Snake Creek Gap - PreRide this weekend!

If you think you are man enough (Or woman ) to brave the elements, come on out this Saturday and check out the race course for the Snake Creek Gap Time Trials.  Every year, the crew at North-West Georgia SORBA puts on this amazing event, filled with great mountain views, treacherous cliffs, frigid creek-crossings, amazing volunteers, and some REALLY SWEET SCHWAG!!!!!

34 degrees makes for a cold ride,  especially when you are only 2 miles in, and you  ride through this...

If you have never tried this race and you call yourself a mountain biker, well, you are missing out.  This is one of those courses that will make you wish you had another set of lungs, legs, and sometimes even another bike frame.  I'm not kidding, this course has broken two frames of mine.  I've seen quite a few others laying by the dumpster after the event comes to an end.

Some of the events amazing sponsors for 2012 include:


Trek Bicycle Store of Chattanooga
Carver Bikes
Lynskey Performance
Wright Labels
Apex
Dalton Convention & Visitors Bureau
Mulberry Gap Mountain Bike Get-A-Way
Subaru
Hammer Nutrition
Boys & Girls Clubs NWGA
MAXXIS
Terrapin Brewing Company
Rice Rehabilitation Associates
SORBA
RoadID
Clairmont Dental Services
East Ridge Bicycles
Pearl Izumi Dawsonville

There are hotels available at a discounted rate for this event, and there are plenty of restaurants nearby in Dalton as well, so when you finish up, you can replenish all those calories you burned off.  Be sure to race all 3 events in January, February, and March so you can receive your  3x34 Challenge Belt Buckle.  2011 was the first year for this awesome buckle, and I got mine...   When are you going to get yours?

More information on the pre-ride, and the race itself can be found here:  http://nwgasorba.org/snake