fatslowbiker

Anyone know anything about this race? I'm interested in signing up, but not sure about the "obstacles" they are so excited about

https://www.bikereg.com/events/regist...?eventid=11899

UBUvelo

sounds like fun....esp. the mystery of it...who knows, maybe old tires, bales of hay...

wasn't really considering it, but under 3 hours away is no longer 'too far' for me....esp. now i have a 'real' cx bike and i've raced my first two seasons on a 24 pound steel mutantcross bike!

if you're close enough to this, you can't regret it.

gfactor

And here I told myself the season was over. But this looks very tempting.

StanSeven

The person doing the write-up has a good sense of humor - "leave your CF race wheels at home" and "doping is not permitted until after the race".

mzeffex 

I'm doin' it.

UBUvelo

though this isn't a USAC race, will the results still show up on crossresults.com?

billydonn

I'm thinking "a few natural features as obstacles" could mean cow dung?

gfactor

That is a concern I have as well. We'll see.

UBUvelo

hey, cow dung will keep you on your toes. pitchforks in the hay, old pieces of machinery in the mud maybe....

mzeffex 

I invited a friend last minute (tonight) and he's doing it. Fun fun fun. He doesn't race. Mostly he just rides his fixie around philly.

UBUvelo

it's still a haul, but i am still considering it tho i haven't done my usual weekly 'prep'...i think it's the coming rain that's really getting me to reconsider...i need a good mud bath...but 3 hours of driving....then 3 back? well, it's for the 45 minutes of pain. always trumps the boring 6 hours of driving

StanSeven

Or cows

mzeffex 

Looks like it won't be raining during the race.

Excellent.

UBUvelo

sorry i am missing it...i actually feel guilty, ha! as i put on my facebook page:

i probably did the right thing...stayed up late, cleaned house, organized...but with all that rain/MUD in Leesburg VA, i regret not getting up at 4, leaving by 5, arriving by 8, registering and riding the course 2x, racing at 9, hanging around 'til 12, getting back home around 3...or 4

i actually hope it didn't rain during the race so i will feel like i didn't miss out on anything...but was it a slopfest? i'll make up for it today by hitting the brandywine trails in delaware...we are having intense winds and hard rain up here

i'll certainly be down for several DC area races next season

mzeffex 

Flatted a tubular tire in the first quarter of the first lap - ran the rest of it back to the start. Borrowed a team mates bike - a 52 - and I ride a 56. Finished not last!

mzeffex 

UBUvelo

ah, beautiful pic....and same pedals i use, though i have just switched to smarty pedals on my bianchi...trial and error

did it rain like crazy or was it just cool and sloppy?

mzeffex 

It was not raining for the most part during the race - maybe some mist, I didn't notice. Really foggy. I started off on my 56 cm ridley and ended on a 52 cm tricross with the seat level with my top tube.

gfactor

That was fun. And yes it was cow dung. Also lots of slick mud. And boulders. Many boulders.

mzeffex 

Boulders tore the sidewall of my $110 tire.

I don't like boulders anymore.

gfactor

This vid should give folks an idea of the scene. It's the 10 am race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osMGRrKBJ8I

UBUvelo

really sorry i missed it now! dense fog and mud. i would've imagined i was lost somewhere in flanders...

what race was this. it LOOKS slow, but i am sure it was a pure slogfest. no one looked though like they were in pain or huppin' it!