no short track...

hey folks,

i've decided to not host short track this summer. Not enough people show up for me to put the time in that I could be building trail someplace. not to mention, it basically takes one night that I could be riding too, which lately seems like they're getting fewer and more spaced apart. Someone else feel free, but I'm only going to be focusing on promoting gravel grinders, one time events, and next year (hopefully) a UFD mtb race.

enjoy your rides!

great ride.

great ride to weston and back last saturday. thanks to the few who came out and kept me from dying the first 80ish miles.

More gravel soon!

Night gravel, june 18

jayhawk 222, october 8

future...

No short track tonight, obviously. See you next week!

Saturday 9 am...DK Training Ride. Be there, details and map below.

Saturday June 18--Night Gravel Grinder!!!

Saturday and Sunday, October 8 & 9-Jayhawk 222 :)


oooooo baby!!!!!!!!!!

DK Training ride

Saturday May 7
9:00 am start, sharp!!!
18th and Wyandotte
Volker Bike Shop & Spray Booth Gallery
8:00 am Yoga! $5 per person donation.
Cue sheets and maps provided on Saturday.

We're leaving at 9:00 am sharp, this is going to be a long ride. If you can't make it then (or want to do a shorter route), I suggest meeting us at EH Young park at 10:30-11:00 am.





see you then.

upcoming...

May 7: DK Training Ride...double metric century gravel ride...more details very soon!

May--August: TNT!! (thursday night universes)
TNT returns for its second year at Swope Park!
MTB-KC presents the 2011 Swope Thursday evening Short Track Series!!!
Who: MTB and CX racers around Kansas City.
What: MTB short track, dirt crits, cyclocross, whatever you wanna call it.
When: Thursday Nights, 6:30 pm, May 5--August 18
Where: Camp Lake of the Woods Dining Hall, Swope Park, Westside of the top of the hill.
Why: cause I'm a nice guy.
How much: free, like always. Just show up or I'll be pissed!!!
questions? bscm8 (at) umkc.edu
see you in May!

Thursday Night Throwdowns!

TNT returns for its second year at Swope Park!

MTB-KC presents the 2011 Swope Thursday evening Short Track Series!!!

Who: MTB and CX racers around Kansas City.

What: MTB short track, dirt crits, cyclocross, whatever you wanna call it.

When: Thursday Nights, 6:30 pm, May 5--August 18

Where: Camp Lake of the Woods Dining Hall, Swope Park, Westside of the top of the hill.

Why: cause I'm a nice guy.

How much: free, like always. Just show up or I'll be pissed!!!

questions? bscm8 (at) umkc.edu

see you in May!

spring update

track series lives on wednesday nights...westport high...6 pm...I won't be there much, if ever...new job, school and mtb is more important.

spring short track series is cancelled...no one showed up so I got other stuff to do.

http://gravelgrinders.blogspot.com/
Still got gravel grinders going.

mtb season is about to go full swing.

stuff

race tonight...track...be there

race saturday...mtb short track...double be there

trail work at swope!!!
http://forums.earthriders.com/viewforum.php?f=21
Look near the top of the postings for trail work days.

I didn't get into grad school at new mexico, so be looking for some more track racing and short track stuff soon...also gonna have some details about long rides this summer.

/out

results from last week...

Swope Short Track
results from saturday:

Women
Sara W. 1st...30 points

Men
Jonathan Schottler 1st...30 points
JPB 2nd...27 points
Richard 3rd...24 points
ChrisGO 4th...21 points
Clay W. 5th...18 points

fastest dude in Missouri came out and hammered it...where were you Kansas City MTBrs?

Midtown Track Series
results from last wednesday night's scratch race:

David J: 30 points
Brett S: 27 points
Zeke S: 24 points
Dan: 21 points

come join the fun this week!!!!!!

series races start this week!!!

Track:
Wednesday evenings
6 series race dates.
6:00 pm warm-ups
6:15ish racing
Westport High School Track
Fixies/SS only!
March 2,9,16, 30 (no March 23)
April 6, 13
Rain or shine, midtowners don't wank cause of some precip.
No $$$ or license necessary.
PLEASE WEAR HELMETS. ABSOLUTELY NO RACING WITHOUT ONE.

MTB Short Track @ Swope:
MTB Short Track Racing
Swope Park-Camp Lake of the Woods
Saturdays 1 pm warm-ups/racing
4 series races.
March 5,12,19 (no March 26)
April 2
Races will be rain (grass) or shine (single track/grass).
MTB ONLY.
No $$$ or license necessary.
PLEASE WEAR HELMETS. ABSOLUTELY NO RACING WITHOUT ONE.
Trail work at 9 am. Finishing around noon to snack/change for racing

facebook: mtb-kc midtown track series OR mtb-kc spring short track series, or mtbkc.blogspot.com for more.

see you this week...no complaining about nothing to ride anymore!!!

sunday urban mtb.

Trails suck and I'm sick of getting hammered on my fixie every Sunday road riding with cat 2 guys that have gears. Come join me for some Urban Dirty Fun this Sunday afternoon.

Sunday Feb. 20
1 pm
Volker Bike Shop, 39th and Bell
Urban MTB ride

Expect to be off-road as much as possible, but there will be plenty of pavement unfortunately. At least have a CX bike, please...road bike will not be fun on some stuff I'm planning. Expect levees, cobbles, west bottoms alleys, dirt/gravel access roads, grass, paved trail/roads, old trolly tracks, loading docks, curbs, disc golf trail through cliff drive if it's not too stupidly sloppy, etc.

I'm planning on around 3-4 hours, plenty of bail out spots of course though since we'll be winding through the Boulevard/Bottoms/River/Crossroads/NE/and back.

hope to see lots of fat tires sunday.

forum here (click).

The Midtown Spring Track Series

Wednesday evenings
6 series race dates.
6:00 pm warm-ups
6:15ish racing
Westport High School Track
Fixies/SS only!
March 2,9,16, 30 (no March 23)
April 6, 13
Rain or shine, midtowners don't wank cause of some precip.
No $$$ or license necessary.
PLEASE WEAR HELMETS. ABSOLUTELY NO RACING WITHOUT ONE

Facebook.

As always, mtb-kc for the latest news...lots coming in the next week.

Gravel Between the Lakes Wrap-up...

First off...see all pictures here:

Tim Greene: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/album.php?fbid=168572973163756&id=100000331630942&aid=31510

Chris Locke: http://picasaweb.google.com/gravelgrinders/BetweenTheLakesGG?feat=flashalbum#

Nice cool day for a gravel grinder...that north wind was chilly! Thankfully the last 10+ miles home were mainly going straight south with a nice tail wind. Here are some selected pictures from the guys up top:









Don't forget these!!!
Upcoming Productions
February 27-Dirty Urban Grinder
March/April 2011-Wednesday Track Racing Series
March/April 2011-Saturday Swope Short Track Series
May 14-Graduation Epic Ride

More details for the dirty urban grinder and the (2) series coming soon...

Springtime Series (2)

Track Racing Series (7 races)
Wednesday Nights
6:15 pm
Westport High School Track or Gillham Park Grass Track
March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30
April 6 and 13

Swope Short-track Saturday Spring Series (5 races)
Saturday Afternoons
1:00 pm
Swope Short Track, Camp Lake of the Woods
March 5, 12, 19 and 26
April 2
*Trail work in the morning, racing in the afternoon.

More details to come as I work them out...

Gravel Between the Lakes: Final Details

Who: gravel grinders unite!
What:gravel between the lakes
When:saturday january 15, 2011, 9:00 am
Where: Sunflower Outdoor and Bike
Why: why not?

42 miles...flat, climb to ridge, flat, come off ridge, flat. Hopefully the weather (wind) will cooperate with us.

Park in the FREE parking garage at 10th and New Hampshire in downtown Lawrence. Ride begins and ends at Sunflower Outdoor and Bike...Lunch/post-ride beverages at Free State Brewery.

Cue Sheet and Map will be provided.
Make sure you have AT LEAST 2 extra tubes, pump, multi-tool, etc.
Extra jacket/gloves recommended, especially if it's really cold.

We're gonna be out climbing some serious gravel stuff with nice stretches of flat along some water. Very pretty scenery along some ridges north of Lawrence.

come join the fun!

Gravel Between the Lakes

Gravel Between the Lakes
Metric Century Gravel Grinder
Saturday January 15, 2011
9:00 am, Sunflower Bike Shop
Cue Sheet and Map will be provided.
Make sure you have AT LEAST 2 extra tubes, pump, multi-tool, etc.
Extra jacket/gloves recommended, especially if it's really cold.

We're gonna be out climbing some serious gravel stuff with nice stretches of flat between along some water. Very pretty scenery along some bluffs north and west of Lawrence.

Check out the map below, and check the elevation profile...If you're single speeding or fixie (I'm planning on fixed again 34-17), I would recommend a pretty easy spinning gear. I'm serious about a couple of the climbs, especially if we get north/west wind or there's snow on the ground.







See you then!

2011 upcoming promotions...

January 15, Saturday, 9:00 am--Gravel between the Lakes, Metric Century Gravel Grinder, Starts and Ends at Sunflower OUtdoor and Bike, we'll head north and west toward Lake Perry then head south toward the Kansas River and Clinton Lake, go across the dam and swing out towards Lonestar Lake before coming back into town near Haskell.

February 12, Saturday, 9:00 am--MetroGreen Loop, mileage undetermined at this time...using paved/limestone trails in kc with some potential for easy singletrack also. There will also be some pavement to get between some stuff...I'm thinking around 80 miles with a lunch stop around 50....of course it is february and i could be completely off my rocker...we'll see how winter is treating us here in a month or so...

Spring 2011
Beginning early March I will be hosting a weekly track race series. yes that's right TRACK RACING SERIES. as in fixies...i don't care if you have drop bars though, what gear you run, or what tires you have either. this will not be in the same place every week, but will be in the same general area (midtownish) and will vary between paved and grass tracks. I literally just thought this up an hour ago, so more details to come when I get back into KC and get some scouting done...I am going to try and have the days and times (which will be the same every week) and venues all lined up for an 8 race series. Most likely Wednesday nights. Keep it open.

pic from mr. weibe

new pic at the top is from the halcyon holiday gravel grinder courtesy of warran wiebe ...good group shot on a pavement connection.

see you january 15th for gravel between the lakes! another brutal metric century between lakes perry, clinton and lonestar. more details coming soon!

hhgg photos

ok got it figured out...that was quick...short re-cap below the photos!

Halcyon Holiday Gravel Grinder wrap-up and next production...

WOW! What an absolutely awesome turnout! 20-25 people came out to tackle some gravel south of Lawrence, Kansas, USA. A big group held together most all the ride, and the sun finally decided to come out from behind the clouds at the end of the ride. A perfect 5-10 mph south wind wasn't cold, but wasn't warm going in to it or getting the cross wind, but it sure was nice going back to Lawrence from Baldwin. And how'd you guys like 1750 road after the overlook point? :) It's one of my favorite parts at least.

I was so psyched I got to share that route with everyone that came out...even though I need to work on my directional cues and even though I got dropped on my own ride :) We did have some good exploration, including a little "freeway" ride on the freshly graded dirt of the brand new highway 59. That was an unexpected treat. Sorry I wasn't there to clarify the "dead end" /gated road near the end...It's a very fun B-road through the future (way future) lawrence wastewater treatment plant. If you rode it great! if not, oh well.

john williams has sent me some photos already, I will get them up as soon as I figure out this macbook software a little more...if you have anymore e-mail them to me, bscm8 (at) umkc (dot) edu

The next event I'll be hosting is this:

GRAVEL BETWEEN THE LAKES
Metric Century Gravel Grinder
Lawrence, KS, USA
Saturday Jaunary 15, 2011
9:00 am
Starts and ends at Sunflower Bike, 8th and Mass
FREE PARKING in the garage at 10th and New Hampshire
Map here: http://www.mapmytri.com/routes/view/26179510
If you thought yesterday had some climbing, you better bring your legs in January. Gravel hills north of Lawrence are nastyyyy.

See you all on the gravel again soon! Don't forget about our local series!