david baker
None of us know yet whether turn out was down this year, right?
I bet it was higher than last years race.
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From: Rick Johnson
To: Ben Fischler
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Mt Biking events
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 :
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.
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Brandon Reed
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-------------- 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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