Spring Training
It’s March in Colorado. And while it’s technically Colorado’s snowiest month, the lengthening days and brightening sun bring excitement and allure to the beginning of the mountain bike season. This year marks a significant milestone in mountain bike racing for COMotion Sports, celebrating 15 years as a team. During much of the past 15 years, [more...]
10th Annual Yeti Tribe Gathering
COMotion Sports celebrated the 10th Annual Yeti Tribe Gathering this year in Breckenridge, CO. Evie, Dave, Jenny, Boni, Chris, and Megan all got to ride and have fun with other Yeti fans. This year’s group ride took us from Kenosha Pass up to Georgia Pass and then down into the town of Breckenridge, CO. COMo [more...]
COMotion Racers Post Winner Times at Firecracker 50
Not satisfied with dominating the Mountains States Cup Series , COMotion racers lapped up Breckenridge’s ultra-endurance races like they were ice cream. Over the 4th of July holiday, 4 of 5 COMo racers finished on the podiums. Holly Wade (5:38), Single Speed Women, 1st place, Gary Peterson (6:12), Cat. 1 -60+ 2nd place, Mark Thompson (4:38), Single Speed [more...]
MSC #5 – Wildflower Rush
14 Comotion racers headed down to Crested Butte on June 25th for kick-off of Fat Tire Week in Crested Butte and the famous Wildflower Rush mountain bike race. The Pro and Cat 1 men along with the Singlespeed racers were treated to a grand tour of all the famous singletrack that Crested Butte has to [more...]
24 HOURS OF E-ROCK 2011…..JUDGEMENT DAY-COMOTION TAKES IT
COMOtion Sports’ longtime supporter Optic Nerve was the title sponsor of the 2011 24 Hours of E-Rock. The team wanted to show our appreciation for the association by bringing a full crew to the event. What happened over the weekend was amazing and above our own expectations. The COMOtion Sports team won the 6-8 Coed division [more...]
MSC #3 – Riverside Rampage Report
COMotion Sports headed to Salida, Colorado for the third stop on the Mountain States Cup circuit. The town of Salida stepped up and provided an excellent venue for the inaugural Riverside Rampage mountain bike race. The stage race included a time trail, short track, and cross country. The weekend weather held out, despite the wind blowing over tents and bike racks!
12 Hours of Mesa Verde Race Report
With no MSC racing to be done over the weekend of May 7-8th many Comotion racers ventured to other races to tune of the legs for the summer races. Some Comotion racers headed to the Front Range 60 or the Battle of the Bear. Instead of heading east I headed south to race in the [more...]
Rabbit Valley Race Report
It was a cold and windy weekend in Rabbit Valley that brought multiple forms of precipitation, but Comotion racers came out in full force for the second stop on the Mountain States Cup series. We had a great group of racers compete in both Saturday’s time trial and Sunday’s backcountry XC. Saturday’s race was a [more...]
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK MOST TECHNICAL VENUE FOR #1
Wow, the inagural MSC race course at Colorado Springs’ Cheyenne Mountain State Park proved to be the most “Rocknical” race venue in the series. Some are physically harder but this course saw broken bones, many flats and rolled tires and uncountable elbow and knee abraisions. The Saturday time trial was not spared the multi-rock gardened trails including [more...]
Team Endures West Slope Weather and Has a Ball (8 Ball)
The 2011 COMotion Sports team training camp is already being considered a success. Over 80% of the team ventured across the Continental Divide to meet, plan and ride in the Colorado mecca of desert mountain biking. Not surprising, the team got a fashionably late start Saturday in remembrance of the recently departed Elizabeth Taylor. The Lunch [more...]
Checking in at TC in Fruita
Chilly morning at TC. But we’re here to stay. Contemplating a ride around mary’s loop.
MSC #9 – The Fall Classic Race Report
COMotion Sports Takes the Cake with MSC Team Title #8! COMotion Sports has built a legacy in the Mountain States Cup Series over nearly the past decade by winning an unprecedented seven consecutive team endurance titles. Everything seems easy when you’re winning. However, coming into the 2010 season, a new kid showed up on the [more...]
Lumberjack 100 Race Report
So you would think I’d have an advantage racing in Michigan being that I’m used to racing and training above five thousand feet and the Lumberjack started around four hundred feet above sea level. As I discovered last year and it was even more apparent this year, humidity is the great equalizer! The race started with [more...]