This is it…that end of the road for another year. Let’s take a moment to reflect whilst driving down a lonely road on a grey summer morning….. Photo:Tony Doyle Awwww, hell with that. Let’s go bang a lap on Seymour. Photo:Tony Doyle Not much has changed up here. It’s a bit rougher than the first[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Last Day…
Almost to the finish line now…. Remember how I mention ed that it’s not so much when it’s raining as when it’s starting to dry up that the trails get tough? Well, it stopped raining last night. So today it’s gonna be real slippery. Which is a big drag because we’ve been trying to get[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 14…
The dreaded thirteenth day. And the evil Slytherins are trying to wreck it already. Nah, it’s just a spot of rain. Now it’s time to really show these Brit boys what Shore riding really means. Wet = good out here. After the rain…well that’s another story. Talk about intensity. It’s always surprising how rideable the[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 13…
Or as it should also be known, “Stubz’ Birthday.” Happy days, Stubz. See if you can spot the man of the hour in the shot below. As a Canadian, he kind of stands out. Then there’s the riding style. Stubz is mre of an XC guy than anything. You can tell by that Blur he’s[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 12…
Daylight on the block. Talk about your deluxe accomodations, eh? Ironically, this happens to be the spot where Boyko nailed his Kranked 6 segment. Nothing but the finest for our clients here. It also happened to be pretty close to the trails, so we hit ‘em up right away today. Although we didn’t bother with[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 11…
I think the key word, the THEME so to speak, of this tour would have to be “random.” How else do you explain this? An old acquaintance of mine had offered up his field for us to use for the week. He kind of neglected to tell us about the chickens, goats, donkeys, horses, cows,[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 10…
***We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, already in progress…*** Travel day…time for some hanging out on the water. Nice thing about this tour is that all our travel days involved some nice coastal cruising courtesy of BC Ferries. I think we may have even spotted a Gray whale at a distance, but still,[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 9…
**This might be the last update on the tripLog for a bit, as I’m just about to step out on the Wade Tour. Be patient, there’s plenty more to come** Hmmmm….Friday the 13th and we’ve got 13th guys here. I think we should just stay one more day, don’t you? Chaos agrees, and shall go[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 8…
What… a week gone by already? That explains why Stophe is so tie-tie. We may have needed the rest for today’s adventure into the wild places of the interior of Vancouver Island. I’m not going to even tell you where this is, suffice to say that it’s old growth and magical. Those of you who[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 7…
OK, now it’s REALLY hot. Campbell River was 40C, and records fell all over the province today. We weren’t going to bother with the bike park this tour, but with temps like that, it was time to hit a mountain top. There’s SNOW at Mt Washington. Oh, and some decent trails too. Also, the weather[...]
Read More ReReturn Of The Jedi – Day 6…
It’s getting SERIOUSLY hot now. Summer….and records are falling all over the province. 35C on the coast? For real? Oh…check out the reflections. Yeah, it’s hot out. There goes the rad hose. Oh well, time to go swimming…. Actually, we got the hose repaired easily, the crew got a lap in and some swimming, and[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 5…
It’s starting to get really hot here now. We got out early for a lap of the local DH course (I think the English word for that trail is “bollocks” but I could be wrong). After that the boys got together with some tools and went out to re-do a tech trail called “Dodge Balls.”[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 4…
Now that we’re set up in a great base of ops with the Riding Fool Hostel in Cumberland, it’s time to really get this party started. Today we were cutting loose on the legendary Two Sheiks trail at the old Forbidden Plateau ski hill. Our old friend Mitch the Bitch was also along to help[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 3…
Well, a missed ferry meant a quick ap in a local North Van park, along with some entertainment from the local beach partiers. “Oh, look at the homeless people….thats so sad.” Yeah, homeless but with $80k worth of mountain bikes. Anyway, an early start put us on Vancouver Island pretty early, so we managed to[...]
Read More ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 2…
They’re back. WAYYYYYYYYYYYY too many of them this time around. Somthing like 13 of ‘em. So lucky, right? Well, lucky enough to spend a night on the beach in North Van after missing a ferry. Great start to this one….
