Vegas Bob's RADS Ultra Quest Challenge Report!

Backbone's very own World Famous Vegas Bob rolled up to the chilly morning start of the first ever RADS ULTRA QUEST CHALLENGE race on Saturday. A forty mile race with three ascents of the Ortega Mountain Range along the So Cal coast, it was going to be a doozy. Tons of hike-a-bike, NO support crews, no radios, no water stations, no NOTHING...this race for the old school hard-asses still looking for a ass-kicker of a race. Vegas Bob rolled his brand new and trouble free TOMAC CARBIDE, and the bike performed flawlessly. A great way to showcase the design of the Carbide's amazingly efficient platform, Vegas Bob would constantly slug it out with the fourth place finisher. On the final climb up San Juan Trail, he finally ran out of water about 3/4 of the way up. Having to stop at the Blue Jay campground to fill up, he wasn't hurting too bad thanks to his Amino Vital product. After finishing the final ascent, he rocked down the last 2-plus-hour descent to Bell Ridge Trail. His pedals had taken such abuse, a spring had snapped and left him with only half of his right side to find during those on again, off again hike-a-bike sections. Expecting to finish in 11 hours (many riders rode with lights, just in case) Vegas Bob and his Carbide rolled in at 8 hrs, 17 minutes. That would land him squarely in 10th, with 43 riders starting this challenge. Great job, Bob!


Bob during the Leaping Lizard DH race earlier this month, another RADS challenge.