Jeff and Peggy Hosmer — May 14th

Jeff and Peggy are from that other mountain bike wellspring, San Francisco.

Been riding for a long time?

Oh yeah.

Ever ride anything technical?

Moab.

I’ll get the armour….

Here’s the kids gettin’ suited up. And Barb, our trusty chauffeur.

Well, it’s a bit different than California, but I think it might be alright. Oh yeah, it’s all good. Jeff being a happy camper on CBC trail.

A couple of cool angles on the old growth cedars on Mt Seymour.

Here’s Peggy, proving that she can ride the Shore.

Well, I gotta be honest. CBC was over their heads. It usually is for most folks their first time down. But with those huge trees, ya gotta see it.

After that, I took them over to some more forgiving stuff. Mushroom Trail to the Severed Dick. The old Severed trail has had a major facelift recently, and is more fun than it’s been in many a year.

Here’s Jeff on his way across the swamp on the way to the Dick.

Well, that’s another day in the life. Later today we are off to do the Big Eye for the first time this year. If we get some cool pics, I’ll be seeing ya in a day or two.

Cove Trail Day :: Sunday, June 6th

Before I talk about last weeks trailday (besides, it’s just a repost from the Cove Bikes site), you might want to check out the trashing I got over at FARKIN, an Aussie bike forum. The thread can be found HERE. It’s in response to another thread over at NSMB.com, which can be read HERE.

Yes sir, I am a tool. Ok, on to last week’s trail day.

It was a roaring success. Nearly 60 people were in attendance for the work party on CBC sponsored by Cove Bikes and organized by Cove team rider Barb Haley.

Please, remember to support your local trail association. The NSMBA needs you. Traildays are on going all summer, and your contribution is necessary to keep the trails open.

Many new faces were in attendance. Good to see the future of the sport represented.

The top several hundred meters were re-worked to help alleviate drainage and erosion problems. Several features were also enhanced to give riders a little extra lift when riding CBC.

…and here’s a little clip of the finished trail.

North Shore Ripper

Too bad I was so worn out from all that singletrack this week. I just couldn’t dig deep for the fast time.

It was still a really good time. I only dabbed once, even though I was pretty slow. Realistically I should have been in the battle for third. Oh well, shoulda coulda woulda. I was tenth and that’s how it ended.

I sure looked good out there.

You can read the whole story HERE.