Kurt & Chris 2nd & 3rd Great Divide……

That's Chris on the left, Kurt on the right......

Early this morning, or really just 45 minutes ago 2nd & 3rd place in the Great Divide Route passed just meters from the Moots Mother ship. We have been following the race as it has a good history of Moots riders taking part, winning and suffering. The route comes down county road 129 and due to the great technology of GPS SPOT tracking devises we can time a meeting of the riders to a T. Kurt Refsniderr and Chris Plesko made their way by Moots, I tracked them and grabbed the camera and in perfect timing met up with them at the end of Copper Ridge Drive. During the Fall and winter, Kurt & I trade paint during the cross season and have good respect for each other’s abilities...plus he's a really nice guy. Anyway, I snapped photos and rode with them to Orange Peel where they stopped for some much needed repairs. Brock, J.R., Paul, and Thad had the repair stands cleared and in no time went to work on the bikes. Their accounts of the “stage” so far were great, Grizzly bears, wind and it seems that mud has been the biggest issue for bike and body. Speaking of bikes.....Kurt is on a pretty basic Salsa Dos Niner....Chris riding a steel fully rigid single speed!

Good luck guys, thanks for the chat!