race. This allows for friendly competition and constant improvement of the course timings. In the 7 races so far, the “KOM GAUNTLET” has already been called successfully once. The courses so far have ranged from 18Kms to 45Kms and the events have focussed on specific skill building like climbing (hill repeats), technical Downhills (loose rock and gravel), and endurance (long distance). The season finale is being planned to cover all the skill sets acquired in the past races, over a 60-70Km off-road course. The race planning includes buildup rides ,route mapping rides, trail building rides, route cleanup (keekar thorn trees) rides and route marking rides. This
enables the riders to experience and familiarize themselves with the routes. The team tries to keep variations on all the races to avoid the same exact course being repeated. The races have attracted riders from all age groups varying from early teens to early 40s. The races allow for all riders to participate in a friendly competition irrespective of their varying fitness levels. So far the races have generated a points leader-board of 18 racers, most of whom have become regulars. The winner of NCR’s first 2-day MTB race , ATH 1.5 , Vikash Kashyap, has been sponsored by HASTPA to participate in the upcoming 2015 MTB-Shimla. Early days to tell where the SCENE will go from here, but ATH has made a good start with its first series.