Race with Us

The 8th Minnesota Series 2017 Mountain Bike race will be held on the Gamehaven trails July 30! We expect 400+ racers plus several hundred friends, family members and spectators to enjoy a great day of racing on the 6 miles of trail built by Rochester Active Sports Club volunteers.

The Minnesota Race Series consists of 11 races spread out in venues across Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

There is a race to fit all abilities and ages. If you’ve never raced before, having a race near home is the perfect opportunity to give it a try. See the following link for people new to mountain bike racing http://www.mnmtbseries.com/page/show/87057-new-to-racing-

Races start at 9:00 am with the Kids Comp class for riders eight to fourteen years old followed by the Citizen class at 9:30 am. High School students can race for free in the Citizen class. For the full schedule, costs, etc. please go to: http://www.mnmtbseries.com/gamehaven-lakeside-grind-mountai…

Proceeds will benefit: Rochester Active Sports Club Volunteer Trail Building and Maintenance, Gamehaven Boy Scouts, Rochester High School Mountain Bike Teams, and Development of Gamehaven Park.

Fore more information, please contact

 Jeff Robertson (jrob5630@gmail.com)

 Jackson Raygor (raygorjackson@charter.net)

We thank our Sponsors for their dedicated support of our race and the benefitting organizations.

Rochester Cycling & Fitness

Tyrol Ski & Sports

Premier Bank Rochester

Bell Bank Mortgage

CycloCarbon

Bicycle Sports

Scheels

FastSigns

Here are the links for the Trailforks maps of Eastwood and Gamehaven that can be viewed on-line.  The Trailforks app can be downloaded to a smartphone, and a user can see where they are in real-time on the trail. 

 

Gamehaven link:

Eastwood link

Click here to go the RASC Facebook page for trail work on the mountain bike trails in Rochester and the surrounding area.

Here is the new Ditch Witch which RASC secured through a grant from the DNR (thanks to a lot of work by Jeff Robertson on this grant application).

 

A trail crew led by Jeff just completed a new section of the trail at Gamehaven which is just under 1/2 mile using this unit.  The July 2nd Trail crew consisted of (left to right) Marian O'Donnell, Jim Kelly, Dakota Kelly,Jackson Raynor, Emma Raynor, and Gary Gross. These are the parents and members of the High School Team along with Coaches Marian and Gary. They rough cleared a new section of the trail that will be used in the next High School mountain bike race to be held at Gamehaven on Oct. 2.

Open to all students in grades 6-12 in the Rochester area and surrounding communities. No experience necessary, just a desire to ride and have fun! 

Try it out session: Wednesday May 18th, 6-7:30pm at Eastwood Park. Bikes will be available to ride and try some trails. Current team members will be present. 

Sign up/Information Session: Wednesday, May 25th, 6-7pm Century High School Forum 

Practices: July-October M, W, Th evenings 

Bike Races: 9/11, 9/18, 10/2, 10/16 and 10/29-10/30 

Contact: Coach: Marian O'Donnell, rochmtb@gmail.com 

Facebook: Rochester Mountain Bike Team

Thanks to all the work put in by Dave Halloway, we raised $7490 for fat bike grooming in Rochester! And we're the top 45NRTH fund raiser!!! That means we have won an additional $3000 to fund the grooming equipment and trailer. Thank you to everyone!

As a follow up to the article below on getting equipment to groom the mountain bike trails in Gamehaven and Eastwood. Dave Halloway has submitted a $3000 grant request to 45NRTH (that is a company that makes awesome winter bike boots) to help fund a groomer for these trails. To get the $3,000 grant from 45NRTH we have to raise more money than 5 other clubs before January 11th. So far (1/2/2016), $1600 has been raised. Please consider a donation prior to the deadline of January 11. 

Winter Riding

As we look ahead to the winter season and winter fat-biking and with the new Gamehaven trail additions we have around 7 miles of trail which could be groomed. This is a large amount to do without mechanical aid. We are looking into some sort of grooming system. One alternate is an older snowmobile with a narrower stance than modern sleds have - something like an early 80's arctic cat or along those lines. A small children's 120 cc sled might work as well. We would just like to see if it works before purchasing. If you have one or know of one for sale please contact Matt Kurke at mjkurke@gmail.com.

With outstanding fall weather, our mountain bike trail crew has completed another challenging loop. Most recently we have added a connector section that will allow us to make a long loop with the new trail going around the “south” point. This is a scenic ride along the lake with a challenging climb at the end. Temporarily, we will use the Scout road (in red) that will take the riders to the “Rolling Thunder” campsite. Proceed through the campsite to the trail connector and have a fast downhill ride to the trail below. Trail markers – black arrows on a yellow background have been placed to guide you. Please refer to the map below. Many thanks to all who have worked hard on weekdays and Saturday mornings to make this happen. The temporary trail will be replaced with a trail that will run through the woods behind the scout camp sites. This section has been rough cleared and will be ready for grading in the spring.Gamehaven now has close to 7 miles of trail.