David Rosen

There was an INCREDIBLE mtb race this past weekend just outside of
Prineville. It was hot and yet it was also an epic race. It was definitely
the hardest mtb race I have ever done (wore out my disc pads which I need to
replace today). It was well organized and well supported.

I believe the difference isn't putting the STXC race on for the weekends. I
think the whole Monday night thing is great. I believe the difference is the
proximity to PDX that so many locals can ride over after work. For all the
people that drive to PIR, you have a lot more people that are riding to the
race. Fortunately for us, PIR is a close ride and easily accessible.

It definitely would have been nice to see more people this weekend, but
haven't we had this conversation before (last year) about more summer mtb
racing?

Just my $.02

Dave

From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:23 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] summer mtn bike races

i see the short track had 331 racers.
any weekend mountain bike races have that many racers?

i see the short track had 19 boys under 14!!
no weekend mountain bike race had that many under 14 boys.
maybe the guys throwing that short track stuff should move it to the
weekends....

i think Oregon Mountain bike racers are screaming their support for summer
mountain biking. let's move them to the weekends and get even more people
there.