If you thought you’d forever missed your chance to race the legendary Mount 7 Psychosis race, that’s all about to change. To mark the race’s 25th anniversary, Golden Cycling Club is bringing Psychosis back for one last year.
Psychosis last officially ran way back in 2008. That ended a 10-year run that started in 1998. In that decade, the infamously long downhill attracted some of the sports biggest names to compete. The long list includes stars like Stevie Smith, Sam Hill, Claire Buchar, Nathan Rennie and Kyle Strait. Racing returned to Mount 7 in 2020 and 2021 as an invite-only race under the Crankworx Summer Series banner. But 2024 will be the first official Psychosis in the 15 years since the first streak ended.
“Closing the doors on Psychosis in 2008 allowed the Golden Cycling Club to move in a different direction and better develop the trail network around Golden. Every year since then, people have wanted to know when Psychosis would return. Riders would come to Golden just to ride Dead Dog and say “I wish Psychosis would come back”! Once the dust settled people resigned themselves to the fact that it would not happen again. Then boom! Covid happened and Crankworx held an A- list, invite only event and the response from all the riders was how amazing the Psychosis race line is and how much fun they had. Fast forward 15 years since the last race in its original format, we’re honouring the 25th anniversary, remembering the pioneers of the event and the good times had at the previous races held. We’re giving another chance for all those who were too young to race it 15 years ago, and another kick at the can for some of us who are probably too old to be racing it again.”
– Andy Bostock, Golden Cycling Club
Dates and registration
The 25th anniversary Psychosis will take place June 22nd, 2024. Since this is a celebration of the original race, GCC is holding the first 100 entries for anyone who raced Psychosis between 1998 and 2008. The remaining entries will be open to any rider. In the spirit of the original event, there will be just two main race categories, men’s and women’s, with pros and amateurs racing together. GCC is bringing back the hardtail category and adding a 26″ category for any riders brave enough to take on the mountain just as the OG racers did in the early aughts.
Registration will go live on January 15, 2024 for previous participants. Remaining spots will open to…
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