Bogi’s new ride:Yes it’s a 29er,yes it’s a hard tail and yes it is FAST

Viner VR Race 29

Thanks to  SRI Importing,Bogi can now test ride (and test race) a race ready 29er hard tail – a VinerVR Race 29″.

My (the mechanic) first impression:It is a really nice piece of work.

Her first impression:“It’s fast”.

The proof is in the pudding,we are heading to Jasper tomorrow and give the machine [...]

Edmonton Canada Cup &2011 Canadian Singlespeed Championship

Edmonton Mud

Friday afternoon we were checking the weather in Edmonton and considering whether or not do the 6 hour drive at all. It looked like the course was barely rideable.  But then we thought about all the hard work and enthusiasm put in into these races by our friends in Edmonton.  Mud is a part of the MTB racing package,[...]

Like to make Canada a cycling/skiing power nation?

Here is my proposed CCA rule:

If you organize a CCA/UCI sanctioned race;you MUST have a FREE kids race in your schedule….

Same suggestion goes to Cross Country Canada and other associations. Anyone like to implement it?

2011 Canadian National Championships –my best race in a long time

Wow. Where do I start?

I have to start with the race organization. We had a bunch of world cup level athletes this weekend in Canmore,putting on world class level performance…their effort is well documented and you can look at the results at Zone4. These riders are amazing and inspirational. But you will [...]

The rookie stage racer’s diary – Furious3 day 3.

Thanks for the well-tattooed super nice dude from Fernie who gave up his campsite last night to us. We could have a bit of a campfire and had Carthy,Paul,Rick and Travis over for a bit.  Also thanks for BC Parks for the free cakes.

Back to riding. Early morning start again at 8am,[...]

The rookie stage racer’s diary –Furious3 day 2

Bike orienteering on awesome trails.

That sums up my day for the most part. Lined up at 8 am to start with the first wave of riders. We took the long way (again) to the first single-track,not sure why. But today I did not care much. I was just spinning my confy 150rpm and [...]

The rookie stage racer’s diary –Furious3 day 1

Frustrating 1st day in Fernie. I have a problem with my expectations and they need to be reset. The race course today was well expected for many,but very surprising to me. Remember;I never done a stage race before. So it took us about 10km of mostly flat pavement and gravel road to get [...]