Good morning princess, how was camping? Yeah, he’s not exactly a morning person. Well, laugh while you can there, Deano. The bike gods have something else in store for you today. Dammit! Where’d she get the shoes? Oh, pancakes….you’re off the hook then. Well meaning, but mostly illiterate. Holy Hairy Woodpeckers! Yup, we climbed all[...]
Read More Chocolate Feet – Day 11…
Are you guys tired yet? OK then. A little rest and you’re good to go. Damn, that’s a fine looking jersey. In case you’re new here, what you’re looking at is the incredibly funtastic Harper Mtn., whicyh is probably my favourite all round riding locale. It’s got it all: drops, skinnies, smooth singletrack, steeps, and[...]
Read More Chocolate Feet – Day 10…
Uh huh…… Like I’m gonna waste a day I could be riding Harper doing another trail that I’m going to ride on Sunday anyway. Some NV locs showed up late last night to join in the late season festivities. Actually, I wasn’t sure where everyone got too until we found out that Sven got lost[...]
Read More Full Boar Challenge – Pre-Ride…
Well here we are, on the last ful day of the tour. You’d think by now Wade would have figured out how to put up a tent. Of course, you’d also think he’d know how to ride a log, too. Harper Mtn., still my favourite riding spot of all time. So much flow and variety[...]
Read More WSFE – Day 10…
For sale: One (1) Sleeping Bag — Slightly Used Ummmm, I guess you kind of had to be there. At any rate, Steve departed thet trip early this morning, and left us that little memento of his stay. I guess he got all he wanted outta the trip. Too bad for him, as we went[...]
Read More Band of Bros – Redux Day 3…
How’s this for a surprise on your bike tour? Today we went up to Kamloops to help out with the KBRA trail day on Harper Mtn. A full day of building with a barbeque dinner and campout was in order. We got there late morning and headed up to the Bridge to Nowhere to fix[...]
Read More Corn Stars – Day 2…
Since we didn’t really get into Kamloops until late, I give you this shot of the campfire at Harper. Sweet accommodations again, right n the middle of hte trail. In fact, our breakfast was interrupted by several riders cruising through our kitchen. It was going to be a hot and dusty one, as evidenced by[...]
Read More ChocolateFoot – Day 2…
Another day, another mountain to climb. This time it’s Harper, and it’s a solid climb. At least the vbiews are the usual stellar quality. Again, but in colour this time. Harper is a really cool place to ride, and it doesn’t matter if you’re a free dogger or an xc purist. There’s something there for[...]
Read More CycleActive XC Tour — Day V…
It’s the last day with Germans for me, as I’ve got to go and get ready for the Wade Simmons Freeride Experience. So, today we will ride Harper Mtn. with the lovely Carly from Full Boar and then drive off into the sunset towards Whistler, where I will drop the guys and take on a[...]
Read More German Freeride — Day VIII…
Good ole Harper Mtn. The ramp sort of sums it up really… A great place to ramp up the skills —hehe heheh— getit? Things got a bit Helter Skelter later on….. ..and Kirstie did it!!(this will be a lot more amazing to our British friends who know Kirstie and her paranoid fear of anything high[...]
Read More Mike & Kirstie — Part IV…
Ahhh yes. Harper Mtn. My faaaaaaaavourite. The best flow is here, and it’s a bonus when you camp half way up the mountian in that youget to ride out of camp first thing in the morning. There’s a couple of new additions this year, mostly wood to wood moves. Ed They really make nice ladders[...]
Read More Return of the Jedi Council — Part VI…
Time to head out of the sunny Okanagan. The bugs were freaking the boys out a little too much anyway. Up to Kamloops for the crew. We went to the Ranch after fixing up the bikes. The Ranch is the first municipal bike park in the world. It’s pretty rad. A bit more hardtail oriented[...]
Read More Return of the Jedi Council — Part V…
It really is a favourite. So much flow. Last night we had tons of dry lightning. Luckily we didn’t catch fire, but there was so much smoke in the air today we could hardly see the ‘Loops. Here’s the breakfast scene. A quick walk to the top of the mountain helped clear the hangover. On[...]
Read More Harper Heaven…
…because only Scott managed to stay healthy enough to make it. Luckily I found a guy from Israel (Erez) who rounded out the numbers enough to make it possible to have a bit of a road trip. Marble Canyon on the way to the ‘Loops. The first day we rode Rose Hill with the crew[...]
Read More The Orangepicker Tour (or what’s left of it)…
We left the Puddle early, but not before another round of dock jumps and stupidity. Martin had to have his picture taken where the Bourdon/Kona ad was shot. Our destination was Harper Mountain, outside of Kamloops. Harper is for hucking. We got to the big stuff right at sunset. ..and once again Chaos gets photo[...]
Read More Harper Hucks…
