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May 25 Over the Hump Course Finalized
Over the Hump Course- a brief course description, and though not exhaustive …is a quick idea of what to expect when you come out to the race course.
more...David Whiting Rides Again
David Whiting, who covered our first race in the Orange County Register , as he raced his first Mountain Bike race, rode again yesterday and turned in a time…after suffering a broken seatpost in August 26 race. David looks like he’ll be an Over the Hump presence in next summer’s series.
David wrote a plug for yesterday’s race. Check it out here: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/race-lake-top-2565399-bike-one
more...September 15th Results Posted
Tuesday September 15th’s race was amazing to be a part of. We couldn’t have done it without all the support from volunteers, sponsors, and of course the racers. We look forward to many more races in the future, and celebrate with you, the beginning of this new Over the Hump Mountain Bike Series.
more...Over the Hump Race Course Video
Chris Williams from Rock N Road and www.CeeDubb.com, originally shot the video of the course with Matt leading the way. That was “just OK”, great video by Chris, but who wanted to see Matt ride (except Charity, Matt’s wife).
So, fortunately, Chris caught the real/live August 26 race on a friend’s , but here’s the real race GoPro helmet camera and posted it.
Click here to view the Video: Chris Williams, finished 11th in the Sport Men\’s 30-39 category
more...Improvements planned for Sept 15 Over the Hump
We’ve received hundreds of emails, both encouraging the midweek race idea and telling us what was a “killer component of the race experience” along with the “great job…but, if you could fix this I’d be stoked” emails. No nasty ones, and we appreciate the grace, as it was our first race at our Irvine Lake course. However the constructive comments have led to some marked improvements; here are 3
more...Fun take on the race from OC Register…
Here is a fun take on the race from David Whiting, Orange County Register Outdoors columnist. If you see some guy trying to pedal through the course with no seat at the next race… yell hello!
more...Oakley Covers Over the Hump
Oakley an Over the Hump sponsor, covered the race on their website ” ‘grassroots’ event, which brings the Orange County Mountain Bike community together for a midweek, laidback, fun race.”
more...Course is coming together
Dalin, Mykyta, Dave, Minh, Tran, and John.
23 days left to Race Day #1: August 26.
Saturday, August 1st was a productive workday. A clean and fast 1/2 mile of single track is now ready to ride, thanks to a quick 3 hour session of hard work, from these guys. We now have 4 miles of the trail defined and ready to ride. Just a small bit of trail cleaning to do later this week, and the course will be 100% rideable.
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more...Trail workday at Irvine Lake – Saturday, August 1, 8:00am
We’re doing our first trail work day. Come see the Irvine Lake Course, and help get it ready to race.
Bring tools, clippers, etc. We’ll have some, too.
Email matt@overthehumpseries.com if you’re in!
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