St Pat’s Poster Hits the streets

Big thanks to Kelly Halpin for drawing our rowdy Leprechauns and Trisha Taggart for designing the posters! We obviously have a lot to live up to now! One week to go… the count down is on!

Togwotee Winter Classic 2010 #2 - Two new Course Records!

I just wanted to post that both Mike Piker and Jill Damman set course records yesterday at the Togwotee Winter Classic Snowbike race.
Get full race results HERE.
Look for pics as soon as I get them. In the meantime, check out this video about snowbiking from Park City. They clearly get it!

Roller Racing Series begins Wednesday at 43 North

If you don’t know what Roller Racing is all about check out this video from our last event:

Team Sign Up Night 2010

2010 Team Sign Up Night
If you have been a part of our team program in past years, we hope to have you join once again in 2010. We have some exciting new details that follow below. If you haven’t been, please come by and consider joining the “Team that waves”! That’s right, everyone is welcome - no matter what ability level. The only prerequisite is a willingness to have fun.

Tuesday, Feb 9th at the shop at 6pm.

As in the past, to join the 2010 Team you need to purchase a 2010 kit at wholesale price. We will ask for a deposit on Feb 9th and you can pay the balance when the new kits arrive later this spring.

Let me know if you have any questions about the new program.

Roller Racing at 43 North Wednesday Feb 3rd

Roller Racing, Goldsprints… ever heard of it?

The indoor bike racing event that is sweeping the nation is finally coming to Jackson!  Come to 43 North this Wednesday night to compete or just watch head to head “sprint style” bike racing live.

Races will be 250 meters long (about 10-15 seconds) and fastest Men’s and Womens’ times will be take home sweet prizes from Fitzgerald’s Bicycles and 43 North. Whether you think you have what it takes to bring home the Gold, or just want to watch your buddies crush it, 43 North is the place to be Wednesday night!

If you want to see what it is all about check out this video:

Coldsprints® Roller Racing - Feb 13, 2009 from Mr.Do on Vimeo.

3rd Annual Togwotee Winter Classic

Once again Dave Byers gave the greater Teton snowbike community his yearly gift - the 3rd annual Togwotee Winter Classic. Sure, Dave doesn’t groom the trails, or mark the route, but he doesn’t need to. The very welcoming snowmobilers take care of all that. What Dave does is release the hype! “Good morning snowbikers” & “We’ll be seeing you at the Togwotee Winter Classic right?” are all you hear out of Dave for weeks leading up to this truly “classic” event. A website, a clipboard at the front desk of the Togwotee Mountain Lodge, and a route description, is enough to get the core of the local snowbike community stoked to head up to the Continental Divide and measure our winter cycling fitness.

For 2010 the trail was rumored to be faster then ever. Having missed 2009, I can’t say for sure, but I can tell you that my time of 3:45 was about 3 1/2 hours shorter than 2008. At the end of the day I was left with a sense of once again being part of what made Mt Bike racing special and popular from the beginning. Before sponsors, pros, and magazines, there were groups of friends that gathered on weekends and said something similar to what Dave B uttered at the start, “ok, the route is CD trail to the V back to the CD. You’re not officially finished until you sign back in at the desk. Ready….Go!”
Thanks Dave… classic!

Chris E at the finish line

Snowbike Night at the Shop

Ride your bike in the winter? Are you crazy? Thanks Jay and Tracey Petervary and Dave Byers for putting on snowbike 101 at Fitzgerald’s last week. After the “how to’s”, Dave showed some images of local rides while Jay wowed the crowd with Alaskan Ultrasport images from his multiple trips on the Itditarod Trial.