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MBO Report: Wish you Were Here!

August 18, 2007

If you're not down here with us at Mt. Bike Oregon in Oakridge, you're really missing out (and you've gotta come next summer!). Every day goes a little something like this: Wake up (groggy from a late night in the beer garden), sip on delicious coffee while waiting in the line for hot pancakes, fruit, sausages, biscuits+gravy, etc, check the shuttle schedule, make your lunch, load the bike, hop on the bus, hammer down the trail, then go back for some more - all day long. Riders return to camp ecstatically exhausted every night as they settle into the beer garden with a heaping tray of cooked-on-site dinner.

Favorite trails? Depends.

I mean, Alpine (the crown jewel) is always a packed favorite, but the downhill freaks just can't get enough of Larison Rock (or Crack Rock, call it what you want). Short, fast, awesome. And Middle Fork, the all day ride, is a singletrack dream-come-true with 35 miles of unrivaled singletrack.

Shanti Ware from PUMP Club in Portland has been leading awesome women's clinics. "These women all get it." she says. "By the end of the ride every single one them was bunny hopping and doing wheelies. It took me two years to learn that stuff!"

Wish you were here!

Posted by orbike at August 18, 2007 9:06 AM

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We wish we were there too but we just couldn't make it this year - life got in the way. Our crew from San Antonio will see you next year! Say hi to the trails for us.

Posted by: Jenni and Crew at August 18, 2007 7:15 PM

You mean I gotta wait another year to go back to mountain bike Oregon? it's going to be a long year...

Posted by: MTBRRRR at August 20, 2007 2:13 AM

Is July 08 yet? (jones jones jones...) This IS the premier mountain bike event period.

Posted by: Bob at August 20, 2007 5:02 PM

So, I just got the newsletter and looked through the photos. Good stuff. I will remember those days for ever and next year I'm coming back with all my friends.

Posted by: Dan Park at August 21, 2007 2:17 AM

I got your request for photos so look for a stack of them in your e-mail box later today. Thanks for putting together a great event. Do you know of any events like this in other parts of the country?

Chris, Idaho

Posted by: Chris at August 21, 2007 5:33 PM

Yet again, I had a flat blast! As Mtbrrrr above mentioned, I am jonesin' for '08 already. Killer riding & comraderie. After my third time, MBO feels like coming home and hangin' with old friends. Thank you for the opportunity to lead the Women's Clinics. I had such a great time with those ladies and loved seeing them "get it."

I have blogged my July '07 trip with pics and will blog the August trip in the next couple of days: www.myspace.com/mtb_grrrl

Until '08:
Ride Hard - Go Big - Live Your Dream!

-Shanti
Portland, Oregon

Posted by: Shanti Ware at August 21, 2007 7:17 PM

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