I heard it said once, that having beauty around us in our day-to-day lives greatly enhances our overall quality of life, which I would have to agree with – especially when beauty comes in the form of a bike. In my opinion, the VINER Perfecta that I rode this season, is as as nice to [...]

In this third and final instalment of my interview with Team H&R Block’s Aaron Schooler, I ask him who he thinks has the edge come CX season, the Roadie or the MTB’r. Personally, in general, I have to hand it to the roadies because they show up with such great fitness. At least this is [...]

Ever gone back to a park that served as a cyclocross venue a week or so afterwards, to see if you can remember the course? If you have, then you’ll know as well as I do that more often than not, though the course marking might be down, the damage left from the tires leaves [...]

Following up on the post from last week, here is the second instalment of my interview with Team H&R Block‘s, Aaron Schooler. In this part of the interview Aaron talks about the shift from roads to cyclocross season, and the changes he makes to his own training. For more information on Aaron, check out his [...]

Growing up, we all know the woes/joys of an untuned bike. Bar grips that twisted freely, rusted old chains slathered in black 3 &1 oil to hide the creaking, and the worn brake pads that squack and squeal at every stop… Ah, good times… Now balance that with you most well-tuned bike you’ve ever had. [...]

YAY! Edmonton has a bunch of spiffy new bike lanes! That’s good right? I recently moved, and now have a 25 min commute, by car, to work each day. In doing so, I cover a lot of ground, much of it on a freeway, called the Whitemud. Once I get off it though and back [...]

As many of you know, I’m a coffee fan. Sure, sometimes I tire of coffee, and stray to other caffeine deliver mechanisms, like tea, but I always seem to come back. Most often I admit, when at any proper coffee bar, I’ll order an Americano, (Canadese for all you Canuckleheads out there). I enjoy the [...]

An Iron Man race was described to me today in this way, ‘Well, you do a 3.8 km swim. Then you ride your bike for 180km. Once you’ve done that, all that stands between you and the end is a full-length marathon, so a 42km run…’ This is what the fellow I was out for a ride [...]

Well, well, well!! Passion and heart have been in abundance throughout this Tour… From gutsy breakaways, a yellow jersey carrying the dreams of a nation or the god of thunder showing what it means to wear the World Championship jersey. The cards have been played, but the winner of the Tour is still in question. [...]

I don’t know about you, but I’ve found the TSN re-broadcast coverage of the TDF frustrating. I look forward to the Tour, and yes, I want to watch it on my big screen TV as I sit on my comfy couch. I prefer not to watch it on line, via some shoddy, free internet streaming [...]