The first time the whole team got together to race was at the first race of the CCCX Downhill series in the first series of 2008. That's a lot of firsts. Everyone especially enjoyed the push up to the top. We all got about 3 runs in a piece, except for Keith who owns this place. Somehow, he probably got 3 runs in to our 1. Regardless of the leisurely hike, the CCCX races are always good for some race practice and socializing in the pits. We should have taken a team picture, but we didn't. And we didn't have our jerseys yet, and didn't have most of our sponsors gear. Most of us were already running Marzocchi forks, Formula brakes, Crank Bros pedals, Sunline bars and stems, 510's, TLD gear, SDG seats, 661 Knee pads, and Gamut Guides. A number of us were on Santa Cruz frames (2 out of 3 podiums anyway). It was a good warmup for the season, and a good chance for us all to ride together for the first time. Riding with Keith, Luke and Eric definitely made me faster. I followed them into the loose, rutted switchback section countless times and felt slow as hell, but it all paid off in my race run. Yeah, i could have been faster, but i had a clean run and got to stand next to the legend Keith Defiebre once again. Whoo hoo. Here, Eric takes a pretty tech litte turn with surprising speed and control.
Friday, June 6, 2008
CCCX #1 - March 9, 2008
The first time the whole team got together to race was at the first race of the CCCX Downhill series in the first series of 2008. That's a lot of firsts. Everyone especially enjoyed the push up to the top. We all got about 3 runs in a piece, except for Keith who owns this place. Somehow, he probably got 3 runs in to our 1. Regardless of the leisurely hike, the CCCX races are always good for some race practice and socializing in the pits. We should have taken a team picture, but we didn't. And we didn't have our jerseys yet, and didn't have most of our sponsors gear. Most of us were already running Marzocchi forks, Formula brakes, Crank Bros pedals, Sunline bars and stems, 510's, TLD gear, SDG seats, 661 Knee pads, and Gamut Guides. A number of us were on Santa Cruz frames (2 out of 3 podiums anyway). It was a good warmup for the season, and a good chance for us all to ride together for the first time. Riding with Keith, Luke and Eric definitely made me faster. I followed them into the loose, rutted switchback section countless times and felt slow as hell, but it all paid off in my race run. Yeah, i could have been faster, but i had a clean run and got to stand next to the legend Keith Defiebre once again. Whoo hoo. Here, Eric takes a pretty tech litte turn with surprising speed and control.
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