It’s been another great winter, and I’ve managed to successfully avoid riding, looking at, or even thinking about bikes since early November. Time to get back out there. We hit up the 3 Blind Mice, as per usual, for a Freedom Bikes shop shuttle session. I brought along the trusty chainsaw for a little early[...]
Read More 1st Ride of 2012…
Too much party last night. We rode Carmi today. It was fun. Forgot to take pics. Here’s one from near the bottom when I remembered to bring out the camera.
Taking a couple of my sisters’ friends out today. Which is pretty brave, ’cause Blair doesn’t really ride much, and Chris may or may not be dating her. You’ve been treating her well, right dude? Ahhh, he’s fine. Didn’t really tell Blair what our riding is like either. We just threw him into the situation.[...]
Read More Couple o’ Rookies…
Another returning customer today. Chris from Edmonton visited a couple of years ago and is passing through town, so we hooked it up with Chuck D. Railer and Dirt Dropout for some runs up on the Bog. Chris was stomping all the skinnies and drops on sight, so we’re probably gonna have to find a[...]
Read More Chris and Some Locals…
Tick off another box on the list of rides to do this summer. I’ve been looking for an excuse to hit up Rock Oven from the top lately, and Olly from the coast showed up just in time to make that happen. It’s a bit of an approach though, and the hike a bike through[...]
Read More Gillies Creek…
Kind of a mellow one. Sven and Dorothy have come up to ride in some kind of weather other than rain. Glad we could oblige. Just a mellow couple of laps on the Peat Bog. I took my turn hanging with the little girl and did a nature walk. We found some[...]
Read More Canada Day Long Weekend…
BC has such a wealth of riding, that sometimes trails “disappear.” Yes, it’s true. Snake Pit is one such. Way back when, it fell victim to the wrath of a landowner. Ironically, all it did was pass near this particular owners land. It never actually crossed over onto any private property. It was supposedly[...]
Read More Snake Pit…
After some recent comments on the Smoke Room, I realized it’s high time someone went and did something about the sad state of affairs down on the Peat Bog. So instead of trying to rally the troops I just strapped on the 100 lb pack and went down and buffed out the old Bog by[...]
Read More Penticton Trail Building…
I missed out on last week’s version of the Thursday night shop shuttle, but I wasn’t going to skip tonight. Back to Rainbow and High Pony. It was a small crew tonight, so we kept up a good clip. Our only holdup was a multiple flat, but it happened by this nice little hit near[...]
Read More Thursday Shuttle…
Really? You want to do some more climbing? OK, sure. I don’t get a lot of requests for that, but will oblige. Well, he’s still smiling, so I guess that’s the truth of it. Rock Oven isn’t an overly long ride, but the climb is fairly intense. Just ask Barb. I’m sure she’s feeling it[...]
Read More May Long 2011 – 3…
“Look at me! I’m a goose!” Never lose that sense of wonder, kid. Here, see what the top of the jump looks like… A Naramata day today, with lots of vert and random strangers, like Gabe here. We pick up where we left off yesterday, with big smiles, sunshine, and smooth trails. Actually, there was[...]
Read More May Long 2011 -2…
Finally got to see the Ride Guide Okanagan Episode that we shot last year. Took a while to track down an online edition, but here it is courtesy of some mobile app that I found.
Ahhhh…some more summer. It’s still cool out, but it’s trying to be sunny. So we’re going for maximum warmth and checking out Rock Oven today. First we gotta get through the upper forest of Derenzy. It’s a gorgeous day out in the woods today, making the approach hike a lot more bearable. Especially once things[...]
Read More Salad Doggers – 8…
Bye Brant, we’ll miss you. Our pal Brant is moving back to Vancouver Island. I think he may have made a tactical error in partying so hard last night though. We may be shuttling up, but this is a tough ride, especially when it’s going to be high 30’s in there and he’s got a[...]
Read More Rock Oven…
Finally! Summer is here! This really is the day that we’ve been waiting for. It’s going to get hot today, and seriously hot for the rest of the week. As the happy couple was packing up for the Kootenays today, we were a bit later starting up Rock Oven than we should have been, but[...]
Read More Newlywed or….? – Day 3…
