Women's BG Pro RBX Short
In December I was lucky enough to score a pair of these shorts through a contest on the Specialized Women’s Facebook page with a stunning drawing of my favourite ride.
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Heading towards Cabin Fever
After last weekend’s ride I made a New Year’s Resolution to ride more and after waking to a half decent day (meaning we didn’t wake to the sound of rain bouncing off the windows) we finally got out on the trails again. We also thought it would be nice to ride downhill for a change of pace so we headed to one of my favourite trails, Cabin Fever. Read the rest of this entry »
Hornby Island
After another 3 week hiatus thanks to winter weather, my bike finally saw dirt again… This time we decided to check out some new trails and hit up Hornby Island. We had been thinking of doing some riding over there for a while so we headed over on Boxing Day, taking our friends Jessica and Ryan with us. Two short ferry rides later, we finally arrived at the trailhead. Read the rest of this entry »
Okay, I’ll admit it… I’ve been spending a lot of time on the couch lately with the cold weather, but I have managed to get out on weekly rides. I might have sat out last week’s ride until news came that logging was about to start on the Lower Cumberland trails once again. After hearing that I managed to round up a few friends (and their dogs) and we went for a farewell ride on a couple of the trails that were on the chopping block. Read the rest of this entry »
Instead of writing something for my site, I recently wrote something for Adventure World Magazine Online.
You can check it out here:
With the torrential rainfall and massive amounts of snow in the higher elevations here, I haven’t been riding lately so not much to write about. However I saw this on Twitter today from @thenoodleator and it’s too good not to share. I absolutely love it!
You can actually order a print or postcard of it here. I think I just might have to buy it…
Rare sighting of Ryder...
We went for another awesome ride with friends on Forbidden last Wednesday and we couldn’t help but notice that more drainage work was done to lower Cabin Fever and Transmission is rideable! Looks like our friend Ryder* (not his real name) has managed to get out and do some more trail work…
Ryder is the person responsible for building a lot of the trails we’ve been riding lately: Gecko, Green Dome, Cabin Fever, Black Dog, Transmission, Cat Nip, etc. There are some great stories behind how he named the trails. Maybe if we’re lucky he’ll tell us the stories behind them all?
Ryder has done such a fantastic job that I thought I’d out him to say thanks 
We’re not the only ones who’ve been riding over on Forbidden lately and I know of several happy campers who like the trails he’s built as well.
Hmmmm… I wonder what he’s working on next?
It’s been a busy couple of weeks so I apologize for the lack of posts. Luckily I’ve still been able to get out on a few rides on my bike!
Most recently we marked my favourite trail, Cabin Fever, for night riding. There were a few spots where it was easy to get off the trail that caught us if we weren’t paying attention so if we were having problems, we knew others definitely were! (Although right now we don’t know if anyone else is doing it as a night ride…) Luckily Dodge City Cycles donated some reflectors for us to use so we loaded up with reflectors and nails and set out. Read the rest of this entry »
Finally after weeks of waiting, Specialized announced which 8 lucky people got the honour of being on their trail crew and I was pleasantly surprised… The team is international! We have a rider from Whistler, BC and another from Australia (both named Matt). So there goes my theory about it being an Amercian team… Read the rest of this entry »
