Update 4/4/09: Info on 2009 Lake Pueblo Arkansas Point Challenge
I’m slow getting this posted but we have both mountain bike and road racing this weekend.
The Lake Pueblo Arkansas Point Challenge is Sunday. Once again Vance’s Bicycle World is one of the sponsors. Vance was a great sponsor for Pikes Peak Velo many years ago when I was doing the shorter mountain bike races.
On the road, there are both collegiate and USA Cycling races. Saturday morning there are individual and team time trials at the Air Force Academy. Saturday afternoon is the Colorado College criterium. The Air Force Academy road is on Sunday.
If you don’t race, the Colorado College criterium would be excellent for watching. Since the course is short, you get to see the riders come by every few minutes. I like watching on the hill just south of the Fine Arts Center. If you’re in Pueblo, there are probably some good places to watch the MTB race but I don’t know the course. Time trials generally aren’t very much fun to watch. The road race would be OK for watching but you don’t see the riders very much.
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Do you know if that mtb race in Pueblo ususally fills up pretty quickly? If I try to register on race day, am I likely to be out of luck?
I don’t think they hit the limit last year. I’d give Vance’s a call and check with them to be sure though. They’re always super helpful.
Cool, I’ll do that – thanks. I had planned on doing the TT at the AFA on Sat, but forgot to pre-register early enough. I thought about doing the crit and/or road race, as you can register onsite for those, but they charge you and extra $10 (each) for that. For the crit that would mean $45 for 30 minutes of racing, and $45 for 38 miles of racing on the road race. Just seems like too much of a ripoff…
I’m not sure about Pueblo yet, as I may just run w/ the Incline Club that morning, but that ride does sound fun. I’ve never done any riding around Pueblo.
There’s some great riding down at Pueblo Reservoir. I haven’t raced the current course but I’ve raced a few times down there on an old course. They’ve build a lot of new trails. I’d recommend you go down there.
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