Thursday, August 15, 2013

BAMF events, Get em in!

All year I've had a cycling focus on riding longer, endurance type rides, a mix of road and off-road events. A select group of riders from the local cycling team has established the BAMF crew, with qualifying events, and "points" for completion. I nominated myself, unofficial official BAMF event coordinator. Essentially, any ride that puts you in the pain cave for an extended period of time (6 hrs) qualifies. In order to be a member... you must complete 10 events, with a minimum of 3 events being road rides, and 3 being off-road events.
The requirement of doing off-road events has forced several "want-to-be" BAMFs to try out gravel rides and mt. biking, which has been humorous and sometimes worrisome. 

Some examples of events covered by BAMF members so far:
Sub9 Death March (Gravel, Adventure race style, Indiana)
Barry Roubaix (Dirt/Gravel, race, Michigan)
Billy Goat McGruff Ride (Self created, hilly road ride)
Calvin's Challenge (12hr road race, Ohio)
Assault on Mt. Mitchell (100M, road race, North Carolina)
Dirty Kanza (200M gravel race, Kansas)
JAWS (100M, road ride, Indiana)
Lumberjack 100 (100M Mt. Bike race, Michigan)
RAIN (160M, road ride, Indiana)
Metamora 200 (200M road race)

Events coming up on the calendar:
OJO Birthday Ride
Iceman Cometh (special inclusion as BAMF event...)
Sub9 Gravel Grovel