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As Cupcake so eloquently pointed out a few days ago, it is a holiday weekend around these parts. No, we aren’t talking about George Washington. We are talking about 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo weekend!
Usually this race as my own personal vision quest every year. A solo endeavor, where I push my self to see how many miles of singletrack I can ride in one day. Although I am never really competitive, I push myself a little more every year and I always learn something. Even last year when things didn’t go so well, I still walked away with a great experience. But this year is going to be a little different.
Although I have probably ridden more days in a row the past 3 months, I still didn’t feel like I put in enough work to really give it a go. I didn’t have the stoke needed to punish myself for 24 hours but I am already registered solo. So I did what any respectable MTB addict would do. I bought a new bike.
That right there is the Klunker from Transition Bikes and she is going to be my ride for 24 hours. All 35 pounds of her coaster brake glory. As you can see, I’m taking a really serious approach to the race this year. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
We also decided to come up with some new “kits” this year. A little tribute to our friend Kyle and the original DC jersey worn many years ago at this very race.( I will have a few at the race to sell if you want one, and any left will be put in the store next week)
Besides our own personal shitshow, the event this year has some pretty great things happening. The new title sponsor, Tucson Medical Center, is celebrating the opening of a new building that specializes in fixing broken athletes (among other things) and you can take a pretty slick virtual tour right here. They have also teamed up with the other main sponsor,Moots, to raffle off some Titanium goodies to anybody who signs up here. All sponsor business aside, this race also gives back a tremendous amount to the Tucson community. This year’s main recipient will be a group called BAG IT. A cancer awareness group that helps educate newly diagnosed patients . I had never heard of them until a few weeks ago and I would encourage you to check them out.
Cupcake and I will be drinking ourselves around the course all day and night. While our two duo teams will be battling it out to try and move a couple steps up the podium from last year. You can follow along with our suffering here:
We will also be trying to update the Facebook page as we go along and our instagram accounts @drunkcyclist and @dirty_biker
See you guys on the other side.
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It’s awesome to see how Sadow has built up this event, that in its second year, spawned drunk cyclist….. Believe it or not, big jonny, Kyle, Jeff & I threw down a fourth place that year (all on single speeds before there was a single speed class). This was also a first date of sorts with my wife, who stayed up the entire time setting our sad sacks off on every lap… The last time I had the privelage to roll those great Tuscon trails was in a pouring tsunami in honor of Kyle…. Once again my wife was a trooper, 4 months pregnant and she rocked 2 laps.
Truly a great event. For all who are descending on the twenty four hours of old pueblo this year…. Ride fast, take chances…..keep the rubber side down
That bike looks super sweet!
BTW, Dirty Biker: I saw you had Junky as one of your books… well I’ve secured the rights to do a William S Burroughs Jersey… it’s going to be done in 10 to 12 weeks. I go weird or I go home…
I’m jonesing right now. Earned my nickname from Big Juan that year with those beaters. The NC is no where in the ballpark for me compared to the trails in AZ. It is a good thing I love my kids. Ride well DC doodz!
I didn’t see a single piece of bacon being handed out. WTF?
you weren’t at the right places at the right time. I had 2 pounds of bacon disappear in record speed