400 riders from all over the U.S. converged on Old Fort, NC. The weather was in the 90’s with high humidity all day long. Thanks to the ruthless sun & 11,000 vertical feet of climbing, attrition rates were near 20%! Nonetheless, a new course record was set by Asheville’s favorite son, Sam Koerber. The punk broke the 5 hour mark, and took home almost $1000 and the largest trophy ever.

The overall woman’s champion was BioWheels/Deltec Homes’ Karen Masson. She crushed ton’s of guys & left the women daydreaming. Also in the BWR jersey, Jeremy Hargroves was the 10th person across the line. Jeremy gave BWR our 1st top-10 overall finish in this classic eastern mountian event.

BioWheels has been a long-time supporter & participant in this event. We had a large team representation, with 11 BWR Deltec Homes jerseys to finish the grueling course, and only one DNF.

For the 5th year, BioWheels ran the critical BR Parkway checkpoint at the top of the hateful, yet beautiful, Curtis Creek Road. Certainly many lives were saved by the the vlounteers at all of the 6 checkpoints.

Congratulations to all the fantastic souls that gave a big part of themselves to the massive Black Mountains.

Thanks to Todd Branham for providing us such a bittersweet day, lets do it again!

Here are the full results

Follow this link to the official pictures, which should always be free in my opinion.

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BioWheels-Deltec organized 2 teams & 3 solo riders. Dave Simpson & Wes Miller both poured it all day long in their first solo efforts of that magnitude. The hotly-contested Men’s Open Money category turned into a Pro race, with 7 of the 10 podiumed riders holding NORBA Pro licences. Nonetheless, Jeremy Hargrove, Dennis Helton, Matt Johnson & Dave Bishop hammered out 44-47 minute laps for 12 hours. They came up only 20-seconds short of 3rd! An exciting heartbreaker, indeed.

The real story from the BioWheels squad were the Women.  Kristi Sanborn has been gaining experience & confidence in her riding over the past few years. She has really stepped it lately. She is learning that she can hammer through the pain & just keep going. Kristi raced to 2nd on the podium in the 12 Hour solo, got the money, and the I-9 raffle wheels!

Our womens’ 4-person team road exclusively on single speeds. Lela Stephens, Kassi Day, Becky Bashton & Jane Burlew showed their strength with a crash- & technical-free race. The spun their way to 3rd on the podium. Around the campfire they all agreed that they enjoyed the simplicity of the ride, but each knew the damage they could have do to the competiton if they had big gears! Follow this picture of the ladies to an ever-growing photo archive of the event.

There is nothing like running a team camp with men & women working together, & inspiring eachother. It is so good to have these great friends!

“Thank you!” to Terri & Dave Berger for another great Gone Riding event. Thanks to Deltec Homes, French Broad Brewing Company & Dr. Dru Aquilar for their ongoing support of BioWheels Racing!

Follow this link to the Gone Riding website for full results.