John and I are getting ready to ride the epic downieville. OK, John is ready to conquer it while I am ready to attempt to ride it. Downieville is a 29 mile cross country mountain bike race in Sierra City, CA. John raced it last year and took 6th. This year I believe he can move up into the top 3. I on the other hand want to check it off my life list, so I am determined to finish the race, riding, crawling or being carried.
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