Rick Johnson
2008-07-21
I'm baffled as well. I was there - the weather was terrific, the course
was challenging and the beer was the best you'll get at any MTB race.
Plus I scored a really cool soft shell jacket from Giant in the raffle
(easily worth 5 times my entry fee and maybe as much as 10 times).
Why anyone would prefer to suffer frostbite and to destroy their
equipment in the early season mud is beyond me.
Rick
Ben Fischler wrote:
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 <raggy23@yahoo.com>:
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" <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.
--------------
Original message --------------
From: "Freyensee, James P" <james.p.freyensee@intel.com>
> 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!
> _______________________________________________
> OBRA mailing list
> obra@list.obra.org
> http://list.
obra.o
rg/mailman/listinfo/obra
> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
> _______________________________________________
> OBRA mailing list
> obra@list.obra.org
> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
_______________________________________________
OBRA mailing list
obra@list.obra.org
http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
--
-Ben
VFX Supe
Laika
[ ben.fischler@gmail.com
]
_______________________________________________
OBRA mailing list
obra@list.obra.org
http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
--
Rick Johnson
Bend, Oregon
541-390-5269
RCJohnson1@Attglobal.net