Lehigh race weekend
Bethlehem / reading, pa
Schedule of Events
Saturday
at reading
at
Xc awards:
Sunday
All
Day:
See
Important notes on Reading race in following pages!!!
Registration
Fees
XC :
$14
DH:
$40 [ Includes 2 days of riding with u-haul
shuttles running all day both days
]
Payment
Xc: Payment will be conducted
on race day at
Lehigh. School check, personal check, or cash is
acceptable. Payment at Lehigh will be
for xc only!!!!!
Norba licences are required,
1-days and yearly licences will be for sale.
Dh: Payment will be conducted at
registration
On-site at
reading. No school
checks!!!! Each racer must pay
individually. This is not a n.o.r.b.a sanctioned race, so no
license is necessary
Xc
pre-registration
A blank excel sheet will be available online for each school to
fill out, and email to jmz4@lehigh.edu no
later than
There is no dh preregistration
******important Note******
However, this race is a once a year event that should not be
missed! Collegiate Riders will enter
their respective categories (I.E. pro, expert, sport, beginner)
and simply race with everyone else. See
comments on course below.
Course
descriptions:
Lehigh xc:
The course is approximately 6
miles in length. The course starts on
top of lehigh’s south mountain. The start will be lemond
style. The first quarter mile is a fast
downhill fireroad, which turns quickly into a short
technical single track climb. A long
single track descent ensues, which is littered with rock gardens, small
bridges, quick climbs, and tight turns.
This continues to the bottom of the mountain, where a flowing single
track section opens into a half mile flat fire road. This road leads into a blistering single
track climb that continues up half of the mountain, and dumps into a short
semi-flat section of rock gardens. The
final ascent includes a technical climb with switchbacks the will be sure to
multiply as your laps increase.
Eventually you’ll see daylight, and return to the start for another go
at it.
Reading dh / freeride course:
(A post by pro
rider jay de jesus)
"I rode the Reading Racing race
course today with the Reading team, Jon from Hcor.net, Bob Brien,
Gabor and his crew, Mt. Gretna people; all in all
about 30 people. Oh, not to mention the camera crew there shooting video for
Chain Reaction VI with a wide angle plus another camera mounted on a 7'
extension that was wired to these funky Star Trek goggles the guy was wearing
that allowed him to see what the camera up the pole was shooting. The camera
swiveled and turned via thumb mounted joysticks -- sick!
Sickest of all was the course -- those guys have done an
amazing job. It starts at the top of Mount Penn, rips through some rock nasties, does a step down gap (7' x 7' down) onto a road to
the Pagoda, then down the steps around it, to the bridges. There is an easy
set-up bridge which drops you down into a chute which raises your speed to
about 30+, then you rail a berm
and face your choice of bridge drops. There is a 4' step-down that shoots you
out about 6'. Another choice is more heart stopping -- about 10' down to the
transition, moderate speed, and about a 7' to 10' span, depending on how you
boost. The real show is the middle line -- you come out of the berm at warp factor 5, hit a 4' tall ramp and GAP onto the
30' long bridge (at over 30mph, yo) hang on and
launch out clear over the road and all the people about 30' and then rip into a
succession of "S" turns. It is BAD ASS! And it is really scary. Only
about 7 people jumped it (most certainly not including myself), including a nut
with a single-crown fork and another guy that is 47 years old on a Brooklyn
Machine Works bike. With this gap, it is definitely not about the bike...
From there, there are more killer lines, berms,
jumps gaps, trees, rocks -- nasty nasty
nasty. The last stunt is the finish line jump off of
the Red Bull bus, which will be parked at the bandshell
at the base of the mountain and the park. It will be an incredible race. Look
for some video and photos on Hcor.net shortly."
Directions to
Directions to
From
I-95 to I-78 West I-476
North to I-78 East
Exit I-78 West at exit #67
(old exit 21) Exit I-78
East at exit # 67 (old exit 21)
Straight at ramp bottom onto
** See general below ** ** see
general below **
From
I-81 North to I -78 East I-81
South to I-476 South
Exit I-78 East at exit #67
(old exit 21) I-476 South
to I-78 East
Turn right at traffic light
at ramp bottom Exit I-78 East
at exit #67 (old exit 21)
Follow under I-78 to next
light Straight
at ramp bottom onto
Left at next light onto
** see general below **
From NH / MA From Upstate NY/VT
I-90 West to I-84 West I-87 South
to I-287 South
I-84 West to I-87 South I-287 South
to I-78 West
I-87 South to I-287 South Exit I-78
West at exit #67 (old exit 21)
I-287 South to I-78 West Straight at
ramp bottom onto
Exit I-78 West at exit #67
(old exit 21) ** See general
below **
Straight at ramp bottom onto
** See general below **
Once on
NOTE: Race signs will be posted along the route once you get
off the highway (I-78).
See Readingracing.com for their event flyer, and click on
their directions link for directions
Or, Mapquest:
Lodging
See:
http://www.dutchcountry.worldweb.com/ReadingPA/WheretoStay/HotelsMotels/
Or
http://www.berksweb.com/hotels/
For a good listing of hotels / motels in reading.
See
http://www.philadelphia.worldweb.com/BethlehemPA/WheretoStay/HotelsMotels/
for Bethlehem Hotels / motels.
Suggested Itenerary for teams with dh and xc racers
get a motel in reading for Friday and
Saturday night. Drop off dh riders at reading for 9am for all day dh practice saturday (if in vans).
Xc riders drive to
Lehigh (45 min) and race. Xc riders return after race to
pick up dh riders.
Everyone stays in reading Saturday night, dh
rider races Sunday, and xc riders ride reading trails
or view dh.
If coming in separate cars, the split day on Saturday shouldn’t
be a problem.