Ben Fischler
I must hit that event next year. I'm still baffled by why the SkiBowl event
didn't draw more folks.
2008/7/21 Randy Dreiling :
> Shameless PLUG disclaimer and meant to be funny
>
> How about a Mt Bike event with no timing where people from all over the
> world just ride for fun...well you can do that already
> www.mtbikeoregon.com
>
> We just had our first MBO of 2008 and it was a great time
> 270 people from about 20 states (Maine and Florida the farthest away) and
> four countries attended
>
> Check it out if want some great single track riding
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Randy Dreiling
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "bcr123@comcast.net"
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:58:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Why weren't you at SkiBowl today to race?
>
> 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.
>
> --
> 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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-Ben
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