2021 Maggot Bike Racing Thread

**rideit** · 03-14-2021, 03:55 PM

I have done the 50...I live at altitude.
And I got completely destroyed by the competition...

**One (+) Sentence** · 03-14-2021, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by babybear

is it worse than Super-D? bc to me that seems worse

I’ve always thought of Super D and Enduro as similar but different disciplines. The old NORBA definition of Super D was something like: a single stage point-to-point race between 10 and 25 minutes in length with the starting point at a higher elevation than the finishing point.

**joetron** · 03-14-2021, 09:00 PM

Super D with mass lemans starts were the shit. That’s some high quality racing.

Also, that was a solid Super D joke babybear.

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**VTskibum** · 03-15-2021, 05:28 PM

Ha was there for the last US National Champs Super D at my little bump of a hill, Bear Creek PA

Oh and runs, while pretty technical, were just over 5 minutes.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/us...per-d/results/

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**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 03-15-2021, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by VTskibum

Ha was there for the last US National Champs Super D at my little bump of a hill, Bear Creek PA

Oh and runs, while pretty technical, were just over 5 minutes.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/us...per-d/results/

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I raced at Bear Creek once. Fun little bump they got there!

**volklpowdermaniac** · 03-16-2021, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian

I raced at Bear Creek once. Fun little bump they got there!

Raced at Bear Creek a few years during grad school.

One word: rocks.

**VTskibum** · 03-16-2021, 06:28 AM

Rocks is the name of the Bear Creek game. I always stay out of the woods skiing there knowing what's underneath, though actually had enough snow in Feb to ski some lines around the Mtb trails.

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**simple** · 03-16-2021, 11:00 AM

If anyone hears of a blind Enduro race in the US besides trans-cascadia let me know. Otherwise I'm calling them DH races. Practice is lame. Send it blind and add some climbs.

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 03-16-2021, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by simple

If anyone hears of a blind Enduro race in the US besides trans-cascadia let me know. Otherwise I'm calling them DH races. Practice is lame. Send it blind and add some climbs.

https://www.thecarriboojack.com/

**simple** · 03-16-2021, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian

https://www.thecarriboojack.com/

Yes! Appreciate it.

**east or bust** · 03-16-2021, 12:23 PM

^Nice, that could be a good lead up to the MES race in Helena for me

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**evasive_MT** · 03-16-2021, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by east or bust

^Nice, that could be a good lead up to the MES race in Helena for me

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Bonus points in the Montana series for that one, too.

**joetron** · 03-16-2021, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by simple

If anyone hears of a blind Enduro race in the US besides trans-cascadia let me know. Otherwise I'm calling them DH races. Practice is lame. Send it blind and add some climbs.

I'll give a shout when the next unofficial DGO enduro goes down. There's one in the works for this spring.

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 05-03-2021, 07:40 AM

Pulled an 8th out of 36 in the BME Expert class this weekend. Ironton, MO has the gnar. Seriously. Very raw with two race stages not part of the bike park, but just taped off wet rock areas.

I crashed hard on stage two on an off camber section and put a weird hole in my arm that was pouring blood, raced the bottom third of the stage with a super crooked bar which was....interesting.

Without the wreck I think I would have been 4th. Fuck bikes are fun.

**simple** · 05-03-2021, 07:54 AM

Pretty cool. How far of a drive was that?

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 05-03-2021, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by simple

Pretty cool. How far of a drive was that?

Fucking far. Like 23 hours from Bozeman.

**simple** · 05-03-2021, 08:11 AM

Daaaaammmmmnnnnnnn

That is a lot of driving to not stop at an ocean.

**nickwm21** · 05-03-2021, 08:14 AM

Signed up for Capitol Forest Enduro. First ever bike race.... we will see how this goes...

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**grskier** · 05-03-2021, 08:22 AM

Nice work, some fast folks down there. saw our friend brian did well in pro.

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 05-03-2021, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by grskier

Nice work, some fast folks down there. saw our friend brian did well in pro.

Thanks. BME really has all the shredders. Saw Richie on course while transferring. Saw him for like 1/10th of a second. Totally different level. Can't even explain it. Think of the fastest/hardest you have ever plowed through gnar and then triple or quadruple it.

**simple** · 05-03-2021, 08:30 AM

You can get that fast. Just pump and pedal everything and don't touch your brakes. Not so easy after turning 40 is it?

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 05-03-2021, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by simple

You can get that fast. Just pump and pedal everything and don't touch your brakes. Not so easy after turning 40 is it?

Hey I'm only 37!

I have definitely noticed the rewards of training hard this winter.....and then realized I just need to go even harder. I need to get a stronger core specifically for a gnar course like Ironton that you can't pedal much on because of the foot high rocks poking up everywhere. The speed comes from efficiency by pumping the bike over everything to minimize wheel strikes. The strongest riders are kind of hovering over the chunder.

**simple** · 05-03-2021, 08:47 AM

Ah to be 37 again....

Yeah pumping and popping is exhausting but fast

**east or bust** · 07-06-2021, 11:12 AM

Whiteroom, you racing the JH enduro later this summer?

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**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 07-06-2021, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by east or bust

Whiteroom, you racing the JH enduro later this summer?

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I am best man in the wedding that weekend so no JH enduro.

The races I am at the rest of this year are Big Sky MES, Big Sky BME, Helena MES, Ashland OR CES, TransSierra Norte in Oaxaca.