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May 11, 2010Posted in: PhotographyThrough the icy blackness, riders circled Highline Lake in Western Colorado for the 18 Hours of Fruita mountain bike race. Starting at midnight, the racers in teams of four, two or solo road the seven mile course their headlamps blazing little tunnels of light burning a path through the night down the single track trail. With the slow lifting of the dark six hours later, the most visually compelling part of the race was over, but only the first third of their adventure was completed.
All photos created during the hours of midnight and six AM at the 2010 18 Hours of Fruita Mountain Bike Race by Dave Grossman.
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About Dave Grossman
Dave Grossman is an ardent environmentalist, serial entrepreneur, a dedicated activist and a stay-at-home dad. Dave gets his electricity from the wind, his hope from his friends, his inspiration from the rivers of the West and his fire from the corrupt actions of the corpratocracy we suffer under. Dave believes in compost, chickens and rebellious music. He enjoys the love of his wife, flying kites, standing in rivers, napping under trees, playing with his daughters, pushing pixels with his Macs, and throwing frisbees for his dogs. 
Great montage, or mountaintage as the case may be!
Oh rad, beautiful images!
Thank you! It was very surreal. No light from a moon and the racers flying past with little cones of light projecting from their helmets and handlebars. I couldn’t see who anyone was so I played with slow and rear sync flash and long shutters to capture the light and motion.
Love the pics! And it looked like fun.