Top 5 Sweep!

There was something quite noticeable during the last XC race at Ft. Ord. If it wasn't the blur of green and white whipping past you, it was probably the bold letters "MR" perched proudly amongst the top 5 and atop the podium. After a beautiful day of racing amidst green grass and lots of friends, our team placed at the highest overall placing I can remember. The results are as follows. Way to go everyone:

Stacy Schroeder: 1st place, Sport Women's
Dusty Gillingham: 3rd place, Sport Men's
Jesse Smith: 2nd place, Sport Single Speed
Zach Smith: 5th place, Sport Single Speed
Covey Potter: 2nd place, Beginning MenPhotos credits and thanks to Rick Rasmussen!

Power of the Pelvis

I remember saying "oh shit!" in midair. I could see my front wheel heading straight for the opposing face of the jump landing as I threw my weight back to brace against the impact. The fork bottomed worse than I've ever felt. Being that, during 20 years of riding I've landed two wheels in this position far more times than I care to mention, I knew to throw my weight back hard, but the impact flung my pelvis forward into the seat. Painful as it sounds, it saved me an even more painful trip over the bars. For some perspective on the force it took to mangle this seat, two grown men were unable to bend this thing back... Remember, you can gobble up 6.5 inches of travel faster than you can say "bend resisitant cromoly rails"

(By the way, for all concerned parties, my pelvis fared far better than the seat. Hence the title)