Mudslingin’ at the OBRA XC Championships!

It is beyond me why we are already nearly half way through the MTB series here in Oregon and it is the first week in May…

Must be time for the Championships! Sorry for the cynical attitude but I still haven’t recovered from snow-bike-walking last week.

On to Blogett, Oregon for umpteenth Mudslinger Classic. Usual Oregon crowd fighting it out in the usual mud bog. I tried to drop them at the starr, and throughout the first lap, but just didn’t have the usual hammer for some reason… Then my seatpack busted off–nice, tools MIA.

Carl Decker (Giant) put the hammer down on his singlespeed and dropped us–Erik Tonkin (Kona), Sean Babcock (S&M),and I. Then silly decided he wanted his tools and tried to make a quick pitstop but ended up wiping out and playing “can I stand up and walk uphill in the mud”.

Racing over with an underachieving 4th place. Makes me wonder what would have happened with a little more bike RIDING last week! Oh, and a little luck with the bag–thanks a lot Topeak! I can say that since they are NOT my sponsor…

Thanks YOU all, though, for your support–maybe another OBRA championship next year for me!

-VP