It takes a special kind of person to come up with a contest like the Hell Ride. A sinister spirit, love for climbing, and lactic acid pusher. Only Mark Weir would enjoy leading a days charge up countless mountaintops in the thin air of the Sierra’s.
For the second year, Weir and Santa Cruz Bicycles accepted applicants for Hell Ride 2. If you were lucky enough, "to get the wood", as Weir calls it, you’ll spend a day chasing him up 10,000 plus feet, over 65 miles. All on a new Santa Cruz, that’s yours if you survive the torcher test to Weir’s liking. Read the complete story with blow-by-blow details at Santa Cruz News.
It all went down in Downieville, CA, 60 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe. After an 8:30 start, they hammered out:
Miles 68.41(mi)
Elevation Gain 14,497 (ft)
Total Time 10:55 (h:m)
We’re big Weir fans, and for good reason. Ever since Norcal got on MB, he quickly became a fixture at the top of the TrailNetwork > cycling > elevation gain report. (The TrailNetwork doesn’t reflect his complete Digest, since he often flies under the radar.) In a the Weir Dominates Downieville post, I mentioned his quest to climb 1-million vertical feet in a year. With two months and 100,000 feet to go, he’s on target to lay claim to the most vertical feet ascended on a bike in a year. More details to come…
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