Monday, September 14, 2009

5-0 info

dakota 5-0 write-up...finally...mostly pics. computer and laziness have put this off so here goes. one hell of a good time. lots of pbr. 7th ss. not sure overall. 4 hours 25 minutes-ish. going back next year hands freaking down. rode the middle 30 miles with kent and felt like we were just out on vacation somewhere. cliff jumping. rushmore. black hills. chophouse. free micro brews. coolest awards party i've been to. drank a beer at the bacon station 38 miles in. no cramps. felt great. awesome trails. limited pavement/gravel. favorite mtb race of the year. pics couldn't be in anymore random of an order. yes, scotty broke my mirror running into road construction thing on the way out doing like 80 mph. jabber rode great again. probably run a squishy fork next year.















9 comments:

Trevor Rockwell said...

Just so you know, you did better overall than you wrote. 23rd overall. Great job Shockey!

forbesfamily said...

where'd you do the cliff diving? we loved s.d. 13 years ago and can't wait to take the kids next year.

shockstar said...

2 or 3 miles from rushmore on the same highway. there's just a wayside place to pull off and the cliff is right there. just hop the guard rail, climb, jump, repeat.

the original big ring said...

Dang - looks like a good one!
cheers

Shut up said...

yo where can i get that anti-29" shirt???? thing rules.

shockstar said...

no idea where those shirts came from. 2 friends have them but not sure where they got them.

DMC said...

Way fun race i did it last year and flatted going up the creek at the start and managed to finish in 5th.
Love it out there did a sick road ride out in Custer State Park. Good fun...

Scott said...

we got the shirts off of mtbr

Ridge Rider said...

HI Ben,
Thanks for the write up, fun to read what others think about the Five-0. Great to see your signed up the the 10th Annual this summer.
Let me know if you have any question or need anything!
sincerely
Perry jewett
Pedal Power
nice blog....