Attendees: Alex Fowler, Audrey Sarin, Nate Marsh, Raman Sarin, Sergei Shevlyagin, Tina Sarin Friends of 529: Brian Hillger The cross country racing season opened up on Sunday with the first race at Dash Point State Park. When we pre-rode the course there were some concerns about the start. Since the forest service was working on [...]
Read moreToday we had the fourth installment of Hell and Highwater. It truely lived up to i’ts name the day was super muddy, and I only wish the pictures I had of Nate turned out. Still everyone had a good time, got some great practice in for the upcoming races, and agreed VB had set a [...]
Read moreRaman knows I would enjoy Whistler, so he puts together a weekend trip. Raman knows that I suffer from fear deficiency so he takes me down b-line first even though A-line looks more fun to me. He keeps me on technical trails for almost a full day and don’t reveal Crank it up until I [...]
Read moreIt feels like DH season ended just last weekend. I think I blinked, a couple of months went by, and suddenly the XC race season is starring gleefully at my lack of preparedness. I know the first race will hurt more than it should lest I get some more miles below me instead of just [...]
Read moreWe did it! This was my third time riding the STP, and my second to do it in only 1 day. As one of my fortieth birthday wishes I asked Tina to do the STP with me again in one day. We worked with our cycling coach Lang to work the training in along with [...]
Read moreSaturday June 19 was the first Duthie Hill Dash race. An event to raise money for Duthie Hill Park a spectacular mountain biking skills area developed jointly by King County Parks and the Evergreen Trails Assosciation. Project 529 filled the race with yellow! We had 10 riders show up to the competition and in return [...]
Read moreBend, Oregon is a pretty unique place in central Oregon. It’s conveniently located 3 hrs from Portland and 6 hrs from Reno and San Francisco. During the winter, Mt. Bachelor is a short 20 minute drive and during the summer, there’s some epic mountain bike trails a short 10 minute drive from town, not to [...]
Read moreThe mecca of mountain biking. What a trip! Having spent only 4 full days here, I feel like I’ve experienced the key trails, but there’s clearly a ton of other great trails to be had. Heck, off-hand I know I missed out on Poison Spider Mesa/Portal, the MOAB brand trails, and didn’t get to ride [...]
Read moreI finally got to go DH racing! I sat out the first round of the NW Cup wanting to avoid injury while Kelly recovered from her leg surgery but with approval from her Dr. to putting weight on the leg coming three weeks before the ProGRT#1/NW Cup #2, I knew I was going to get [...]
Read moreContinuing our epic adventure, hitting some of the most amazing mountain bike trails on the west coast, we headed north towards southern Utah. More specifically, our destination was Virgin, Utah, home to the famous Red Bull Rampage. While we didn’t go check out the exact location of the Red Bull Rampage, I now have a [...]
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