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Florida Gravel Grinder series #4 + TT – Green Swamp – Dade City, Fl Beautiful March weekend in Central Florida for the final round of the FGG series, a little chilly in the morning but great race weather as the day slowly warmed up with Sunny skies. Saturday’s bonus time trial was run on the first 9.4 miles of the regular course featuring an out an back hard surface for the most part and was won by Gilberto Araujo and Valerie Rosso. Sunday the attention turned to the full 25.4 mile loop where sprint racers would do one lap and […]

Georgia State Championship series #1 + TT#1 – Dauset trails – Jackson, Ga It is always a little risky scheduling a bike race in Georgia in early March, you never really know what the weather is going to do till it happens. Well we got lucky this weekend as forecasted storms on Friday missed the area and very mild temperatures dominated the weekend which was a perfect recipe for a mountain bike race at the popular Dauset trails. A 7.5 mile loop was laid out that had a typical single track feel for the first half then became fast and

Florida Gravel Grinder series #3 – Seminole Forest – Eustis, Fl Great turnout for the second to last round of the FGG series at Seminole Forest just North of Orlando. Weather was a taste of summer with temp’s in the upper 80’s and while last years race was wet this one was dry and bit dusty for those stuck in the back of the pack. The 16.8 mile loop which features a variety of views and surfaces was traveled twice by the sprint classes and four times by the marathon groups and for the third race in a row Owen

Florida Endurance series #2 12 hours of Santos – Vortex Trails – Ocala, Fl This event is always a highlight of season, whether for the endurance or XC as about 350 racers came together for the annual 12 hour. This year we made it a special tribute to Moises Inoa our sports famed photographer who passed away just a few weeks ago by naming it the 12 Hours of Santos / Osito. The weather was amazing this year with just the right amount of rain on Friday to tighten up the trail grip and mild temp’s on Saturday to help

Florida Gravel Grinder series #2 + FLE make up – 3 Forks Recreation area – Palm Bay, Fl One word can sum up this race… WIND! This levee course is known for great gravel riding, it has some of the best road surfaces for gravel in the state and has lots of straight sections that lend itself to good group riding and racing but “o-the-wind”. A cold front blew in overnight and with sustained head and cross winds in the 20-30 mph range and gusts even higher, plus the lack of trees had the riders facing literally no breaks for

Coconut Cup #6 + ST– Dyer Park – West Palm Beach, Fl Between the time of this event and time this is being written we have been informed of the sad news that one of our friends and friend to the sport has passed away. Moises Inoa (Osito King Racing) was a former bike racer turned photographer / video enthusiast who took thousands of pictures of the races over the years and produced high quality videos for all to see for free on his face book page “Osito king racing”. He was a great person, always happy, always smiling and

Florida Endurance series #1 + TT#1 – Markham Woods Park – Lake Mary, Fl What a contrast to last years ice box race where the temps were in the 20’s, this year was shall we say a perfect day to be outside and ride ones bike. The SORBA Orlando club was again on top of things and they had a nice layout that consisted of a steady mix of twisty single track and some double track thrown in to allow for passing plus about 11 to 12 inches of elevation changes just to keep things interesting (ok that wasn’t fair,

Florida Gravel Grinder series #1 – Cary Forest – Bryceville, Fl Perfect weather for the start of the ’23 series in North Florida as a cold front and overnight rains provided the racers with a packed course and cool temps to race in. SORBA Jax did an outstanding job once again with the course layout, marking and marshaling and Champion Cycling provided the prizes for the awardees, many thanks to both! There were two race days and two loops for the opening round with a Time Trial on Saturday that featured a super fast 7.25 mile circuit and Sunday the

Coconut Cup #5 – Virginia Key Park – Miami, Fl Ahaaa Virginia Key Beach, Florida beautiful views and great weather, right!? Well kind of, it certainly looked attractive but the temps were in the 40’s as the sun rose over the bay which made for a chilly start to the day of racing. The Virginia Key mountain bike club was out however in the cold and had the 7 mile course running hot for the racers and the day actually did warm up nicely by mid afternoon to perfectly clear skies, ok so now we were back in South Florida!