…but someone has to take the girls out riding, and it may as well be me. Right?
Just another ride on Smith Creek. Daniella missed out on the Girls Got Skills clinic, and hasn’t done an XC ride before, so there you have it. Oh, and we ran into John out for his first Smith Creek ride too.
The new trail is getting a bit of a rep. This sums it up…
Yeah, there’s been a couple of little rips here and there, but I haven’t been able to call the season a go until yesterday. I had a call from Graham in Vancouver, said he was going to be in the area this weekend and was there something to ride up here yet?
Yes…yes there is. Oh, and it’s sort of dusty and you can wear shorts.
Some climbing pics, because that paint’s not dry yet.
Smith Creek is pretty close to our pad, and I don’t ride there anywhere near as much as I should. It’s super rad up there. A lot of little airs like this, and gully riding a lot like what you might find in Williams Lake.
Mike, Stu, and Lee were out as well, and showing fine early season form on the Smith Creek hits.
Well, maybe Mike was showing better form than Stu, but the red jersey helps.
Graham had to head back to the city, but we weren’t done yet. We went over to Knox to check out the scene. I think every hottie who’s spent the winter on the stairmaster was out walking on Knox today. There were also a few groups like this one. Girls, bikes and dogs. It’s just one beer short of total paradise.
With the access road up Knox closed, the long boarders were out as well.
It’s a tough little climb, but really short getting up Knox. So Mike had to do some extra vertical and loft a couple of little drops on the way up.
The top….
Dropping in with McDougall Rim in the background.
This is Lee. I see these guys together and all I can think of is them texting each other before the ride…. “What are you going to wear?”
A couple of poser shots. I still don’t understand why we don’t see more of this sort of pic coming out of the Okanagan. Dry fast and smooth singletrack under clear skies with a lake in the background. Yeh, I can see why no-one is interested in that….not.
I had a rough day today. I’m in rough shape after this winter, I’m between bikes, had several mechanicals, and just generally had a great time taking pics. This rock spine near the bottom of Knox was pretty cool.
It’s not as gnarly as it looks in this pic, but it’s still pretty cool to look at.
A full on good time all day. Although reallly…I should have worn a chamois.
Sorry ladies, it’s official. Simmons is off the market.
Brett was so upset that he hurled himself into a window….
Nahhh….he’s just kidding.
Now, keep in mind that this is a stag. You don’t want to try to do anything foolish like sleep.
Years of racing on the World Cup circuit have taken their toll on Bruce. Luckily we all have a lot of pity in our hearts.
Pity the fool.
OK, I’m done. You can caption this one yourself.
We actually rode bikes too. Some kind of 50km mystery XC ride.
Brett’s never done one of these before, so it’s a good thing he sandbagged himself last night.
Having an all star cast of thousands sure helped. Not like there were any of the best ultimate distance athletes on the ride or anything but….
…yeah.
Oops. Joe missed the trail.
Well, we made it. Here Wade, celebrate.
You guys look tired.
Maybe Dre can motivate you with a speech.
Ahhh yes, how riveting.
Allow me to retort.
Yep, hell hath frozen over. Wade’s getting married. Oh, and Schley too, but his party wasn’t as fun.
