Soon, the snow at ski resorts all over the planet will melt. Soon white will turn to brown, ice to mud, frigid skies to warm. When that happens, mountain bike racing will again return to our favorite mountains where, during the frozen winter, smooth trails hibernated beneath snowy blankets.
Winter is over.
Several hundred well-tuned athletes race all over the world in the hopes of winning a few thousand dollars, a medal and a chance to represent their nation at Worlds. What a way to make a living. But we love mountain bike racing at the Zone. These NCS weekends feature cross-country racing on Saturday, dual slalom racing Saturday night and downhill racing on Sunday. The World Cup season, kicking off March 27 in Napa, California, is two separate circuits, each traveling around the world and each featuring eight rounds of racing.