Lake Placid Van Hoevenberg XCO World Cup Preview Lap

Rained a bit, so I got a deceptively muddy trip around a course with a lot of pedaling, a very fast-direct descent, a traverse, a party-mode berm run, and a cyclocross finale. Look a little better with the pros racing it than with me.

[@var67]

How the "race" was "won".

[@an33nielsen52]

Are you gonna be racing the pros to show them how the race was won?

[@howtheracewaswon]

that would be *extremely* uninteresting, I think. But IDK, with a UCI license might theoretically be possible…

[@DeanWhitney-y5c]

Probably one of the most "real" pre-rides I have seen. Love your commentary.

[@fructufructu]

I think it might be the least technical circuit of the World Cup in years (old school XC style).

[@mogulmayhem]

Come ride Vermont. We'll do tunnel ridge.

[@howtheracewaswon]

machine-built is generally not my favorite, but I can keep an open mind

[@mogulmayhem]

@@howtheracewaswon imagine a 6 mile long pump track with 110 berms.... I'll see you in Rochester, VT. If you go into the bike shop, ask for Doon.