Stage Three (the final leg) of the inaugural Fernie edition of the Furious 3 mountain bike race is in the bag! It was another early morning start (8am) for racers, and despite an initial false start due to reports there was a train blocking the route out of town, everything got underway smoothly. There were [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Furious 3 2011 registration opened today. Ken and I are already locked in, and so is the Mike & Mike show! Only 200 available spots. Don’t wait - let’s ride!

With the end of the mtb race season looming, Ken and I immediately started thinking about our plans for 2011, and found out about a new race on the Canadian stage race scene. There is a nicely designed website up already, and with sponsors like Hammer Nutrition and support from Deadgoat Racing, it seems legit enough. But [...]