Salida Omnium First Stop On the MSC Series Journey
Thumbs up from COMOtion Sports racers Chris Taylor, Ben Truitt, Melissa Archey, Doug Dupuie, Dave Strouse, Karin Barclay, Jennifer Tatro, Megan Taylor and Scott Gordon already on board to kick some booty at the May 18th Arkansas River meeting of the best XC racers in Colorado. Mountain States Cup Series #1 will set the pace [more...]
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...]
RaceRocket MT Pump By Topeak A Real Deal
Colorado front range mountain bike rides require cyclist to be prepared for flats. Tubed tires are subject to pinch flats bouncing over rocks or slamming 3 foot drops and slow leaks caused by goatheads or the occasional prickly pear cactus encounter all spell doom. Even the sealant ready tubeless followers burp a bead on a switchback or don’t [more...]
TOPEAK’S SPONSORSHIP APPRECIATED
At the end of another great race season, major sponsor Topeak’s Byron Tsai joined founder Stephen Lechner and Dave Strouse for a Rockies game in Denver. Byron and friend Jeff were in the Mile High City following the Las Vegas Interbike show. Yeti’s Steve Hoogendoorn also treated the pair to a round of golf before [more...]
COMOtion Sports Adds # 9 to the Mountain States Cup Series
Sol Vista 2011 was the Champs-Élysées stage for the powerful COMOtion Sports/Yeti cross country race team. With an overwhelming command going in, COMO racers were happy to grunt uphill one last time knowing their efforts had paid off and victory was a formality on the top of the MSC podium. The team was driven by [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...]
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!
COMotion Team Sets Sights on 2011 Season
After the end of Cyclocross season, the fat building holidays and New Year celebrations, the nearly 40 member of the COMotion Sports racing crew has settled in on goals and assignments for 2011. Still the primary focus, the team met Thursday night to focus on winning again, the Mountain States Cup Series www.racemsc.com for the [more...]
Cyclocross Season Is On
An expansion of COMotion Sports racing is evident on the Front Range in Cyclocross (CX) racing. The team trailer and pit areas have been course side at CX races in Boulder, Longmont, Broomfield (2x), Louisville and Denver. American Cycling Association http://www.americancycling.org/ sanctioned events run through the holiday season and into January. “The opportunity to showcase our sponsors through [more...]
MSC #9 – The Fall Classic Race Report
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 block, Team Live, Train, Race (LTR). Determined to challenge COMotion [more...]
Cycling dominance
Cycling team hoping to take cup in regional mountain series for 8th consecutive year Kristin Pazulski, Denver Daily News Staff Writer Friday, May 14, 2010 The local mountain bike team COMotion is hoping to continue its domination of the region’s largest mountain bike racing competitions, the Mountain States Cup (MSC) Series. Read this article on [more...]