We will start marking the course on sat around 1pm. This course is easy to follow as it is one big single track loop with signs on most of the turns. Follow the bike tracks and you will be ok. At the bottom when you hit Storm King there is a four way intersection, just stay left and you will start climbing and see a marked uphill section.
Don
On Jun 24, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Omer Kem wrote:
> when will the course be marked?
>
> From: Don Leet
> To: obra
> Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 4:05:47 PM
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Pickett's
>
> Here are a few things about Pickett's coming up this weekend. One the course is awesome, I think it will be the funnest race in Oregon this year. COTA has built all of the trails we are using with fun and racing in mind. We are going down Tiddlywinks and up Funner.
> Two, There are some passing lanes these are marked with yellow Ys. I have ridden both choices many times. There is one Y I am going to mark a direction but all of the others will be riders choice. If you are behind a slower rider you will be able to pass by taking the route they don't take.
> Three, There are some jumps in the trail, some are new and some are left over from some old motorcycle trails. If you hit these jumps at full speed you will go flying. If you like to fly hit the bumps, if not slow down. There is nothing dangerous about any of these other than you not slowing down, they are all obvious. There are some doubles on the course, all of the doubles have a ride around option. If you don't like doubles ride around them.
> Four, This course is 95% single track. We have a start loop of around 2 miles that is road and double track. We have the afore mentioned passing lanes, we have a couple of double track sections on tiddlywinks and we have a long road section on the uphill part of Funner. If you need to pass ask. If you are being passed do your best to let them by. We have one situation that has caused problems in the past. The single speeders start 5 minutes after the Cat 1/Pro women. Some of the single speeders are as fast as the Pro men (maybe that is where you should start, my opinion), and some of the singlespeeders are slower than the cat 2 55+ (That is me and I pass a lot of you). So if you are one of those blazing fast singlespeeders and you catch some of the top women, remember they are racing for a top place, they may be going for an overall prize in the series and they deserve your respect and patience. I have tried to have a start order that minimizes problems.
> Five, It has been wet over here so our trails are in very good shape. For us rain means good. The lowest part of this course is higher than the highest part of last years course. This means better and wetter dirt. It will still be central Oregon soft and dusty though.
> Come on over and have some fun.
> Don Leet
>
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