Archive for June, 2008

Willingen, Wheels of Speed World Downhill Challenge

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Willingen, Wheels of Speed World Downhill Challenge

Many riders took a week off after Fort William WC but I decided to join a couple of the top riders at the Wheels of Speed World Downhill Challenge. The event is an invite event with the organizers really looking after the riders. The world cup track of 2005 and 2006 is used for this event. It is quite a different course being only 2mins and being made up of man made DH sized jumps, fast rock gardens and fun turns…
Practice was really fun and it was nice break from the World Cup circuit. All the riders got together for some intense indoor go karts as well.

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Team Mongoose UCI World Cup Andorra 2008 update

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

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Andorra World Cup # 2

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Vallnord, Andorra . The Mongoose team flew into Barcelona, Spain after racing the US Open in New Jersey. We packed all the things into the van and got on with the 3 hour drive to Andorra which is a small country between Spain and France.  The drive reminded us all of Utah with red rocky formations all around. The scenery was breathtaking as we entered Andorra.  From what we heard Andorra has a population of +- 70,000 people and home to Commencal Bicycles, with Cedric Gracia having moved here 6 yrs ago.   (more…)

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