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Durham’s Solite Park: a Gateway to inner city mountain biking
Problem: Most mountain bike trails are located away from residential areas, making them difficult for carless kids to get to. Solution: Build mountain bike trails closer to where kids live so they can ride to the trailhead. Granted, that would seem to fall into the “No ‘duh” category. But because mountain bike trails take up some territory, [...]
Continue reading...Reminder: Saturday is National Trails Day
Thursday, June 3, 2010
I’m back to remind you that Saturday is National Trails Day, a day when we celebrate the more than 200,000 miles of trail that help us escape the oppressive monotony of day-to-day existence and recoup our souls. OK, maybe that’s a little strong. But trails do play a vital role in our physical and mental well being. [...]
Continue reading...Beer for butter, unprotected support and other insights from the Burn 24
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
I haven’t counted how many racers from the Triangle were in this past weekend’s Burn 24 Hour Challenge mountain bike race at Dark Mountain near Wilkesboro, but I couldn’t walk from our pit to the start/finish without running into someone from hereabouts. These are a few of the stories I picked up along the way. [...]
Continue reading...Meltdown: The movie
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
OK, it’s no “Race Across The Sky,” but hey, it’s our first venture into film. Check out GGNC Productions short on “Meltdown at Harris Lake: The Movie.” For more on the Meltdown, check out Sunday’s post on the 6-hour endurance mountain bike race, the third in TORC’s four-race winter series.
Continue reading...Scenes from a Meltdown
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Scenes from Saturday’s six-hour Meltdown at Harris Lake endurance mountain bike race at Harris Lake County Park. A rush from the mush Recent snows, rain and cold weather (which keeps the trail from drying) have conspired to keep most mountain bike trails closed for the last month or so. That there even was a race Saturday was [...]
Continue reading...‘Meltdown’: Live coverage Saturday
Friday, February 19, 2010
Follow live coverage of Saturday’s Meltdown at Harris Lake 6-hour endurance mountain bike race on our Twitter network, JoeAGoGo. Coverage begins 7-7:30-8ish and goes until about 4 or I have a coronary because I haven’t been on the bike for an hour — let alone six — in the last month. Promises to be one [...]
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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