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Team Gates Carbon Drive 2015: One Gear, Rocky Mountain Tough

  June 9, 2015

The team will compete in the Rocky Mountain Endurance Series, the Winter Park Series and races throughout Colorado virtually every weekend all summer. The goal is to win races–and also show how tough the Gates Carbon Drive belts are. The squad had 35 podium finishes last year. Swift won the SS class at the Dakota Five-O. Vulgamott (aka theVegan Singlespeeder) will race his third straight Breck Epic this season, shooting for a podium finish again.Vulgamott won the Rocky Mountain Endurance Series overall SS last year. Westall won the Winter Park Series overall SS, and McFarling and Strong won the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde duo. Get updates, race results and info on the team Facebook page, and on Twitter @teamcarbondrive.

2015 team Ryan riding

2015 team Derek riding

2015 team Mitch headshot
Mitch Westall
2015 Ryan headshot goof
Ryan McFarling
2015 team Jesse headshot
Jesse Swift
2015 team Carlos headshot
Carlos “the Vegan Singlespeeder” Vulgamott
2015 team Derek headshot
Derek Strong
2015 team Tim headshot
Tim Lucking, looking belt drive tough!