Checkpoints' 0-37 Enduro
oller ba s one
IAbove) South ern California enduroists seldom have t o worry about getting
their feet w et - the Checkpoints' Jubilee Enduro was an except ion. Unset!
Win ner Dale Boller. (Below) Just splashing along on a pleasant Sunday ride.
By Larry Langley
GORMAN, CA, APR. 17
Cycle Magazine editor Dale Boller proved that
journalists can be competitive by beating a select field of 300 AMA District 37 enduro enthusiasts at the Checkpoints M.C. Jubilee Enduro. The enduro was held in the Las
Padres National Forest nea r Gorman.
a first in the area . The area is very
popular with the riders as a play area
so the club thought why not an
enduro? With very helpful cooperation
from the forest service, the enduro
came to be . However. due to limited
camping at Gold Hill. entries had to
be limited to only 300 riders.
Many of the riders knew the area
like the back of their hand since they
ride there every week. Watching
competitors studying the route sheet
trying to guess which areas speed
averages would fall in was slightly
amusing. As it turned out. the
Checkpoints did an excellent job of
laying in their checks so familiarity
with a section wasn't a big advantage.
Promptly at 8:01 the first riders left
at a sedate 12 rn.p .h . average along
a narrow goat trail. Speeds for each
section were very carefully selected by
Tom Spurlock. Checkpoints M.C.
enduro ace. Too fast on the goat trails
and passing would become a major
problem. not to mention a bunch of
riders would probably end up off the
trails. Off the trails in some sections
mean a long way dow n . T he
Checkpoints wisely decided to start the
riders "A " riders first, "B" next and
finally the "C" class . It worked out
very well and 1 heard no complaints
from "A" riders held up by slower
riders.
The 12 m.p.h, speed posed
problems
for
many
riders.
Speedometer
error,
or
more
accurately. how well the rider was able
to dial in . or correct, his error, turned
out to be a very big factor in the
enduro.
At
12
m.p.h. ,
a
miscalculation of only .1 mi le means a
30 second error. Naturally the
Checkpoints had a whole bunch of
checks in the slow sections.
