Chile Challenge

After 1300 miles of driving, close to 24 hours on the road and 2 days of working at the event I am officially beat. It was definetly worth it though and it was great to get the word out about all the great lines we represent. Even though the weather didn't always cooperate things went really well for our first big event.

With the expo area being a little removed from the racing I didn't get a chance to see all the action but what I did see great. Tomac was well represented with Andy Schultz and Colin Cares taking 3rd & 4th in shortrack while Heather Holmes finished hard to take 3rd. In cross country Colin and Andy lined up with a Pro Men's field of over 40 racers and took the top 2 spots.

On the gravity side their were rumors of well over 100 Pro Men on hand and that the field would be cut down after qualifying. As predicted Kain Leonard showed up fit and ready to rumble, finishing 3rd after a lightning delayed race. Shaving off some serious seconds from his qualifying run, Ryan Sutton moved himself up into 5th. Stephanie Leonard also worked off time from her qualifying run and finished in 6th for the day.





A big thanks to everyone who made this weekend a success, especially to those of you who made all the fast shipments of samples/banners.

Wagons East

That's right folks, we are hitting the road and Desert Velo is about to debut at our first big event. The next Mountain State Cup race is the Chile Challenge in Angel Fire New Mexico. With UCI points up for grabs, amazing courses and 3 solid days of racing it should be a great time. Look for us in the Expo area and hopefully out sneaking in an early morning ride.

Of course this guy is going to be there throwing down some great runs.

Bike Month

May has been designated as Bike Month in Utah and their are a lot of ways to get involved. Last Friday was the UTA Bike Fair and the Cycle Fashion Show. The downhill, freeride, dirtjump, bmx and cyclocross scenes were sorely missed so we will have to make sure to get in next year. Aside from the official activities, their was a tall bike joust later on in the evening and we are awaiting non-official details of what took place.

Chet from Skippers was there representing Phat Cycles. I missed out on a photo op with Chet but will do my best not to miss out on anymore publicity for our shops.

There are plenty of events left in the month so make sure to get out there and get involved in the fun.

New Beginnings

Desert Velo was started to provide companies in the bicycle industry with the best outside representation possible. We are proud to represent some of the best companies in the business and we also feel honored to be working working with some of the best shops around. This blog will be a work in progress and we hope to keep the public, clients and anyone else who will listen constantly informed of what is happening in Utah/Intermountain West.