Race Day in Missouri - Vital RAW BME Shepherd Mountain 8

Vital RAW
Rocks, rocks, some more rocks, some jumps and a little rain. A fun weekend in Ironton, Missouri at Shepherd Mountain Bike Park for the first Big Mountain Enduro of the year.
Credit: Brian Cahal
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Big Mountain Enduro Series (BME)
Shepherd Mountain Bike Park
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TEAMROBOT
2 years ago
When homeboy's foot came unclipped off the drop at 1:48, I was so scared for him that his life flashed before my eyes.
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chrisjohnson22
2 years ago
looks a lot like the recent world cup in WV, just shorter and tighter terrain. Also, the lighting in the trees looked tough.
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hogfly
2 years ago
We were out preriding Shepherd Mountain while the Massanutten DH was going on, and I said the same thing. This weekend, a friend of ours raced the Masanutten DH was at Shepherd this weekend racing the Enduro, and he said that Shepherd was chunkier. Craaazy.

The place is an absolute bike killer. So many destroyed wheels.
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Ksilvey10
2 years ago
It doesn't have to be that way, you just have to be willing to run slightly uncomfortable pressures. I try telling everyone that if your bike feels good, there's not enough psi lol
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hogfly
2 years ago
Yep. My son rode his at well over 30 with cushcore in the rear. In this specific terrain, I don't think there was a huge advantage in running lower pressures, and the downside was obvious. He usually runs in low 20s in regular terrain.
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dirty booger
2 years ago
Team Yeti domination.

I'm sure they are paying his some good coin, but somewhat sad to so see Sik Mik racing the Yeti battery bikes...
Retired DH racers no longer go to Enduro, they go to E-Enduro.
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Ceecee
2 years ago
Coal-powered electricity bills? Regardless, it's sad to see Hannah on a mobility device at such a tender age
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