The day prior to our big ride, Aug 22, we had enjoyed the festivities and watched in-person as the p

As Stage 3 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge was getting underway, Jay, Gene and I were sitting at 12,705ft eating our snacks and watching the clouds rolling across the 14,000 sports car rentals tx foot peaks of the Elk Mountain range.  We were living the good life with the journey we had ahead of us.  Lloyd, of the movie  Dumb and Dumber, described our destination best when he said, "A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I m talking about a little place called Aspen."  With our belly's full of goodies we hopped back on our mountain bikes for the 18 miles/4,800ft of descent into Aspen with the goal of watching the finish of Stage 3 live!
The day prior to our big ride, Aug 22, we had enjoyed the festivities and watched in-person as the pro racers battled for the uphill finish of Stage 2 at Mt Crested Butte .  Then we prepared to Chase the Race.  The next day, Aug 23,  we grabbed our mountain bikes and peddled our way from Crested Butte, over historic Pearl Pass and down to that little place called Aspen in an effort to Chase the Race !   Once we arrived in Aspen where with met up with CBMG guide, Patrick Erley , who had driven our shuttle vehicle over from Crested Butte to meet us, complete with our clean clothes and flip-flops.  We spent the next couple hours being entertained by the USA Pro Challenge  festivities as we waited for the pro cyclists to come flying into the finish line.  After the exciment of the finish was over we jumped into our CBMG shuttle vehicle and headed back to Crested Butte to seek out our comfy beds that were waiting for us.
Our day ended up being awesome and makes me wonder why anyone would choose sports car rentals tx to simply be a spectator of the race when they could get out on their own bikes and actually chase it!  Check out some of our images below and get exited to join us for another Chase the Race  adventure in 2013!
Thanks to Jay and Gene for an incredible day of riding!  The 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge will wrap up with Stage 7 in Denver, CO on Sunday, Aug 26th.   If you missed out on any of the action sports car rentals tx this year we encourage you to mark your calendars now for the 2013  USA Pro Cycling Challenge   (dates are still TBD) and if taking it a step beyond just spectating sounds exciting consider this your invitation to to join us for the  CBMG s Chase the Race  (stay tuned for dates) in 2013!
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