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2011 Mistrovství České Republiky v Single Speedu
číslo	jméno	národnost	pořadí	čas
number	name	nationality	placing	time
05	Zdeněk Fiebinger	CZ	1	0:45:30	1. M
09	Lubomír Sedláčik	SK	2	0:47:00	2. M
02	František Salaquarda	CZ	3	0:49:00	3. M
07	Carsten Bischoff	DE	4	0:50:00	4. M
13	Petr Kuba	CZ	5	0:51:00	5. M
10	Sacha Russack	DE	6	0:51:10
08	Adam Rybář	CZ	7	0:52:00
00	Cory Benson	US	8	0:52:30
06	Anja Dinter	DE	9	0:54:00	1. Ž
04	Slavomír Szmigielski	CZ	10	0:58:00
01	Jakub Malý	CZ	11	0:59:00
18	Zdeněk Dokoupil	CZ	12	1:01:00
03	Marcel Rušar	CZ	13	1:02:00
19	Spencer Kennedy	US	14	1:06:00
14	Mikko Westberg	SE	15	1:07:00
12	Veronika Benson	CZ	16	1:07:10	2. Ž
15	Martin Dušek	CZ	17	1:18:00
11	Erik Wolf	DE	18	1:18:10	DFL
16	Franziska Lehman	DE		DNF
17	Tanja Russack	DE		DNF
20	Takahito Nakazaki	JP		DNF

2011 Champions!

Fun was had by all!

Your 2011 Single Speed Champions are:
returning two-time men's champion - Zdeněk Fiebinger

and newcomer women's champion from across the border in Germany - Anja Dinter

more details in the next few days :)

ready to go on Friday

We were up at Singletrek Centrum yesterday to do a quick check on the course. There are a few obstacles to note next weekend (your typical bridge out here and active logging there), but generally everything looks great; and there is even a lot of progress on much more newly built singletrack!

Having ridden on a colder day (colder than forecast for next weekend), we can make a few recommendations.

1. Wear something to keep your feet dry and warm. There are no significant creek crossings, but lots of mud puddles/standing water throughout the trails that cannot be avoided.
   
2. Good gloves will keep you happy.
   
3. Plus, bring extra warm clothes for our post-ride socializing. We'll have plenty of time to ride, but it will be nice to relax out of muddy clothes after the sun sets. And when the sun goes down, so will the temperature. And we will be both inside and out.

We will be there around 11:00 on Friday morning to set up a little and start to do some rides. People will be hanging out at the Singltrek cetrum shop all afternoon. There is actually a good bit of trail we haven't even had a chance to look at yet, so we are pretty excited to go play. Come as early in the day as you can. We'll be hanging out enjoying ourselves. And we would be happy to have your company.

Plus, if you pre-ride the course between 11:30 and 14:45 you will have chance to look for one of the 10 time bonus cards, which will be hidden in the forests along the trail. And if you bring it to the start you will get a head start of 1, 3, or 6 minutes from the bunch start depending on which bonus you find!

The actual main event race is scheduled now for 15:30 (leaving from Singltrek Centrum at 15:00 for the 4.5km 20-25 minute ride to the start.) We will start on time. If you are late, you will have to catch us on the trail! :)

Caution: If the weather is bad (ie. rain or worse) we will start 30 minutes earlier at 15:00 to make sure everyone is back before it gets very dark in the forests.

I know we don't really announce the course ahead of time, because we don't want anyone to have an advantage, but it should be late enough that no one will check it out now. It will be a 17.4km track with about 300m of climbing. We are expecting those of you who are super fast to finish in maybe 45 minutes if you can keep your tires on the trail. Normal people will probably finish in an hour to an hour and a half.

It is almost all singletrack, so there aren't many places to pass. 

Very important rule, maybe the only one really is: Be Nice! If someone faster comes up behind you, pull over and let them pass. And if you come up on someone slower, tell them nicely and wait until it is safe or they pull over to let you pass.

The guys at Singletrek Centrum have been very helpful and are looking forward to seeing us on Friday. As they are supporting us and giving us a place to come in from the trail, we will try to give them some support back. They will have their regular setup of refreshments for sale: Beer on tap, very good coffee and teas, some other assorted drinks, sausages and other small snacks. They are also going to make some warm goulash soup especially for us too throughout the day. They also have a retail bike shop with sales, rentals, and service that has just opened up. Their prices are good, so bring a little cash to help out those who support us :)

Remember, we are happy to organize everyone to come ride together, and there will be prizes for all, but...

This is mountain biking in the forest, and it is NOT an official sanctioned event. You are riding at your own risk, so be careful, don't push it too hard and have a good time :)

So with that, come join us.

We are excited to see you next week!!

-Cory, Veronika, and a bunch of other helpful volunteers and sponsors

the official 2011 announcement

OK, here is the official announcement.

What: Czech Single Speed Mountain Bike Championships - on over 30km of amazingly fun rolling twisty singletrack designed specifically for flowing mountain biking

When: 28 October 2011 - ride from 11:00; race from ~15:30

Where: Singltrek Centrum, Nové Město pod Smrkem - 50.92741N, 15.24399E

So working with Tomáš Kvasnička of Singltrek Centrum, we are going north this year.

Following the success of the past 2 years in Prague, our loosely organized and very informal Czech Single Speed Championships are moving to a new venue this year, after discussion with some friends in northern Bohemia.

Details are slowly being finalized, but we will have a full day event, say from 11-17:30, in the Jizerské hory region on an excellent mountain bike-specific system, which is very singlespeed friendly. 

Expect a new event format with relaxed recreational riding (families welcome) followed by the competitive event later in the day, with warm food and drink available throughout from the newly opened Bike Shop/Snack Shop/General Bike-friendly Service Center of Singltrek Centrum. 

Again, there is NO official registration. 

And NO fees to participate. 

Just don't expect the amazing support you have come to love from some 'real' races you find throughout the year. This is a first and foremost a social gathering. A chance to come together and ride with like-minded cyclists.

We have some small sponsors, and prizes will be on hand for winners and regular riders. And we appreciate if you click on the sponsor links and buy their stuff (but don't worry, we don't get paid for your clicking, so do it if you want.) But in the end food and beer will be mostly available to purchase, so bring a bit of cash, although the 'bring-some-to-share' system has always served us well.

Don't worry, we will have a race too.

You certainly won't win the championship in a raffle, but we try to even the playing field a bit too.

We are using the 28th as a Czech holiday, to start off a nice 3 day weekend in the mountains, so we hope some of you can enjoy the long weekend. Also we might have some cyclists from neighboring Poland and Germany joining us, so it is up to the Czechs to make sure some foreigner doesn't snatch away the title! :)

We can also help point you in the direction of some penzions in the area if you need; we have found a nice affordable place for ourselves in Nové Město. Also Tomáš  has offered us free space next to his Singltrek Cetrum for tent camping for the brave and strong-willed. It will be cool, but not ultra-cold.

Keep checking the blog for updates, but this should be enough to get you there! 

Hope to see you soon from Cory and Veronika, your faithful Praguer Singlespeeder semi-planners.

Information on the trail system in Czech, Polish, and English at:
www.singltrekpodsmrkem.cz/

Singlespeed championship heads to Jizerské mountains.

So the reality is that the Czech singlespeed championship 2011 will be hosted on the official biking ground that is Singletrek Centrum. It is a very unique location, the only one of its kind in our country, so we probably don't have to remind that it is at Nové Město pod Smrkem in the Jizerské moutains. Remember, the winner of championship might not be the fastest person... so don' t run out there and start training!

So in conclusion, it will be like this:

28th of October, we'll meet each other from 11am on,

at Singltrek Centrum, in Nové Město pod Smrkem