Good News - Copper Harbor is now Epic

All of us knew that Copper Harbor was epic but now it has been designated an IMBA Epic! If you are a member of IMBA (if you are not, you should be), you'll be receiving your fall newsletter with Copper Harbor on the cover and an article announcing it as one of five new Epic Rides. Read more about IMBA epics on their website. Two thumbs up to the local trail crews for providing us with a riding paradise and trails worthy of Epic status....

End of Season? Not Quite - It's Fat Tire Weekend!

It's been a busy summer and we've been due to post an update for a while. Another successful Deer Chase wrapped up on August 15th with Nikolai Anikin of Duluth and Julie Meyer of Hayward taking the 27 mile crowns and 13 year-old Pete Karinen of Painesdale and Kathy Abbott of Atlantic Mine taking home the 17 mile crowns. Yes Pete is 13 and he did beat the 17 mile field by 2 minutes. Check out all the results here: http://www.greatdeerchase.org/ or pictures by Chris Schmidt.

The Deer Chase was event number 2 in the Keweenaw Triple crown of races. Next up is Copper Harbor this Sunday! If you don't race, you don't need to because there's enough excitement just watching the 350+ racers negotiate the rocky, rough terrain of Paul's Plunge from a designated spectator area. There's also music afterwards at the Township Park featuring the Squeaky Clean Cretins. More info at http://www.keweenawadventure.com/ See you there!

Pump Track is Open

Time to head to Michigan Tech and check it out! The pump track is a great way to improve your bike handling skills and fitness.

July Update

Summer is here? Really it is. The temps have been cool but that only makes for good riding. Over the past few weeks, the CCS crew has been busy hosting weekly rides, racing thru a mine http://www.minersrevenge.com/, riding in circles for the 12 hours of potluck http://www.blindstoker.com/, and building trails.

If you haven't heard, there's new trails happening everywhere. The new Farmer's Well trail is open at Swedetown adding to the now ~19 miles of sweet singletrack. The Michigan Tech Pump Track is now ready to ride thanks to many hours put in by our CCS employees Andrew I (project chief), Lori H., Jason L. and a random crew of volunteers. More singletrack is also sprouting up at Tech, so keep your eyes open as you ride. The new Woopidi Woo Trail off of Garden Brook in Copper Harbor is also nearing completion. The riding only gets better and better thanks to a dedicated crew of hard working volunteers. Below is Spandrew 'testing' the tread on the new pump track.

Chain Drive - Results and Photos

Another Chain Drive has come and gone. Results are up and more photos are up daily. Relive the pain, the agony, the fun by checking out the results: http://www.chaindrive.org/ and photos at http://www.brockit.com/ Photos are free to download courtesy of Chain Drive or you can purchase prints online. Congrats to all the paricipants and especially to the CCS riders that took home hardware! Next up: http://keweenawcopperman.org