Mountain Bike Racing - how to get into racing?

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craigcraigcraig

05-25-09, 01:32 PM

After riding road bikes for a couple years i have been on the trails recently and want to try an amatuer race or soemthing for some fun competition. Was curious as how to find MTB races to enter. I am in Austin, Texas if that helps any.

C Law

05-26-09, 06:21 AM

my suggestion would be to go to a MTB oriented LBS and ask them about a local race series. Show up and kill it.

or maybe look into a local MTB association. They usually hold events/races

craigcraigcraig

05-27-09, 11:26 AM

cool, i'll go ask around and see if i can jump in one.

Porkchopwi

06-06-09, 02:20 PM

You may find this useful to finding events near you:
http://www.usacycling.org/events/index.php?state=TX&race=Mountain&fyear=2009&rrfilter=all

Looks like most of the TX (USAC) season is gone...
Have fun!

benajah

09-11-09, 12:02 AM

US CYCLING? Register and race, its a hel of a lot of fun.