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Summer Vacation – Watching a Mountain Bike Race

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Started the summer vacation yesterday with spectating the NORBA
mountain bike nationals up at Snowmass Ski Resort. The downhill was
worth watching and fun to photograph, though the chances of being
hit by a flying bicycle or rider were pretty good.

Mountain bicycling is good training for backcountry skiing.
We watched a couple of heats of the Expert
class (one step below Pro). These guys were photogenic. They
didn’t have quite the gear or technique of the pros, but that
made for some exciting action. You could get as close as you
dared. One guys bicycle flew about 30 feet after a fall and my
son had to dodge it. Cool, an activity where spectating is a
risk sport. Perfect for the off season. And yep, bicycles don’t
cause any environmental damage.

Posted by Lou on July 23, 2005 | Filed Under Backcountry Skiing 

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