Big Wheel Racing

Jens Nielsen and Matt Turgeon both raced the Breckenridge 100 on July 22, 2007 in Breckenridge, CO.   Big Wheel Racing team member Jeni crewed for both Matt and Jens.  Matt raced on the Moots Mooto-x SingleSpeed, and won the singlespeed division of the race, and also placed 8th place over all out of 84 contestants for the 100-mile solo race, and Jens placed 11th. 

A description from Cycling News on the course states;

“After five days of thundershowers and inclement weather, race day for the third annual Breckenridge 100 and its little brother the B-63 greeted athletes with cloudless blue skies and only a hint of a breeze. Starting at 6:00 am at the Riverwalk Center in downtown Breckenridge, the racers began their quest to race three distinct cloverleaf style loops among the high alpine terrain of Summit County. Loop one took riders over Wheeler Pass at 12,374 feet and onto the Colorado Trail to traverse the Ten Mile range at 12,500 feet. Total elevation gain for the three loops is 13,010 feet.”

The race included several professional riders, including former US Olympian, and 8 time National Champion Tinker Juarez, and also US Olympian and 2 time National Champion Travis Brown.  The news report from Cycling News can be found here.

Matt rode his KendaKarma 1.9 tires and with the 29-in wheels found those to be perfect for the course on a singlespeed.  Jens, rode tires from Maxxis- another sponsor of Big Wheel Racing -and used his favorite Crossmarks.  The Moots Mooto-x performed flawlesssly for Matt and he believes that the bike performed much better than any other mountain bike that he has ridden.  Both riders used Honey Stinger energy and protein bars, as is the normal for Big Wheel Racing team members.  Both Matt and Jeni and also team member Brad Davis all race on Moots Cycles, a legendary Steamboat Springs, CO bicycle manufacturer.  Jen’s wife Karen even brought along celebratory Santa Fe Brewing beer at the conclusion!  The team members enjoyed the Fiesta IPA special brew.  The support crew and team members also enjoyed wearing the complemetary clothes from Avant Garb in Albuquerque, NM.  Thanks Mark, and thanks to all of our other sponsors for helping the team out!  We truly appreciate your support and have enjoyed representing your company and products!

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