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Sunny and -7 at the start of a twisty, climbing and switch back fat bike race through about 16 miles of the the woods in Elk River. Ya race what Mother Nature gives ya...
Good turn-out on this Sunday morning, the crew kept the fires going all day.
Strong field at the front. With the tight singletrack, a 5 bike group stayed together for the first lap at about 50 minutes. Jeff Hall made his move at the start of the 2nd and final lap, charging ahead and leading into the singletrack.
The riders in the front group were all riding the twisty singletrack at a lively pace and came into the finish spread out a bit, but all putting in a good ride. Jeff finished 1st in 1:41.
Good talking to the racers and I met Jeff Young. It turns out that our paths had crossed back in the mid 1990's, 20 years ago. I worked for a company for 30 years and it turns out that Jeff Young worked summers at that company. Also by the jacket he was wearing, a "District 23 Hare Scrambles" jacket, off-road motorcycle racing. A good friend of mine, Craig was also an acquaintance of Jeff's. I have met many guys that over the years have ridden and /or raced both motorcycles and mountain bikes. Good people with like interests kinda revolve around the same worlds. It was good talking with Jeff Young who is a very good mountain biker.
I had some good riding myself this day. Able to catch a few shots of Jeff Hall weaving through the woods. A real nice set of trails up here in the woods of Elk River.
Jeff Hall bringing it home in 1:41, at -7 degrees in the north woods of Minnesota. Six races on the LAMERE Cycles Fat Bike, 5 wins and 1 second place. This bike fits Jeff's riding and skills very well!
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