6 riders...6 hours to get there...6 tired riders...6 hours back

Here's some pics from the race at Warner Springs this past weekend. The 30 mph winds took the wind out of most of the riders, but they battled through it (some even got to throw up).

CAPTIONS WILL BE ADDED BY THE RIDERS THEMSELVES...



GU, aka THE GREAT CHIWEENIE, and I got to ride sweep for the Girl's Varsity race. This is right as we were done with our 18+ miles. We were pooped.






Thanks to our parents for driving and thanks to our sponsors. We are always looking for sponsors...please contact Cubby at thegreatchiweenie@gmail.com if you are interested.

SPONSORS 2010: Art's Cyclery (www.artscyclery.com), CORE CARE, Lezyne, Best Bike Zone (www.bestbikezone.com), SLONexus.

Of Course...

We went out for a beautiful ride 2 weekends ago. On the Saturday, a couple of us rode at Cabrillo Peaks in Morro Bay and enjoyed a beautiful ride as the fog lifted. On Sunday, a bigger group met at Poloma Creek Park in Atascadero for a ride around the houses and out to Rocky Canyon.

The ride was beautiful as we powered up the climb to the fire road heading out towards Creston. OF COURSE, on the way back we had a flat on the only tire size we weren't carrying (24 inch). Lesson learned.

Our First Race as the Great Chiweenies of SLO County

Race update: (NEWLY UPDATED)

A long way from home, we raced at Vail Lake Resort just outside of Temecula. Sleeping in the cold the night before, but waking to a beautiful spring California day. Over 160 high schoolers showed up to race and 3 of ours competed. Doug battled it out in the JV race. At the starting line was almost in the back, but after a conservative start, he charged through the riders to a 24th place (out of 64 starters...9 didn't finish).

The course was sandy and fun. And 5 minutes after the JV's hit the course, the sophomores headed out. Evan was charging (on my bike) and was battling for top 10. Despite a dropped chain and some gears slipping, he finished 11th place.

Now Brad wasn't as lucky. He was rolling in the 20's, but then his seat fell off of the rails. With no place to sit for about 5 miles, he stood and cranked his way to 30th place.

Thanks to our sponsors that are helping us have our first year as a club: Art's Cyclery (http://www.artscyclery.com), CORE Care (in Cambria), SLONexus, Gym One.

We are still looking for sponsors and are trying to make this a club that welcomes any high schooler in SLO county that would like to try mountain biking and racing. Please contact thegreatchiweenie@gmail.com if you are interested...donations are accepted too!

Just a little too late...

With the rain falling every weekend, we were happy to see it not rain like it was forcasted. We headed out to Montana de Oro (MDO) and since Megan is on injured reserve for the month, Tyler came along to help us out.

Three of the team members, Tyler and I felt good riding, but one team member (we won't mention any names) borrowed a bike that had security locks on both wheels and seatpost. Not a allen key, or screwdriver or any other tool we had could adjust them. OF COURSE, a third of the way up to Hazard Peak, the wheel was a little out of the dropout and rubbing the frame. It wasn't gonna fall out, but it wasn't gonna make the ride easy.

We continued on to the top and could see rain to the EAST. Was it circling back at us or still going NORTH. We decided to head toward Horse Camp and pretty much right when we got down far enough to not want to go back up the hill, the rain came down. We cut our ride short to get off of the now riveresque trails and with some logistics got back to our rides.

The next day we had our skills clinic. We were glad to see most of the team there with a few extra parents that needed to hone their skills.