MSC Final – Keystone Climax full report
Another series in the books. The Keystone gravity events saw new faces having new fun and old faces enjoying new success. Good stuff as always.
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MSC final – Keystone Climax
Real quick while I’m trying to access my web mail in Dillon, CO:
Dual slalom had the typical fast berms, rollers and jumps, plus a few very tricky flat corners. Racing action was HOT HOT HOT. The course made for exciting back-and-forth in all classes. Dave Camp won pro men; Lisa Myklak took pro women.
Downhill is the same as it ever was. A mix of fast and technical, for a very long time. Fast pros were in the mid eight minutes. Most humans were in the tens. Great stuff.
My dudes: Everyone did really well, from The Fix monkeys to the Vet Experts to Zach Grifith in semipro. Zach had the ride of his life in slalom, almost beating Petr Hanak, who is stupid fast.
I’ll post more when I can. Gotta be in Reno tomorrow for a clinic.
Props for the book
Lee, hello. Thank you so much for your book. It has improved my riding so much, so fast I feel like I’m cheating. You should get people who work in bike stores to sell it off the counter. It has improved my life. Really. I mean it. So much fun to ride better…
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Trail bike for a tall guy
Hi Lee,
I am helping my friend find a trail bike – the catch is he’s 6’6″ and about 220lbs. While one of the fantastic customs from Lennard Zinn would be great, he can’t really spend almost 4 grand. …
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Pump track bike: Hardtail or suspension?
Lee,
Do you recommend that pump track bikes should have front and back suspension?
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The Great Spring Adventure of 2006, Part 2: Fox Press Camp
Food, suspension and MUD.
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Drive, drive, drive
Still wrung out from the Otter. 10 muddy bikes stewing in the back of the Brick. Heading east. Yesterday taught three Reno firefighters how to corner. Today a speaker started popping then spouted acrid smoke out of my dashboard. Whoa — pull off I-80, tear it all apart and disconnect. Just got an assignment to write about tricked-out belts and hoses for slammed Civics. OK … Reading Sport Compact Car while pumping diesel, trying to learn their language. Can these guys be even nerdier than me? … The ad copy is due Friday. Stories for NSMB and Mountain Biking due this week. Coaching this Saturday and Sunday. Not to mention all the Sea Otter reports. Wash the bikes maybe Tuesday? Currently rocking Flying J wifi in Rock Springs, WY. All I can say is … BRAAAP!
The Great Spring Adventure of 2006: Days 1-5
So far: desert, singletrack, traffic and almost drving to Japan.
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Off to Fruita and Moab
I hope you had a great Thanskgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for: my Smootchie, a great place to live, two awesome puppies, sports I love, a career that’s fulfilling my dreams, blah, blah, blah.
This morning the Watts and I rode XC for 90 minutes then hit a local freeride spot. What a great day: sun, speed, corners, drops, food, family, friends, doggies.
Tomorrow morning I’m going on a moto adventure — Friday in Fruita; Saturday and Sunday in Moab. We’ll hit Slickrock, Porcupine Rim and all that stuff, probably at a pretty good clip. Add that to the thankful list. Stay tuned for a full report.
Porcupine Rim on DH bikes: href=https://www.leelikesbikes.com/Stories/042704/index.html
Riding in Israel
A fellow SMBA coach recently rode on the Egyptian border. “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Boulder anymore …”
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Get nerdy with these calculators
As a full on nerd, I enjoy playing with numbers. How much faster is a bike with lighter wheels? How much do heavy tires slow you down? If I’m leaning this far in a turn, how fast am I going? That kind of stuff. If you’re into this sort of thing, you’ll dig these calculators.
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