Actually, it wasn’t love at first sight. I first road a buddy’s up at Mammoth Mountain; I thought the idea of running downhill on a 29er MTB was ridiculous… but it worked. It worked REALLY well. So I took the plunge, wheeled and dealed with my local bike shop and put a Santa Cruz HighTower… Read More New Bike Love
We all love it, regardless of sport… when we get a little Stoked. I really first learned about “being Stoked” when I took up surfing. After sessions where I would get pummeled by waves, held up just a little too long and wipe out more than necessary… it would come. No rhyme or reason. A… Read More In Need of a little Stoke
Now that the big race which has captured my focus for the last year is over… and I’ve taken a few weeks off from structured workouts, I’m starting to get the itch again. Yes, I might be slight goal orientated. 🙂 I’ve toyed around with the idea of doing BCBR again in 2019, but that’s… Read More Calibration Time: Setting new Goals
July 13. I woke up in Squamish, eagerly anticipating the last stage of the 7 day BC Bike Race where we would end in Whistler. As we loaded up the buses and headed to Bayly Park for the start line. I noticed that even though I was looking forward to the day, because it signaled… Read More BCBR7 – Whistler
July 11. North Vancouver is famed for it’s mountain biking. There’s a saying: The Californians created the mountain bike, but North Vancouver created mountain biking. It’s tough miles; super technical with rocks, ruts, drops, rollers and tight squeezes. As I’m not a super confident technical rider, I knew that today was going to be tough.… Read More BCBR5 – North Vancouver
July 10. I’ll admit that the 4th stage of the BC Bike Race is a bit of a blur because I was still tired and attempting to refuel from day 3. The course today was supposed to have less fire road, and it was going to be longer and with more climbing. After waking up,… Read More BCBR4 -Sechelt to Langdale
BC Bike Race. This is my story of 7 epic days of mountain biking in British Columbia, Canada. July 8, 2017. After finishing my first stage in Cumberland, my arms were feeling a little weak and I was thankful for all the training that I’d done (Don’t worry, it still wasn’t enough!) I met… Read More BCBR2 – Powell River
BC Bike Race. This is my story of 7 epic days of mountain biking in British Columbia, Canada. July 7, 2017. Today was the first day on the mountain bike that I welcomed fire road with open arms. The single track was that hard (and AWESOME!). After traveling from Vancouver the day before, we… Read More BCBR1 – Cumberland
After traveling up the west coast with our bikes, arriving in Vancouver Canada…we’ve finally registered for the BC Bike Race! We’re still getting used to the fact that there’s daylight from 5.15am to 9.20pm, so I woke up early again today. During breakfast, we noticed that there were more languages and larger groups in the… Read More BCBR – Registration and jitters
We made it! Canada! And nervously anticipating the adventure ahead. After the long travel up from San Diego, bikes hitched to the back of the car, we crossed the border and checked into the Holiday Inn North Vancouver. I learned a long time ago, that although staying in a non-race/event hotel can save in cost…… Read More BCBR – Day -1
The Rambling Biker 