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July 17, 2008

Two more work days?

With our first Cross Country race just around the corner and the 24 at the end of next month were going to be shifting our trail work into the big ring. This weekend, weather permitting, we’ll be working on reconstruction all of our wash out sections. Work as much or [...]

July 13, 2008

The bridges are back!

First off I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to come out to Seven Oaks today to help our ailing trail. Ron, Kurt, Chuck, Mike, Chris, Paul and Paul all burned up half of their weekend to help us put things back together. BIG thanks everyone. I don’t know about [...]

July 10, 2008

Has anyone noticed?

In case you hadn’t noticed, registration for the 24 hours of Seven Oaks is open.  Bikeiowa has been kind enough to host our online registration again this year.  Be sure to surf over and get yourself signed up before the prices go up on August 16th.  Links to registration and race flier can be found [...]

July 6, 2008

Reconstruction begins this Sunday!

This upcoming Sunday, July 13th, trail reconstruction will begin at Seven Oaks.  We’ve got a lot of items on our fix it list but it’s not too bad.  Nothing that a few well attended workdays can’t take care of.  Everyone’s help would be greatly appreciated.  No experience is necessary, and we’ll provide the tools.  All [...]

July 5, 2008

A trail of carnage!

The rain and flooding affected every one and every thing here in Iowa. The trails at Seven oaks were no exception. Not much to say so I’ll let the photos do the talking.

This 100 foot section of trail is perfectly intact. It’s just been moved about 10 feet further down the [...]

May 15, 2008

Vacation day.

Sundays weather looks great to take care of a little trail work.  But were not gonna be doing any.  Sunday will be a vacation day for us.  We’ll have plenty of good days this summer to work on the trail. We’ll be meeting in the campground at the top of the hill for a little [...]

May 10, 2008

Not exactly as planned

Today’s race at Seven Oaks did not go exactly as planned. Perfect trail conditions at sunup, yielded to greasy slime as rain showers passed over the course two hours prior to the start. Having canceled one race already this spring we decided to move forward with the race. At the [...]

May 9, 2008

Friday morning Course Conditions

Just received report from Kyle, he is up at Seven Oaks and had this to say…
As of 10:30am course is tacky to dry and all bridges are intact - the course will be perfect for race day!
See you tomorrow!
 

May 7, 2008

Looking good!

The course for this weekends 3and6 had a rough night.  There were reports of 3 plus inches of rain Tuesday night in Boone county, but I’m not worried, were still looking!  No rain is the forcast for the rest of the week.  Temps well be in the 60’s and the course will be tacky fast.  [...]

May 5, 2008

11 Things you need to know about this Saturdays race at Seven Oaks!

1. The weather looks good for the weekend but stay tuned to sevenoaksmtb.com for the latest updates.
2. Registration opens Saturday at 8am.
3. Entry fees are as follows: Solo 3 $35, Solo 6 $35, Team 6 $50 per team.
4. %50 of entry fees will be payed out to each class. [...]