Race Day in Missouri - Vital RAW BME Shepherd Mountain 8

Rocks, rocks, some more rocks, some jumps and a little rain. A fun weekend in Ironton, Missouri at Shepherd Mountain Bike Park for the first Big Mountain Enduro of the year.

Credit: Brian Cahal

Big Mountain Enduro Series (BME) Shepherd Mountain Bike Park Vital RAW

Big Mountain Enduro Series (BME) Shepherd Mountain Bike Park Vital RAW

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sspomer
5/16/2022 8:34 AM

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734 TEAMROBOT https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/734/avatar/c50_88521480_1251936778.jpg?1290151520 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/TEAMROBOT,734/all 09/02/09 5 1 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/TEAMROBOT,734/setup 2 193 919 1 8

TEAMROBOT

5/16/2022 11:38 AM

When homeboy's foot came unclipped off the drop at 1:48, I was so scared for him that his life flashed before my eyes.

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48231 chrisjohnson22 /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/chrisjohnson22,48231/all 12/06/18 11 53

chrisjohnson22

5/16/2022 10:20 AM

looks a lot like the recent world cup in WV, just shorter and tighter terrain. Also, the lighting in the trees looked tough.

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51685 hogfly /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/hogfly,51685/all 02/10/20 39 9

hogfly

5/16/2022 11:04 AM

We were out preriding Shepherd Mountain while the Massanutten DH was going on, and I said the same thing. This weekend, a friend of ours raced the Masanutten DH was at Shepherd this weekend racing the Enduro, and he said that Shepherd was chunkier. Craaazy.

The place is an absolute bike killer. So many destroyed wheels.

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43807 Ksilvey10 https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/43807/avatar/c50_drop_1487801887.jpg?1487801841 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Ksilvey10,43807/all 02/22/17 2 1 7 1

Ksilvey10

5/17/2022 11:24 AM

It doesn't have to be that way, you just have to be willing to run slightly uncomfortable pressures. I try telling everyone that if your bike feels good, there's not enough psi lol

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51685 hogfly /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/hogfly,51685/all 02/10/20 39 9

hogfly

5/18/2022 8:22 AM

Yep. My son rode his at well over 30 with cushcore in the rear. In this specific terrain, I don't think there was a huge advantage in running lower pressures, and the downside was obvious. He usually runs in low 20s in regular terrain.

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10102 dirty booger /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/dirty-booger,10102/all 08/16/11 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/dirty-booger,10102/setup 43 115

dirty booger

5/16/2022 9:33 AM

Team Yeti domination.

I'm sure they are paying his some good coin, but somewhat sad to so see Sik Mik racing the Yeti battery bikes...
Retired DH racers no longer go to Enduro, they go to E-Enduro.

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54994 komyewest https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/54994/avatar/c50_kanye_west1_1621971444.jpg?1621971381 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/komyewest,54994/all 05/25/21 9 6

komyewest

5/16/2022 9:52 AM

If you can keep having fun paying the bills whats the problem?

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46859 Ceecee https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/46859/avatar/c50_IMG_0473_1643996098.jpg?1643995197 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Ceecee,46859/all 04/26/18 5 84

Ceecee

5/16/2022 10:49 PM

Coal-powered electricity bills? Regardless, it's sad to see Hannah on a mobility device at such a tender age

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