Oct 10: 2009 Muni Long Course “World Championship” - I’m not sure about this one. Haven’t heard much about it lately. But it is supposed to be up at Cool (kind of near Sacramento). Anyone with more details, please post.
Hope to see many of you at some or all of these events!
Thanks for posting that list! I’ve marked them on my Google Calendar. Still don’t know anything much about the “MUni Long Course World Championship” but this link seems to be the closest to what information’s available. The location is indeed the Olmstead Loop trail in Cool, just across the river and up the hill from the original MUni Weekend main venue. It’s a Coker ride for the strong-of-leg, otherwise maybe a 29". Technical is low.
It sounds like the event was spawned by a promise/threat/boast by the Unicycle Bastards of Oregon to come down and race. I hope that’s still the plan!
I saw a few of these items on my Google calendar, attributed to the “Unicycle - NorCal” group. Didn’t see all of them, though. Who runs the group? This is quite handy…
Thanks for posting this, Nathan! I’m a relatively new 36er rider, and am interested in the SF tour, but wonder how much climbing there is and how fast folks ride–I wouldn’t want to hold up the group too much if I was the slowest (which I would expect to be).
Peter, there is about 3000’ of climbing on the SF Tour. That may sound like a lot, but it’s spread out over 10 hours or so. Think of it as 300’ per hour - no big deal. The pace is quite slow overall if you do the math - you could almost walk it in the time we take to ride it. With 20+ riders, we are constantly regrouping, hanging out, enjoying the beautiful scenery etc. It is a Tour, not a Race, that’s for sure.
If you are not sure about doing an all day ride like this, then I urge you to come out and start riding with us. See how the first few hours feels, and bail if you’re not having fun (unlikely!)