What is the Leadville Trail 100?

Question

I have seen people discussing the Leadville Trail 100 but for those who are still in the dark, can someone explain what the race is about?

Answer 1

The Leadville Trail 100 is a difficult mountain biking race that takes place in Leadville, Colorado. It includes quite a few collective miles of single track, double track gravel, and pavement. The race has rough paths, steep climbs, and the total altitude of the race is also considerable—starting at 10,000 feet and ending at 12,400 feet above sea level.

Comments

Thank you so much I'm a mountain biker and a road cyclist who used to do rides with the original 7-Eleven team on little thin tires on gravel roads long before they called it gravel bike back in the day in Boulder. I turned towards mountain biking back then doing Pearl pass to Aspen in Colorado the original long distance mountain bike event multiple times. So I actually understand what a real mountain bike race is LOL. By the way the reason they changed the name of the Leadville 100 bike race to the Leadville trail 100 is purely marketing as if it really is a mountain bike race. I've watched Roadies flock to it over the years and just laughed. They have not a clue what a real mountain bike distance race is such as breck epic