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1  Forums / Ultra Racing / Black Tooth Epic on: August 05, 2023, 10:50:03 AM
Here is a great new 250 mile route in the Big Horn mountains of Wyoming.  This is a WILD, lightly traveled route.  There have been about 8 versions of this route over the years and we have gotten a lot of feedback from lots of folks.  Virtually all of the parts people did not like have been removed and the course has been redesigned to provide resupply approximately every 50 miles and substantially less hike a bike.  Late July until the snow flies is the best time to ride this expert single track course.

A mass start stage race bikepacking event is planned for July 29, 2024.  

https://blacktoothepic.blogspot.com/
2  Forums / Routes / Black Tooth Epic on: August 05, 2023, 10:46:07 AM


Here is a great new 250 mile route in the Big Horn mountains of Wyoming.  This is a WILD, lightly traveled route.  There have been about 8 versions of this route over the years and we have gotten a lot of feedback.  Virtually all of the parts people did not like have been removed and the course has been redesigned to provide resupply approximately every 50 miles.  Late July until the snow flies is the best time to ride this expert single track course.

https://blacktoothepic.blogspot.com/
3  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2022 AZTR Preparation & Planning on: November 01, 2022, 10:37:10 AM
The mtbcast phone in mailbox is full
Whoo Hoo, you got this Taprider, a down day in Flagstaff and then the glorious canyon crossing to the finish!
4  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Training for bikepack racing, anaerobic intervals and variety, or not? on: August 31, 2022, 05:31:27 PM
I honestly don't remember saying this.  I know for a factt that Kurt R follows fairly traditional racing prep with structured intervals in different zones.  I know Chris P uses a watt meter, pretty sure Jefe does intervals.  In fact, I bet most FKT's prep with fairly traditional intervals and periodization.
5  Forums / Ultra Racing / New BP Race in Colorado! on: January 15, 2022, 02:28:24 AM
Looks interesting:
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/new-colo-race-to-highlight-1000-miles-of-area-trails/
6  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: AZTR 2022 Announcements on: December 03, 2021, 04:59:35 PM
A lot of people do individual time trials in the spring
  You can start any day and any time you like and be tracked on Trackleaders.  There is also a group start in the fall. Registration usually opens about a month early and a link will be posted here and on the fb aztr page. If you pay attention and sign up early it should be no problem getting in.
7  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2021 AZTR on: October 27, 2021, 10:35:22 AM
There is a new spigot at the bottom of Oracle Ridge at the American Flag trailhead.  About fifteen feet before the parking lot, turn LEFT (if coming from Summerhaven) and walk along the fence line for about 50 feet.  Do NOT search around any of the buildings for water as they are private.  After this, riders can refill at the overflowing Beehive Well and then the ADOT yard at Kelvin.  The caches may be empty so dont plan on using them.
8  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2021 AZTR on: August 29, 2021, 11:24:53 AM


https://ca.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information-canada-3/
9  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Big Horn Trail Race 2020 on: July 08, 2021, 10:09:53 AM
Hey evdog, no changes this year and no grand depart.  August is a good time to itt.  It could be hot, and plenty of bad mud if it rains, but the part where Erin experienced mud has been removed.  I think the route gets a little better every year. I have not previewed whole course this year, but as much as possible the route follows well maintained trails.  The FS got some key trails cleared last summer, and some more this summer, so I am excited to put a route together for 2022 which will have some good improvements.  Let me know if any other q's.
10  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Sleeping in restrooms? on: April 01, 2021, 03:42:12 PM
Oh oh, somebody is getting cranky.  Back in my day we would get outside and go for a ride when this happened.
11  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Sleeping in restrooms? on: March 30, 2021, 09:23:24 AM
I think it is unethical to sleep in the john if even one person can't use it because you are in there.  I think one time a Grand Canyon ranger got very annoyed because a bike packer spent several busy hours in one of only two John's on the north rim.  Like a lot of bike packers, I have often been very happy to snatch a few hours of warmer sleep.  I never plan on it, and when I do so it is for 3 hours in the middle of an abandoned forest at 2 in the morning.  As far as the hygiene aspect goes, cleanliness varies and some outhouses are disgusting.  Nevertheless, if it gets cold enough, even the biggest germaphobe will choose warmth.  Most bikepack racers have immune systems which can handle others excretory germs.  Every time we are in a public toilet and someone flushes, millions of fecal germs become aerosolized and we breathe them.  Dont get me wrong though, it is a very unsavory thing to do.
 
12  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Big Horn Trail Race 2020 on: August 15, 2020, 12:24:27 PM
SPOT REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

  https://form.jotform.com/trackleaders/bighorn20
13  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Big Horn Trail Race 2020 on: July 10, 2020, 09:37:09 AM
The 2020 .gpx is up!     https://ridewithgps.com/trips/52238734

DUE TO WYOMING COVID REGULATIONS, REGISTRATION WILL BE CAPPED AT 50 (subject to change

This is a remote and beautiful course for single track experts.  275 miles and 35k of climbing, easy gears highly recommended.
The route travels from Buffalo, Wyoming to Big Horn, Wyoming, which is 30 road miles from the start.  After many years of scouting, there is just
not a worthwhile way to completely finish the loop.  To be sure, the loop could be completed by singletrack through the Proposed Rock Creek Wilderness,
but it is much too heinous.  Far better to spin the final 30 miles on the road and not on the clock.
https://bighorntrailrace.blogspot.com/

Our Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/Big-Horn-Trail-Race-154576138552908/
14  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Big Horn Trail Race 2018 on: June 04, 2020, 06:38:50 PM
Hi Aaron,

Curious if you have started or already have the 2020 route figured out?  When you do if you don't mind sharing the GPX file I might try and find time to come ride it.  I will be busy in early September hosting the 20th Annual Dakota Five-O hopefully....

Thanks
Perry

Hi Perry, as soon as the snow melts and the water drops i will be riding the full loop and getting .gpx.  probably 2-3 more weeks.  Will definitely post it here as soon as i am done!

Cheers,
Aaron
15  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Tour divide tips and tricks fb page is CENSORED!! on: May 07, 2020, 05:01:14 PM
"I have no problem with your desire to ride this year."

Thanks for clearing that up Josh, ride on!
16  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: 2020 CTR on: May 05, 2020, 11:56:48 AM
Howdy Y?all,
I?ve been getting lots of emails asking about the 2020 CTR, if it is happening or not. I am making the call and posting my decision at the end of May. This gives the world another month to maybe calm down and open up?! Or two months for folks to change their plans. I?m not giving a lot of clues, cause I just don?t know yet. But if I was traveling from afar or from out of the US, I would plan on waiting till 2021.
I will not give the green light if it is a detriment to the CT or CTR in the future. We can wait, it is just a bike ride after all. Please be respectful of the small towns on the CT Corridor. ITTs might not be out of the question, but be smart and respectful when making these choices.
I will post here, and at jwookieone.com and on the CTR Facebook page once I make the decision.
Hope you are all well and making big plans for 2021!!!

-Jefe-
I think everyone will respect your decision, I will.  If I had to bet, I would bet that by the end of May, even if the course is open, there will be no way to tell if social distancing rules will be relaxed enough by late july to allow a 75 person group start, thus I foresee Jefe is correct in his advice to those traveling from afar.  On the other hand, I think and hope conditions will allow Jefe to greenlight some itt's sometime this summer.  But my main point here is that if this is truly the new normal, or is likely to occur again, we should come up with new ways to deal with it.  For example, if social distancing guidelines prohibit gatherings of ten or more, groups of 10 could start every hour, thus preserving some of the grand depart feel.  I don't suggest this as a way to exploit some kind of loophole, but rather as a way to show we are good ambassadors and obeying the letter of the law.  I would even support running this or similar ideas by the cdphe to get their guidance and endorsement.  Bikepacking is already a good sport for social distancing since the rules require 6' distancing (no drafting). Of couse, if this is not the new normal, it might not be worth the effort.
17  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Tour divide tips and tricks fb page is CENSORED!! on: May 04, 2020, 02:43:00 PM
I'm not allowed to be cautiously optimistic for an event that's nearly three months away and can be driven from/to easily and only requires one refuel stop....because I chimed in about being a responsible cyclist on a route that goes 5x the distance, that's 5.5 weeks away?

On second thought, Facebook is probably your best home.

Sure, you can be cautiously optimistic, you just don't get to lecture me for being cautiously optimistic.  Thanks.
18  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Tour divide tips and tricks fb page is CENSORED!! on: May 03, 2020, 12:20:19 PM
This is all news to me, I'm only familiar with what's been posted in this thread and my own thoughts about riding/racing during a pandemic.  I disabled my facebook about 6 months ago which has been a great decision....maybe you should think about doing the same since it's clearly creating so much drama in your life.

Not so much drama as entertainment during the lockdown, but thanks for the good advice. The fact remains that your lecture on responsibility was hypocritical given your hope of riding the ctr this year.  You have no reason to assume your decision to ride is based on different or superior information than my decision.
19  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Tour divide tips and tricks fb page is CENSORED!! on: May 03, 2020, 06:38:09 AM
Nothing.  That's 3 months from now and 6 weeks after the divide (not "a few"...that's disingenuous at best) , and it's pending a decision by Jefe at the end of this month. I'm not going to stop riding my bike and give up on my goals right now because of covid, that's silly.

If Colorado is under social distancing guidelines and covid is still widespread in the state I will absolutely be a responsible cyclist and not participate even though it will be incredibly frustrating to me personally.
Really, you think im being disingenuous?  I stated repeatedly that i wanted to do an itt in late june or july, only 3 weeks before ctr.  I also stated repeatedly that i would only ride if health and government officials opened the whole route, and you know it.  This was the source of the dispute.  Even if appropriate authorities opened the whole route, people like josh kato, bailey gene newbrey and kurt refsnider felt like people shouldnt ride this year, EVEN if the route was open, and you jumped right on that bandwagon with your little lecture about responsibility.

I have to add, i am really disappointed in those i mentioned above.  Josh kato said there were numerous reasons it would be selfish and irresponsible to ride this year, but he didnt say what they were.  Then he undermined his whole argument by saying people could tour the gdmbr instead!  I think hes worried someone might have good conditions and set a record he might not be able to beat.  Then some innocent person asked about starting in whitefish, and bailey gene newbrey told him to FUCK OFF, because he knew lots of stores on route that didnt want us.  This was bullshit, it was simply an egoic reaction to someone who questioned the received wisdom of people who think being fast makes them authorities on all subjects.  Kurt refsnider did some good virtue signaling as well, suggesting the local communities dont want us.  Then, after delivering his lecture about not spreading covid, he took some of his bikepacking roots money and went biking with bailey gene in the santa fe national forest.  Wont be getting any more donations from me.  If anyone here is being disingenuous, it obviously aint me.
20  Forums / Ultra Racing / Re: Tour divide tips and tricks fb page is CENSORED!! on: May 01, 2020, 07:33:49 PM
Do you really think biking through 2 countries and 5 states and stopping at dozens of small town grocery stores, diners and bike shops is a responsible thing to do right now, or 8 weeks from now?

This isn't just about you either.  It's also all the people you interact with along the way and their vulnerability.

Trump should have nothing to do with this anyways, as if he's actually in control of opening the economy.  States rights and all.

Timon, I saw a couple of days ago where you posted you were still training and hoping to race the colorado trail this year.  What changed?


Do you really think biking through colorado and stopping at dozens of small town grocery stores, diners and bike shops is a responsible thing to do right now, or 12 weeks from now?

This isn't just about you either.  It's also all the people you interact with along the way and their vulnerability.



 If health and government officials of 2 countries and 5 states allow recreational travel and approve stopping at dozens of small town grocery stores, diners and bike shops, why is that irresponible, especially when you are hoping to do the same thing a few weeks later?
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