July 18 - El rito Epic
2021 results are now posted. Holler at us at [email protected] if you see any errors with the results. Based on the dirty faces and the number of cuss words at the finish line we'd recon that was a proper epic. Thanks to everyone that came out and rode and ate tacos with us. Everyone deserves a pat on the back for remembering to sign out. For real, pat yourself on the back....I'm serious, do it. There were some first time racers, some first times on new bikes, and at least one person that the Epic was the longest ride of their life. That is pretty dang sweet you picked the El Rito EPIC for that. Speaking of Epic, did you guys hear that Nate Draeger rode from Taos to the start, raced the long course, and then rode back to Taos? That's 150 miles and totally insane. Nate, give yourself an extra pat on the back because you deserve it. We can't wait to see everyone at the next race.
Cost: Free
Start location: Click HERE for a Google map of the start/finish area.
Start time: 9:30AM
Entry Limit: 74 So sign up now!
This area is perhaps the most remote of any of our races. Please read over our rules on the homepage. This race is the most important to sign in and sign out! It looks like the cartographers at strava/google/apple decided to take a long lunch break and splashed out on some nice bottles of wine on the day they made the maps for this area. So, it looks like the roads are set to be just close enough. I'd recommend setting your device to not beep at you if you happen to be off course, just so you can listen to the sounds of nature instead of your device. Maybe zoom your course map out a little and you will be assured you're headed the right way. I will print out turn cue sheets, loads so everyone that wants one has one, for all the turns and mileage so you can work just on odometer if your device freaks out. Packing tape too so that can go on the stem or top tube (pro).
Everyone needs to download Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping from whatever app situation they use. Its free, this is not a plug, we have found this extremely useful for navigating and camping in national forests. In the app, go to the store icon and search El Rito, NM (seems to default to El Rito, El Rito, NM United States). One of the first maps in the list is the Motor Vehicle Use Map, West Side, Carson National Forest. It's free, download it. All the routes are within this map and this could be very useful if your bike computer is having issues. This app will place your location on the map and will work without cell phone signal and in airplane mode. This app has been indispensable for us to create these courses and find camp spots off the beaten path, every national forest has Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) for free and they are very informative. It's worth the few minutes to download.
Adjective: epic
heroic or grand in scale or character.
Informal
particularly impressive or remarkable.
Popular culture has not been kind to the word epic. Through a combination of exaggeration, overuse, and incoherence, epic has been diluted to nonsense. We, of the Dusty Roadrunner Series, intend to set epic on the path of redemption.
Where the high desert of Abiquiui reaches the lower pines of the Carson National Forest lies El Rito. An old Spanish settlement, this town is dominated by the San Juan Nepomuceno Catholic Church, built in 1830. A small artist community and a killer Mexican restaurant can be found in town. At the edge of town a road climbs north into the forest, at the crest we will begin our journey.
This route is a tour of the remote northern New Mexico continental divide. Towering pines, paintbrush firs, grand views, adventure and discovery await. Someday we will have a relatively flat race, this will not be that race. The elevation gain will be immense. The roads range from well-maintained dirt and gravel to "roads" where a motor vehicle probably has not ventured this year, but they are all scenic and nice riding. In fact, we have included part of the route from the tour divide. Make certain to bring extra layers for this one, the continental divide here makes its own weather, and we have been snowed on here in June. We will have a short, medium, and long route option.
We will drive up and camp Saturday, the race is Sunday morning. It takes me 2 hrs 20 min to drive from my house near Oldtown Abq to the starting area/camping area. We plan to make the start at 9:30AM, so you could drive up from Abq the same day and not have to leave at a disgusting time of day. We would welcome anyone that wants to camp the night before with us, the area is conducive to a group.
My fellow lycra enthusiasts, we present to you, The El Rito Epic.
Cost: Free
Start location: Click HERE for a Google map of the start/finish area.
Start time: 9:30AM
Entry Limit: 74 So sign up now!
This area is perhaps the most remote of any of our races. Please read over our rules on the homepage. This race is the most important to sign in and sign out! It looks like the cartographers at strava/google/apple decided to take a long lunch break and splashed out on some nice bottles of wine on the day they made the maps for this area. So, it looks like the roads are set to be just close enough. I'd recommend setting your device to not beep at you if you happen to be off course, just so you can listen to the sounds of nature instead of your device. Maybe zoom your course map out a little and you will be assured you're headed the right way. I will print out turn cue sheets, loads so everyone that wants one has one, for all the turns and mileage so you can work just on odometer if your device freaks out. Packing tape too so that can go on the stem or top tube (pro).
Everyone needs to download Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping from whatever app situation they use. Its free, this is not a plug, we have found this extremely useful for navigating and camping in national forests. In the app, go to the store icon and search El Rito, NM (seems to default to El Rito, El Rito, NM United States). One of the first maps in the list is the Motor Vehicle Use Map, West Side, Carson National Forest. It's free, download it. All the routes are within this map and this could be very useful if your bike computer is having issues. This app will place your location on the map and will work without cell phone signal and in airplane mode. This app has been indispensable for us to create these courses and find camp spots off the beaten path, every national forest has Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) for free and they are very informative. It's worth the few minutes to download.
Adjective: epic
heroic or grand in scale or character.
Informal
particularly impressive or remarkable.
Popular culture has not been kind to the word epic. Through a combination of exaggeration, overuse, and incoherence, epic has been diluted to nonsense. We, of the Dusty Roadrunner Series, intend to set epic on the path of redemption.
Where the high desert of Abiquiui reaches the lower pines of the Carson National Forest lies El Rito. An old Spanish settlement, this town is dominated by the San Juan Nepomuceno Catholic Church, built in 1830. A small artist community and a killer Mexican restaurant can be found in town. At the edge of town a road climbs north into the forest, at the crest we will begin our journey.
This route is a tour of the remote northern New Mexico continental divide. Towering pines, paintbrush firs, grand views, adventure and discovery await. Someday we will have a relatively flat race, this will not be that race. The elevation gain will be immense. The roads range from well-maintained dirt and gravel to "roads" where a motor vehicle probably has not ventured this year, but they are all scenic and nice riding. In fact, we have included part of the route from the tour divide. Make certain to bring extra layers for this one, the continental divide here makes its own weather, and we have been snowed on here in June. We will have a short, medium, and long route option.
We will drive up and camp Saturday, the race is Sunday morning. It takes me 2 hrs 20 min to drive from my house near Oldtown Abq to the starting area/camping area. We plan to make the start at 9:30AM, so you could drive up from Abq the same day and not have to leave at a disgusting time of day. We would welcome anyone that wants to camp the night before with us, the area is conducive to a group.
My fellow lycra enthusiasts, we present to you, The El Rito Epic.
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If you are looking for the course maps and files we took them down for a little bit. We need to make sure the Poso fire near El Rito didn't burn out the roads we were going to ride and if we can still ride them. We're still going to camp and eat barbacoa tacos on Saturday evening and ride bikes on Sunday, we might end up riding slightly different courses than what we had previously posted. We recognize it's less than ideal to make course changes this close to the event so we'll plan on refunding everyone's entry fee to make up for it.
Thanks for your patience,
Dusty Roadrunner Management
Good news! The Poso fire is all the way out, the roads are intact and the gravel is ready to be ground. We'll ride through the burn area which will be kinda cool and kinda sad. Hold those tears though, you're gonna want to save them for later in the ride.
The courses are back up and identical to those that were posted previously. The bad news...since we didn't make any course changes refunding the entry fee is out of the question so now everyone has to pay double or triple, heck infinity! I wonder what zero multiplied by infinity is? If there are any mathmagicians coming to the race let us know what zero multiplied by infinity is and we'll give you free entry into the rest of the series races. See ya out there.
Dusty Roadrunner Management <-whoever the heck that is?
Thanks for your patience,
Dusty Roadrunner Management
Good news! The Poso fire is all the way out, the roads are intact and the gravel is ready to be ground. We'll ride through the burn area which will be kinda cool and kinda sad. Hold those tears though, you're gonna want to save them for later in the ride.
The courses are back up and identical to those that were posted previously. The bad news...since we didn't make any course changes refunding the entry fee is out of the question so now everyone has to pay double or triple, heck infinity! I wonder what zero multiplied by infinity is? If there are any mathmagicians coming to the race let us know what zero multiplied by infinity is and we'll give you free entry into the rest of the series races. See ya out there.
Dusty Roadrunner Management <-whoever the heck that is?