2013 Edition
Ride Sponsors: Joey Ernst, Matt Turgeon
Please make sure to read all rules for this. This is fully unsupported and you will need to be self-sufficient in order to complete this. The rules are located HERE.
When: April 13, 2013
Start: 7:00 AM, Velorution Cycles: 1077 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301
Do NOT park at the start location. Please ride over to the Start.
Finish: Whenever you make it back in town. Velorution Cycles: 1077 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301. A clipboard will be at Velorution for you to sign out.
Post-Ride Party: Carver Brewing located across the street from Velorution. Carver will donate a free beer to all finishers and is holding space for us on their patio!
If you plan to drive to this ride, park cars near the Horse Gulch trailhead – you will pass through Horse Gulch Trailhead after ~70-miles for the 160, and ~50-miles for the 115, so use this area as halfway staging.
Eco-Time adjustment for locals: For those who will bike to the start – you may stop by your house between the loops with a 15-minute deduction on your finish time. We would rather no one drive to this event. :-)
What: Early season riding on dirt roads, paved road – no singletrack. Chose either the 160-miles, with 10,328-ft of elevation gain – or – 115-miles, with 8861-ft of elevation gain. Cross bike, or mountain bike – your choice. Magnesium-Chloride makes for fast dirt surfaces… the route purposely includes some very rough sections to keep the road bikes out of this. Sorry, but while there are great mag-chloride routes that a road bike can handle quite well, this is part of a mountain bike series. Specifically the rough areas are CR 117, CR 136, CR 237/Horse Gulch Road – and you will pass through here twice.
GPS Route: Located at Map My Ride
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Thanks TR. So far for the finishers I have 6 total, with 3 on Single Speed bikes (SS) :
160-miler:
Steve Reiter, 11:02
Matt Turgeon (SS), 11:05
115-miler:
Troy Hachmann (SS), 8:55
TR Larson (SS), 9:40
Heath Hibbard, 9:45
Jeni Turgeon, 9:50
Congrats to the finishers! My first ultra of 100 plus on ElMariachi 29er rigid 1×9. DNF. Showed up at DJs at 5 til 9, saw time change. 1st loop was dry. started up gulch at noon. 502 killed me with strong icy headwind. Arrived at diner in Bayfield wet and frozen at 2. Critical mistake leaving behind at Gulch 2nd pair of gloves, face protection, and shoe gaitors. Still had great time.. Hope DGG returns next year.
Good to see another was out there, and congrats on your first ultra.
I was at the 7am start and no one else was there or at the Gulch, so I went out and rode loop one in 4:15 time and then went out on loop two. I decided to ride it in reverse because I rode it last Sunday, but when I got near the gas plant things got horrible…35mph winds and near white out, so I rolled back into town. Rain / snow stopped when I got back to the gulch and I knew then I should not have bailed. Was on pace to be back a little after 5 pm. SS gearing lighter than last year and much better.
I may ride this next weekend, but really I was disappointed no one showed up at the start. Durango gravel grinder may be dead unfortunately due to little interest. Glad to see one other person was out there….but why were you not at the start…or did we miss each other somehow?
Matt
Hey Matt, Thanks for sharing your ride. I did not know they changed start time. I parked at gulch and was at Durango Joes about 850 or so. Similar experience with no one around, so I took off..
2013 Preliminary Results
Name Miles (115 or 160) Time
Steve Rieter (SS) 160 10:41
Joey Ernst (SS) 160 11:48
Matt Turgeon (SS) 160 11:51
Aaron Weinsheimer 13:34
Ryan Good 160 DNF
Chris Ellefson 160 DNF
Tim Reinbold 160 DNF
Alex Howard 160 DNF
Graham Stahnky 160 DNF
Terry Gorsuch 115 8:22
Dale Bellante 115 8:27
Troy Hachman 115 8:35
Rex Robichaux 115 9:28
Greg Ooley 115 11:57
Michael Ackerman 11:57
Andrew Stuntz 115 DNF
Scott Andrews 115 DNF
Madison Malone 115 DNF
Steven Pamlenyi 115 DNF
Did Not Start
Craig Nelson
Rosa Malloy-Post
T. Otto Streiffert
James Simmons
Danny Powers
SS = Single Speed