bcr123@comcast.net
The racers have spoken, the majority do not want to race in nice weather they show up in droves to early season races to race in the worst conditions but do not show for summer races, it's a simple decision for Promoters, start the MTB season in January, shorten the laps, add a time limit, allow bike swaps then change the name to cyclocross since that's what people seem to actually want.
Perhaps in a few years we can start up a new sport, maybe called "mountain biking" that takes place on epic trails in the mountains, people will get all jazzed about it and want to race their "mountain" bikes then we can start a race series that takes place in the mountains in the nice weather that comes with an Oregon Summer.
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Brandon Reed
bcr123@comcast.net
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Freyensee, James P"
> Bummer to hear about the decreased number of MTB races this year and the
> good chance there will be no more races at Skibowl next year, which
> means less racing in great Oregon weather. I had a great time doing the
> Oregon MTB scene last year. Sorry I wasn't there to help out with the
> numbers; there are just some things in my life I wanted to address this
> year and I thought it would be best to address them by taking a race
> hiatus.
>
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of will
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:55 PM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Why weren't you at SkiBowl today to race?
>
> The weather was great, those of us non-pros did some 'cross dismounts to
> get through snow patches and you can't beat a pretty lady handing out
> water at an aide station...
>
> So, where were you? This definitely had to be the smallest Sport Men
> 19-39 field I have ever seen; maybe less than 10 or 11. I was totally
> expecting the parking lot to be full!
>
> For what it's worth, there was only 1 race at SkiBowl this year as
> opposed to the 3 last year. With Oakridge FTF cancelled this year, the
> number of races is definitely down. It's two-thirds of the way through
> July and I'll be hanging up the OBRA mtb plate.
>
> -will
>
> PS -- come out to Short Track. We've got just a couple races left!
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