Castaic Lake MTB Race - 10.22.06

The State Finals, the last XC event of the season took place yesterday at Castaic Lake. The course was a 7 mile loop with four climbs, two of which were strenuous. Rear derailleur cable broke on the downhill single-track towards the end of the first lap resulting in use of the small cog only. A DNF ensued shortly thereafter. Miles podium'd for the second time in two races placing 5th out of 12 or so. Bastard.



Click here or on the Geoladders screen grab for an overview of the Castaic course.

Local Santa Monica MTB Trails - 10.20.06

Click here or on the Google Maps screen grab for a closer look at the Santa Monicas showing the general location for the Sullivan, Westridge, Farmers and Backbone (Will Rogers) rides. Zoom in on the verdant area west of the 405 to see detail on the fire roads and some of the single-track.

Sullivan Ridge Singletrack - 10.14.06

This helmet-cam movie chronicles a pretty standard mtb ride on the Sullivan Ridge and Squirrel Cage single-tracks in the local Santa Monica, CA mountains.

Fall Classic MTB Race - 10.08.06

Raced the Fall Classic XC event in Big Bear on Sunday. Course was 18 miles with the same downhill single-track to finish as the Shoot-Out in September. Despite numerous cervezas on Saturday, felt pretty strong and placed 3rd out of 14 riders.

Miles Helfrich raced in the 40-44 class and crushed everyone (except the requisite sandbagger) placing 2nd. His finishing time was 4+ minutes faster than mine. Ouch...

Cool sequence from the Fall Line single-track shot by Mike McCarthy.






Click here or on the Geoladders screen grab to see the Fall Classic course.