Memorial Day Massacre

The trip to Pisgah was GOOOOOD!

1-bent chainring(less than 5 minutes into the ride)

1-flat tire

1-lost i-pod shuffle

1-bent brake lever

a few-broken souls

7-hours in Pisgah

Sounds about right!

Let me know when you guys are ready for the West Side.

Pisgah 5/26

Memorial Day Pisgah Trip

It looks like I will be heading to Pisgah on 5/26 for a 5-6 hour ride through God’s Country. If anyone is interested in joining, let me know. I plan to park near the horse stables on FS477 and going Clawhammer -> Maxwell Cove -> Black Mountain-> Turkey Pen -> S. Mills River -> Mullinax -> Squirrel Gap -> S. Mills River, -> Buckhorn -> (Left on and over Black Mountain all the way to the bottom and the road back to the stables.)
This will be 90% single track with a nice little fire-road warm up.

Sounds like we will have a group of 5-6 riders for Monday.
If you are not car pooling and want to meet at the trail head take I-26 to exit40 in NC towared Asheville Regional Airport (Left off exit) Follow NC-280 for about 30 miles until you get to 276. Take a right into Pisgah National Forest then go past the ranger station toward the horse stables. You will see signs to your right. Then there will be a gravel Fire road on your right labeled FS477. Take it until you see the stables on your right. Ride will be leaving around 9:30-10am.
Let me know if you are going.
Best way to reach me is cell: 803-917-5314

Stump Jump 08 Survival Stories

Here are a few pics snapped through the racing on Sunday.
Start of SS race















Toby P. finishing SS race ^^^^^^

Jim finishing the Sport Class ^^^^^^^^
Jason A+ finishing up the Sport Class^^^^^^^^^Toby S. hanging in the Expert Class^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Stumpjump '08?

OK Harrell's racers... who is on for Stumpjump '08? I think Monty is still planing a preride for Saturday, check his blog for more details.

SC State Team Championship
This is not an additional race. Points are accrued from individual team members' races throughout the day. Enter for SC Team Championship at the registration area on Saturday, May 17 or Sunday, May 18.

Harbison 4/16

Meeting up at Harbison Front Lot 6pm for Wednesday night ride

Congrats

To the fellas who made it out for the Race To The River this past Saturday. Thanks for supporting your local race. After a couple of glitches in the outcome, no feelings were hurt and fun to be had by all.
Locals report Monty, Jason, Spokejunky & LeRoy + Joe & Damon
Here's to youins'

Good Luck

To all the folks racing Harbison this weekend - Good Luck.

Warning
If you see any of these items laying on the trail, feel sure Monty is ahead of you.

Harbison 4/09

Anyone up for the Harbison ride tonight? Front Lot 6:30pm.

Ride Update: 5 riders (Damon, Monty,Chris, Jim & Toby) A good ride and the group is still growing. Thoughts of changing the start time for next Wednesday. Meeting at 6:00 pm for next week. This will be to encourage others to join. It seems many other folks are meeting at the park between 5:30 -6pm. Post your thoughts on this if ya have any.

Race to the River - Who's In?

Alright you winter time slackers, who is in on this race? Everybody racing expert? I heard rumor that some of you might be racing SS?

I will be there with bells on so you better bring your A game if you want to lap me.

Harbison 4/02

Mtb ride Harbison SF - Hitting the trails @ 6:31pm front parking lot.

Update: 3 rider group, went to 2 then 3. Thanks for coming out - Monty, Tom, Jim & Clem.

Endurance MTB Race in SC

Two chances at an Endurance MTB Event in SC

April 5, 2008 - Bakers Dozen 13hr Race Hickory Knob SP

April 19, 2008 - Grinding of the Greens 6hr MTB Race Fort Mill SC

Triathlon?

Anyone interested in participating in a Triathlon?
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=892

Harbison 3/26

Looks like this week's weather will be perfect for riding. Planning on Wednesday 6:30pm front parking lot at Harbison SF.

Good ride last night. We had a group of four riders show. Rode an outer loop with a Spider Woman twist, ride time 1:20. Hoping for an additional 10 minutes next week. See ya then.

Harbison 3/19/08

Not sure of the weather for this afternoon. Weather peeps calling for some rain and high winds. So this weeks installment of the Wednesday group ride @ Harbison may be postponed. Lets see hoe the weather pans out.
Update 5:15pm - Passing on the ride for today. Looks like the weather will be hitting the Midlands soon.

Race To The River - April 12, 2008

Rev up the engines folks time change is here. Many weekly rides are starting this week.

Tuesday - Downtown Crit rides/races, 6:30pm 40min + 2 laps (bring your nerves & some skills)

Wednesday - Harbison MTB ride, 6:30pm front lot

Thursday - Urban Ride, 6:30pm Food Lion on Broad River Rd or Riverfront Canal Dam
(bring your lights)

Thursday - Road Ride, Possibly O'leary's Place (roadies help me out here)

Friday - Beer Ride in Downtown Cola Town (check w/ local shops)

Support your local rides

Weekly MTB Ride

Time change is right around the corner folks. Would like to start up a weekly effort for a group ride at Harbison. Looking at Wednesday afternoon 6:30. Anyone interested?

Update: 3 riders showed, rolled out a steady hour ride. Se ya next week.

Winter Race Round Up

Big ups to Team HBW at the Charlotte Short Track Series.

Jamie battled off the Kenda squad for five races to score a 2nd place overall in the Expert Men.

Toby P stayed in the mix for 4 races to score a 6th overall in the Single Speed Class.


Plus Damon, Toby S. & Monty all pitched in on the scare tactics. Helping lending team support to Jamie in the expert field.

To the North, mountain man Leroy "Extreme Tomato" plowed his way through a grueling 36 hour epic in Pisgah. Follow his adventure here

Night Riding at Harbison

If you have not heard, they are trying to open Harbison up to night riding.
http://www.thestate.com/events/story/314461.html
Even if you can not make the ride tomorrow, please email Friends of the Forest and let them know you are interested in riding out there.
friendsofhsf@friends ofhsf.org
It has been a long time since we have done any riding out there....Legally. It sure would be nice to have it as an option before the time changes.
Thanks,

Victory #1 in 08

Congratulations in race 2 & 3 of the Charlotte STXC series to the HBW racers. Saturday and Sunday's races had Jamie battling the Kenda squad from Mt. Airy NC. Out numbered, but managed to out wit and overpower most of there team. Jamie pulled out two bronze finishes for the weekend. This puts him well in the hunt for the overall mens expert series.

Damon and Toby P also made a showing in the singlespeed class. Toby pulled out a bronze and gold for this weekends races. Saturday's race had Toby off the front for the first half and slowly fading back into a battle for third place w/ a Kenda rider. Patience was the key for Sunday, Toby sat on the lead group of 4 till two to go and launched attack after attack till the line. Pulling out Victory #1 for the HBW squad in 2008.

Next STXC race is Sunday