by Andrew | May 1, 2013 | tales from the trails
OK ok ok. I actually rode my mountain bike last week. In LYCRA! Here’s photographic evidence. Me, riding my Banshee Prime, in lycra at the 2013 Snow-to-Surf Adventure Relay race. Thanks to my most awesome girlfriend for all of the race support and for the...
by Andrew | Oct 5, 2012 | tales from the trails
This will be primarily an image centred post. I want for an afterwork hike up the old Wood Mountain ski hill on Forbidden Plateau last night. It was gorgeous! Here’s the top of the old chair lift. This is the pond at the bottom of the old upper...
by Andrew | Aug 30, 2012 | tales from the trails
While I did actually ride mountain bikes yesterday; downhill even, all did not go as planned. It would seem that at the advanced age of 38 it is somewhat difficult to just hop on the downhill bike and go bang off an epic descent for the second ride of the...
by Andrew | Aug 28, 2012 | tales from the trails
I am on vacation. For real. In Nelson. Today I have nothing planned – and no ambition. It is quite awesome! My apologies to certain members of my family with whom I had made plans, and then cancelled. I should have been more clear about that last night....
by Andrew | Jul 27, 2012 | tales from the trails
I understand that bike stories on this blog have become a rarity. Thus, even though not much happened while riding Forbidden Plateau here in the Comox Valley last night, I felt obliged to report on the ride. Chris fetches the post ride bevvies. Good job Chris! I...
by Andrew | Jul 22, 2012 | tales from the trails
Off the back. The term used to identify when, in road bike racing, you get dropped from the group/peloton. As I have not ridden bikes in a month, I should not have been surprised today that I was off the back. I also had to nurse my lower back through the ride,...
