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Archive Home > 2006 > June > 02 > Time to Charge!

Time to Charge!

Mountain bikers gathering for a championship ride

By Abbie Beane / The Bulletin
June 2, 2006

While it might seem like all fat-tire fun and gear on Saturday, the annual Pickett's Charge! mountain bike race is steeped in some serious history.

The first Pickett's Charge! event was held in 1994 in memory of Tom Pickett of Bend, who had died of a brain tumor the year before.

"Tom was a....

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