Originally Posted by
mike868y
my only experience riding in blacksburg has been the VT collegiate race but...damn, you guys are lucky.
that being said, in three years I never did a race there with good weather.
It's both good and bad. If I want to do a hard road ride, I HAVE to go to the local Wednesday Worlds. No other game in town, really.
If I want to do a truly hard MTB ride, I'm riding by myself (unless it's a race). I'm trying to get a couple of the road-only dudes to ride on the dirt, but that seems unlikely. A few hours north there are some seriously strong dudes (Jeremiah Bishop, for example), though.
Whereas, when I'm out in CO for the summer, I just text a couple of the dudes I know and I'm riding with guys that were top-30 at Pro XC nats a couple years ago. And I'll get my teeth kicked in if I'm not 100%.