2011 Kansas State MTB Championship

Lyle Reidy and crew put on another fine Crocodile Rock mountain bike race out at Perry State Park. This years event doubled as the 2011 Kansas State MTB Championships and top finishers would qualify for a trip to the 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross Country National Championships on July 14-17 in Sun Valley, Idaho

Hot and humid weather, which is very typical for this time of year, greeted the 140 riders on race morning as they attempted to be earn a State Championship and qualify for Nationals. The approaching storm clouds did little to reduce the temps and the only savior was to find shade. Luckily the 6 mile course had plenty of shade and offered some "fast and flowy" trails to keep the heat in check.

Midwest Cycling's Ryan Feagan escaped the flooding Mighty MO and made the trip from Iowa pay off with by taking the overall win on the day completing 4 laps in 1:38. Cow Town Cycling's Damian Almanza took the crown of "Fastest Kansas Man" and became the Kansas State MTB Champion with a time of 1:42. Brendan Jenk's rounded out the overall podium with a 3rd in 1:44.

Roxanne Feagan kept it a family affair by winning the overall title on the women's side completing 4 laps in 1:50. Ethos's racing Kay Lehman continued her strong season taking 2nd overall in 2:02.

Results are up - 2011 Crocodile Rock/Kansas State MTB Championship Results

Cow Town spotlight:

Congratulations to our new Kansas State Mountain Bike champions:

• Damian Almanza - Cat 1 40 - 49 Men
• Tim Greene - Men's Marathon

More great rides by John Wagner - 3rd Single Speed, Sean Gaulter - 4th Cat 2 19 - 29 and Brent Gowin Cat 2 30 - 39.

2011 MTB Summit by LMBC

2011 Missouri State MTB Championship

The 2011 Missouri State MTB Championships were held on Sunday. The KC Cup hosted the championships for the first time and did a great job. Here are the Missouri State MTB Championship results.Congratulations to the new 2011 Missouri State Mountain Bike Champion Ashley Blum. Ashley rode am impressive KC Cup to take his age-group title and overall in the Cat 2 division.
Damian Almanza showed some great form stepping up on the podium in the very competitive Cat 1 division. Look for Damian to defend his Kansas State MTB championship at the upcoming Kansas MTB Championships.
Rich Anderson put in a good showing in the very popular Marathon class. He just missed out on a podium spot and took home 6th on the day. Nice chops Rich....
Tim Greene got in 4 laps for a solid ride and was very happy to survive 4 times through the slick Rim Job.


We had staked field in the Cat 2 division to support Ashley. Jeff Arnaud put in a great ride for 2 nd place in the 30 - 39 division. Sean Gaulter continues to improve and took home 7th place and Chris Love paid for his early pacing and rounded out the field for 9th. Now if Sean could just learn how to put a number plate on....
Brent Gowin came out of a brief retirement and spent the entire day looking over his shoulder but still managed to take home 12th in the always tough Single Speed division.
Chris Locke continues a slow comeback and rode to a 9th place in the Cat 1 40 - 49 division.
Never let this guy borrow your bike - John Williams tries out MTB racing. Tim's Turner will never be the same...

Historic Gravel Road Ride

Dirty Kanza 200 - Cow Town on the Podium

Congratulations to all the DK200 finishers. A tough day in the saddle for many.

Another strong ride by our own John Williams - 5th place in 14:21. Mr. Pot Pie you are a damn machine.

Here are some pictures from this years Dirty Kanza 200 from Tim Greene.

DK 200 Resultsu

A local report - Race of Extremes

Some more reports: Tim Green's report - Tim's Excellent DK200 Adventure , Adventure Monkey, Cornbread

More to come...

KC Car Free Challenge

It is May which means Bike Week and time for the 6th Annual Car Free Challenge.

Cow Town Cycling Team has always supported this fun event and has had a very successful history with 4 overall titles - David Duerr, Chris Locke and Jeff Haug have won divisions in the past for our team. This year the tradition continues with a solid team including Rich Anderson, Caleb Anderson, Jeff Haug, Joshua Haug, Andrew Box, Jenny McGee and Craig Semerad. So far we are off to a great start with Rich Anderson and Joshua Haug leading the way.

Robidoux Roundup

Congrats to Ashley Blum for taking a big win at the Robidoux Roundup.

Tim Greene put in 4 solid laps in the Marathon class.
Chris Locke returned to racing at Krug to test his shoulder. Result: still needs time to heal....



The latest trail report from Randy says we have "Primo" conditions for Saturday's RR.

Complete info at http://krugparkmtb.blogspot.com/

Kansas Fat Tire Festival

Round #1 of the United Federation of Dirt XC West series was held this past Sunday. Great conditions and an awesome 20+ mile course greeted the 90 participants that came out west to enjoy the Kansas Fat Tire Festival at Wilson Lake State Park.

Cow Town was well represented with John Wagner taking the win in the Single Speed class - the largest class on the day btw. Jeff Arnaud made the trip out west and finished in 7th in the very competitive Men's 30- 39 class.

Complete results: 2011 Kansas Fat Tire Festival Results

A nice video from Bob Arnold

Wilson Lake Race from bob arnold on Vimeo.

Trail Care Day - May 14

The Lawrence Mountain Bike Club brings us

Trans Iowa...Where Dragons are Slayed

Congratulations to John Williams for not only finishing his first attempt at Trans Iowa, but also breaking into the top 10 with a 7th place finish. Awesome job!

John joins Rich Barrett and goes into the Cow Town Cycling Hall of Fame as Trans Iowa finishers

"In the end I felt elated, I felt proud, and mostly I felt like A dragon slayer who had just killed the baddest beast in the land" - John Williams. Read his recount at The Seated Climb