Stage Two of the Furious 3 mountain bike race began with an early morning 8am start, as racers were sent off in three waves. The first wave was comprised of the racers who’d posted the fastest times yesterday. Team Mike & Mike (Team PEDAL) were in this group today, having come in an impressive 7th [...]

Riders rolled into the start area en mass with gleaming bikes, and high expectations for the first day of Fernie singletrack, and based on what everyone said afterwards, it delivered in spades. Though the first stage today, was by some measure, ‘short’ (40km), the elevation gain more than made up for it, with the course [...]

Like mountain biking? Like the mountains? The Furious3 is in need a few good people to help on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening from approximately 6-9:00pm. Overall the volunteer turnout has been great, but a few more hands will definitely make things easier. If you think you could lend a hand please email Mark at: [...]

Ever since the New Year, I have embarked on a new type of training… A secret type of training… Untraining. The secret of untraining is not to simply stop training… That would be to easy. Rather, the secret lies in the delicate balance of attempting to valiantly uphold your training goals while admittedly allowing other [...]

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 [...]

Back in June of 2010 I wrote about the big changes the UCI had in store for the 2011 cyclocross season… In particular, disc brakes. Since then, any technological progress has been pretty quiet, but now the first prototypes are starting to appear! Whilst browsing VeloNews’ coverage of the 2011 Sea Otter Classic I ran [...]

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 [...]

Up here in the frosty north we’ve already been seeing the fallout of our long and inhospitible winter… With the first 4 races on the calendar having been cancelled, getting into a ‘race’ mindset has been difficult. But a glimmer of hope still remains! Now that the sun has finally shown itself, we can finally [...]

Well, I just got back from our Deadgoat spring meeting, and it did me good to see some familiar faces and start talkin’ bikes in earnest again… The sun is finally shining and it’s time to do something about it! One of the nicest things when we all get together after the thaw is seeing [...]

Well – $200 less than everybody else, that is… It did get your attention though, didn’t it? Most of us have been there… All the planning, all the training, all the effort that goes into an epic event, only to be derailed by injury or illness. Unfortunately a good friend of mine has found herself in [...]