Well, as I am sitting here on this beautiful Monday morning, my stomach is turning and I am getting nervous. I finished my last weekend of long rides, and now we only have a few short rides left until we start. Our training is complete. It has a weird, anti climatic feel to it. All these long hours in the saddle - in the snow and scorching sun has come to an end.
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We went on the most beautiful xc ride on Sunday with a local crew of friends. We set of to Grabouw in the dark, to have an early start, because it was supposed to be another real scorcher of a day. It was like a kid in a candy store, because I have been wanting to do this ride for year’s, and just have never been able to…
So, with 23 days to go, I decided to enter a mountain bike race to see how my training has been going. There were 3500 entrants, and it was on a beautiful wine farm Boschendal, where you are not usually allowed to ride. It was 55km long, and because I was not seeded, I had to start with hundreds of people way back in the bunch. I played catch up the whole race, and the last 15km, all the age groups were thrown in on the same trail towards the finish line. It was chaotic, with kiddies and grannies and very large people on bicycles, you had to control yourself not to race past the kids and push over the grannies, but to still try and get to the finish line ASAP! I finished 18th overall out of 50 in the pro women’s category, and only 7 min behind some of the top xc pro.
We have been entertaining the idea of changing the course venue for the # 2 Fluidride cup at Ski Bowl. Mt Hood has been hit hard this year with snowfall and it is looking like there will still be some coverage come race time in May. This is why there have been some recent changes to the schedule on the FR Cup Page.
After careful deliberation we have come to the decision to stick with the original schedule and Venues. The second Fluidride Cup will be held on Mt Hood as planned regardless of snow level. If the regular courses cannot be used, the race will be held on the Bridal trail. If the snow level prevents a slalom to be held, the slalom series wil be converted into a best 4 of 5 race series. If the Bridal trail is used, bring your 6″ trail bikes as this more Super-D trail than DH. Continue reading ‘Fluidride Cup updates’
From Fluidride Team Rider: Anka Martin
The reason that I am in South Africa is because I am participating in the Absa Cape Epic, a 9 day xc stage race where Megan (my partner) and I will be riding 920km (580 miles) on dirt!Our team is called the Ironhorse Maidens, and we will keep you updated here on what we are getting up to with our preparations for the Epic.
On Saturday Casey and I had the opportunity to get our Vo2, and Anaerobic Threshold levels tested here in Port Angeles. Tyler from Mobile Metabolics came to Angeles Therapy and served us up.
Oct 18, 2007
Fluidride will have a new look in 2008 on the racing circuit.
Fluidride/Virtual Descent has been formed to suit the needs of a growing race program. The six Fluidride/Virtual Descent riders have been selected primarily for their own unique goals for 2008. The racers are:
| Simon LawtonLars Sternberg
Casey Northern Sven Martin Anka Martin Nathan Riddle |
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Each member will have their own target area of competition around the world, covering everything from regional Downhill, DS, and Super D- to international World Cups, and Mega Avalanches. The list of official sponsors for the new team is building rapidly, and should be announced soon.
Stay tuned for updated rider bios and blogs.
Team Fluidride recently returned from Chile where we were doing some racing, and riding the many trails around the Santiago area.
Our first stop of the trip was the Valparaiso, where Lars Sternberg (pictured) took third place overall behind France’s Cedric Gracia and Chile’s rising star Oscar Yunge in the 4th annual Cerro Abajo Urban DH. 3 time winner and crowd favorite Antonio Leiva finished 5th in what proved to be a very fast field of riders. Fluidride had a very successful day with three riders in the top 20 (Simon 13th, Zeb 19th).
After racing in Valpo, we headed for the high Andes where we stayed for several days of completely insane riding near LaParva. We were joined by Cannondale the Cut rider Chris Van Dine, as well as Amelia Colasurdo (Cannondale) and some more local riders for some first descents down scree lines high in the mountains (almost 12,000′!). The rides started in lunar shale, and descended through high alpine meadows, then into almost desert like single track. Each run provided nearly 8,000 vertical feet of descent. If you haven’t been riding in Chile…start planning your trip!
The Valpo urban dh is unlike any other race around. Check out the video to see why!
Team Fluidride has the honor to add Scott USA, and Fox Racing Shox to our list of sponsors.
We look forward to using some of the best equipment in the business. And in return we hope to represent our newly acquired sponsors properly by bringing them to the top of as many podiums as possible. Additionally, Fluidride makes all our sponsor provided products available to the public through the Fluidride shop. Drop by sometime to see some of the latest offerings from Scott and Fox.
