Cross Crusade #8 – Barton Park
Vital Stats:
- 1029 total racers for the day
- Beginner Women: 54 racers
- Junior Men: 36 racers
- 50+ Men: 62 racers
- Unicycles: 6 racers
- Largest category again goes to the Masters 35+ C: 152 racers
Brian Johnson aka i_r_beej finishes 69 in the Masters 35+ B
Jim Hendrickson aka Holstein finishes 34 in the Clydesdales
Absent: Allen, Guy, Jesse and Jordan but my gal and I were there for moral support and heckling.
Jim & Brian
Brian floats
No brakes Jim!
Pass that Clyde!
A junior friend of mine named Naiqwan Pelman, watch out for him!
14-yr old vaults
Local freak-bike builder and Team Beer rider, Barnaby Casey
Freak bike!
A view from the bottom
The ankle-buster
Peace.
-buddhabelly
5 Responses to “Cross Crusade #8 – Barton Park”
THAT’S a runup!
God bless freak-bikers…
Oh. My. Gawd.
Can I just say that little drop-in was the most fun I’d ever had going downhill?
I was so sorry when they told me I was done, because I couldn’t ride the drop-in again. Pictures at others’ web sites showed a number of folks crashing and burning on it, which really surprised me; I didn’t think it was all that severe. But even more surprsing was watching women who I KNEW were way more experienced than me WALK down the hill with their bikes shouldered.
Was it really that bad? Perspective, please.
When they used that downhill off the dike a couple of years ago, it was a cakewalk then and it remains a cakewalk.
I too, am surprised when I see folks in the higher Cats run down it. It goes to show you they’ve probably been training on the road more than anywhere else. Once again, another reason folks who mtb have they better skills on the technical courses.
I killed this off-camber descent everytime as a beginner. Barnaby (Team Beer Freakbiker) rode it every time too!
ehhh i just figured the end of the Crusade Season why brake now…no brakes and bombs away…