Tuesday, January 15, 2008

2008 Dales Pale Ale/Spot Brand Demo Tour


After flirting with 2008 team news Oskar Blues & Dales Pale Ale have partnered with Spot Brand Bikes to form a National Demo Tour & Race Team. Focusing on the proven ride of Spot Brand bikes, the testing & development of the Carbon Drive System the Demo Tour will roll it's festive atmosphere coast to coast offering your chance to get on the belt drive system. There are plans for an elite team as well as grassroots & junior(Spot Only) teams. The elite team will consist of: Delly Starr, Jen Gersbach, Megan Monroe, Monique Hein, Gavin Hayes, Charlie Hayes, Chad Melis Chelsea Mcgowan, Sean Madsen, Sam Johnson, Dale Ketechis and April Hayes. Along with a few other individual events here's a preliminary schedule where to catch the fever:

2008 Dales Pale Ale/Spot Brand Demo Tour
February 16 24hrs of Old Pueblo-Tucson, AZ
March 2 Bar H Race, Dallas, TX
April 12-13 Mountain States Cup (MSC) #1 Fruita, Co
April 17-20 Sea Otter Classic- Monterey, CA
April 25 Fruita Fat Tire Festival- Fruita, CO
May 2-4 MSC #2 Nathrop, CO
May 23-26 MSC #3 Angle Fire, NM
June 6-8 MSC# 4 Sol Vista, Co(Singlespeed State Championships)
June 20-22 MSC #5 Crested Butte, CO
July 4 Firecracker 50, Breckenridge, Co
July 11-13 MSC #6 Aspen, CO
July 26 24hrs Solo Worlds- Calgary, Canada
August 1-3 MSC #7 Telluride, CO (Colo. State champs)
Aug 9-10 Snowmass, CO Enduro (DH event)
August 15-17 MSC# 8 Keystone, CO Climax
Aug 23-24 MSC #9 Eldora, CO MSC
Aug 23-24 Single Speed Worlds- Napa Valley, CA
Aug 29-30 SolVista (gravity only)
Aug 31 Shenandoah 100
September 6-7 MSC #9 Fall Classic, Breckenridge
October 15 24hrs Moab, UT

A sneak peek at the custom team race bikes.

The Oskar Blues official party wagon has gotten a face lift for 2008. In true American daredevil fashion the Evel Knievel inspired Dales Pale Ale look leaves no question to what our flagship brew is.

9 comments:

Schuman said...

Gavin Gonzales, Charlie Hayes and Chad Melis on Singlespeeds next year. That is really bad news for all other competitors.

FixieDave said...

Coolness!

Anonymous said...

Your team bikes look fast, faster than most bikes even.

Unknown said...

i hope you're bringing beer to Sea Otter...

debaser said...

You know what would be really rad? If the OBluesmobile were a singlespeed too. 30mph top speed to everywhere!

Melis said...

Close enough, it does use Gates belts.

Schuman said...

Come on Chad, their called "poly chains" not belts.

Scoty in Salida said...

I might be seeing you at the Nathrop race, I guess I better start top ride the SS!

Where is the Ten Fidy in Salida?!

Anonymous said...

Steamboat Springs=Oscar Blues Drought!!!
Bring us Dales!!!