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Christian and Andreas — Day 3

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The bike is fixed (thanks again Steve), the weather is clearing, and we’ve got a score to settle….

Ooops, one more for the Shore. Andreas goes down HARD on Dirty Diapers.

That settled ‘Dre down for the day. Christian pretty much took over from here.

This next one is the same drop that ‘Dre augured.

We took a little wake-up call on Ned’s today. It’s hyperfast since all the trail days recently.

There was quite a crew out today, so we had a bit of a session on the lower Ned’s stunts.

Skogs was charging hard.

On the next lap we stopped in to help Jeremy on CBC.

They’re such an industrious people, those Germans.

Gratuitous tourist shots, Shore style…

..and some more trail work. Hey Synchro! You gettin’ this?

North Shore Mountain Bike Festival and Conference

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I had the opportunity to take part this year, so I helped guide a hike and two riding sessions on May 31, June 1st and June 2nd.

The hike was a bit wet.

On Wednesday’s ride, I had a little help in the form of Mr Hoots, Mr Simmons, and Mr Rey.

The last ride of the Conference saw Mr March appear to help with a double run on Seymour.

There are many more pics to be found at this gallery HERE.

Odds & Ends

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A bunch of stuff to catch up on here.

I finally got my big bike a little while ago. It’s a Rocky Mountain RMX R2, with a few key mods. Upgrade on the fork to the 888RC, an MRP tensioner, and a lower cockpit courtesy of ChroMag and Freedom. A big shout out to Pete for hooking it up, and to Gabe at Cove Bikes for keeping me on the trail. as soon as I get up to speed, I’ll be doing a review on not only the R2, but also the Cove Peeler and the Dark Scarab.

CBC’s Canada Now did a story on the bike issues on the North Shore this week. Ooooh. National coverage. Here Sharon, Jeremy, Barb, and Harley get interviewed by CBC, on CBC. I got a few words in (as usual), and Barb and I rode a few lines for them.

Also on CBC this week…(insert your own joke here).

The CBC Ripper was a blast, and a bunch more support went into the NSMBA coffers. If you haven’t experienced a Ripper yet, you too should come and feel the power of the dark side.

CBC also has some new funding in the form of a government grant. Jeremey Power will be working on the trail all summer. Here’s a taste of things to come.

Some more Pennsylvanians showed up. They seem to be getting it figured out.

That’s it, you’re up to date.