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Florida Endurance series #3 – 12 hours of Santos – Vortex trails – Ocala, Fl We could not have asked for better weather for the annual 12 hour race at the Vortex. Last year the race had to be cut short due to rain (and it was a bit cold as well), this year it was just picture perfect all day and night. It was a little longer course this year as well measuring nine miles per lap (not counting the first half loop to spread the riders out). Many thanks to all of the sponsors and thanks to club […]

Coconut Cup series #5 – Oleta River State Park – N. Miami, Fl Was a warm one but not too hot, the sun was shining and trails were demanding as always at Oleta. The Oleta Trailblazers had the trails trimmed back nicely and with a new variation of trails for the racers the 6.75 mile was a challenge to all levels. Angel Rodriguez claimed his third win in a row after a tough battle with his competitors and one particular tree and Patricia Doring also started a streak of her own with two straight in the women’s expert class. Next

Florida Endurance series #2 + Time Trial – Markham Woods – Lake Mary, Fl Amazing weather to kick off the month of February with overcast and temperatures in the 70’s round two was held at the popular Markham Woods trail system just North of Orlando. A busy but flowing trail was set up by the SORBA Orlando trail crew and this time it measured 7.5 miles per loop meaning four laps for the sprint racers and eight laps for the marathon folks. Saturday the series time trial was a one rider against one lap of the course affair and it

Coconut Cup series #4 – Amelia Earhart Park – Hialeah, Fl After a chilly start to new year of racing it was reassuring to have a really nice weather weekend for a change. The sun was shining, the temps were in the 70’s all day the trail was in perfect shape which made for lot’s of smiles all around. The Amelia trail crew had set up a 6.9 mile course that was at it’s prime, many thanks for all of the hard work! Angel Rodriguez came ready to race after a very successful FSC season and took home the overall

Florida Gravel Grinder series #2 – 3 Forks Rec area – Palm Bay, Fl When a weather forecast is made it is important to look at the details, if you just glance at the headlines for Sundays Central Florida weather there were terms like “washout”, “all day rain” and 95% chance of rain. But a closer look revealed a low chance of rain until the afternoon at the race site and in fact it did not rain until after 2pm at the race site well past the end of the event. What was very true was that the area was

Florida Gravel Grinder series #1 + Time Trial – Cary Forest Grind – Bryceville, Fl A wee bit chilly it was! Saturday’s time trial was not too bad with temperatures in the forties and near fifty but Sunday with temps in the twenties overnight and still freezing by race start, yeah it was down right during most of the race. The sun did come out however and we managed to high a balmy 50 degrees by awards time. The SORBA Jax clubonce again helped out immensely,  and Champion Cycling was also on hand as the round sponsor and they handed

Florida Endurance series #1 + Short Track – El Lagarto – Loyce Harpe park – Lakeland, Fl This was the race that almost didn’t happen, we have been crossing our fingers for months now hoping that our scheduled date was going to happen due to the hurricane and the resulting FEMA clean up efforts at the park but we had received word in December that the park would be open just in time for the race. So on Saturday as the trails opened for the first time in months we held the series short track at 3pm on that same

Florida State Championship series #8 – Santos Trails – Ocala, Fl After dodging two hurricanes the FSC ‘25 version landed safely on the fields of Santos with great weather and awesome conditions. A 7.6 mile mix of flow and tech was the signature of the eighth race of the series and as one rider put it, the course was a good representation of the whole series, in other words a little bit of everything. And as always thanks to the Ocala Mountain Bike Association for all of their hard work on the trails. Ryan Woodall notched his 4th win of

Coconut Cup series #3 + TT – Amelia Earhart Park – Hialeah, Fl Picture perfect weather for the third round of the CC series (which was also an FSC make up) plus of course the CC time trial on Saturday. The park has a new trail crew and they put together a great trail for the racers from both the FSC & CC series. Set at 7 miles the course was fast and fun and the youth loop was one of the longer of the circuit at 2.3 miles per. Saturday’s time trial was won by Victor Alber with a