Author: Chad

Snowdown Chapman Hill Downhill this Super Bowl Sunday

This Super Bowl Sunday at Chapman Hill 11am
Snowdown Chapman Hill Bike Downhill

This event is now a single slalom course event. Basically one rad, turny dh-ish course down Chapman Hills snow covered slalom and 4cross courses of the past. An open practice period with an option of timing your runs will be followed by a qualifying run for each rider. Then for the finals, riders in each category will get one run with the fastest qualifying rider starting last. Should make for some fun nail biting action!

All bikes are allowed, skinny or fat.
Its Snowdown, so geek out if you want.

Categories:
Pro & Am Men
Open Women

Sweet Prize list for top finishers, most improved and Snowdown Spirit Award

Registration will be from 10:00 – 11:59 AM right next to the Chapman Skating Rink. Event cost is …. FREE. Riders will need to wear a helmet and sign 2 waivers.

Schedule:
10:00 – 11:00 AM – Open course for practice
11:00 – 11:50 AM – Practice and option of timed runs
12:00PM Rider meeting
12:10 PM (Noon) – Qualifying and Finals
4:00PM Super Bowl 49ers 34 Ravens 31 (prediction by chad)

Bring snow shovel for course work if interested. Coursework will be allowed until Noon.

Bring your own Hot Chocolate, or use the concession at the Chapman Rink. Water and Bathrooms included

Prize will be awarded on site for someone who promises create a short video edit!

This event is sponsored by Durango Devo and is for Fun
Contact Lucas at LJLEMAIRE@fortlewis.edu for more info
and if interested in helping design and shovel a sweet course in, be there at 9am with a shovel

Singletrack High

Singletrack High Teaser from Pedal Born Pictures on Vimeo.

Looks Sweet! Go NorCal

City Seeks Comments on Horse Gulch Open Space Management Plan

Durango, CO: The City of Durango is seeking comments from the public on the Horse Gulch
Open Space Management Plan. The draft Management Plan provides a framework for the
sound stewardship of the Horse Gulch open space area and is available for review on the City’s
website at durangogov.org and by clicking on Hot Topics.
Horse Gulch is part of a large open space and recreational area that includes public lands
owned by the City of Durango, La Plata County, and the Bureau of Land Management. This
entire landscape encompasses more than 3,600 acres and includes the Telegraph, Raider
Ridge and Horse Gulch Trail System – an approximately 60-mile natural surface single track trail
network used exclusively for non-motorized recreation.
Public comments on the draft Management Plan are encouraged and should be submitted in
writing by email to rec@durangogov.org by January 31, 2013. For additional information,
please contact Durango Parks and Recreation Department at 375-7321.

Devo Board Member’s First Pro Bike

So sweet. Check out Devo board member Travis Browns first pro bike.

Snowdown Roller Races Next Wednesday at the Steaming Bean

Weds 6 PM BICYCLE ROLLER RACES
Steaming Bean – 915 Main Hosted by the Durango Wheel Club
Head-to-head bicycle races on stationary indoor rollers, contestants provide their own bicycles, road-type with 700c front wheels. Furthest distance covered in 15 minutes wins the prize!
Categories: men 18+, women 18+.
Event Coordinator: Ivan Unkokvsky – 970-749-0030
Event Cost: FREE
Entry Deadline: 10 minutes before Event
Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd in each category

Devo Super Fan Teal is Selling Stuff

Single Bike box -Bike Pro USA- $70
Green Swiss top brake pads (brand-new still in the bag)- $5

Random MTB tires:
1- 26″ Specialized The Captain (Used)- $5
1- 26″ Specialized Sauserwind (Used)- $5
2- 26″ Kenda Small Block 8 (lightly used) $10/per tire

Bike shoes size 40 (not women specific):
1 pair Mavic Road Zxellium ultimate (lightly used)- $150
2 pairs Mavic MTB Fury (used)- $100/ pair
1 pair Mavic MTB Fury (brand new!)- $250

Finally, Another Random Devo Video

Devo Knockout from Durango Devo on Vimeo.

Boggy Draw Campout w/ U14 Girls

Lacey & Ellen are good at making friends on the trail

Chubby Bunny around the campfire- Annie killed it!

It was awesome to have Alisha on the campout!

Sarah is a really good spotter for Lacey. Oops!!

NICA Annual Awards Announced

NICA is pleased to announce the 2012 NICA Annual Award winners!

The NICA Awards were established in 2010 to honor student-athletes, coaches, volunteers and partners that have made outstanding contributions toward the development of high school cycling and the national high school mountain biking movement.

This year, NICA Awards will be given to 13 individuals in 10 different categories that were selected from a field of more than 222 nominees from NICA Leagues across the country.

Specialized Student-Athlete Leadership Award
The Student Athlete Leadership Award honors student-athletes who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, sportsmanship, academic performance and volunteerism in their team, school and community. The recipients are:
* Josie Nordrum, Redwood High School, NorCal High School Cycling League
* Zachary Tucker, Lyons High School, Colorado High School Cycling League

Trek Student-Athlete All Star Award
The All-Star Student Athlete Award recognizes student-athletes for their outstanding competitive achievements and potential for future success in competitive cycling. The recipients are:
* Kate Courtney, Branson High School, NorCal High School Cycling League
* Lucas Newcomb, Sir Francis Drake High School, NorCal High School Cycling League

Jeep Extraordinary Courage Award
The Extraordinary Courage Award recognizes student-athletes who have persevered through challenging circumstances and overcome adversity to develop and excel as a model student athlete. The recipients are:
* DeShaun Smith, C.K. MCClatchy High School, NorCal High School Cycling League
* Mark Doty, Oakley High School, Utah High School Cycling League

SRAM Coach of The Year Award
The Coach of the Year Award acknowledges a head coach whose qualities as a leader and motivator embodies NICA’s mission to provide student-athletes with the coaching and camaraderie to help them achieve both competitive and non-competitive goals in a safe and enjoyable manner. The recipients are:
* Whitney Pogue, Summit Academy High School, Utah High School Cycling League
* Ken Mozek, San Ramon Valley High School, NorCal High School Cycling League

Clif Bar and Company Volunteer Service Award
The Volunteer Service Award honors an exceptional volunteer whose dedication of time, expertise and enthusiasm goes above and beyond to make a difference in the organization. The recipients is:
* Nick Gualtieri, St. Francis High School, SoCal High School Cycling League

Quality Bike Products Community Impact Award
The Community Impact Award honors an individual whose dedication to high school mountain biking has resulted in positive impacts on youth, the community and the organization. This individual is an outstanding representative of the organization internally and externally. The recipient is:
* Ed Fischer, Camas Composite, Washington High School Cycling League

Primal Wear Race Production Partner Award
The Race Production Partner Award acknowledges an individual whose outstanding partnership role in race productions is key to the success of a leagues race event production. The recipient is:
* Martha Flynn, Minnesota High School Cycling League

Easton Foundations League Founder Award
The League Founders Award recognizes an individual’s commitment, enthusiasm, perseverance, and outstanding contributions in establishing a NICA High School Cycling League. The recipient is:
* Lori Harward, Utah High School Cycling League

NICA Legacy Award
The NICA Legacy Award honors an individual for their tremendous philanthropic support of NICA and NICA Leagues. The recipient is:
* Mike Sinyard, Specialized Bicycles

Come support the winners at the NICA Awards Benefit Ride and Banquet! Both events will be on January 12th, 2013 with the ride at Ft. Ord and the banquet at the Specialized world headquarters in Morgan Hill, California. Register today for either the ride and/or the banquet here.

Coach Chad Cheeney’s Favoritest Pictures from 2012

Payson at Sun Valley, ID. Payson had a rough day at the big race of the season but he was still having fun, a true Devo!

Devo at Coal Bank. The U19ers use some teamwork to put a Devo sticker on the road sign.

FLC at Utah. The FLC Ladies at road nats get their pre race warm up on. I get to ride in a van with the back open and do hundreds of glory shots.

Garrett at Irish Embassy. Coach Garrett gets his suffer face on at the roller races.

Devo at Park City. On the way to Nats, we stopped at a jump park to warm up the legs.

Cody at Steamboat Springs, CO. This is the exact moment before Cody’s racing season ended.

Sepp at Sun Valley. Sepp went so big on this flyover. It gave us all chills.

Galen at Durango. An early DHS graduation for Galen ment he could race for FLC in the spring collegiate race.

FLC in Madison. The FLC team warms up before the Collegiate Cyclocross Natty Champs in Wisc.

Sweet Elite in CSprings. The Sweet Elite Pro Men after their ProXCT race in CSprings.

Sarah at Buckley Park. Devo Director Sarah gets dunked by the Jr Devos. The smile says it all.

John at Factory Trails. Devo super fan and IDTV’s John Trousdale was always down to throw down for the camera at the Zia STXC series.

FLC at Beaver Meadows, CO. Coaching the FLC team, hanging out in the woods.

Jr Devo in Buckley Park. The Jr Devo Super Duper Fun Race is always a highlight.

Devo Van at Buckley Park. The friday night polo game was finished off by a sweet fireworks display to kickoff the Pro Challenge.

Sweet Elite in New Mexico. The first team shot with the unfinished van art. We tried to pretend like we were a rock band.

Josh at Fruita. FLC rider took a digger on th finish line in a pile of Fruita moon dust.

Devo on Main Street. It was so cool to see the entire Devo peleton at the Pro Challenge parade.

Keenan at Sun Valley. Tricks are for kids is not all that true. Tricks can be had by all.

Devo at Secret Camp. The sweet tent in all its glory at the secret location of Top Secret Training Camp.

Devo at Gunnison. We stopped at this lake outside of Gunnison on the way home from CB and did some swimming. So fun.

Annie at FLC. Coach Annie digs a path for Michael at the FLC cross race. We had tons of snow and that makes for fun photos.

Devo in Angel Fire. The Devo athletes and families do a podium pose after a good weekend of hanging out.

Push Bike at Factory Trails. Those darn whippersnapper Push Bikers always wanted to play pretend crashing.

U19 at Crested Butte. So sweet seeing a U19 sweep on the cat 1 15-18 podium.

Colton in Vail. Colton is a wheelie master.

Devo at Moonraker. Devo rides the sunset to sleep at TSTC. Always such a magical time for the Devo program, sunset at Moonraker.

Chris at Mesa Verde. Chris take a moment to relax at Devo camp before heading out for another lap at 12 Hours of Mesa Verde.

Sweet Elite in Prescott, AZ. Everywhere we went, Colton busted out sweet wheelies and it made us all feel like rockstars.

Coach Annie in Aztec. On a fake bilboard using the PhotoFunia.com site.

Devo at FLC. The U19 boys pose after their spring football practice.

Devo van at Gunnison. Playing beach baseball after the Crested Butte MSC.

Ze at FLC. Push bike class rocked. Ze learned how to wheelie on his first day!

FLC at Utah. The FLC Skyhawks took 2nd at Road nats this year in Ogden Utah and we were all pretty stoked, so we jumped for joy.

Devo at FLC. The Devo display at the Pro Challenge was cool to see our program on poster board. Felt like a good school project.

Sweet Elite in Salida. We stopped for the night at this secret spot in Salida on the way to a race.

Devo U14 at Angel Fire. Perrin and Kieren hang with the Yackle Bros before their MSC race.

Devo in Ouray. The Devo team enrout to Crested Butte. We had a hard time getting places fast, there was always fun things to do along the way.

Devo at Telluride. Ivan of Jr Devo, does his best to listen in on the prerace instructions for the State Champs.

Bear on my porch. My wife Annie took this, so I can kinda claim it as my own. This is our baby bear that was frequenting our house this fall.

Devo Coaches at FLC. The coaches clinic was packed to the gills and it was so cool to see all the great people a part of this community program.

Sweet Elite at Dog Park. This was our first team shot riding bikes. It was a fun day with the new team.

Sweet Elite at MBS. The team presentation at MBS was our first chance to shine in front of our sponsors. Awkward moments for sure.

Jack at Buckley Park. Jack take the push bike to the limit.

Devo at The Turf. Devo’s end of season party made for a great dodgeball game.

Sepp at Miller. Sepp shoots during the 3point contest at the U19 Boys spring basketball practice.

STumpy at my house. My STumpjumper Evo is the best bike I have ridden to date.

Jon at Phils World. Jon Percassi can ride any bike, anywhere at anytime. The man, the myth, the Legend!

Teal at Madison Wisc. Teal took 4th in the pro race. She used this race to get a contract with the Luna Chix!

Sarah on Rim Trail. Sarah’s funny photo shoot before we took off for road nats. I asked her to make her best race face and this ius what she had.

Heikki in Beaver Meadows, CO. FLC Gravity Coach leads out his athletes over the huge gap jump on the dh course. I sat there for an hour taking pics during practice.

Mike at Vail. Mike West is a demon on wheels. Here he is post race after the Teva Games.

Galen on Main Street. Galen leads out a massive group of Devo’s during the Pro Challenge pre race parade.

Grady at Fruita. Devo Alumni Grady James in his last FLC team race. He kept taking this corner way inside, and on this shot, almost took me out.

Sweet Elite in Sun Valley. Lauren and Colton each had amazing races at nationals and where fun to photograph.

Howard at Factory Trails. This was part of the Zia STXC Series and the big guns showed up making for a fast race.

Sweet Elite at Missoula, MT. Sepp shows us how its done at the sweet ProXCT drop off line.

Las at Factory Trails during the FLC/Jr Devo Relay Race. His stoic look is pretty sweet.

U19ers at Sun Valley. This is the moment before their biggest race of the year.

Camryn in Telluride. The state champs in Telluride brought out the smiles as it was the last race of the season and we camped in Town park with all the families. Good times.

Devo at Phils World. Ivan and Jack do their sunset dance after the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde.

DWC Team at Nature Trail. The DWC masters racers talking before their neighborhood crit, talking about how to shut down Chris Blevins.

Keenan at Sun Valley. Kennan calls his Mom after his 4th place finish at Nats. This kid has had some tough Nationals races in the past and now he was on top of the world.

Lauren at CSprings. Lauren had an electric day and place 5th on a super muddy Pro Womens race course.

Robin at Sun Valley. U19er Robin was so pumped to finish strong at the National Champs.

Stephan at Howards House. The U19 went to Howards House for its annual fun day and we discovered these large animals in the woods. So we tried to touch them.

Dolf at Sun Valley. Dolf is Sepp’s Dad and its a great honor to have him at the races with us.

Madeigh at Factory Trails. U19er Madeigh throws down some race face at her first bike race this spring during the Zia STXC Series.

Kid at Animas Valley. The Bike Rodeos in the spring are a good time to brush up on new tricks.

Devo Cards on my porch chair. The Devo prototype cards by Chris Adams were a dream come true.

Peanut at Sun Valley, ID. U19 Coach Elke’s dog poses with our mascot painting at Nats. This painting brought many smiles.

Annie at Crested Butte. Coach Annie leads out Lacy on the xc preride.

Lee at FLC. Coach Lee and our push bike group take to the FLC campus. This is my favorite part of the week.

Jack at DMR. Devo benefit day at DMR was kind of a bad ski day, but you would have never been able to tell by looking at our crew. We all wore Devo jerseys, it was sweet.

Howard at Steaming Bean. Howard muscling out a near record performance at the roller races. Suffer face!

Lauren in CSprings. Lauren smiles through the mud to take 5th place in the ProXCT.

My popsicle at Needham. When doing Bike Rodeos at the schools, I feel like a kid eating popsicles in the summer.

Kids in Wisconsin. At cross nats in Madison, kids were on every pond in site, sliding around on the ice and trying to make holes. Sketchy.

My Legs in Utah. Lots of time by myself while taking photos for FLC at road nats.

Sweet Elite cards on my carpet. The first official trading cards of Sweet ELite. It was a proud day when those came in the mail.

Sepp at Factory Trails. Sepp shreds this classic tricky corner at the Zia STXC Series.

Willey at Factory Trails. This Jr Devo ripper loves to race!

Mint at Aztec. Coach Mint running with his bike? Unheard of!

Sweet Elite in Prescott, AZ. Our first complete team preride of the year ended at our sweet VRBO town home. This pic felt like the official start to the race season.

George at the Gulch Booter. George of the U14 team lets it fly on Durango’s classic hip jump. George has been with Devo since he was a little guy, and its fun to see him flying now.

Cody at Steamboat Springs, CO. FLC’s Cody Cupp made an early exit to his fall collegiate xc season by registering for the dual slalom race. Breaking his wrist in the dust.

Stephan at FLC. U19 bike polo was always an adventure. We managed to get in a good game and a few photos before we were told to stop killing the grass.

Howard at Missoula. Howard threw down big time and took 2nd at the ProXCT race in Montana.

India and Coaches at SUn Valley. India went out and won a National Championship. All of us coaches were there and it was so fun to celebrate.

Sweet Elite in Precott. At the Whiskey 50, we cheered the entire time.

Teal at Factory Trails. Teal lays a happy corner at the pump track.

Jack at Crested Butte. Jack climbs a wall.

FLC at Utah. It was fun to get all crazy taking photos for FLC at Road Nats. This one is from the gutter.

Local Restorer Mike Wilk’s Ritchey is Complete

side_shot — Pretty standard team build from 1991 minus the Softride stem. All Rtichey Force / WCS parts with XT drivetrain.

Happy Holidays From us at Durango Devo

Last Devo Practice of 2012 Just Happened

Sierra takes on the hill with the tool of choice, the fat bike.

Lucas made a sweet jump and then tried it and crashed. Followed by a snow angel.

Emily attempts the tough hill up from the beach.

Sierra rides our cross test track at Paradise Island.

Coach Chad, Sierra, Emily and Lucas set the new Devo world record by being the latest date Devo practice in history.
December 18th, finishing practice at the Durango Recreation Center parking lot at 5:37pm. Witness was Christine Trout.

Devo Push Bike Group Rules

Sometimes we bonk, but have to keep going.

The tunnel is great for loud animal sounds.

Ben has Ned Overend’s autograph on his helmet.

2012 Random Fat Bike Photos

Coach Sarah rides the fat bike at 12 Hours of Mesa Verde.

Coach Chad shred the FLCCX series finals course.

Explorers Coach Garrett races collegiate dual slalom on his fat bike.

Coach Sarah at Devo’s Top Secret Training Camp.

Fat Bikes ride the lift at DMR Devo Benefit Day.

Coach Sarah remonts after a run up in the Zia/Devo STXC Series.

Joey from Velorution Cycles races to 2nd in the A men FLCCX finals.

Coach Sarah gets on the gas in the Zia Taquria/Devo sShort Track Series.

So sweet seeing a bike on the DMR lifts.

Coach Sarah gets it on the Buff Pleasuredome time trial course at TSTC.

Coach Garrett get all mad max on the CMU Collegiate DS.

The group gathers for a descent down DMR.

These bikes are amazing. Check out Fat-bike.com for more action.