The "Course"

The course has been an absolute blast to ride and the video that came out a few weeks ago, does not do justice. There is alot of evevation gain, off camber, technical riding, a beautiful staircase, all of this would be cool even without the snow.
However, the snow makes it that much more cooler. Alot of folks are scared to death riding this stuff, and the fact that it's snow terrifies them. The reality is, this snow is easy (at the current temps). It's dry and light, and traction is not an issue. It's like riding on carpet both in smoothness and traction, though some ruts are forming and with day temps raising and then cooling again in the evening, some sections are gettting slippery.
You can see in the pictures above, of the wooken staircase, our team area with our True North OSV, and the awesome banner that those guys made that includes the trailer and the whole Berg family racing cyclo-cross. Pretty darn cool. We have Redline & ASC Junior Team on one side of us, and Stevens bikes on the other. Rob, one of the local RV reps brought in his portable fire pit, and has kept it stoked near the two True North Units. There side is for demo/sales, and our side it actually being used to demonstrate how a family or a team puts it into good use. The Bicycle Centers/Collision 1 Team is based out of this area, and it's a good set up.
Dave Pearson had a great ride this afternoon. He was lined up in the very back, in the "150" area, and worked all the way to the top half. It was fun watching him from the pits just continue to pick guys off. Not only did he look like he had good legs, but more confidense in the snow, bumps were obvious as he flowed on the course. Great race DP. Kristi races tomorrow at 2:15. I just got done wrapping up some new bar tape and put a new chain on her bike today as well. She is still tinkering with some tire selections and pressures but was RAILING the course today in pre-ride and she is loving it. I can't wait to see her hit the course. Her entire season has been focused on the Masters National Championships. A very tough field with a bunch of Pro 1's racing in their Masters Category. She is ready. We will keep you posted tomorrow night on how it went.

Holden and Sue arrived in town tonight and it's so good to see them. Holden's fired up to be here and had fun running into his buddies and all going out to dinner.
Thanks for reading.