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Northridge, CA

Sunday, July 25, 2010

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Single speed only, coaster brake only, no hand brakes point series races. 4 races, no classes. Courses usually take between an hour or two to complete and vary from race to race. Last one had 36 total racers. 20.00 entry fee gets you all 4 races, patch, and t-shirt. Loads of low-tech, low buck fun. Race each Sunday, 4 races total. Please see

COURSE: This will be a fast paced loop that we'll do 5 times. Most of the course if fairly flat with a few up hill sections and stream crossings. The first leg is narrow single track that dumps on a wider path where you can go all out to pass people. The trail turn points will be marked by florescent flags as it will be easy to get lost. Most of the single track is nearly overgrown from lack of use, the brush is tall so you will get scraped up a bit. I recommend bigger chain rings (34-42 teeth) for this one as you'll be doing a small amount of climbing and have plenty of opportunity for sprinting. You'll have several stream crossings on the single track section and a few short, steep climbs on the back side of the oval. One section of the single track dumps you back on wide trail, DO NOT TAKE THE WIDE TRAIL, the single track hooks right back, look for the flags and follow the course. If you get lost and fail to complete all 5 laps correctly, you'll get one point for participating and that's it.

Los Angeles, CA

Sunday, July 18, 2010

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Single speed only, coaster brake only, no hand brakes point series races. 4 races, no classes. Courses usually take between an hour or two to complete and vary from race to race. Last one had 36 total racers. 20.00 entry fee gets you all 4 races, patch, and t-shirt. Loads of low-tech, low buck fun. Race each Sunday, 4 races total. Please see website for all the details.

COURSE: Mostly flat, some sandy sections and gravel roads with a tight single track section in the middle of the course, this will be the fastest course in the bunch. You start by going around the perimeter of the course on a dirt road, once you make it 2/3 of the way around you'll dive into a tight single track section. It will be easy to get lost one this section as there are many ways to go, the correct path will be marked but you'll still have to pay attention. Once out of the single track section, you go through the tunnel and make a left on the bike path to complete the loop. Each lap is around 1.25 miles, we'll be doing 10 laps. You may want to have harder gearing, wear gloves and perhaps a long sleeves shirt at the plant matter is tall and will be really dry and scratchy come summer time.

Tarzana, CA

Sunday, July 11, 2010

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Single speed only, coaster brake only, no hand brakes point series races. 4 races, no classes. Courses usually take between an hour or two to complete and vary from race to race. Last one had 36 total racers. 20.00 entry fee gets you all 4 races, patch, and t-shirt. Loads of low-tech, low buck fun. Race each Sunday, 4 races total. Please see website for all the details.

COURSE: The entirety of this course is on fire roads. The course has a fair share of accents and descents. Several steep climbs and sweeping curves, most of the course is easy to handle. You'll be taking the dirt road to a gate an d hanging a left towards the hub. Once you climb to the hub you'll take the tail to the upper right to the eagle rock loop. The back side of the eagle rock loop has a tricky decent so be careful, it will dump you back on the dirt fire road then you'll do a 180 and head back towards the hub and return to the start point. The total length is about 7 1/4 miles long.

Granada Hills, CA

Sunday, July 4, 2010

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Single speed only, coaster brake only, no hand brakes point series races. 4 races, no classes. Courses usually take between an hour or two to complete and vary from race to race. Last one had 36 total racers. 20.00 entry fee gets you all 4 races, patch, and t-shirt. Loads of low-tech, low buck fun. Race each Sunday, 4 races total. Please see website for all the details.

COURSE: 75% single track with some poorly paved sections. Slight uphill on first half of the course and then undulating single track on the way back. The back side single track is very narrow so pass with care. Each lap is about 1 1/4 miles long, we'll be doing ten laps. There are a series of jumps at the back end so watch out for them. I know it's on the 4th so this is the easiest course out of the bunch as we'll most likely be full of bb-q.

sdfsdf, CA

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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Single speed only, coaster brake only, no hand brakes point series races. 4 races, no classes. Courses usually take between an hour or two to complete and vary from race to race. Last one had 36 total racers. 20.00 entry fee gets you all 4 races, patch, and t-shirt. Loads of low-tech, low buck fun. Race each Sunday, 4 races total. Please see website for all the details.