Adventures
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The BC Bike Race Journey began last Friday boarding a ferry to Vancouver with 1 Kona Hei Hei Supreme, 2 stuffed North Face duffel bags full of race gear, and a backpack full of food and drinks to get through
July 9, 2013
The days after a big race are generally a struggle as we try to battle through fatigue, the diminishment of excitement, and the usual pattern of packing up and travelling.This time around I was lucky to have a few extra
June 13, 2013
The final stage of the tour started with a flat 50 km ride down an asphalt bike path. The first 25 km of this was sketchy as we had over 300 riders onto the fairly skinny bike path. It was
June 8, 2013
Stage 3 was considered the "Queens stage" of this years race as it rolled 82 km over two mountains between Kirchberg & Kaprun (Host of the 2002 World XC Championships). All the beds were taken in Kirchberg so we backtracked
June 7, 2013
Hopping in a cold shower this morning I new it was going to be a good day on the bike as my body embraced the freezing water. Yesterday my body shied away from the cold shower. I’m starting to figure
June 6, 2013
Bike 4 Peaks started today in Bavaria, Germany with the first stage heading 69 km over some small mountains from Ruhpolding, Germany to Lofer Austria. It started with a 20-kilometer neutral start on the highway as the original route had
June 5, 2013
The Alpen Tour ended with the mother of all rainstorms, flooding and ultimately the cancelation of the 4th and final stage. With the stage cancelled I opted to bundle up in all my North Face rain gear and head out
June 4, 2013
The 3rd stage of the Alpen was cut down by 20 km to avoid the high alpine snow. Thus making the estimated win time 2.5 hrs instead of 3.5. Shortening races is never cool, but in these circumstances it was
June 1, 2013
Stage 2 of the Alpen Tour was a 15 km, 1100 M vertical time trial up the ski hill here in Schladming Austria. It would've been a great day to be skiing down the hill, to be riding up there
May 31, 2013
After 12 years of racing I finally managed to check off my first race over in Europe, the centre of the cycling universe. It was a humdinger as 500 + riders set out to tackle a 69 km, 2900 M
May 30, 2013
Getting to Pemberton turned into a solid run around which ended with Cody nearly crashing into a Black bear with her cubs. Finishing off our pre-ride around 9 pm, Cody came ripping around a corner to find mother bear and
May 28, 2013
My roommate Cody Canning and I packed up what felt like most of our Condo and headed off to Pemberton for the weekend to race the Nimby 50. The race is said to be a rad 35 km loop up
May 24, 2013