Maui Mountain Bike Relay Kids Race for Big Brother and Sisters Maui

Last weekend the 2013 Maui Mountain Bike Relay Races were held to benefit Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Maui. The event gave mountain bike riders an opportunity to ride trails in upcountry Maui and enjoy a day of cycling camaraderie with fellow mountain bikers, feast on great food and support one of the best charity organizations on Maui, the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Maui. Of course, West Maui Cycles was onsite offering bike repairs, support and bike maintenance for those in need of bike repairs or adjustments. We used our Specialized pop up alongside the bike store popup to provide a mini bike repair shop for the mountain bike event. Everyone had a great time and the kids loved the pump track and relay track. What a great day for families to get out and ride.

The event registration opened at 7. Afterwards, the event got underway with the Maui Pace Relay races for beginners and intermediate riders taking place at 8 am. The goal for riders was to complete as many trips around the 1.5 mile mountain bike relay course as possible between 8 and 9:30 am.  The next event was the Keiki Races for kids under 13 and was non-competitive fun race to get the little ones riding and enjoying cycling. And finally, the day of bike racing finished with a competitive Fast Relay Pace for the expert and elite mountain bike riders. This race was a gender neutral event open to all experienced mountain bike riders of any age. Teams were comprised of individuals and two rider relay teams who made as many trips around the challenging 4 mile mountain bike relay course as possible in the 3 hours allotted for the relay. Nearly all the riders noted the difficulty of the mtb course even for the expert level riders!

Check out a short video of the kids mountain biking at the Relay Races last weekend in Makawao. With all the great mountain bike riding on Maui, is it any wonder even the youngest keiki love to get out on the mountain bike trails available around Maui! Check out a short video with the kids mountain biking at the Relay Races:

Take a look at a few more images from the 2013 Maui Mountain Bike Relay on the Maui Mountain Bike Coallition’s (Local IMBA chapter) Facebook page.

Or, if you participated in the adult racing you can get your Maui Mountain Bike Relay results here on Racesplitter. After the event, the riders, fans and supporting organizers all sat down to a bbq feast and talked story about the fun day of riding on Maui.

Special Thank You to Paul Turner for sharing his property and making this Maui bike event possible!

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Not Maui Mountain Biking! The Red Bull Monserrate Devotees Bike Race

Ever experienced a vacation cycling Maui or mountain biking the trails of Haleakala? We like all road and mountain biking, regardless it being mountain biking on West Maui in the abandoned cane fields, a crazed Haleakala bike ride down the Skyline trail or other mountain bike rides from distant parts of the world! As most of you know, Red Bull sponsors a mountain bike team and is highly active promoting mountain biking around the world. Read the recap and watch the The Red Bull team bike video capturing the excitement and thrills from their recent stairway bicycle race in South America.

Completed in just under four and a half minutes, the 2.2 kilometer bike race took place in Bogotá Columbia on the 11th of May, 2012, claiming the Guinness World Record for longest stairway downhill bicycle race. Watch the Red Bull riders in compete in the Red Bull RED BULL Devotos de Monserrate 2012 official video:

Not up for the Red Bull Monserrate Mountain Bike races? Or, vacationing on Maui and don't think you would enjoy an organized Haleakala bike ride? Instead, want to rent a mountain bike to ride down the backside of the volcano at your own pace? We have you covered for all your mountain bike riding on Maui! We offer mountain bike rentals, including the Stumpjumper FXR mountain bike or the Specialized HT 29'er. Don't risk your flesh to the red dirt and lava rock cinders on a Haleakala bike ride! The trails in Poli Poli and on Haleakala can be slippery and you won't want risk wasting days of your Maui vacation healing after a crash. Our family owned and operated Maui bike shop, West Maui Cycles in Lahaina, stocks mountain bike gear for all the mountain bike rides on Maui! And, we're alway happy to share our local information about the best local Maui mountain bike trails!