Chainless World Championships, Crested Butte- WestElkProject.com

The WestElkProject.com crew disabled their chain and set out for a two seated cruise down Kebler Pass. Check out their account:

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Chinese Downhill Chainless Style. Photo: Will Dujardin

Once again, the Chainless World Championships was incredible.  Crested Butte and visitors for Bike Week came out in force, in an event that sold out with over two hundred fifty participants.  Crested Butte is home to the oldest Chainless Race in the world, and probably the most fun around.

This dude shreds. Photo: Will Dujardin

This dude shreds. Photo: Will Dujardin

Participants loaded five buses, bound for Kebler Pass, while bikes were shuttled to the top.  The journey to the bottom began with the traditional Le Mans start, where participants ran fifty yards to their bikes before loading up and beginning the seven mile coast to town.

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WestElkProject Team, Photo: Will Dujardin

This year, there was controversy at the start.  A man in yellow shorts and a… Click Here to Read More 

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