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So, as vague as that last post was, I hope that it helped put a little light on what we're actually trying to achieve here. We are putting on a rogue race. Much like the famed Thurs. evening MTB races held through the more temperate seasons, this event is intended to capture the fun, the skill, and the spirit of riding bikes in the dirt.
A lap has now been created. At a good clip I was able to ride two laps at roughly 6 min. a lap. Half of the lap consists of twisting and winding single-track, the other, fire roads with a few turns. It's our intention to make this as enjoyable and equally viable for someone to win, or ride their best anyway, on a CX bike or an MTB bike. It's all part of the name, right?
A good time will be had. Keep checking back here for more info as it comes available.
I really can't wait for this to happen, so pumped.

Fun-Time Event: Sisyphus Loved Fun

For any of you that has entertained the idea of putting on a cycling event for a fun time, you may have noticed how void of fun the process is. As a Cyclone may lift your house aloft and pretty much ruin it, the permitting, palm-greasing, and general dollar soliciting can erase any and all ideas that an event catering to an already narrow scope of folks even vaguely interested in something you are inviting them out to.
Let's take the myth of Sisyphus as an example. Full of guile, Sisyphus tricked the "devil" into taking leave from his under-worldly duties. When called to the underworld to explain himself and possibly receive punishment, he claimed a formalities were ignored for proper passage across the river Styx. Like a child playing Simon Says who says "Go to hell" with out the preface of the game's signature command, Sisyphus was absolved from his trip and subsequent atonement for a while, at least. It would seem he just loved fun a lot, and wanted to continue his pursuit of it.
I've paraphrased a lot here and even taken some liberties with the myth, but a person or group of folks who desire to put on a fun bike riding event could be compared to this in a way. Rather than laying a coin under our tongues for Sharon's piloting us across the river, or, really, shelling out money to do a very by-the-book CX race, we want to skip it all and get to the fun part.
Enter: X-mas CX and MTB Follies!!! A plateau-centric race in Philadelphia to be part of a fun-loving bike driving weekend together with Bilenky's Junkyard race the next day. Laps of half single-track and half double track/ fire road await fine riders of all sort to take to the dirt and make merry. Dec 18th will rule our calendars til then, and hopefully yours as well. Hopefully this will not have us rolling boulders come the 19th.
Feel free to ask questions on the comments section, we'll get back to you with pertinent answers. Thanks!!