Singletrack Stampedin’ – Prologue

Giddyup….it’s only been just over a month and I’m going back to the Puddle…and it just happens to be Stampede.  Yikes.

Reminds me of the old 15th Anniversary Cove Bikes shirt.  Anyone still got one?  Send me a pic if you do.

Save a  horse, ride a bike.

This weekend is a return of Monica’s Singletrack Ladies crew.  I’m here a bit early, so I lined up with a few locals to check out the Crash ‘n Pass at the track. 

More fun than a hootenanny in a tornado. 

We never did see who won, but they had fun going in circles and smashing in to each other. 

Afterwards the kids took a little ride back down to town.

Not bad for 20".

Met up with the girls out at the lake, and we had a couple of beers under the northern lights. 

Not too late though.  We had an agenda for tomorrow…

So Surly…

Had a chance to hook up with the guys at Surly Bikes for a quick rip in the Okanagan this week.  Looks like those big tires are good for more than just snow…

It’s pretty flat back in the Mid-West where they’re from, so I think Smith Creek may have been a bit of an eye-opener for the boys.

Good thing they have such a beast of a climber in Ramin Sherkat of NRG distributing their bikes in Canada.

Sweet little ride, and thanks a bunch for the beers and food after.

Summer is Here!

Yay…summer!  Sorry about your derailleur…

That thing was toasted.  Every part broken, and even a bit of shrapnel left on the trail.  Ah well, Dave.  It’s good for the economy.

I spent a lot of today building a new line out in the Mice, which led into some old lines.  Looks like we’ve got another top to bottom route laid out.  And it’s flowy enough that you can run it without a chain. 

Nice clouds for a summer day.

Not much of a sunset, either.

Doesn’t matter if it’s raining though.  You can always tell summer in Penticton by the cars on the beach.