VeloSapiens MTB E-Zine JULY

Going the Distance, Going for Speed


What the Hell is This?

Velo Sapiens is a Sacramento-area mountain bike racing team. We're not fixated on skin color or race (unlike Zap). We won't ignore mountain biking and write instead about our kids with trendy yuppie names (unlike Zap). That's 2 good reasons to listen to us. Most of the editorial content of this zine is straight out of the head of Mark Weaver.

August Issue is Late!

sorry, between moving to santa rosa, and now moving again, and now buying a house, and still commuting up to sacramento to work 2 days/wk, i just ran out of time. if you don't like it, start your own damn website. -mw

I'll make every attempt to put out 1 issue per month. Check around the 1st of each month to see if I'm lazy or not.

Rants 9 speed? What the hell? If you think you need 9 speed for off-roading, you are a dork.
Race News We recommend the best of upcoming races and give you our results from last month (as if you care). If you don't see the NorCal race you're interested in ask us
Results: Virginia City, Cream Puff 100. Upcoming: Eagle Mtn Knobular (and Epic), Humbug Hurry-up, Napa Knobular.
Coyote Classic postponed
Equipment Notes 10 months on a SID, how does it hold up? review archive for previous reviews.
Latest Epic Ride
1. 24 hrs
2. 100 miles
Because you're special, we have 2 treats for you. Dan Garcia's report from the Laguna Seca 24 hrs of Adrenaline, and Mark's report from the Cream Puff 100.
Archives Index (sort of) It's hard to structure the old information in an easy to find format. This is the original homepage of this site, with links to the reviews, results, epic rides, etc..
Back Issues of VS June 1998 Why Richard Cunningham is a dork. Why I love my Esp. An 8-hr epic ride in Nevada City
Links That Don't Suck
  • Bikesite/Mudsluts. This e-zine writes too many positive reviews, but other than that it's pretty cool. They have some incredibly talented, good-looking, athletic contributors.
  • Epic ride stories Some of these are insane, but all are worth reading.
  • Precision Bicycles, your source for Fisher
  • Dan Garcia's Webpage
  • Victor Johnson's page with great maps for backcountry biking and motorcycling in utah.
  • Steve Apgar's Napa Valley MTB page has some good off-road riding info for the Napa Valley area.
  • Adventure Sports Online. Good info for all sorts of biking, rafting, hiking etc.. adventures. The new version of the page seems to be much less graphics and bandwidty intensive.
  • Team WrongWay. This is pretty fun reading. These guys are only semi-serious about racing, but they're all the way serious about having fun. Plus they make fun of Steve, always a bonus.


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