Big Wheel Racing

The Santa Fe Big Friggin loop was held on Saturday July 5th. Big Wheel had a great showing of 7 team members attempting this grueling 70+ mile 14K+ feet endurance event.

Last year, I (Lenny Goodell) DNFed when I bailed at the bottom of Pacheco Canyon and had been kicking myself for a year for not “Manning Up” and doing the climb. This year I man’ed up and did the 7.2 mile, 2000ft climb after almost 9 hours of riding. It was not nearly as hard as it looks from the bottom. I got to the bottom of Pacheco canyon about 15 minute earlier than last year, but this year I also did the optional Rancho Viejo portion which added about 30mins. My goal was to complete the whole route, including Rancho Viejo in under 12 hours, which I missed by 10 minutes… My bike work flawless with my new American Classic 29er rear wheel that I picked up on Thursday from the great folks at High Desert Bicycles.

View for from the top of the Santa Fe ski area at 12,000 feet.

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