Pistis Mountain Bike Racing Team

I agree with Randy, I would much rather race in the summer and put on races in the summer. But the numbers really drop after June. Maybe some of you shoud put on a Summer race. Maybe even a Saturday Summer race. I'll be there. There's a lot of work that goes into a race, then you loose money on the race. Plus you don't even get to race the race your self.
All the funds raised at the Jedi XC race this year will go to the Boys & Girls Club bike club. So the more riders we get the bigger the check we get to give them. That's why we moved from August or July to June. That and the Fire Danger. The Jedi has been shut down because of fire dangers. The bikes must be hot :)Cliff > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:35:47 -0800> From: raggy23@yahoo.com> To: brianfsrxc1@yahoo.com; obra@list.obra.org> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] MTB in SUMMER!> > Mike Ripley would take the lead and then racers and promoters could maybe have a summit or something. Maybe before or after the Mudslinger at the school?> The bottom line is you guys/gals that are posting are excited to race in the Summer...how do you get the rest of the racers too???> As I posted no races after June even had 100 racers and a couple had 40ish racers YIKES!> Good Luck> > Randy Dreiling> > > ----- Original Message ----> From: Brian Baumann > To: obra@list.obra.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:26:34 PM> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] MTB in SUMMER!> > > While this discussion is definitely productive, and> fun for those of us that race XC, we need to take it a> step further and do something with the information. > How do we go about getting a committee formed to> address our concerns? As I mentioned in a previous> post, I am unsure of how the OBRA structure works. Do> I just begin it as a concerned racer? Does it need to> be blessed by OBRA or Mike? Any info. would be> appreciated. > Brian> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> _______________________________________________> OBRA mailing list> obra@list.obra.org> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > _______________________________________________> OBRA mailing list> obra@list.obra.org> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
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Mike Ripley would take the lead and then racers and promoters could maybe have a summit or something. Maybe before or after the Mudslinger at the school?
The bottom line is you guys/gals that are posting are excited to race in the Summer...how do you get the rest of the racers too???
As I posted no races after June even had 100 racers and a couple had 40ish racers YIKES!
Good Luck

Randy Dreiling

----- Original Message ----
From: Brian Baumann
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:26:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] MTB in SUMMER!

While this discussion is definitely productive, and
fun for those of us that race XC, we need to take it a
step further and do something with the information.
How do we go about getting a committee formed to
address our concerns? As I mentioned in a previous
post, I am unsure of how the OBRA structure works. Do
I just begin it as a concerned racer? Does it need to
be blessed by OBRA or Mike? Any info. would be
appreciated.
Brian

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While this discussion is definitely productive, and
fun for those of us that race XC, we need to take it a
step further and do something with the information.
How do we go about getting a committee formed to
address our concerns? As I mentioned in a previous
post, I am unsure of how the OBRA structure works. Do
I just begin it as a concerned racer? Does it need to
be blessed by OBRA or Mike? Any info. would be
appreciated.
Brian

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Erik Long

That's RIGHT! I remember most of those!

The Flying M used to be the series final. I think I still have a T-shirt from Shredtopia, I loved that course. I think I remember a teammate getting the "best crash" trophy at Santiam Pedalfest one year. Klamath Heat was my first win when I was a Junior kidlet. And the Dustslinger, well, that was the day I tried to hang on Steve Larsen's wheel up the first hill. Did not go well, I really paid for that.

These were all great events!

There ARE still some XC races this summer. Pickett's Charge, Return on the Jedi, and The State Games XC all happen after June 1st.

To everyone on the Obranet, I beg of you, all of us, to go out this
summer and hit as many of the existing summer races as possible. We can all be pretty fit by then. Let's
support the events that happen in the weather that we actually enjoy!

C'mon . . . it'll be fun!

> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:55:42 -0800
> From: raggy23@yahoo.com
> To: cdbrandt@gmail.com; obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] MTB in Summer
>
> WOW
> I forgot 1/2 of those races, so between me and Chris's list that is over 15 races that are no longer around.
>
> Randy Dreiling
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Chris Brandt
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:40:41 PM
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] MTB in Summer
>
>
> I made a list of some of my favorite former Oregon MTB events that no
> longer exist. Note, these were all held between June 1 and
> mid-September. Interestingly, these were my favorite because the
> weather was nice! Was it because of the weather, or my easily garnered
> successes due to lack of competitors. Did they all burn out? Or was I
> just faster.
>
> Euphoria Ridge Rumble (Myrtle Point)
> Mt. Ashland Rendezvous (Ashland)
> Black Forest Rally (Hoodoo)
> Shredtopia (Corvallis/Starker)
> Flying M Ranch (Yamhill)
> Klamath Heat (Klamath Falls)
> Dustslinger (Bend)
> Gorge Games (Post Canyon Hood River)
> Santiam Pedalfest
> Oakridge Fat Tire Festival
>
> I've always wondered, in all my years racing MTB in Oregon, why there
> are so many early season races and why so few later ones. I know I am
> not alone here, and I share many of the same opinions as Evan Plews.
> (Link: http://tinyurl.com/33ejzq ) I could never understand why
> people chose to train and race when the weather is the worst, and the
> daylight is of short supply. Yes, in order to be successful at
> something, you have to put a lot of time and energy into it, and that
> isn't always pleasant. Starting to train in those cold/wet months is
> the correct time to do it, in order to be on peak form for those early
> races. But, if the races were later, you could apply that same exact
> training plan to a slightly later time frame and, more than likely,
> find more pleasure in doing it! It really IS miserable to try to put
> your long easy base miles in when it's dark and raining after work or
> on the trainer. Not if you live in Southern California, but in Oregon,
> yes.
>
> You don't have to stop racing mid summer to prepare for cyclocross.
> Maybe a couple light weeks as a break is nice. It doesn't require that
> much more specific training than necessary for other types of racing.
> Only some running, and shorter but harder workouts to mimic the nature
> of those sub-1 hour events. But, even still, if you start too early
> for CX, you'll end up w/ TOO MUCH intensity in your legs and become
> frazzled and burnt before CX season is over.
>
> Now that CX has become so popular, more and more racers are needing a
> break from the intensity of racing for 10-14 weekends straight,
> sometimes twice a wknd. It seems to me now that it makes even MORE
> sense to delay the start of spring/summer events. Especially as they
> start to consider extending CX into January. !?!? If not, will those
> early season promoters start to see diminished participation?
>
> Maybe a delay isn't the sole solution either. Maybe it is simply a
> matter of having no more than 2-3 weeks in a row, before a week or two
> off. Seems to me that would keep folks fresher and eager to race, yet
> also encourage continued recreational riding on the "free weekends"…
> ideally group rides that include newer/younger racers to learn the
> ropes, build friendships, and gain experience before jumping into an
> "epic muddy death march" out in the middle of nowhere. As an elite
> racer with a full time job, it is difficult to make the time to
> include new folks when I'm racing EVERY weekend!
>
> Looking forward to racing the MTB this year. Thanks again to all the
> promoters that make this happen, regardless of when you hold your
> race. Without you, we'd still be a bunch of complainers, only w/ fewer
> races to attend.
>
> Chris Brandt
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