Mt. Bike Oregon - 250 Riders Rock Oakridge!
July 29, 2007
The July weekend of Mt. Bike Oregon rocked the trails in Oakridge with 250 riders. The epic Middle Fork trail was as popular as ever. Limited to 40 riders a day, this awesome ride was in high demand. So was the Alpine trail, with riders begging to get on the shuttles every day. While the number of riders is limited in order to maintain the condition of the trails, there is certainly no lack of riding options throughout the day.
Read more about the event on BikePortland.org here and here and check out these photos.
Riders awoke early every day and were eagerly awaiting hot coffee to get the day started. After a hearty pancake-sausage-eggs breakfast, it was off to the shuttle sign up table to contemplate the day's rides, then over to the yellow school buses to load up for the trail. Riders were gone all day, riding as many trails as time or their bodies would allow. At night, exhausted riders returned to camp for a shower, a refreshing dunk in the ice-cold river and a dinner that was rushed to make way for the beer garden. Free beer was served all night long.
Tanya from Cannondale came up to lead clinics for women and Jason Bietz from River City Bicycles in Portland provided ascending and descending clinics in the evenings. The Bike Gallery crew wrenched on bikes to keep them in working order and a team of 60 guides - mostly from the Disciples of Dirt Eugene club - kept riders safe on the trails.
If you missed out, don't worry, there's still another session in August.
Posted by orbike at July 29, 2007 4:19 PM
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I just got back from MBO and I had a great time! It's like you took all the inconvenient parts of a mountain biking weekend and did them for us. You scope out the trails – we ride them, you shuttle up – we bomb down, you cook – we eat, you tap the kegs – we drink the beer. Everyone was super friendly and super helpful and the riding was just amazing. Thanks for a great weekend.
Posted by: Chester at July 30, 2007 4:45 PM
I had a blast & want to say thanks to Randy, Porter, Tom, & all the volunteers. A special thanks to all the Disciples of Dirt for their fantastic trail maintenance, guide work & good humor.
Lastly, a big thanks to the Bike Gallery gang who got one of my friends back on the trails in a hurry, even after he broke a derailleur hanger & they had to arrange a late night delivery to pull it off. Nice work!
I'll be back for the August MBO, hope to see a lot of familiar faces there.
Posted by: Don at July 30, 2007 9:58 PM
THANK YOU == I never knew I could have so much fun in the woods. I'm an experienced mtbiker and I was challenged and on fire every day. wish I could come in August...see you in 2008...
Posted by: Jen at July 31, 2007 5:14 PM
so the question becomes, how can I get off work in august to go to your event? sounds lke I need to be there.
Posted by: Jeremy Tanner at July 31, 2007 7:57 PM
Great time, great riding, great beer, food was fine(I'm not going to lie, it wasn't great, but it was fine), great trails, great guides, great great great. you will find me there next year, on the trails or in the beer garden. Just yell JAN (that's ""yawn"") and I'll say hey, we can share a beer.
Posted by: Jan at August 2, 2007 6:56 PM