December 4 - Quebradas
2021 Results are now up. If you see an error, shoot us an email at [email protected]. You really can't beat riding bikes, eating tacos, and drinking fizzy beverages in the desert with existing and new friends. Thanks to everyone that came out today and to the other rides. You've made the series a great success and very fun. We'll be back in 2022 for another round so don't stop riding. We'll get race dates for next year figured out in the near future so stay tuned to this website and the @neroveloce Instagram page. In the mean time stop in the Michael Thomas Coffee and give them some love for sponsoring the series. See you out there!
Cost: Free
Staging area: Click HERE for a Google map of the start/finish area.
Start time: 10 AM
Entry Limit: 74, So sign up now!
Details: The final race of the 2021 Dusty Roadrunner series! We've been looking forward to this race, it's a fun course, deep in the badlands between the Socorro bosque and the trinity site. Two course options, a long and a short.
Rules: Sign in before the race and sign out when you finish. Look for the big white van with the banner on the side. When you sign in we'll give you the run down of using the Time Machine to get your finish time to log on the sign out sheet. Roads will be open to traffic. Any vehicle on the course is not expecting to encounter a bike race on these roads so please stay to the right hand side of the road. Don't ride like an idiot. Be nice to other people. Ride within your abilities. You are responsible for your own safety, navigating the course, and addressing any mechanicals that may arise. Last and most important have fun.
Course Description: Both courses head east and south on Bosquecito Rd before turning east onto Quebradas Back Country Byway. At 5 miles from the start, the short course turns back the same way we rode out. It's at the top of a rise with a nice view and a small pullout. The short course returns to the start and heads south on a ditch road to Otero park where you then jump on the Socorro Valley Bosque Trail. This is a mix of singletrack and double track, a fun ride through the bosque. This trail is a little hard to follow, hopefully the gps track helps, but do your best to just follow the singletrack back to confluence park where we jump back on a ditch road back to the finish. The singletrack gets a little soft in spots, maybe bring your bigger tires
The long course continues on Quebradas through the badlands to mile 12.4 where we turn west and head back down towards the bosque on a lightly traveled dirt/sand road. The majority of this course you can rip, but there's a couple descents between mile 12 and 18 where you'll need to turn the risk management part of your brain back on. It's a fun drop back down to Bosquecito Rd where we head south to 380. Turn right on 380, if you need food or water there's a convenience store in San Antonio, and turn north on the most eastern low ditch road. Realistically if you happen to pick the wrong ditch road at any point it won't matter, just keep going because all the intersections we use are where all the ditch roads come back together. We stay on the ditch roads until we reach Otero park where the course picks up the Socorro Valley Bosque Trail. See above paragraph for details on that. The finish for the short and long is the same.
I think the best bike for both courses is a gravel bike with the fattest rubber it can fit. Mostly fast dirt roads with some soft sections to bog you down.
Cost: Free
Staging area: Click HERE for a Google map of the start/finish area.
Start time: 10 AM
Entry Limit: 74, So sign up now!
Details: The final race of the 2021 Dusty Roadrunner series! We've been looking forward to this race, it's a fun course, deep in the badlands between the Socorro bosque and the trinity site. Two course options, a long and a short.
Rules: Sign in before the race and sign out when you finish. Look for the big white van with the banner on the side. When you sign in we'll give you the run down of using the Time Machine to get your finish time to log on the sign out sheet. Roads will be open to traffic. Any vehicle on the course is not expecting to encounter a bike race on these roads so please stay to the right hand side of the road. Don't ride like an idiot. Be nice to other people. Ride within your abilities. You are responsible for your own safety, navigating the course, and addressing any mechanicals that may arise. Last and most important have fun.
Course Description: Both courses head east and south on Bosquecito Rd before turning east onto Quebradas Back Country Byway. At 5 miles from the start, the short course turns back the same way we rode out. It's at the top of a rise with a nice view and a small pullout. The short course returns to the start and heads south on a ditch road to Otero park where you then jump on the Socorro Valley Bosque Trail. This is a mix of singletrack and double track, a fun ride through the bosque. This trail is a little hard to follow, hopefully the gps track helps, but do your best to just follow the singletrack back to confluence park where we jump back on a ditch road back to the finish. The singletrack gets a little soft in spots, maybe bring your bigger tires
The long course continues on Quebradas through the badlands to mile 12.4 where we turn west and head back down towards the bosque on a lightly traveled dirt/sand road. The majority of this course you can rip, but there's a couple descents between mile 12 and 18 where you'll need to turn the risk management part of your brain back on. It's a fun drop back down to Bosquecito Rd where we head south to 380. Turn right on 380, if you need food or water there's a convenience store in San Antonio, and turn north on the most eastern low ditch road. Realistically if you happen to pick the wrong ditch road at any point it won't matter, just keep going because all the intersections we use are where all the ditch roads come back together. We stay on the ditch roads until we reach Otero park where the course picks up the Socorro Valley Bosque Trail. See above paragraph for details on that. The finish for the short and long is the same.
I think the best bike for both courses is a gravel bike with the fattest rubber it can fit. Mostly fast dirt roads with some soft sections to bog you down.
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