Next Stop Spring!

Well it's hard to believe Spring is not far away. But it's true! A couple more gravel rides and races and it's time to give the road racing a shot this season. It'll be good training for the triathlons.
Besides all that, we are just waiting out the weather and trying to make the best out of it.

Snow Bike #2 Feb. 16th

Well it's getting close! Snow Bike #2 is only days away and we have riders from Iowa Fall and Cedar Falls coming over to challenge the strong riders from the Des Moines and Omaha area.

This race is shaping up to be a travel gravel route due to ice on the trails. We will change up the course for this event and add a few hills. I will ride the new route Sunday.

So come on out and do some winter riding and have some fun at Amigos after the race.

We will have more prizes from Fat Tire Ale, Amigos, Brown's Shoe Fit Co. and more.

See ya there

Super Race Day

Well things went great! The cyclist were in rare form today for sure. There were some odd things going on today for sure! The photos tell all.

We had a great time. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Feb. on the 16th.

Dubuque Tripple D Race

Well we went and gave it our best shot. The conditions were extreme! And the course was not much better. But that's the Idea. Due to a frozen our broken free hub I headed back after 8 miles threw the snow that was 6-8 inches deep in some places and very rutted. I did complete 16 miles total in 2:25 along with Brian Benson who was also having some problems.
Four bad ass cyclist did complete the event in a liitle more than 8 hrs. There were 56 paid cyclist ,35 started and 4 finished. We had a good time overal.
Fix the bike for this weekend and go again!
So this coming weekend we will be hosting our own winter race and the weather looks to be great!

Race Course

Sunday was cold with a lite wind. I began the course in western Webster County riding the Lizard Creek Valley east towards Fort Dodge. Some nice little hills, some flats and a overall great ride. Approximate distance was around 22 miles minus the Loomis loop.
Hope for some decent weather!

Vintage 1997 Ski Bike! Fun behind a snowmobile or down hill

2008 Snow Bike Racing / Iowa

2008 Amigos Snow Bikes Series

Sat January 26th Amigos Snow Bike XC,

Point to Point XC Race

Sat Feb. 16th Amigos Snow Bike XC.

closed course xc race in loomis Park

Races will be staged from Amigos Bar& Grill in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Registration: will be 8:00 to 9:45 and race at 10:00.
Fees: $15 plus $2 day lisc. for non USAC Members
Awards: Medals three deep and 100% payback for experts. Also prizes and drawings

Show up and race both events and be entered in a cash drawing at the last event.
Sponsors at this time are Hammer Nutrition, Amigos Bar, Ft Dodge Parks Rec., Browns Shoe Fit Company, Rasmussen Bike Shop West Des Moines, Iowa and many other local sponsors We are working on more sponsors at this time.
These events will be USAC Sanctioned Events.

Currently race distances wil be 22- 25 mile for point to point. and 10-20 for XC course race. Dist will be determined by race categorys and weather conditions. So come out and ride, have some fun and food

Riders will be transported to start location for Jan 26th event and will ride back from there.

Racers List:

Bruce Neil

Thad Neil

Brian Benson

Jim Logan

Mr. Kramer

Corey Hill

Randle 50/50

Lance Andre 50/50

John Newell

Nathan Harp

Been a While

Well it has been some time since I posted here. But I am still around.
Just been riding, running and racing. Starting some training for next years season and the Hy Vee Triathlon.

Last week we ran the Living History Farms XC Run. Went well. I trimmed about 22 minutes off last years time. I was digging that. Next year I hope to cut things by 10 more minutes.

Just started a Yahoo group for the Fort Dodge Area cyclist, runners and mutli sporters. So check it out. A great tool for the locals to get together and chat about local cycling and running.

Also we have been working on the trails in Oleson and Loomis Parks.

Oleson parks trails are all cleaned up except for a section with a tree down that needs cut up.

Also i began cutting in a new trail along the valley by the band shell. We are planning a couple of races of some sort for 08.


Well time to go fire up the grill.
Have a great Thanksgiving weekend.
Matt