Prison/Rodeo course.  There will be several bike shops and vendors at the new season opener "Expo". Be sure to stop by and say "Hello and Thank You!" for sponsoring the Series.     This first race is on the  Folsom Prison course, staging out of the Folsom Rodeo arena - this is a points race. This is a very unique and limited use venue with lots of brand new singletrack.    Check out the BikeCam video and race photos from the Sierra Nevada High School race on the Prison course last weekend... awesome!          Online registration for this first race closes Friday March 25 at 10 pm (limited to first 500 racers)

Via Prairie City MTB Race on Sun, March 27 is 3/4 full - online reg closes Fri

 

NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: 24 Mar - 29 Mar, 2011

For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend's MTB racing schedule for NorCal:

1. CCCX XC (03/26/11) [XC] - this was moved to SATURDAY
2. The Big Sandy Point to Point Mountain BIke Race (03/27/11) [XC]
3. Praire City Race Series #1 - Folsom Prison Prologue (03/27/11) [XC]
4. NorCal HS #3 (03/27/11) [XC] - this was moved to East Garrison

NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: 17 Mar - 22 Mar, 2011

For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend's MTB racing schedule for NorCal:

1. Keyesville Classic (03/18/11) [XC, DH, STRX]
2. BBP Dual Slalom Winter Series (03/20/11) [DS]

NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: 10 Mar - 15 Mar, 2011

For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend's MTB racing schedule for NorCal:

1. Cool MTB Race (03/13/11) [XC]

Lake Sonoma Series #1 Results

Results from last weekend's Lake Sonoma Series opener have been posted HERE.

USA Cycling Announces 2011 AMBC

US qualifiers are now up ... but none in NorCal:

USA Cycling revealed the complete calendar for its 2011 American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC) on Friday.

AMBC cross country events will serve as qualifiers for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross Country National Championships, on July 14-17 in Sun Valley, Idaho while AMBC gravity events will qualify riders to compete at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships, September 24-25 in Beech Mountain, North Carolina.

American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC)

• March 20: Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) - Gainesville, Florida
• March 27: Chickasaw Trace Classic - Columbia, Tennessee
• April 3: Southeastern Regional Championships Series (SERC) - Bryson City, North Carolina
• April 9: 17th Annual Barking Spider Bash XC - Boise, Idaho
• April 17: Stump Jump 2011 - Spartanburg, South Carolina
• April 30 - May 1: The Idyllwild Spring Challenge - Idyllwild, California
• May 1: Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) - Winder, Georgia
• May 15: Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) - Ducktown, Tennessee
• May 15: Tymor Park Challenge - Lagrangeville, New York
• May 22: Greenbrier Challenge - Hagerstown, Maryland
• May 29: Iron Horse Bicycle Classic - Durango, Colorado
• June 4-5: Bump ‘N Grind - Pelham, Alabama
• June 12: Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) - Chattanooga, Tennessee
• June 18-19: Magic Cycles Mountain Bike Race Weekend - Beech Mountain, North Carolina
• June 26: Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) - Clemson, South Carolina
• July 10: Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) - Huntsville, Alabama
• July 17: 16th Annual Bulldog Rump presented by Cycle Craft - Andover, New Jersey
• August 7: Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) - Fontana, North Carolina
• August 14: Bear Creek Challenge - Macungie, Pennsylvania
• September 2-4: Camp Eagle Classic MTB Festival - Rocksprings, Texas

Via Cyclingnews.com

NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: 3 Mar - 8 Mar, 2011

For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend's MTB racing schedule for NorCal:

1. Lake Sonoma Series #1 (03/05/11) [XC]
2. Mojo 2 Gestalt (03/05/11) [OR]
3. CCCX XC (03/06/11) [XC]
4. BBP Dual Slalom Winter Series (03/06/11) [DS]

Dirty Gears Series Canceled ?

As they no longer appear on the SV Endurance website, it appears that this year's Dirty Gears XC series has been canceled.

2011 Pro GRT (Gravity Racing Tour)

This rounds out the USA Cycling 2011 Pro schedule (and the Northstar event is back !):

PRO GRT

In its third year, the Pro GRT boasts five races and will continue to provide a consistent stage of international-caliber events for the nation’s elite gravity racers.

The downhill-only series will visit five states between April and June. For the third year in a row, the series will open with the Cup in Port Angeles, Wash., April 9-10. The month of May will see the series move to the east coast for a pair of races – the Highland Bike Park event in Northfield, NH, May 14-15, and the Plattekill Gravity Open at the Plattekill Bike Park in Roxbury, NY, May 21-22. In June, the Pro GRT will make its penultimate stop in California for the Northstar-at-Tahoe event in Truckee, June 18-19.  The fifth and final event on the tour will be the Wildflower Rush in Crested Butte, Colo., June 25-26.

2011 USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT)
April 9-10: Northwest Cup- Port Angeles, Wash.
May 14-15: Highland Bike Park – Northfield, NH
May 21-22: Plattekill Gravity Open– Plattekill Bike Park, Roxbury, NY
June 18-19: Northstar-at-Tahoe– Truckee, Calif.
June 25-26: Wildflower Rush - Crested Butte, Colo.

For more information, visit the USA Cycling Pro GRT page.

2011 Pro UET (Ultra Endurance Tour)

Here is USA Cycling's 2011 Ultra Endurance schedule:

PRO UET

In its debut year, the Pro UET will feature four events that offer various disciplines of racing for endurance athletes, including 6-hour, 24-hour, marathon, and ultra-marathon contests.

The ultra-endurance series will open with the Spa City Extreme 6-Hour in Hot Springs, Ark on March 12. It will then take a break for three months before a pair of events heat up the month July – the Firecracker 50 in Breckenridge, Colo. on July 4 and the Galena Grinder –in Boise, Idaho on July 23. The Pro UET will conclude on August 21 with the Hampshire 100 in Greenfield, NH.

2011 USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Ultra-Endurance Tour (Pro UET)
March 12: Spa City Extreme 6-Hour – Hot Springs, Ark.
July 4: Firecracker 50 – Breckenridge, Colo.
July 23: Galena Grinder – Boise, Idaho
August 21: Hampshire 100 – Greenfield, NH

For more information, visit the USA Cycling Pro UET page.

US Cycling Sets Pro Tour Schedules

Having lost the Colorado Spring event, the US Cycling XC tour is down to six events (three in California !):

After the Colorado Springs round of the US Pro XCT was cancelled earlier this week, the US Pro Cross Country Tour (US Pro XCT) will officially comprise six events according to USA Cycling. Prior to the withdrawal of the Sand Creek International Classic from the American national cross country series, there would have been seven total events in the series.

USA Cycling has still not released its US Pro GRT [calendar], the gravity version of its national series ... It has, however, just released its Pro Ultra-Endurance Tour, which includes four events: one six-hour race, two 50-milers and a 100km.

2011 US Pro Cross Country Tour (US Pro XCT)

March 12: Bonelli Park, California
March 26: Fontana, California
April 16: Sea Otter Classic, California
April 30: Mellow Johnny's, Texas
June 25: Subaru Cup, Wisconsin
July 23: Missoula Cross Country, Montana

2011 US Pro Ultra-Endurance Tour

March 12: Spa City Extreme 6-Hour, Hot Springs, Arkansas
July 4: Firecracker 50, Breckenridge, Colorado
July 23: Galena Grinder, Boise, Idaho
August 21: Hampshire 100, Greenfield, New Hampshire

2011 US Pro Gravity Tour (US Pro GRT)

To be announced.

Via Cyclingnews.com

NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: 24 Feb - 1 Mar, 2011

For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend's MTB racing schedule for NorCal:

1. CCCX XC (02/26/11) [XC]
2. North-NorCal Prologue (02/27/11) [XC]
3. South-NorCal Prologue (02/27/11) [XC]

Mojo2Gestalt

Fun rides are back for 2011 ...

Saturday, March 5th starting at 9AM (on the nose!) MOJO 2 GESTALT MiXeD TeRrAiN "FUN" ride.

It's gonna be a super day in the saddle!

Start @ 9AM sharp at Mojo on Divisadero, head out to Gestalt in Fairfax over hill and dale. Pavement, fire roads, single track (not much in the way of rocks) and hills and dips and berms. 

Snacks, raffles, stuff, the bike equivelent of "door prizes" and swag. Route map and cue sheets provided. $10 cash donation please, to cover the costs.

8am-9am Coffee, bananas, bagels and socializing/taunting then roll out at 9am sharp. End at Gestalt in Fairfax with beer, snacks, food and prizes. Take the flat road way home (1 hr 30min - 2hr ?min depending on your level of interest) or the ferry from Larkspur ($8.25, maps and schedules provided @ the finish line).

Ride your MTB or your CX bike. Your road bike... not so much.

More details coming soon.