Sep 30, 2023

THE HEROES OF THE SPORT, EVEN AN E-BIKER?

I CONNECTED WITH A LOT OF MY HEROES TODAY. All of them much braver than your average racer, scratch that...

... braver than 99% of riders.

Some blaze the trails with astonishing feats,
others give until there's no more to give.

Who are they, and what do they all have in common?

A few shoutouts from today...

OG Doug Grant for founding the Good Dirt ride, a fantastic 50 mile XC untimed ride through our local trails that has raised 100s of 1000s of dollars for transportation starved Africans.
The incredible Kurt Weimann who has masterfully taken over the reigns of said fundraising adventure.
The Girlz Gone Riding group which consistently recruits, trains, assists, teaches, encourages, friendships girls who want to get into bike riding.
Sir David Browning's efforts to coalesce all the local trail advocacy and maintenance groups via OCMTBA have been transformational in our county.
Ross Bennet heads up what I believe is by far the largest high school mtb team in the county, and has done so for at least 10 years. Long after his kids graduated.

... and this knucklehead, who I love...