The Ohio Interscholastic Racing League (OIRL) is in full swing with a 5 race high school mountain bike series taking place August - October.

The OIRL High School Mountain Bike Series is held under USA Cycling permit and is open to any high school student in the State of Ohio. Each event has a J.V. and Varsity race with both girls and boys categories. Most races held primarily on single-track trails, and most races are multiple-lap events to provide a spectator-friendly experience. Racers do NOT need to be on a school team to participate nor do racers need to have any race experience. Each race venue offers racers a challenging multiple-lap event on incredible trails.

An Ohio State Championship race will be held October 3, 2015.
All the details can be found at 331racing.com  http://www.331racing.com/cms/hshome/

Check out all the action on the OIRL Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/OIRLcycling

Click here for your informational brochure on how to get a mountain bike club going at your school:  USAC/HS League Brochure

2014 was another exciting year as the girls were both riding for Brevard College Cycling.
Sam found a new love, Downhill!!!!

The team is looking forward to the 2013 season.  We are very proud of Nicole's success cycling for the Brevard Tornados.  Here are her accomplishments thus far.

Nicole is a freshman at Brevard College, Brevard, NC.  She was one of the leaders of the Brevard soccer team, and was a key rider in the success of the Brevard Cycling Team’s victory at the Mountain Bike National Championships. Nicole competed in all four events at nationals, the cross-country, short track, downhill, and dual slalom races. The team relied heavily upon their two female riders to be competitive in all four events. The cycling team just came back from Madison, WI winning the 2013 Division II Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships. Nicole is also in the Honors Program at Brevard and has made the Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. She is also a member of the Math Club and Sesquipedalian Literary Society.

2012 has started off very well for the team.  We are super excited to have seen Nicole graduate from Holy Name High School this May and wish her all the best has she heads to Brevard College located in Brevard, NC.  She will be playing soccer and cycling for the Brevard Tornados as well as pursuing a degree in Mathmatics.  Tyler continues to improve and is riding strong this season.  The girls have moved up to the 19 and over women's sport group and Patrick is rocking the Expert 45+ class.  Linda works to keep up with the kids in women's sport.

There is a youth initiative happening in NE Ohio with the simple premise to get kids outdoors and experience mountain biking. Come join us every Saturday 5:00 during September as the NE Ohio Inter Scholastic Mountain Biking Group and 331 Racing hold weekly youth rides where we'll work on a few skills and then head out on the trail to put the skills to use. The rides will be broken down by age and/or skill level. Please bring your mountain bike, helmet and water bottle. NOTE: Due to decreasing daylight hours we've shifted to Saturday's.
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Summer racing has been going well. Tyler decided to start racing full-time in the 18- category after doing so well at the NEO Power Series Reagan Park MTB Time Trial - he finished 3rd.  Samantha and Nicole have been racing Sport which has doubled the distance they're used to but they've both stepped up and are handling the distance comfortably.  Check out these videos from the Helmet cam at the Thorn
the Thorn First Half of course (nice crash at minute 38)
the Thorn Second Half of course
Patrick has re-activated his USAC Coaching license by meeting all the current requirements and is again a licensed coach.  He is also a Regional C USAC official. He can be contacted at 216-534-4536 or pmiranda@mircoracing.us.

Linda is currently a Regional C USAC official.  She can be contacted at 330-483-4512 or lmiranda@mircoracing.us.


Left - CAMBA 2011 New Years Day poker ride.  Weather was near 50 and dry, quite a difference then last year.  Great way to start the new year!

Below - We took advantage of a dry and fairly warm Sunday in February to get in a longer ride.  Samantha was in a soccer tournament at CSU, so Patrick rode downtown via a nice winding route for a 2.5 hour ride.  During a 3 hour break between games 2 and 3,  Linda and Nicole road the Lake Shore bike way from E9th out to MLK parkway and up Cedar Rd with a nice break at Starbucks at the top of the hill.
 
Ice Racing!  Yep, you read that right, we've been sucked into Nab's deep dark world of Ice Racing on the lake at Findley State Park.  Sounds pretty crazy, because it is.  You have to make your own studed tires because the pre-made studded tires you can buy are NOT meant for racing but more for commuters riding on slippery streets.  Trust me, snowy, slippery streets aren't the same as Zamboni groomed lake ice!  Therefore we use about 150 #6 flat head 1/2" and #6 flat head 3/8" sheet metal screws screwed into each tire from the inside so the head is on the inside of the tire.  We drill pilot holes into the knobbies from the outside.  As Marc C told me recently, "Pat, you know you don't have to do everything on a bike!". But that's easy for Marc to say, living in Denver where he can ride on the road through most of the winter and when he can't ride on the road is not too far from Vail and a zillion other winter wonderlands.
So, to stay on the bike during the winter racing on the ice is actually a lot of fun. 

The course at Findley consists of a Figure 8 short track, and a longer, nearly one mile, cross country course.  At each Ice race Nab includes several different disciplines - one lap time trial, several heat races, Australian pursuit, and the Feature.  The Feature is run on the cross country course if it's rideable and it's daylight, or just a whole bunch of laps on the Figure 8 course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
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