Two more brodiums at Mountain States Cup #1

Brodie b team USA riders picked up two more Podium spots at the Chile Challenge in the first stop of the Mountain States Cup this past weekend at Angel Fire, NM.

Pro Woman downhiller Jackie Harmony, picked up a second place finish in the DH behind Cannondale’s Wendy Reynolds. Thus far this season Jackie’s been on the podium at every stop, except for Sea Otter where she literally got stuck in the mud. Jackie has finished on the podium at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, NV, Firestone Walker in Santa Barbara, NORBA National #1 in Fontana, CA, and now the Chile Challenge. Jackie also picked up an 8th place finish racing against the men on the most challenging and dangerous course to date in El Paso, TX.In his first race flying the b, team newcomer Chris Meyers also raced to a third place podium finish in the Junior Expert DH. Chris erased the 30-second spacing interval and got hung up behind a slower rider that refused to get out of the way for the last half of the course, or Chris likely would have eclipsed much more time than the 3 second difference between himself and the top spot on the podium. Never one to protest nor complain, Chris was more upset that he got slowed down going into the road gap (where he wanted to boost something big) than he was about getting slowed down in the overall race. The photos show a pretty big “stylie” table over the gap anyway.

Chris also sailed away with the Jr. X small final in the Mountain Cross event the night before. He got pushed out in the first corner and couldn’t find a passing lane in the semis, which was pretty much the only heat he didn’t control. Actually, he did get passed in one of the prelims by landing sideways off a huge whip on one of the doubles at the bottom of the course, but straightened it out to roll in and advance to the next round. Asked about Chris’ showboating almost costing him a race (similar to the fate in the infamous US Olympic bordercross debacle) Team Manager Ernest Vogel said only “who cares, as long as the kid is havin’ fun and riding the way he wants ride. He won the unofficial style title of the night hands down anyway, pro’s included. He threw huge whips and tables on basically every jump on course in pretty much every heat. It was fun to watch.”

About Jackie Harmony


Born in British Columbia and currently residing in Tucson, AZ, this is Jackie’s second season racing pro and first as a factory-sponsored rider. She has already qualified to participate in World Cup events and the World Championships later this summer in New Zealand. Thus far this season, Jackie has been on the podium in all but one race, which she’s started. Jackie is happily married to fellow b team pro downhill racer and Tucson native Dante Harmony.

About Chris Meyers


16-year-old Chris is a Junior Expert racer from Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is Chris’ third year riding mountain bikes and first year moving up to Jr. Expert racing after winning the overall gravity title in Junior Sport class in last year’s Mountain States Cup Series. He also finished 3rd in Nationals in Mountain Cross and 2nd in DH last season. Chris comes from a motocross background where he’s raced since he was three. He maintains a 3.75 GPA in Junior High School. He is an avid outdoors enthusiast who also enjoys rock-climbing, skiing, golfing, hiking, running, and road biking.

About Brodie Bikes

Mountain Bike Hall of fame welder and artist Paul Brodie, whose work has been featured in museums such as the Guggenheim, founded Brodie Bicyles in 1986. Over the past 20 years the company has quietly revolutionized off road bicycle design and influenced the drawing boards of the larger, better known companies in the industry. Design and testing for Brodie Bicycles is done the world over and is coordinated through the company’s international headquarters based in Vancouver, BC.

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