Luke Graham:
"Steamboat Springs — Peter Kalmes quickly realized his advantage probably was everyone else’s, as well.
Like many Steamboat Springs mountain bikers, Kalmes took advantage of the light winter, biking up Emerald Mountain on hardpack snow. By February he was in Moab to ride on dirt, and come March 1, he was a fixture on his road bike.
“I feel a lot stronger because of the dry spring,” said Kalmes, who proved to be the fastest rider Wednesday in the opening event of the 2012 Steamboat Springs Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series. “I knew, and now I really know, that everyone took advantage of that. It made a difference for everyone.”
Wednesday’s Howlin’ Howelsen race predictably saw a little of everything. Old stalwarts battled the Emerald Mountain course that began at the Brent Romick Rodeo Arena and meandered its way over a series of trails before finishing the ascent to the Quarry via Blair Witch and then heading back down.
The race even featured one rider sprinting across the finish line, flat tire going one way and chain going the other.
Then it had the final competitor across the finish line — long after everyone left to have a post-race beer — sporting an old-school Nishiki mountain bike with fenders and no sign of any suspension....."
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Showing posts with label Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series. Show all posts
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May 31, 2012
May 30, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Steamboat Today "Steamboat's mountain bike race series kicks off Wednesday"
Brent Boyer:
"Steamboat Springs — What a difference a year makes.
The start of the 2011 Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series was complicated by a long, wet spring that left many Emerald Mountain trails unridable by the time the Howelsen XC race kicked off the summer schedule.
It’s quite the opposite this year, with much of Emerald Mountain’s singletrack having been open to riders since late April. And with a forecast of sunny skies and a high temperature of 74 degrees, the 2012 version of the popular city-run mountain bike race series gets going Wednesday afternoon with an expanded Howlin’ Howelsen course.
“We are ready to go,” said Kate Warnke, who is beginning her first year as Town Challenge series director.
“It should be a beautiful day.”
"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"Steamboat Springs — What a difference a year makes.
The start of the 2011 Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series was complicated by a long, wet spring that left many Emerald Mountain trails unridable by the time the Howelsen XC race kicked off the summer schedule.
It’s quite the opposite this year, with much of Emerald Mountain’s singletrack having been open to riders since late April. And with a forecast of sunny skies and a high temperature of 74 degrees, the 2012 version of the popular city-run mountain bike race series gets going Wednesday afternoon with an expanded Howlin’ Howelsen course.
“We are ready to go,” said Kate Warnke, who is beginning her first year as Town Challenge series director.
“It should be a beautiful day.”
As usual, Wednesday’s race features a variety of courses depending on rider classification. All races start in front of the concrete grandstands at Brent Romick Rodeo Arena.
For most adult racers, including those in the pro/open, expert, single speed and sport classes, the course climbs up the Bluff Loop to Ricky’s Ridge, Lupine, Emerald Meadows, Blackmer Drive, MGM, Eye to Eye, MGM, Prayer Flag Road and finally Blair Witch. The descent starts down Blackmer Drive to Lupine, Emerald Meadows, Blackmer Drive to Long John, back to lower Lupine via the lower stock pond, and then down Upper Bluffs before crossing the parking lot by the horse stables and finishing back in the rodeo arena.
Click here for the course map...." (Read more? Click title)
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