MTBCast: HUR14 – Greg Fedrickson called in from checkpoint 1

Greg Fedrickson called in from checkpoint 1, or his last.

The Cross Florida Mountain Bike Expedition: Fargo to Flamingo

CF_KarlosSouth1Karlos Bernart headed south from Fargo, Ga down to Flamingo, FL on an expedition to ride the southern leg of the Easter Continental Divide. You can follow him on Facebook and keep checking here at MTBCast for calls from Karlos!

Also, follow his Spot tracker here!

Mike Sinyard Apology

specialzd1Specialized found Mike Sinyard sent an open letter of apology to the biking community. He acknowledges he handled it poorly and was wrong. Against the backdrop of  $11,000,000 in counterfeit Specialized gear just this year, he allowed his lawyers to overzealously pursue Cafe Roubaix.

“I heard you and you can rest assured I took it to heart. I realize now that we went too far with this aggressive approach and as a result and in some cases we hurt the local bikes shops and small businesses we wanted to protect.” – Mike Sinyard

It’s good to see an apology and Dan. Hopefully Mike can gain a sense of community that many feel Specialized has been missing.

Get the full letter and pics from some of the Specialized knock-off’s that failed at Bikerumor!

Trans-North Georgia Start List Posted

From the Trans North Georgia (TNGA) Facebook Page:

OK, Gang here is the official start list
John Dove and Jeremy Ordaz are the latest additions from the wait list

If you are on the below list and need a SPOT (all riders are required to have a SPOT to be registered with track leaders) give me a shout. If you have your own SPOT, I will provide a link to the event to register it with trackleaders

TNGA 2013 Registered Start List
1 Aaron Matthys
2 John Dove
3 Brad Kee Continue reading

Sornson Continues To Dominate with Syllamo Win!

The Syllamo’s Revenge results are in! Congrats to Drew Edsall for taking the Men’s Open class, Cheryl Sornson for taking the Women’s Open class, Gerry Pflug took Single Speed, and Chris Irving took Master’s! For Cheryl, this makes 4 straight wins in the National Ultra-Endurance series!

Next up is the The Mohican 100 coming up June 1st!

New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat – Altanta Is This Weekend!

TourdFat_Atl1If you’re in Atlanta this weekend don’t miss the New Belgium Brewing Tour de Fat in Candler Park, May 11th! It’s beer, bikes, and bemusement so you might leave the race bike at home and sport a cruiser instead! The event benefits the Atlanta Bike Coalition, the SOPO Bike Cooperative, and SORBA (Southern Off-Road Biking Association)! Get details like times, schedule of events and a map here!

NUE Wildcat 100 This Weekend!

LOGO-WC-100-10 The National Ultra-Endurance Series Wildcat 100 is this weekend in Rosendale, NY! The race kicks off at 6:45am on May 11th. This is the closest 100mi race to New York City and will take racers through some of New York’s best mountain biking and scenic views like Minnewaska State Park Preserve and Mohonk Preserve. Details here!

Trans-Sylvania MTB Epic Registration Closes May 10th!

TSE1From the TSEpic Facebook page:

HEADS UP! Registration for 2013 TSEpic will be closing in just two days. Get registered before midnight on May 10 for the best week of your life!

What is the Trans-Sylvania Mountain Bike Epic? It’s a 7 day stage race in Pennsylvania based out of   Seven Mountains Boy Scout Campground. This year’s race will be held May 26-June 1, 2013!

Get details here and registration information here.

 

Spring Has Sprung: Notable MTB Race Finishes This Weekend!

WkdApril28Red Bull Rusch Hour Kokopelli Trail saw Rebecca Rusch smash the women’s record on the route at 13:32:46! Congrats to Rebecca! Get the details here! And Rich Wince took the Trans-Iowa V9! Catch Guitar Ted’s call on Mountain Bike Radio here! Eddie O’Dea set the course record at the Stagecoach 400! In fact, the top three finishers Eddie, Guy Sutton, and JayP all finished in record time! Christian Tanguy took the Open Men’s class in the NUE Cohutta 100! Aaron Gulley took the 300mi leg of the Arizona Trail Race and took the men’s record at 2:03:59 Eszter Horanyi bested the women’t record by 15 hours at  2:13:15, and was third overall!

Update: Oops! Gotta mention  the Whiskey 50! Geoff Kabush took first and Jeremiah Bishop took second! Congrats!

Trans-Iowa V9, Stagecoach 400, and the Cohutta 100 Kick-off This Weekend!

Mountain Bike Radio will have race coverage this weekend for the Trans-Iowa and Stagecoach 400. Tune in and get racer calls.

Trans Iowa Radio – April 26-28
Friday through Sunday Guitar Ted will be calling in with updates:
Listen to race updates here: Trans Iowa Radio.

 

Stagecoach 400 April 26-31
Stagecoach Radio Racer Updates

 

Also keep in mind the NUE Cohutta 100 starts tomorrow!