Written By George Kapitz
Photos By Kari Lewis Scheppman
Editor’s Note : The Wisconsin Off-Road Race Series (WORS) is the largest state mountain bike race series in the country and this year they opened up a special Fat-Bike Category in all twelve of their races. Our amigo George is going to share his WORS experiences in a new bi-weekly series that we call ‘Fat WORS’ !
Come race day at Iola, I was jacked to ride the fatty. The new fat-bike open category goes out with the Sport racers. The average race is about 15 miles. Not a very long race, but an all out, pedal-smashing-fest. I’m new to the MTB race scene and don’t have a lot of experience. In my mind, I just think “pedal fast”. I’ve learned that warming up, hydrating, and pacing are paramount to success, when it comes to mountain bike racing, however, at the start of the race, I ignored all the strategies, that I had planned, like (find the fast guy and follow behind) and took off wheelie fast! A quarter lap into the race my heart was pounding (185 average and 194 Max) and I was getting passed by the field. I tried to keep a good tempo but I couldn’t recover from my exuberant start. At about the 3/4 mile point, I went over the bars on a rooty descent. After crashing, I told myself, I’m out of the race and relaxed and finished (6th of 8). I rode the next two laps at a good pace, and launched some big air where ever I could. 🙂 This was definitely a race that I learned from and I’ll be better prepared in two weeks at Wausau. I hope I see you there!
Results – Open Fat-bike
hero status for the drag racer start. nice report, george
yeah, funny bike style!
I would like to get info on fat tires factories close to Mexican border , thanks
Wheely-ing out of the gate, that shirtless dude’s mouth’s agape at your awesomeness George WOOT ~ !
I’ll definitely see you at Wausau George!
I think a 29+ could hang with the regular 26/29″ class, just sayin Angry One
Thunderdome! Thunderdome! with a glass of pure octane flavor gassoline! Thunderdome! Thunderdome!
HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
is that shirtless guy on the right drinking a ZIMA?