Cal State Final Pix From Roger!

The State Final went down, and so did MANY of the riders! The Fall Classic always runs some great singletrack, ending on upper and lower Fall Line trails. This is a great place to test your "relaxation-descending" a-la Ned Overend. If you are tensed up and ridgid, there is a real good chance you WON't survive the drops, chutes, and rocks. Randy bought it here last weekend, and saw at least 15 other riders who also had taken dirt-naps on the way down.













Vegas Bob flatted, but managed to stay upright. I'm sure he hung out in the trees prior to the downhill, so he could fake a crash and land on one of Backbone's uber-hottie XC racers and claim it was an "accident." OK, so that's what I would do..so what?


















Lots of the BAC riders found their way to the podium that day, and had ll season during the Cal State Series. That's good, because they had over-all results that afternoon! That's always fun, especially for Randy who has a 5 hour drive back home. Overall medal days at Team Big Bear..ooops..Blue Wolf are always fun. Instead of doing the days awards and the overall's at the same time and saving several hours of waiting, they do them separately. This means that you don't leave Big Bear until well after midnight. Or eight o'clock..whatever. Ever smelled your chamois after 12 hours of racing, sitting, and Clif Bar farts? It's not bad, really, if you eat the Carrot Cake ones and chase it with a strawberry-banana Hammer Gel packet. mmmm...fruity..kinda like that guy on Will and Grace!








Thanks to everyone for a great season of racing! Of course, it's California, and the "season' never dies. Racing here year round is kinda like kissing your sister. Sure she has a blouse full of goodies, but after a while it gets tiring.