Proper bike fit is one of the single most important things for a competitive biker. When every pedal stroke counts its nice to know you and your bike are operating at 100% efficiency. The past two yrs I have been lucky enough to have had Luke Way fitting my bikes for me. Luke is a […]
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Cracckkk!! That was my shin hitting a cut off log on a fast decent during the first XC race of the yr in Port Alberni last weekend. 3 seconds later I picked myself up off the ground and looked down to see a ostrich ready to hatch out of my leg and blood flowing freely.
Canada is unreal. Getting back in time to catch the final weekend of the Olympics in Vancouver was even more unreal. The amount of Canadian pride shown and the party in downtown after the gold medal hockey game was out of control. There are good parties everywhere but this one was in its own league.
Kaboom! 3.5 months in Central A. and base training is done for oh 10.! Capped it off with a splendid 5 day voyage back to San Jose from Panama. Day 1 was a 3 hr hike a bike, 2 hr ride through the mtns. Met 12 Germans coming down the trail and was told I
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The endless summer continues… Training for the past two weeks has included a 3 day race in Panama, a week riding single track and Volcanos in the mtn town of Boquete, four 5 to 10 hr travel days on the bike and a week up in the mtns hiking and building outhouses with my Peace
In 2010 I will be riding with the Kona Factory Team.This is a dream come true! In my hometown of Jasper, Kona’s have been the bike of choice for ripping up the best trails in the world for over 15 yrs. I began riding Kona’s when I was 11 yrs old and have never been
Following the jungle experience in which the system emergency lights went on I started a retreat back towards Santa Ana to recover at my apartment. The last of my fumes were used to ride 140 km over the 3300 m¨Cerro de Muerte¨ (mountain of death) from San Isidro to San Jose, a repeat of the
After the downtime in Jaco the initial plan of returning to Canada was overidden by a mtn called Chirripo and a Jungle called Osa. Mount Chirripo being the highest pt in the country has been on my radar since my first trip down here. I figured it would make a great start to 2010 so
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The last day of the Vuelta was a blur for me as I was out of Hempseeds and running on smoke as I barely managed to hang with the main pack for the day over the Mountain of Death to the finish line in downtown San Jose. In the end I finished 30th out of