NoTubes Turner Enduro Race Team Update and Links to Big Mountain Enduro Events

Broken collar bone or not, riding bikes is a blast!  It took approximately four months for my clavicle to start healing the final break. In that time I held clinics, rode all but one of the 2014 Big Mountain Enduro events, and pre-rode both the Winter Park and Whistler Enduro World Series events (but did not line up for the actual races) in addition to joining local rides/events as we traveled the race circuit.  

My teammate Anthony Diaz had a great year finishing the Big Mountain Enduro Series in 3rd overall in the pro men!  He also finished 7th American in the Whistler, Canada stop of the Enduro World Series.

In addition to traveling to races we held clinics and did a few photoshoot events which is always fun.

Below are some of the media links and photos I have started to gather from the summer.

Great Video of Diaz 
by Brandon Ross Mathis on 4 Corners TV 

Click Here to Watch Video of Anthony Diaz Riding Hogsback and Chatting about his Suspension Business in Durango, CO

Front Page of the Durango Herald

Click Here to Read Durango Hearald front page article.

Osprey Red Rocks Clinics and poster signing

Osprey Packs 2015 Catalog

Stan's NoTubes 2015 Catalog

included with every wheel shipment

Kid's Events

Ride for Reading

TX and AZ NICA kids in Durango for camp!

Devo Flyers Angel Fire trip

Clinics 

Demoing during one of the more advanced MTB Arizona clinics

Beginner-ish MTB clinic for roadie team camp in Arizona

Red Rocks Rendezvous, one of 6 rides/clinics

Bike and Beer Clinics in Santa Fe, NM - Kid's Pump Track Clinic

 Bike and Beer Clinics in Santa Fe, NM - Women's Only Clinic

Whistler Women's Clinic

Screen Shots and Photos of Race Media Exposure

Durango 

PinkBike 

by Devon Balet: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/big-mountain-enduro-2-durango-colorado-2014.html

Enduro-MTB Magazine

by Daniel Dunn: http://enduro-mtb.com/en/race-recap-big-mountain-enduro-2-durango-co/

Mountain Flyer Magazine

 by Devon Balet: http://www.mountainflyermagazine.com/view.php/photo-gallery-big-mountain-enduro-durango-2014.html

Keystone

PinkBike

by Devon Balet: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/big-mountain-enduro-3-keystone-colorado-2014.html

Enduro MTB Magazine

by Daniel Dunn: 

http://enduro-mtb.com/en/photo-report-big-mountain-enduro-round-3-day-2/

Singletracks

by Greg Heil, photos by Nick Ontiveros:
http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-events/race-report-rocks-roots-and-full-face-helmets-during-big-mountain-enduro-keystone-2014/

Mountain Flyer Magazine

by Eddie Clark: http://www.mountainflyermagazine.com/view.php/2014-big-mountain-enduro-keystone-hills-and-irmiger-win-big.html

vimeo video

Video, quick clips of Diaz at 0:39 and 1:36;
http://vimeo.com/100736646

Moab

Enduro MTB Magazine

by Daniel Dunn

http://enduro-mtb.com/en/race-report-big-mountain-enduro-moab-utah/

Crested Butte Ultra Enduro

MTBR

by Eddie Clark

http://reviews.mtbr.com/photo-gallery-crested-butte-ultra-enduro-days-3-and-4

BME Facebook posts

Various Race Photos 
(Thanks @Nick Ontiveros!!) 

Krista

Diaz

Yep, it was a great summer! Awesome friends and great trails.

Next up Outerbike:

http://www.outerbike.com/schedule.html

Friday Oct 3rd

9:30 am & 1 pm

Join Turner Bikes' Krista Park and Anthony Diaz for an Intermediate+ skills session/ride on Captain Ahab. Meet at the shuttle.

Saturday Oct 4th

11 am

How to set up suspension clinic by Anthony Diaz. Meet at the Turner booth.

2014 Enduro Race Team

After having a blast racing only enduro races last year I decided to build a team for 2015. The process began by joining forces with Anthony Diaz and his frame sponsor Turner Suspension Bicycles. Anthony had me ride one of his bikes last Fall and I was immediately a better, faster rider. It is impressive what a slacker headtube angle, pedal efficiency of the DW Link and a lower bottom bracket can do.

Moving out of the 40' Itasca Horizon motorhome (which is now for sale) took all winter, it's amazing how much property you can store in that "house". The VW Eurovan sold and I purchased a new/used van. 

It was a great process. Thanks to Jeff Hemperley I contacted Tim at DenverFleet.com who found a used Chevy Express AWD cargo van with shelving. Tim drove the vehicle to Derek at ColoradoCamperVan.com where they cut the roof off, installed a huge powered pop-top (with fantastic fan, LED lights, bed, roof rack) and insulated the entire van.  Derek took the van to pgiWRAPS.com where they did the artwork and wrap. 

I couldn't be happier! A 4-bike Raxter rack, ARB fridge, 150mAh of Optimum Blue Top batteries, inverter, shelving, curtains and additional LED lighting completed the package. I'll upload a video of the interior soon.

Not everything has gone according to plan however...

Right as the race season was set to begin I broke my clavicle on a non-technical section of trail, going really fast and cutting too close to a trunk of a bush. In my defense the bush had been trimmed so much that the trunk was at the very outside edge where I expected flexible branches...  Nevertheless I had surgery and expected a quick recovery.  The gap between the bones is still there, even though bone graft material was used in the surgery.  I sat out for a bit and watched Diaz use all the new gear.

photo credit: Dan Holz

    photo credit: Dan Holz

Once I was cleared by the doctor I did ride easy on occasion and even tried on my new custom-painted full-face just because I wanted to.

photo credit: Dan Holz

  

        photo credit: Dan Holz

   

photo credit: Dan Holz

 

Enjoying the van and Ska beer.   photo credit: Dan Holz

We would love a beer sponsor if anyone knows of one that need some advertising the the Rocky Mountain region...

Before the Durango Enduro Diaz received some great coverage on the front page of the local Durango newspaper.  Both for the Big Mountain Enduro race series and for his own company Diaz Suspension Design.  Diaz finished the Durango BME in 4th and I placed 3rd, trying to ride within the parameters set by my surgeon.

In 2013 Anthony opened his Durango, CO based buisness, Diaz Suspension Design, offering fork and shock rebuilds as well as custom tuning and re-valving.

In addition to racing, we are holding more skills coaching sessions and continue to volunteer with junior programs.

photo credit: Dan Holz

Off to ride/race our bikes!  photo credit: Dan Holz

2002 VW Eurovan Westy Weekender For Sale

See listing and details here:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1617485

2002 Eurovan Weekender   Price: $16000

2.8L V6. Auto transmission. Gas. No wrecks. 2" hitch. Only body damage is normal dents and scratches, can provide close up photos, mostly from leaning mountain bikes against the van. Interior is in great condition. 2013 Service: Transmission Oil Change, Filter, Seal replacement 4-25-13 Heater Control Valve replacement 4-25-13 Oil and Filter change drain plug replacement 04-25-13 (217,842 mi) New Michelin Tires through Discount Tire 4-23-13 Oil and Filter change 07-30-13 (222,525 mi) New Air Compressor, Serpentine Belt and System Re-charge 07-30-13 New Auxiliary Deep Cycle Marine Battery installed 03-20-14 I am the original owner and have loved traveling in the Eurovan, following good weather across the USA while racing mountain bikes. It has not been driven or stored in salty/snowy areas. 231,000 miles, mostly highway as I do not commute for a "real" job, but travel from state to state for events. This has been an amazing van and the only reason I am selling it is that I am getting a bigger cargo van as a team race van. New transmission was installed 05-02-08. It was checked over by the VW dealer in Albuquerque, NM last week, everything looks great. Originally VW claimed the transmission fluid was "good for life", that turned out not to be the case and people (including me) ended up having to get their transmissions rebuilt. Since then VW has changed the recommendation to ~40-50,000 miles, this seems to have solved the problem. Reverse facing chairs have been stored since 2003 and I will get those shipped out when the van sells. Carpets and rear bench seat have been covered since the vehicle was new to preserve re-sale value. Canvas on pop-top has holes at the rear due to my forgetting to tuck it in so subjecting a small portion to sun damage. I have a quote for new canvas installed, $1000. It wasn't worth it to me to get it fixed.