2011 – Race Recap

It was another great weekend for the Lumberjack 100! The weather was great, partly cloudy to mostly sunny and a high of 80 degrees. We arrived a day early this year for race set up and it certainly took the stress level down a notch. I received late word from the forest service that ...

Founders Brewing Company presents...
The Lumberjack 100 and the Michigan Ultra Single Speed Championship.

Michigan's first 100-mile mountain bike race! The Lumberjack 100 will once again utilize a 33-mile loop through Michigan's beautiful Manistee National Forest and the Big-M Ski Area. The Michigan style single track; composed mostly of hard pack trail, occasional sandy sections, and fast rolling terrain offers twists and turns that demand constant power, and total concentration as the trails quickly turn to nothing more than green blurs of forest. (If you're expecting easy, fire-road coasting, look elsewhere!) Ninety percent of the 33-mile, 3-lap race is comprised of this single track that will eventually push racers over 9,000 feet of total elevation gain.

From the pro/elite racers, to those that will find victory in just surviving a race like the Founders Lumberjack 100, the post-race meal, Founders Ale and awards has also made this a must-be-there event. In addition to enjoying the catered meal; there will also be post-race prizes including a Cannondale 29'er frameset, Velocity wheelset and other bike schwag awarded to random race participants.

The Founders Lumberjack 100 is proud to be a stop on the National Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike 100 Series.

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2010 – Race Recap

{Release Date : June 2010}

The 2010 Founders Lumberjack 100 is in the books. No crazy storms or heat to write about this year. The week leading up to the race included a few thunderstorms and that made for some ...

5th Edition – 2009 Recap

{Release Date : August 2009}

Well the 2009 Founders Lumberjack 100 has come and gone. The 5th year anniversary was an interesting one. A cool spring could only mean one thing to me, it was about to change and it ...

2008 – Race Recap

{Release Date : August 2008}

Thanks to all the racers and volunteers that wouldn't let 10-12 inches of rain in 6 hours get in our way! Harlin Price has posted a re-cap of the event at Cycling News. Full results are ...

2007 – Race Recap

{Release Date : August 2007}

On June 7th the Wellston, MI area was hit with a series of thunderstorms and winds topping 75 mph. I live 150 miles from the race site and did not experience the same storm. Therefore ...