Pisgah Monster Cross 2015 Race VIDEO

Pisgah Monster Cross 2015 Race VIDEO

On Saturday, September 12th 2015, Rusty (aka the Headmaster), K-Dogg and JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew attended the Pisgah Monster Cross race in the Pisgah Forest of North Carolina.…
Bikes of Pisgah Monster Cross 2014

Bikes of Pisgah Monster Cross 2014

Andrew Pooser raced at Pisgah Monster Cross 2014, and took time to photograph some of the machines at the event's finish.  Mouse over the gallery images below to see a…
K-Dogg’s Pisgah Monster Cross Challenge Report – 2014

K-Dogg’s Pisgah Monster Cross Challenge Report – 2014

I love climbing. You suffer a lot but it’s peaceful. You can hear birds chirping and the deep, labored breathing of fellow sufferers around you.  Everything is in slow motion and downright peaceful. You have plenty of time to pick your line. Nobody flats or crashes going uphill. I would much rather be in agony climbing for hours than experience 5 minutes of  terror descending skittery gravel switchbacks.

K-Dogg_Pisgah1
K-Dogg just loves descending, NOT.

For the last 3 years at extreme cx races I’ve tried hard to man up and go faster down the cliffs….but every time I get the courage to “let it go”… I crash spectacularly. At 59 (and living in Florida) drastic improvement is just not in the cards. So this year’s counter clockwise route of Pisgah Monster Cross should have been perfect with much more uphill, than down.

This year I didn’t crash but there were two close calls…. at the two exact spots they had warned us about. ” Two point three miles before forest service road bla, bla,bla and halfway between Bubba’s Still Road and Cherokee Revenge Holler.” “These washouts are real wheel grabbers so look for the multiple orange markers on your way down” said Cam.

Right.