By Scotty Mac There is a thing, and I call it the “Kal-zone.” This thing is courtesy of Ascent Cycling shop cat Kal Farmer. It involves a Transition Klunker bicycle, a wheelie-with-bar-spin, and the fire booter jump at the 24 Hours in the Sage 2013 mountain...
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By Scotty Mac We settle in. Kal Farmer is back first, with a time in the hour-fourteen range that has me gob-smacked. He’s just done that on a bike that weighs more than your average DH rig, sporting a braking system no more advanced than the one...
Read MoreBy Scotty Mac Night falls and things slow down. There’s still a group of wild folks at the start/finish, screaming “FIRE BOOTER!!” at everyone who rides past, and there’s still music bumping on the sound system, but for the most part, the denizens of the campground take...
Read MoreBy Scotty Mac My third lap starts as more of the same and it’s ridiculous. I crest Jack’s and start in on the fire road climb, trying to assert some level of dominance over my mutinous back. It snickers at me, and goes right on being...
Read MoreBy Scotty Mac Origin The plan going into the off-season between 2012 and 2013 was to regain my love of cycling. My enthusiasm for the sport had waned over the last couple years to the point where I faced a crossroads: find that love and get stoked...
Read MoreBy Scotty Mac There was a time when I had delusions of downhill mountain biking grandeur. I can pinpoint that time with exacting clarity. I had just sailed my first tabletop jump from takeoff to transition, keeping the wheels completely off the top portion of the jump. I was thirty feet...
Read MoreFolks around these parts will tell you there aren’t many cross-country racing options in our slice of the Front Range here in b-e-a-utiful Colorado Springs. Oh sure, there’re some endurance events in the early season, but they’re in the Denver area before retreating to the resorts...
Read MoreBy Scotty Mac Alright, so maybe the “Team JustLane” thing isn’t gonna take off like I hoped it might. A kid can dream, can’t he? Team JustLane (had to do it one more time, couldn’t resist) is actually Ascent Cycling riders Justine Gehrett and Lane Sherman, a dynamic duo...
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GRRRRR…Gunnison Growler 2013
2013 Original Half-Growler Mountain Bike Race Report By Scotty Mac 4:54:13. I remember glancing at my watch and seeing that time staring back at me. I was fighting to maintain a semblance of forward momentum on The Ridge, the final climb of the day. I was not close to the summit...
Read MoreThe Rider Files: Patrick Cross By Scotty Mac The thing about Pat Cross is… he rides his bike like a fighter. I don’t mean ‘fighter’ as in ‘jet fighter’ but ‘fighter’ as in “I’m gonna knock you out, sucka!” ‘fighter.’ Makes sense, really, seeing as how he was one. Long...
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