ROADTRIP: 2007 12 Hours of Temecula series

The 12 Hours of Temecula endurance mountain bike series has announced their 2007 race schedule. This three race series debuted this year, becoming a stable on the SoCal endurance scene. This coming year's races will be held on:

RACE #1 - January 20th , 2007
RACE #2 – June 16th , 2007
RACE #3 – November 17th , 2007

All three of the races will be held from 9 AM to 9 PM at Vail Lake Resort near Temecula, CA [MAP]. The course for each of these races can be viewed at GeoLadders.

2007 Bigfoot Schedule Rumors

A few rumors from the MTBR boards about Team Bigfoot's upcoming 2007 mountain bike race schedule:

The 12 Hours of Weaverville endurance race will be Saturday, May 26, and we're thinking of adding "Gravity Daze," a DOWNHILL on Sunday and a SUPER-D on Monday. Both gravity events would be run on the same long courses that we use for the LaGrange Fall Classic.

We're working on a couple of new events and should be able to announce our '07 sched by Jan. 1. We'll definitely have the Bigfoot Classic (XC, DH, Super-D, Short-Track XC), Whiskeytown (XC & possibly Short-Track), LaGrange (XC, DH, Super-D) and at least one more and possibly two more dates with XC and DH and possibly Super-D.

These are probably a little more than rumors since the promoter is posting them, but I'll make sure and post the full details when I see it finalized. To see coverage of this past year's Team Bigfoot races, check the archives.

One of my New Year's resolutions will be to get up north for more of these races.

USA Cycling Announces 2007 AMBC Calendar

USA Cycling has announced the 2007 American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC) race calendar. This year, there will be 30ish events, but not a single race in NorCal. Which is pretty much like last year. I'll update this with the events, when I get some time.

ROADTRIP: Trans-Iowa III Registration Open

Jeff Kerkove has announced the opening of registration for the third annual Trans Iowa: "The Trans-Iowa Mountain Bike Race is a non-stop, self-supported, solo competition along the gravel roads of rural Iowa." This year's event will take place on April 28 - 29, 2007, starting and finishing in Decorah, Iowa [ MAP ]. Along the way, racers will cover about 300 miles. Check out the details over at http://transiowa.blogspot.com/ and get your entry ready -- registration deadline is December 15th.

Simulating The 2006 Downieville DH

Decline Magazine has posted a dot race of this year's Downieville Classic downhill. Watch Mark Weir (1st place), Jason Moeschler (2nd place), Ariel Lindsley (3rd place), Henry O'Donnel (6th place), Kirk Desmond (13th place) and Olivier Bock (23rd place) race against each other on your screen. They also have links to each of their Motionbased.com GPS logs.

Thanks to the Motionbased Blog for the heads up.

ROADTRIP: 2007 Firestone Walker

RideSB.com has announced the 2007 Firestone Walker MTB Classic for April 27 - 29th, 2007 in Los Olivos, California [ MAP ]. This race offers cross country (XC), marathon (5 laps of the XC course, around 75 miles) and downhill (DH) events. The events run the entire weekend, with a variety of non-biking activities also.

In the past, I haven't covered races this far south (i.e. just north Santa Barbara) but it seems like a lot of people headed down for this race last year.

UPDATE: This is now a NORBA event.

24 Hrs of Adrenalin Announces 2007 Races

The folks over at 24 Hrs of Andrenalin have posted their 2007 race schedule. It looks like they will have two events are Laguna Seca in Monterey this year:

Hurkey Creek Park #1	Idyllwild, SoCal	04/28/2007
Laguna Seca #1	Monterey, CA	06/02/2007
Canmore Nordic Centre	Canmore, Canada	07/07/2007
Laguna Seca #2	Monterey, CA	09/01/2007
Hurkey Creek Park #2 -	Idyllwild, SoCal	09/22/2007
Georgia International Horse Park	Conyers, GA	10/13/2007

The website is its usual mess and there doesn't appear to be details for the new races, but I am sure that they'll update it -- eventually. The 2007 championship venue and dates will be announced on December 15th, 2006.

RACE REPORT: CCORC Short Track #1

The results for the first Central California Off-Road Cyclists short track XC race has been posted. Congratulations to:

Men's Beginner: Dusty Glass
Junior Girls: Katrina Howard
Men's Sport: Russ Freeman
Men's Expert: Keith DeFiebre

Photos from the race are supposed to be posted, but I only see CX pictures.

RACE REPORT: Sand Hill Fall #4 (Finals)

After a rainout the previous weekend, the final race in the Sand Hill Fall series were held last Saturday. Congratulations to the winner of this dual slalom event:

15 and Under: Cody Stegmiller (Danville), Hue Joss Bikes
14-23 B-Class: Chase Andrada (Benicia)
16-18: Tim Mangini (Benicia)
Vet Sport: Dave Kranich (Scott's Valley)
Vet Expert: Ryan Stayshal (Los Gatos)
Pro/Semi-Pro: George Stephenson III (El Dorado Hills) Northern Lights/Kenda/Bicycles Plus

As usual, Halfro.com and A Finished Product have all the action photos from the event.

Single Speed World Championship 2007

After the hootenany that was SSWC 2006 in Stockholm last year, the circus has moved on to Scotland for 2007. Although no dates are posted, expect hope for it in August. Strangely, Scotland will also be hosting the 2007 UCI MTB World Championships in September at Fort Williams.

Photo is of the 2003 and 2004 SS Male World Champs. Photo taken by Wendy Gasson. Courtesy of Wikipedia. Her main website is http://wendysphotos.fotopic.net/.

UPDATE (09/03/07): Go here for results for the 2007 SSWC (Singlespeed World Championships) in Scotland.

2007 Downieville Classic Dates

Rumor has it that the 2007 Downieville Classic will be held on July 13 - 15, 2007. As this is the only weekend in July that isn't a NORBA or USA Cycling event, it makes a lot of sense. I'll keep an eye out for the official announcement.

Boggs 8 Hour XC Returns for 2007

BikeMONKEY.net has announced that Bogg For Africa, an 8 hour XC event to raise money for AIDS relief in Africa, will return in 2007. While the final date hasn't been set, it appears that it will be sometime in March 2007.

Last year's event information can be viewed in the archives.

2007 Howell Mountain Challenge

The 2007 Howell Mountain Challenge has also been announced. The event, organized by the same people that bring us the Napa Valley Dirt Classic, is billed as a "10 mile circuit, hilly, smooth to medium-rough trails, service roads, double track and single track, lots of trees.... fun course." It is also located in Angwin, CA and will operate under NORBA rules.

This XC race will consist of multiple laps, depending on your racing category. Beginners will do one lap, Sport will two laps and Expert/Pros will do three laps.

You can see last year's course map, elevation plot and race report in the archives.

Event: Howell Mountain Challenge
Dates: August 12th, 2007 (10:30 AM)
Location: Angwin, CA (Near Calistoga, CA)
Competition: XC
Cost: $30 ($35 after Aug 6th)
URL: http://www.puc.edu/Pioneers/HMC/
Registration: TBD (probably active.com)
License: NORBA

2007 Napa Valley Dirt Classic

The Napa Valley Dirt Classic has been scheduled for 2007. The XC event is a "22 mile circuit, hilly, smooth to medium-rough trails, service roads, double track and single track, lots of trees.... fun course" and will be held at 10:30 AM on April 22nd, 2007 in Angwin, CA (near Calistoga, CA in Napa). The race entry fee is $30 until April 14th, then $35 afterwards. This is a NORBA event and licenses will be required (one day NORBA licenses are available).

Last year's race was won by Aren Timmel, who edged out Jason Moeschler by less than a minute. You can check out all of last year's Napa Valley Dirt Classic race coverage in the archives.

Event: Napa Valley Dirt Classic
Dates: April 22nd, 2007
Location: Angwin, CA
Competition: XC
Cost: $30 ($35 after 4/14/2006)
URL: http://www.puc.edu/Pioneers/NVDC/
License: NORBA
Registration: not yet open

CCCX Announces 2007 DH Series

As a companion to the previous 2007 CCCX XC series schedule, the Central Coast CycloCross people have also announced their 2007 downhill (DH) season (and they haven't even finished this season yet!). Still rounding out it's first season, the CCCX DH has quickly emerged as the most popular NorCal MTB gravity series. Here are the new dates:

• Race #1 : Sunday March 11, 2007
  
• Race #2 : Sunday April 1, 2007
  
• Race #3 : Sunday April 28, 2007
  
• Race #4 : Sunday June 24, 2007
  
• Race #5 : Sunday July 1, 2007
  

Awesome. I thought we were going to end up with a real lull in the gravity schedule next year, but with this, the Reno Super D series and the CHDH series, I think next year is going to be a huge gravity season.