ERIE 80
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Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Sounds like it's going to be a good event. Almost set up like an NUE
Erie 80 MTB Event Info!!!
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Erie 80 MTB Event
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ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ERIE 80 TEAM!***
Hey Everyone,
We are getting pretty excited around here for the first ever Erie 80 Mountain Bike Race in Port Jervis, New York. First, we would like to thank all of you that are going to be a part of it from the beginning. We look forward to seeing you at the Start and Finish line for many years to come.
We will be starting all groups at 9am this year, due to some logistics with the police department. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. There will be well signed intersections where the 20 km FUN riders need to turn off from the 80/40 km riders (2 of them). There are also 2 spots where there will be two way traffic for a short distance and the course will cross over. These are well signed as well. All course signs are on white board with black arrows along with blue tape with white Shimano writing. Keep your head up and pay attention and you will have no problem.
For the 80/40 km riders you are allowed ONE gallon-sized zip lock bag or something of the like to be transported to the Aid Station. You will come by this aide station twice per 40km lap. The Aide Station will be stocked with Water, Snacks and Honey Stinger Products. There will also be an aide station at the lap through at Brewer's Reservoir. Fun riders will only see the Brewer's Res. Aide station (1.4 mile from finish) All leftovers will be returned to the Tiki Lounge and Bar after the last rider has gone through the Aid Station. There is a 5pm cut off time!!! If you are still out on course and want to finish, feel free to do so, but you will be on your own!! Markers will still be up, but Traffic Guards will be gone and Town Streets will be LIVE and the finish line will be getting broken down.
We will have a Vendor Area that will consist of several bike companies and local businesses with food and drink. We will also have a beer garden for all riders over 21 to take advantage of. Newburgh Brewery/Dark Horse Cycles will be serving some of the most thirst quenching liquids. Please keep your number plate on you after the race to take advantage of all the things available. Also Roy's at Homer's Corner will offer 10 % off your meal if you have your number plate.
Parking can be had anywhere in town. First come, first served.
Please remember all riders must be checked in by 8:30am to receive their number plate and timing chip!!
See you on the Trail...
Thanks a TON, WST Crew
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Erie 80 MTB Event Info!!!
E
Erie 80 MTB Event
to me
15 hours ago
Details
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ERIE 80 TEAM!***
Hey Everyone,
We are getting pretty excited around here for the first ever Erie 80 Mountain Bike Race in Port Jervis, New York. First, we would like to thank all of you that are going to be a part of it from the beginning. We look forward to seeing you at the Start and Finish line for many years to come.
We will be starting all groups at 9am this year, due to some logistics with the police department. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. There will be well signed intersections where the 20 km FUN riders need to turn off from the 80/40 km riders (2 of them). There are also 2 spots where there will be two way traffic for a short distance and the course will cross over. These are well signed as well. All course signs are on white board with black arrows along with blue tape with white Shimano writing. Keep your head up and pay attention and you will have no problem.
For the 80/40 km riders you are allowed ONE gallon-sized zip lock bag or something of the like to be transported to the Aid Station. You will come by this aide station twice per 40km lap. The Aide Station will be stocked with Water, Snacks and Honey Stinger Products. There will also be an aide station at the lap through at Brewer's Reservoir. Fun riders will only see the Brewer's Res. Aide station (1.4 mile from finish) All leftovers will be returned to the Tiki Lounge and Bar after the last rider has gone through the Aid Station. There is a 5pm cut off time!!! If you are still out on course and want to finish, feel free to do so, but you will be on your own!! Markers will still be up, but Traffic Guards will be gone and Town Streets will be LIVE and the finish line will be getting broken down.
We will have a Vendor Area that will consist of several bike companies and local businesses with food and drink. We will also have a beer garden for all riders over 21 to take advantage of. Newburgh Brewery/Dark Horse Cycles will be serving some of the most thirst quenching liquids. Please keep your number plate on you after the race to take advantage of all the things available. Also Roy's at Homer's Corner will offer 10 % off your meal if you have your number plate.
Parking can be had anywhere in town. First come, first served.
Please remember all riders must be checked in by 8:30am to receive their number plate and timing chip!!
See you on the Trail...
Thanks a TON, WST Crew
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DownhillR3
Well-Known Member
FFFFFF, working tomorrow! 
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
After talking to Mike Montalbano it sounds like this is going to be a hell course. Lots of shale and steep climbs and he feels it will be tougher than bearscat.
jamie877
Active Member
Yea I heard Mike's report as well...sounded like a similar preride experience to mine...I opted to sit this one out. Being relatively close to this network I am very excited to hear how the race went and see this place take shape.
It would have been nice to see the shorter course cost less money...late reg was 75 bucks for 80K or 40K.
Good luck racers!
It would have been nice to see the shorter course cost less money...late reg was 75 bucks for 80K or 40K.
Good luck racers!
xc62701
Well-Known Member
I tackled the Erie 80k yesterday and had absolutely no idea what to expect. I knew the local crew had cut some new trails that they were going to use for the race so I figured maybe 10 miles of singletrack with mostly road/fireroads thrown in. Boy was I wrong. On the start line I was hearing that anything under a 4 hour lap was considered good. And I had to do two laps. Yikes this could be a long day.
So up the broken pavement climb we went and the lack of fitness was showing. My goal was to try to ride strong and last the event. No attacking was to be had if I wanted to get to the finish. Here's my take of the course. 80% newly cut singletrack and 20% leafy or clear fireroads. It was way more singletrack than I thought they'd be able to use. And it was super rocky. Not the nice rounded rocks that we are used to in north jersey but tire shredding loose shale of death. It wanted to rip open tires at will and my front tire fell victim to this on lap 1.
On top of the teeth chattering rocks the trail was either slick from the rains the previous days or it was very soft - almost feeling spongy as the new trails weren't burned in yet. So that just made life hard altogether. Put that together with 2700+ feet of very each 26 mile lap and it was a hard event. So after the tire puncture and surviving the first lap I started the second just hoping it would go by fast. I was using my garmin as motivation to see each mile pass. I was literally counting down in the woods. That is until my garmin died 5 hours in. The. I proceeded to endo and face plant on the trail. C'mon really? I of course scorpions myself and got my leg tangled in the bike - the one that was just surgically repaired in march - and hoped I didn't mess it up. Turns out I was ok and had to keep on pedaling.
I went back and forth with Dave Taylor most of the day - each passing each other probably 7 or 8 times. We rode the final section of singletrack together with Dave leading. He was cramping pretty good so I didn't know how long he would hang in there but he was riding really well. It was great to have company out there to keep me rolling. I was just trying not to cramp and save some juice to get to the finish line. I got past Dave somewhere in the last piece of trail and hit the open fireroad that lead back to the pavement to the finish and just pedaled steady.
I crossed the line in 6:21 for ??? place and was super happy to have finished. It was rough. That hardtail was not the right bike choice. You can't fake fitness. But it was a good day all in all. And the burger I got down the street after the event was heaven. Time to rest a bit and do some more fun miles. Looking ahead to a great 2017.
So up the broken pavement climb we went and the lack of fitness was showing. My goal was to try to ride strong and last the event. No attacking was to be had if I wanted to get to the finish. Here's my take of the course. 80% newly cut singletrack and 20% leafy or clear fireroads. It was way more singletrack than I thought they'd be able to use. And it was super rocky. Not the nice rounded rocks that we are used to in north jersey but tire shredding loose shale of death. It wanted to rip open tires at will and my front tire fell victim to this on lap 1.
On top of the teeth chattering rocks the trail was either slick from the rains the previous days or it was very soft - almost feeling spongy as the new trails weren't burned in yet. So that just made life hard altogether. Put that together with 2700+ feet of very each 26 mile lap and it was a hard event. So after the tire puncture and surviving the first lap I started the second just hoping it would go by fast. I was using my garmin as motivation to see each mile pass. I was literally counting down in the woods. That is until my garmin died 5 hours in. The. I proceeded to endo and face plant on the trail. C'mon really? I of course scorpions myself and got my leg tangled in the bike - the one that was just surgically repaired in march - and hoped I didn't mess it up. Turns out I was ok and had to keep on pedaling.
I went back and forth with Dave Taylor most of the day - each passing each other probably 7 or 8 times. We rode the final section of singletrack together with Dave leading. He was cramping pretty good so I didn't know how long he would hang in there but he was riding really well. It was great to have company out there to keep me rolling. I was just trying not to cramp and save some juice to get to the finish line. I got past Dave somewhere in the last piece of trail and hit the open fireroad that lead back to the pavement to the finish and just pedaled steady.
I crossed the line in 6:21 for ??? place and was super happy to have finished. It was rough. That hardtail was not the right bike choice. You can't fake fitness. But it was a good day all in all. And the burger I got down the street after the event was heaven. Time to rest a bit and do some more fun miles. Looking ahead to a great 2017.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Spot on! I am full body sore this morning.
Ahillfarmer
Member
Thanks for giving the new trails a try. It was a bruiser of course!! look for more improvements each month
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Thanks for putting that race on. Weather was mint(a hair chilly to start but 10 min in it was perfect). The trails you guys cut in were awesome, fun and very scenic. Overlooking the delaware, a reservoir and some creeks and waterfalls. You can see the high point monument and all. The only part I would say should be marked with caution a bit more is where you ride pretty close to the edge of a vertical cliff in the beginning. The whole town was really into the event though. Thank you.
Yeah I had a great time also. Loved the Police escort out of town . Signed up for the 80k , didnt have it in me though.
I can see this event really growing of the next few years.
Will be back for some more !
DownhillR3
Well-Known Member
Really excited to get there soon and explore the trail network. Thanks for burning it all in boys.
huffster
Well-Known Member
So, the day after "Now to find the time...", the moons aligned perfectly. 2 cancelled conference calls and off I went. I took my fatty with Bluto and it served me just fine for my 11-mile, 2 hour ride. The place definitely has some climbing. It also have a great mix of gravel roads, woods roads, double track, single-track.
The map someone included above is pretty good. It located pretty well most of the time on Maprika, but it seems there are still some trails under construction (i.e. Juda Hunter). Many of the markings and tape from the race were still up. The trails are overall pretty well marked. There are some trails I found that were not on the map. I highly recommend "Turntable". It was a great trail and I felt like I took it in the right direction, but probably would be good in either direction. I only got semi lost or off-track a couple times...no biggie.
Wish it was a little closer, but I felt it was worth the trip!
https://www.strava.com/activities/762686908
Much respect to those that did 25 or 50 miles!
The map someone included above is pretty good. It located pretty well most of the time on Maprika, but it seems there are still some trails under construction (i.e. Juda Hunter). Many of the markings and tape from the race were still up. The trails are overall pretty well marked. There are some trails I found that were not on the map. I highly recommend "Turntable". It was a great trail and I felt like I took it in the right direction, but probably would be good in either direction. I only got semi lost or off-track a couple times...no biggie.
Wish it was a little closer, but I felt it was worth the trip!
https://www.strava.com/activities/762686908
Much respect to those that did 25 or 50 miles!
I did the 40k (25miler) on a single-speed rigid fatbike. I did not ride with the growler as I was sick in the morning.
The course as described above is a good discription .
It felt like you where going up hill the whole time. The newly cut trails seemed to slow the roll down with the fat bike
but I was able to roll over some of the rocks which seemed never ending.
The course as described above is a good discription .
It felt like you where going up hill the whole time. The newly cut trails seemed to slow the roll down with the fat bike
but I was able to roll over some of the rocks which seemed never ending.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Reg is open for 2017.This was the toughest course I have ridden to date.