Quick shout out to my homeboy , Jonny ‘Spaghetti Legs’ Hagan, who tackeled day one of the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer today, and will be doubling down with another 100km return ride tomorrow. A tip of the chapeau to Jonny, and all the other riders, who’re raising, literally millions of dollars for the fight [...]

As many of you know, the inaugural Furious 3 stage race in Fernie is coming up really fast now  – in fact, it’s next week! So, if you’re racing it, I’m sure you’ve done all your LSD miles, and hours & hours of hill repeats to get ready. I had the pleasure of riding in [...]

The 2011 BC Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer published earnings of 11.1 million dollars! I don’t know about you, but ‘WOW!’ I think that’s incredible. In an article from the Vancouver Sun, they stated that 2,900 riders/fundraisers came together to make this a record year. It just goes to show what can happen when you [...]

As some of you may know, bikeridr dabbles in film making from time to time. I think one of our very first posts was actually a film we made riding in Kananaskis. Good times. Of course, we’ve made others since, including the 2010 Transrockies series, Cowbell and most recently, Rouler. None of these are meant [...]

It’s June already! Hard to believe given the late start to the riding and racing season we’ve had around here. But,  June has finally arrived, and so far it’s pegged to bring warmer temps and sun, at least for the next little while. June, of course, is also BIKE MONTH! Wooo Hooo! Maybe you’ve seen [...]

2011 Tour of California — Intro from RAPHA on Vimeo. Always one to enjoy a good bike film, I wanted to highlight the series of short web-films from Rapha about their own 2011 Tour of California experience. Of course, Rapha, already being known for their unique style, these short films don’t disappoint, offering an effective [...]

I heard it said once that, ‘It ain’t that the wind be blowin’… It’s what the wind be blowin’, you need be concerned about because it could be blowin’ you! In the last couple of days here in Edmonton, and all of Alberta for that matter, it’s been windy as hell. Gusts of up to [...]

The Kokanee Edmonton Canada Cup is offering some pretty solid prizing for those able to register before June 1, and July 1. The prizes are either a TW STEEL TW74 wristwatch valued at $750 bones, or a VINER 29 frame from Sri Importing, with a shock fork from United Cycle! You can check out the [...]

As Canada went to the poles yesterday and I watched the election results roll in, I couldn’t help but hope we’d see a real show of renewed participation this time. It’s no secret, interest in Canadian politics has been on the downturn for a while now. Bored by dry politicking, party in-fighting and leaders that [...]

This time the last two years, I felt very different. In the spring of 2009, I’d been on the indoor trainer and in the gym for months, working hard in prep for my bid for the full Transrockies. In 2010, coming off a solid race season, I enhanced my ‘off-season’ training with 2 outdoor rides [...]