Big Wheel Racing

Since Summit County still has piles of SNOW as of June 22nd, a new course was set to accomdate the need to not bring skiis. And everyone ran the same course – pros, experts, sport and singles. A true test for some. Mark Thompson (after a warm-up spin in the Bailey Hundo a fews days prior) made a nice showing in Pro / Elite and myself (Brad) snuck in another hard fought win in the SingleSpeed open. The race closes down with libations, food, fire and live Bluegrass. Thanks to the Wellington neighborhood for hosting. Here is a video clip to share how Summit County runs races: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsVep7p-2yU&feature=youtu.be

Trust me – only the start / finish was on a road – the rest was a challenging 3000 feet of sprint climbing, backcountry test! Galen Grohusky (aged 6) finished 9th in the ten and unders.

Brad Grohusky enjoying the moment.

Another excellent 24HITEF event and great BWR turn out. Best 24hr race in the WORLD! A bit windy, but no smoke from the AZ fire.

Here are the BWR results:
- Rich Capener got 3^rd out of 33 in the Solo Men with 13 laps (213 miles)
- Dominic Garcia and Aaron Johnson got 1^st in the 5 men open with 17 laps.
- Lenny Goodell got 5^th out of  21 on Solo SS Men with 11 laps (178 miles)
- Kathryn Grohusky, Claudia Goodell, Amy Brenneman and Donna James got 5^th in the Corporate (SolveCFS team) with 8 laps.

And finally, the best part is that Claudia and crew’s efforts raise over $10,000 for SolveCFS!!!

NICE JOB BWR!!

Thanks to all our sponsors for thier support, especialy those who also sponsored the race!!

• High Desert Bicycles  
• Enzo’s Cycling Products 
• Hammer Nutrition
• Raw Revolution
• Santa Fe Brewing

Full results are here:
http://www.24hitef.com/sites/default/files/24HITEF%20Results,%20Sunday,%20noon.xls

Big Wheel Racing
Stan’s NOTUBES Clinic
24 Hours in the Enchanted Forest – A Race to SolveCFS

Lenny Goodell of Big Wheel Racing gave a Stan’s NOTUBES clinic on June 18^th at the 24 Hours in The Enchanted Forest – A Race to SolveCFS. This is the second year for this event which is a benefit for SolveCFS. SolveCFS is part of The CFIDS Association of America, the largest and most active charitable organization dedicated to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), which affects more Americans than multiple sclerosis (MS), AIDS or lung cancer. This year’s event had 322 registered racers comprised of 82 soloist and 65 teams. It would be great to have Stan’s NOTUBES as an official sponsor of this event in 2012.

Lenny demonstrated to approximately 30 people the installation of 1) A tubeless ready tire on a high end tubeless ready rim 2) A tubeless ready tire on an older standard rim 3) Stan’s valve stems on both rims and removed cores for inflating 3) Stan’s yellow rim tape on the older standard rim.

Some of the questions Lenny answered were: 1) How much Stan’s sealant is required? A) 2-4oz, depending on the tire size and if it has previously been mounted with Stan’s sealant 2) If I get a flat while riding can it be re-inflated with a hand pump without putting in a tube?  A) Yes as long as the bead isn’t broken and the sealant seals the puncture 3) On deep standard rim, do you need more than one wrap of the yellow tape? A) Yes for some rims such as the Bontrager X-Lite rim, which was used in the demo.

During the event one of the female riders had a flat and didn’t want to install a tube. So along with a few other female attendees who watched the clinic they successfully remounted the tire with a floor pump and techniques demonstrated during the clinic to re-seal the tire. They were very pleased with their success…

Below are a bunch of the pictures taken at the clinic:

Full set of pictures at: https://picasaweb.google.com/goodellpublic/BWRStansClinicAt24HITEF2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCbhJOZ5NqBdQ#

Rocky Mountain Endurance Series of Colorado

On June 12th the Carney Boys (Stephen and Andrew) made a big presence riding gears and a Moots singlespeed in this 60 mile furious spin out. Stephen got a first in 19-29 and Andrew a SingleSpeed fourth in this twisty-turny 6 laps of heated scrub oak. Brad Grohusky also spun up a top ten effort in the 40-49 on his new geared Specialized Stumperjumper to complete the 3rd race of the Rocky Mountain Endurance series.

Well, that's a pretty fast bike!

A couple of BWR’ers showed to race a cross country fast track Summit County Style. The first race of the 7 race series began at the Frisco Pennisula on June 8th. Stephen Carney and Mark Thompson jumped headfirst (not literally) into the Pro / Elite category and Brad Grohusky spun up his brand new Specialized Stumper SS into SS open. All had a great 60 minutes of hard pedaling to go completley anaerobic. Brad pulled out a first place on the Singlepeed. Thank you Wilderness Sports and SMC!