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Cycle News 1973 10 16

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" OM l' ; I • -Page 27 October 16, 1973 miles was too tight at 24 MPH to hit early. Ed White does not set his checks up to catch you early, he prefers to catch you late, the later the better. N ow for the special cross coun try test. Including the special test was a good idea. It makes the run more interesting for the riders. We had about a. 15 ~i1e run to the pits but didn't get fIVe mIles when we got lost. The first 60 riders or so got through OK but then the turn arrows got knocked or taken down and there were people all ove.r the desert trying to find their way in. We ended up on the outgoing second loop backwards and finally got in. My 64 mile second loop ended up as 69 miles, but at least I got in OK. CERA reports that the cross country test will probably be thrown out. It's a shame, playing desert racer was a lot of fun while it lasted. Loop Three Only 50 miles to go. You're tired' now but determined to finish, hoping that CERA will relax and give you an easy 50 miles. Ha!! You've never seen so much sand and rocks in your life. lf you w~ren't running in deep sand, you were running over marble rocks, trying to keep your balance trying to stay on that rotten 24 MPH average. Somewhere out there in the Lucerne Valley, the course turned up a canyon which was a winding, sandy mutha containing the deepest bike eating whoop-

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