2007 Sand Hill Fall Gravity Series Dates

The Sand Hill fall gravity series dates have been announced:

• October 6, 2007: Mountain-Cross
• October 27: Dual Slalom
• November 3: Mountain-Cross
• November 10: Dual Slalom and Raffle

Races cost $30 ($25 race, $5 parking) and begin at 10:30 am (Sign ups: 8-10 am). These are NORBA(USA Cycling) sanctioned, so licenses are required (Annual and $5 one-day licenses available at sign-ups).

PCRS Fall #3 Video and Pictures

The pictures from last night's PCRS Fall Flash #3 have been posted.

I also edited together some of my video that I shot after I finished my race:


I'll update this post when I see the results. Results have been posted.

PCRS Fall Flash #3

Tonight was my first race back since getting food poisoning a few weeks ago, so I thought I might share some photos and (hopefully) video from the Prairie City Fall Flash #3.

As most people who have had a significant layoff from racing will tell you, you should prepare for an ass-whooping your first race back. The PCRS crowd did not disappoint. I got out too fast for the first lap, lost the lead pack at the second lap marker and then was on a unpleasant ride for the last lap. I also didn't dial in my rear suspension correctly - the course has a lot of square edge small hits and waterbar like dips - and spent much of the first lap pogo-ing. In with the bad race, I didn't DNF or DFL (I think).

The course was pretty standard for the fall flash races: 2.87 miles per lap and about 220' climbing per lap.


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I'll have a video clip and results tomorrow.

PCRS Fall Flash #2

Somehow I missed this last week.

Results and photos were posted from the second Prairie City Fall Flash.

2007 LARPD CX #1

The cyclocross season opened this weekend and the Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District held the first NorCal race. According to CyclocrossBabble, a total of 93 riders attended and rode about 7 minute laps even with the unseasonably hot temperatures.

I haven't seen any pictures or results yet, but someone did post their GPS track from the course:

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I'll update this with results and pics when they surface. The second race of the season is next Saturday at the same location.

SSWC Comes Home to NorCal

The Singlespeed World Championship ( SSWC ) is coming home to Northern California next year !

Singletrack World brought us the great news:

The winner of this event was Curtis Inglis from Napa, California, who will be hosting the 2008 event. Kellie Emmet won the women's competition.

Check out their coverage for full coverage, and most importantly, pictures of the new world championship tattoos.

Bad News From Jeep KOM

Bad news from the Jeep King of the Mountain competition in Colorado this weekend:

American four-cross and BMX rider Tara Llanes (Giant) broke her back during the third round of the Jeep King of the Mountains series, on Saturday in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Llanes crashed during the semi finals, where she dueled with longtime rival Jill Kintner.

Llanes was airlifted to Denver Health Medical Center where she underwent seven hours of surgery to address the massive trauma suffered on her lower back. Doctors also diagnosed a C-7 fracture which was deemed stable prior going into surgery.

Accoding to her family, Llanes is currently breathing without assistance, but reports no feeling below her waist.

Let's hope she's alright.

UPDATE (09/04/07): A bit more information from Bicycling Magazine. Check out Tara's MySpace page for up to date information.

2007 Parkfield Classic Dates

This is just preliminary but it appears that we have some dates for this year's Parkfield Classic in San Luis Obispo:

Parkfield Classic Coming Oct 13 - 14 2007.
Stay tuned to this website, the official website of the Parkfield Classic Mountain Bike Race. Race information will be posted by August 25th, with sponsors and permit pending.

Sooo . . . they haven't made their deadline, but I am sure they are working hard.

2007 Prairie City Fall Flash Opener

The opening race for this year's Prairie City Fall Flash slipped by me last week. Results and photos have been posted over at the PCRS site.


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The second race is tonight near Folsom, CA.

2007 12 Hours of Humboldt

Results have been posted for last weekend's 12 Hours of Humboldt.

Congrats to solo winners Steven Westberg (men beginner), RUSS MCBRIDE (men sports), Jesse Palmer (men expert), Sean Allan (pro men), John Solomito (men's super masters), Glen Shook (men's super duper masters), Sage Tauber (beginner women), ELY RUSS (clydesdales) and John "Fuzzy" Mylne (singlespeed).

August Lake Sonoma Series Results

I think that this post on bikemonkey.net says it all:

Back in the swing of things, the August 25th Lake Sonoma Series race is done and the turnout continues to increase. 54 racers kicked butt on the new firetrail grading and didn't shed a tear. And baby they loved the new bridge Dean Wallace built for 'em. Whooo!

Check out the results and pics!

It looks like they followed a usual 4.5 mile course for a few laps:

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The next race is the last Saturday in September (9/29).

2007 VeloSwap SF Cancelled

VeloSwap SF, the yearly consumer bicycle and sports expo, has been cancelled in SF this year:

San Francisco VeloSwap
We are sorry to announce that the San Francisco VeloSwap has been canceled. We thank all vendors and consumers that have supported the event in the past.

No word as to why yet. VeloSwap Denver is still scheduled for October 27th.

Final 2007 Howarth Park Dirt Crit

Results and photos have been posted for the final Howarth Dirt Crit of 2007.



Congrats to Sean Archibald (Jrs), Lindsay Segbers (Women), Charlie Gesell (C), Riley Howard (B) and Chris Brown (A).

Above photo is courtesy of Carlos Perez.

2007 Raggae Riding

Results have been posted for last weekend's Raggae Riding cross country race have been posted. It looks like they had a nice turnout up North.

Congratulations to Ryan Payton (Beginner Women 19-34), Kathy Fraser (Beginner Women 35-49), Latrell Wilson (Beginner Men 18-), Fraser McDonald (Beginner Men 19-34), Ivey Luna (Women Under-18), Amy Conway (Women 19-34), Mike Radenbaugh (Men Under-18), Starling Faraon (Men 19-34), Tyce Fraser (Sport Men 35+), Amon Pease (Pro Men / Intense) and Emma Worldpeace (Pro Women / Lost Coast Brewery).

Full results are available at the Raggae Riding blog and pictures are promised for later this week.

Howarth Park Dirt Crit Update

Series results for the weeknight Howarth Dirt Classic have been posted over at BikeMonkey.

Tonight is the series finale and most of the titles are up for grabs.