Bacon Station Location Pics!

Been getting out, cause it is nice out,,, Rocktober! Proceeded by Sept.splender. Good Times in the Black Hills. But before I bore you with any of that, I think I should share some pics from the Oh-Ten Five-O Bacon Station Location. Christian Baird's pics are featured below. He is the GM of the Bacon Station and breaks away for camera time. Thanks...

11yr. Old Cade Quigley

Bill Warren Spearfish Local's Handups

Were getting Married. Rider 420 proposes to rider 421 and she accepts!

This paperboy looks to be happy with his Suspension Bike.

Giddy Up! Spirit of Five-O, Sean Burns, mpls. maffia

IMBA's Jenn Dice styles the new DakoTA Ridge trail.

Fat Chance, but he did make the next section!

Bruce likes being Loose.

CRC rep out of kit, but on gas.

Decade of Racing/Riding/Touring for the Dakota Five-0

Dave Olson and Kelly Magelky setting a tough pace.

Brad Bingham enjoying the fast pace!

The 10th Annual Dakota Five-0 went off. There were 500 riders for this year's decade loop. The 6am hot mic check was a cool 50 degrees. The blue skies and rising sun warmed it up to a nice temp in the upper 70's for a nearly perfect riding temp. The trails were buffed and dusty and testing riders technical skills. Most of the riders had dust goatees and nice dirt tans.

The ride started out as usual plus an extra hundred riders from last year! The neutral roll out mass start is something to be seen. Smokey drops his hand for the start and riders roll out of Spearfish Park through town to the 3 mile gravel road climb. It is a hum of tires whirling and gears clicking as we try and keep the roll out slow and safe.

With energy building riders entered the gravel and hammers were dropped. There was a lead group of about 12 riders by a mile into the gravel. Dave Olson, Kelly Magelky, Josh Bezecny and Brad Bingham set the fast pace for the Tinton Trail Single Track. Brad Bingham eventually took a commanding lead and entered the single track with a 15 second lead over Josh, Dave, Kelly. As the rest of the riders came up to the trail there developed a bottleneck that quickly dissolved into the trail. The first 7 miles of trail was well groomed and riders could keep up a good pace if not caught behind someone too much slower.

By Aid Station #1 Big Hill Trailhead 10 miles in the racing and riding was well separated and underway.

The Aid Stations were rocking with riders and spectators and the volunteers were keeping up!

Thanks to them all and many compliments were said about their hard work. Most of the aid stations are 10 year volunteers! We doubled our volunteer base this year and it was a good thing.

Sean Burns brings out the Dakota ranch wear and wins the Spirit of Todd Andrew award for being tougher than nails. A Felt Military Cruiser was awarded.

A Close second for was Bacon Man!

Speaking of Bacon the "Unofficial" Aid Station, the Bacon Station Was sizzling. With DJ Kelly and Christian in charge it was sure to be a party!

Just wanted to let you know it wasn't all fun and games out there. Back in the park there was some serious kids racing going on. We had a strider bike open class that was 17 striders deep! Two pedal classes with 6 and Under and 11 and Under. All kids were awarded graciously with Smokey Bear water bottles.

Enough for now, I got results to work on and get back to you for more details from the awards ceremony. Thanks to Bayleaf Cafe, Spearfish Chophouse Whiskey Bar, and the Crow Peak Brewery for the good grub and drinks at the park. Live Music was enjoyed from Noise Tractor and Dan "Irie" Sherrill.

Waist Deep in it...

The Trail Grooming is underway, Undalay!!! No more dalay. Getting some weedeaters fired up and mowing in miles of waist deep grass. The moto of "Grow It, Don't Mow It" is out the door. We have had a nice cool and wetter than usual summer and with that the cows have not kept up with all the growth. The trail is looking good and beautiful as usual but it has been more rough than we like to present it for the large number visitors coming into enjoy the ride.

A sample of the work done so far is from Crangle Connection, and Old Baldy. Some where around mile 30. Working on Recovery Ridge and dropping off Cardiac Climb tomorrow. More Grooming and Pruning. Sticking it to the trailwork! Respect and thread lightly.

That is a 20'' bar those tall grasses on the left side could be tickling your nose.

Another from the Sand Climb on the New DakoTA Ridge Trail...

Cuz Finkbeiner flexes it out, with Approval!

Tinton Super D, Five-0 Flavors & Knife Blade Rock N Roll

Harrison Tuber approved!

5th Annual Tinton Trail Time Trials went down June 20th with 91 riders doing the 6 mile Super D course.

There were loads of riders in our two favorite classes, Junior's Rock and of course Women's. Many of them first time racers! It was another perfect day for the event. The upper part of the course stayed dry all day the lower section received rain and hail, making for heads up riding.

Dave Olson 2004 Five-OooHhh!... Picking it up and riding away with it since!

Local pro fast guy Dave Olson and Fast Moma Petra Hansen won the Dash for Cash (expert) division. For Steer For Beer, Women's Open, and Juniors Rock, check it, RESULTS. Of course he had the shuttles running all day, pulled pork barbecued, Crow Peak Pile of Dirt micro beers, Kids RACE (the best races of the day), and awards/Ridge Rider Raffle (everyone wins)!

Below are some shot from a recent recon of the upper end of the Five-0 loop. Started in Spearfish Canyon up Iron Cr. Drainage and into Cardiac climb and Recovery Ridge where these shots were taken. Old Baldy west loop was looking just as fresh, down the Crangle Connection to Iron Cr. Lake Store to resupply.

The lake is just a half mile off the Five-O course below the Crangle Connection and before entering Taco Alley. When pre riding this unsupported it is almost a mandatory stop. Great camping at the lake and good access to trails!

Five-O trail can be tight but sometimes that is alright.

Knife Blade Rock N Roll July 10th, 35 mile point to point ride mostly on Centennial Trail. Hosted by Sturgis BAM committee, Bikes, Art, Music! Lots of entertainment and live music in Sturgis Park. There is also a mountain cross that will be sure to please the adrenalin thrill seekers. Great high speed ripping course for the year I did it. I expect that will go for this one as well.

Jake "the snake" Rau leading it out.

5th Annual Tinton Trail Time Trial Super D

Sorry but I didn't take any brilliant "working in the rain trail shots" from this weekend but if I had you would certainly be happy. We added some new singletrack to the upper section of the Super D course and it looks real fun. High speed areas and jumps if your so inclined. We had some help from the Western Spirit cycling guides. It is always good to get some work out of them!

Come on out Sunday June 20th, bring your dad or not and celebrate Summer Solstice Cyclism. Camping available at the Big Hill Trailhead.

We will be doing some rides on Sat. evening and many riders are planning to camp up there. Sunday pre-riding and registration from 9-11am. 12:00 Riders meeting at Big Hill Trailhead. Short ride to Super D starting area, and riders will be started in 1 minute intervals. Barbeque, kids race, and awards ceremony to follow the race.

Entrants fee includes event T-shirt, shuttles, barbeque, awards/raffle, and for those old enough Crow Peak Pale Ales!

For more info: Tinton Trail Super D!

Daughter Down, Dad Devastated!

Sierra was struck by a pickup truck riding the gravel road to Tinton Trail, June 4th. She called me telling me she had been hit by a truck and he kept going! Oh boy this is a bad call. Needless to say I was glad I was available to get there quick. She was hurtin for certain, but I was glad to see everything where it was suppose to be? I was ready to look for the red pickup but the emergency room was best. She ended up with a couple breaks in the pelvis and some seperations of the joints. It was worse than I expected and not minor injuries. Glad she is still with us but she will be down for 3 months! No snowboard camp or Five-0. She was training to do it again this year. She was the youngest girl to finish it last year at 13 yrs. old.

Be careful out there. Sierra was doing everything right. Heard the car coming, looked back and got to the far right. No oncoming traffic lots of room and then ca-boom! Drove her into the ground hard enough to break her, helmet and bike.

Breaking news they caught the guy! No details on his status or reasoning for leaving the scene!

Flow like honey and Bees Careful.

More ride updates, trail pics and June 20th Summer Solstice Cyclism

Tinton Trail Time Trial Stupor D- INFOmation.

Storming the Storm Mountain XC race on June 13th.