July 23rd, 2008 by 
adam
National Titles Decided in West Dover
In the mountains of West Dover, Vermont, over one thousand mountain bikers converged at Mount Snow July 17-22, 2008. SRAM sponsored athletes were first to break the tape, and become 2008 United States National Champions.
Men’s Short Track - Jeremiah Bishop (Trek/VW) RockShox® SID® & Monarch™ 4.2
Women’s Short Track - Katie Compton (Spike) RockShox SID
Women’s XC - Mary McConneloug (Kenda/Seven Cycles) SRAM X.0™ RockShox SID
Dual Slalom - Eric Carter (Mongoose) SRAM X.0 RockShox Revelation™ w/Maxle™ Lite Avid® Juicy® Ultimate Truvativ® Holzfeller™ OCT
Men’s DH - Garitt Beytagh (Morewoodbikes) SRAM X.9™ RockShox BoXXer®
Men’s Marathon - Jeremiah Bishop (Trek/VW) RockShox SID & Monarch 4.2 *awarded at Firecracker 50 July 4, Breckenridge, Colorado
source: Eric Schutt
July 24th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Yeah, but where was sram at? We’re talking the national championships and they had absolutely zero presence at the event!
So much for industry support. Many athletes and teams felt that it was a pretty weak move on sram’s part.