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Teardroppers that Cycle

Postby MountainBiker » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:55 pm

Any teardroppers that mountain bike or cycle in Ontario?

I do a few events Like the Epic Mountain Bike series and we are planning on making a four day weekend for the race in July.

There is also a race in Sept but we would only do an overnighter for that one.

Both races are at Hardwood Hills just north of Barrie,

The races are 8 hours long, but you do it on a team (or solo!!!). The events are fun. I've been doing them for a few years now.

If this raises your curiosity, let me know :thinking:
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Postby jawbone » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:49 pm

Hey Mtn - that just around the corner from me!!! But no way am I doin' that - I can't even sleep for eight hours any more!! Let us know when your coming up!
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Postby MountainBiker » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:00 am

Hi there,

Actually, we are going to be at Arrowhead from June 30th to July 4th, and Mcrae Point Provincial Park from July 23rd to July 26th

We are also going away the last week of August but it is a toss up between north towards Timmins or west to Superior
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Postby del690 » Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:20 am

Do you do L2L or P2A?
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Postby MountainBiker » Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:47 pm

I do both the L2L and P2A
Also the Epic 8's at Hardwood and Mansfield

Might skip them this year though due to vacation conflicts

What else do you do...I'm getting more into Road...just bought a Cervelo S2 :D
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Postby jawbone » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:35 pm

Let me know if and when you are going to be at Hardwood. Do you bring your Teardrops to these events??
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Postby del690 » Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:32 pm

My best cycling days are behind me, competitive wise. I just like trying new events and stuff.I have raced these previously but I think I will do P2A this year and maybe L2L, and the odd duathlon.
I plan on going down to Kentucky next Jan (2013) for the world cyclo cross champs, just to watch of course :)
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Postby del690 » Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:34 pm

I really didn't need to ask if you did L2L as it's on your number plate.
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Postby MountainBiker » Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:58 pm

"Let me know if and when you are going to be at Hardwood. Do you bring your Teardrops to these events??"

Actually, you can't camp at Hardwood anymore. They stopped that after they changed ownership. You can take your trailer in for the day...thats it
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Postby MountainBiker » Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:03 pm

del690 wrote:My best cycling days are behind me, competitive wise. I just like trying new events and stuff.I have raced these previously but I think I will do P2A this year and maybe L2L, and the odd duathlon.
I plan on going down to Kentucky next Jan (2013) for the world cyclo cross champs, just to watch of course :)


My best days aren't behind me, but my fastest days are :lol:
L2L is only 29km this year :shock: My wife has made me swear off MTB racing due to some really bad wrecks we saw last year. Still debating about P2A though...depends on the weather
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Postby jawbone » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:25 pm

Hey MountainBiker - I'm about 10 - 15 minutes from Hardwood - if you needed a place.
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Postby del690 » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:49 pm

I wont do L2L if it's only that distance. I want to suffer a lot more than that for my money. I have always wanted to do this cross race in PA called "Iron Cross". I think it is 60 miles and in October sometime.
That would be a good target to get the Teardrop done by.
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Postby MountainBiker » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:41 pm

The first time I did L2L was about 6 years ago on a heavy hard tail bike.

The course was a lot tougher then and it was a very hot day. I would say that was the toughest single event I have ever done. When I finished I couldn't undo my helmet because my hands were shaking so much

They have cut out all the farmers feilds and it is now almost a cyclo cross event...don't know what the new course will be like, but I am not much interested in it.
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Postby del690 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:43 pm

Could have been one of the years I did it. I was there in 2005 and 2006. I had a really good ride in 06 but crashed about 50 feet from the finish line after hitting that hump/jump in the park.
I used to mtb race quite a bit but got fed up of laps on a circuit. I like the point to point stuff.
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