2011 Meltdown Photos & Videos

[Dan]

Here's my contribution. Let me just apologize in advance for some of the crappy pics. www.gallery.me.com/bpatao

Very nice, I'm just glad you got one of me actually on the bike 

Will be interesting to see the rest of the pictures. I think i noticed atleast 4 or 5 photographers on the side of the trail at different points.

[VicRattlehead]

Hey!  Great Pics!  Could you get me a larger copy of pic 71?  PM me if you can.  Great post-processing by the way!!!!






 

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[Benflow]

Photos are being uploaded here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/19091172@N02/sets/72157627439706652/

The first batch is up. They should all be up by late tonight or tomorrow.

The set will include novice, expert, and women's sport podiums, the expert/comp start, a few comp/expert race pics, and some candids.

Great job as always Amy, look forward to seeing the rest!

[ntnylion92]

Photos are being uploaded here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/19091172@N02/sets/72157627439706652/

The first batch is up. They should all be up by late tonight or tomorrow.

The set will include novice, expert, and women's sport podiums, the expert/comp start, a few comp/expert race pics, and some candids.

Great shots, sorry I looked so cranky coming up the hill!

[Lurker]

Here's a couple of mine that I snapped on the Grass Hill.

https://picasaweb.google.com/111693704742424124681/2011PalosMeltdownCompExpert?authkey=Gv1sRgCPbr74HH-bS2gQE

[rockhopper]

HI everyone,here is my vid from my helmet cam of the cat 3 novice, I was in the 30-39 male group.
There is no sound due to my camera mic picking up alot of noise, also the battery died at about 1:30min before the finish line but the rest of the race is there.
I've only been mountain biking for 2 months so there is not any super speed on MY part in this video, but you can see me passing some people A LOT of people passing me me and other racers getting off track to avoid crashing and ME going down at min. 24:15
 I have to say all the people I raced next to were polite and did not see anybody racing reckless trying to pass other racers.
I want to thank ALL the people involved in making this event turn out the way it did. I did a practice lap on saturday before the rain and I thought the track would be unrideable on sunday due to all the rain we got but the crew did a GREAT job to the track.
THANK YOU CAMBR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=844wjE8P3qc

My 11 year old, 9 speed rockhopper held up pretty good too.

[Benflow]

Great photo by Liz Farina Markel made the Chicagoist:

http://chicagoist.com/2011/08/15/around_town_906.php#photo-10

[Burton]

That is my teamates daughter and her Dad Steve in the brown cambr shirt in the background.  She is a little ripper for sure watch out in a few year ladies!

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That is my teamates daughter and her Dad Steve in the brown cambr shirt in the background.  She is a little ripper for sure watch out in a few year ladies!

You said it there Dom... this little girl can rip; she even showed me a line last week or so that I had previously never thought of taking.  She definitely takes after her Dad. 

[bdcfe]

Here's a link to some picture I took during the Sport race from the top of the gravel hill and then halfway through the paved downhill.

https://picasaweb.google.com/bcoggan/Meltdown2011Sport?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCIb6scnT-7rpaw&feat=directlink

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Thanks Brent.

[bdcfe]

Here's a gallery of shots taken during the first lap of the Comp race near the top of the grass hill. Also a few random crowd shots.

https://picasaweb.google.com/bcoggan/Meltdown2011Comp?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCOX3n7rS_dG9Pg&feat=directlink

[max621]

Great, so far the only photos of me I can find are trying to dismount on blue hill and then falling over

[John V]

She is a little ripper for sure watch out in a few year ladies!

Heck, watch out men now! I'm glad I wasn't #261.   That's an awesome picture.

[bdcfe]

Here are some pictures from the Novice race. Taken at the second turn after the start and then near the lake.

https://picasaweb.google.com/bcoggan/Meltdown2011Novice?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCIzXsq3iiv3Z_wE&feat=directlink