Dear diary:
Today I ate a pancake. Wait, that was yesterday because it was Flapjack Friday. Come on down to Favorit Cycles on any given Friday and you too can be part of Flapjack Friday. Talk to us for details.
Sooooo...... the real point of this diary entry was say that SIX IN THE STIX registration is now OPEN! Go on the internets right now (you should already be on the internets if you are viewing this) and go to http://www.zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=3123 . Register. It will be awesome. Tell all your friends. One of the last chances to ride before the snow flies. OH YEAH!
Peace out.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Monster Monday
So. Here we are. It's Monday. Everyone is lacking energy from the shenanigans that happened on the weekend. Solution? Probably not Monster but on this particular Monday, it is in fact Monster. Zing.
Enough about lacking energy. It's right smack dab in the middle of biking season and lacking energy is the last thing that you need. Get on your bike. I recently did, for three days in a row. It was called the Transrockies Challenge. This year I tackled the TR3. The three day event of it's bigger sister, the Transrockies seven day challenge.
This years TR3 brought competitors from Fernie to Etherington Camp in the Kananaskis area of Alberta. Along with myself came Ian Jones, a friend and fellow biker, who kicked ass. Let me tell you, this was INTENSE. Many people ride a lot of Km in one day, but not a lot of people ride a lot of Km in one day with hundreds of other riders in a competition. From warm sunny days to cold, rainy, muddy days the TR3 had it all. I thought it was a biking event but there was tons of other ways to reach the end of each day. Wading through rivers, hiking between thick patches of alder up crazy climbs. It was awesome. Wicked scene. So many cool people. You should try it. Best three riding days of my life. Thank you Transrockies.
HEY!
You like racing? No? Well you'll like this! A mostly for fun cross cuntry race Sunday, August 29th at 11am starting at the Eager Hills Parking lot just off the highway by Fraggle Rock. Three categories - Mens, Womens, and Kids. Two laps for the men and women, laps are 8.5Km long. Did I mention BARBEQUE! Come out, bring your friends.
HEY! x 2
Enduro anyone? Favorit is setting up a 6 hours of cross country mayhem enduro taking place Sunday, October 10th called SIX IN THE STICKS. It will start in the College of the Rockies parking lot and continue through the Community Forest. It's going to be big. Come talk to anyone in the shop if you have any ideas or suggestions on the enduro. Sign up early, it's bound to sell out quick!
So to sum it up - I recently got a new job, participated in a wicked race, stoked on the races to come in the near future, and love riding my bike. Life is good.
Hope you enjoyed my first ever blog,
Doctor J
So. Here we are. It's Monday. Everyone is lacking energy from the shenanigans that happened on the weekend. Solution? Probably not Monster but on this particular Monday, it is in fact Monster. Zing.
Enough about lacking energy. It's right smack dab in the middle of biking season and lacking energy is the last thing that you need. Get on your bike. I recently did, for three days in a row. It was called the Transrockies Challenge. This year I tackled the TR3. The three day event of it's bigger sister, the Transrockies seven day challenge.
This years TR3 brought competitors from Fernie to Etherington Camp in the Kananaskis area of Alberta. Along with myself came Ian Jones, a friend and fellow biker, who kicked ass. Let me tell you, this was INTENSE. Many people ride a lot of Km in one day, but not a lot of people ride a lot of Km in one day with hundreds of other riders in a competition. From warm sunny days to cold, rainy, muddy days the TR3 had it all. I thought it was a biking event but there was tons of other ways to reach the end of each day. Wading through rivers, hiking between thick patches of alder up crazy climbs. It was awesome. Wicked scene. So many cool people. You should try it. Best three riding days of my life. Thank you Transrockies.
HEY!
You like racing? No? Well you'll like this! A mostly for fun cross cuntry race Sunday, August 29th at 11am starting at the Eager Hills Parking lot just off the highway by Fraggle Rock. Three categories - Mens, Womens, and Kids. Two laps for the men and women, laps are 8.5Km long. Did I mention BARBEQUE! Come out, bring your friends.
HEY! x 2
Enduro anyone? Favorit is setting up a 6 hours of cross country mayhem enduro taking place Sunday, October 10th called SIX IN THE STICKS. It will start in the College of the Rockies parking lot and continue through the Community Forest. It's going to be big. Come talk to anyone in the shop if you have any ideas or suggestions on the enduro. Sign up early, it's bound to sell out quick!
So to sum it up - I recently got a new job, participated in a wicked race, stoked on the races to come in the near future, and love riding my bike. Life is good.
Hope you enjoyed my first ever blog,
Doctor J
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Are you reading this?
Blog. Blob. Glob. Glog.
The bloggity blob globs glogs.
The glog globbed blobby blog.
See, the thing is, that you ARE reading this. And I haven't said anything that really worth reading yet. Or, more correctly, I haven't typed anything that's worth reading yet.
Gloggity glob said the blobbity blog.
That's pretty much what I have for you today. I did ride my bike yesterday and I am going trail building this evening. Remember that to progress, you have to admit that you don't know everything. And even harder to admit is the fact that to learn something... you have to admit that someone knows more than you about the thing that you want to learn about.
Fuck yeah.
James
The bloggity blob globs glogs.
The glog globbed blobby blog.
See, the thing is, that you ARE reading this. And I haven't said anything that really worth reading yet. Or, more correctly, I haven't typed anything that's worth reading yet.
Gloggity glob said the blobbity blog.
That's pretty much what I have for you today. I did ride my bike yesterday and I am going trail building this evening. Remember that to progress, you have to admit that you don't know everything. And even harder to admit is the fact that to learn something... you have to admit that someone knows more than you about the thing that you want to learn about.
Fuck yeah.
James
Monday, May 17, 2010
Smurfarific
Gooe evening and welcome to the show.
It is currently May 17th, 2010. All is well in Cranbrook.
Tuesday is women's group ride night. It's an ALL ABILITIES ride. We were going to go with the beginner/intermediate, but no one showed up. All you ladies, come out and ride. Meet at the shop at 7pm on Tuesday nights.
Last week's co-ed Wednesday ride was a huge success. Let's do it up again. 7pm at the shop on Wednesday night.
Tuesday night of this week is trail building night. Meet at the shop at 6pm or so and we'll get going. On the agenda is the race course. Bring a rake and some dynamite.
XC race is June 6th on Sunday. Map soooon. Race starts at 10am.
J
It is currently May 17th, 2010. All is well in Cranbrook.
Tuesday is women's group ride night. It's an ALL ABILITIES ride. We were going to go with the beginner/intermediate, but no one showed up. All you ladies, come out and ride. Meet at the shop at 7pm on Tuesday nights.
Last week's co-ed Wednesday ride was a huge success. Let's do it up again. 7pm at the shop on Wednesday night.
Tuesday night of this week is trail building night. Meet at the shop at 6pm or so and we'll get going. On the agenda is the race course. Bring a rake and some dynamite.
XC race is June 6th on Sunday. Map soooon. Race starts at 10am.
J
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Big News?
Folks. Riding season is well upon us.
My biggest apologies for shitting the bed on the first XC ride a few weeks ago. We tried to hold a race in a conservation area... and naturally a few people had issues with that. In my defense, we were looking for approval... we weren't just going to do it without permission. Or maybe we were. Who knows.
The races are coming. We need help cutting a new course in a new secret remote location. Be at the shop this Thursday (May 13th) at 6pm and we'll head out to get some work done. Bring any tools you have... especially gas powered weed whackers. Let's cut us some trail. For those of you who don't approve of cutting trail, show some sack and come talk to me about it. Part of having beliefs and morals is the ability to defend them and talk about them in an adult manner. Anyone who wants to throw mud from a safe distance... whatever.
I think we can have a race in about 3 weeks.
Group rides are a go!
Tuesday nights 7pm womens beginner/intermediate ride.
Wednesday nights 7pm co-ed ride.
Ride your bikes,
James
My biggest apologies for shitting the bed on the first XC ride a few weeks ago. We tried to hold a race in a conservation area... and naturally a few people had issues with that. In my defense, we were looking for approval... we weren't just going to do it without permission. Or maybe we were. Who knows.
The races are coming. We need help cutting a new course in a new secret remote location. Be at the shop this Thursday (May 13th) at 6pm and we'll head out to get some work done. Bring any tools you have... especially gas powered weed whackers. Let's cut us some trail. For those of you who don't approve of cutting trail, show some sack and come talk to me about it. Part of having beliefs and morals is the ability to defend them and talk about them in an adult manner. Anyone who wants to throw mud from a safe distance... whatever.
I think we can have a race in about 3 weeks.
Group rides are a go!
Tuesday nights 7pm womens beginner/intermediate ride.
Wednesday nights 7pm co-ed ride.
Ride your bikes,
James
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
New Year, New Location, New Thoughts
Welcome to 2010. No more of that pesky 2009.
As most of you know, we've got a new location. It's purple. And it's great. We like it and we'll be there for some time to come. I can't really imaging a location that I'd rather be in. Big old thanks to everyone who helped us through the winter. It's nice to see how the sport continues despite the cold. Not that it's really that cold. Spring has hit us and the desire to ride bikes is rocketing. The talk of the season is definately the new Rails to Trails pathway. So far as I know, it's not named yet. I know that a good number of you have riden the trail already. I suspect we'll have some sort of grand opening (by we, I mean the two cites,) in the spring to get things rolling. It'll be sweet. Probably the most pleasing thing so far this season is the number of people getting back into riding after many of years away from the sport. I can't even begin to imagine the value one would put this trail system... and I don't mean money. A 25 km (or so) length trail with only 3 (so far as I know) road crossings. Double that to get home and you've got an absolutely amazing day of riding for any level or style of rider. We've got a few ideas for events involving this great strip of asphalt and we'll let that cat out of the bag soon enough.
Events.
We've got a truck load of events for you all this season. Another few weeks and I'll post the calendar. What we're thinking is this:
- XC races once a month
- Traffic Jam contest twice this summer
- Group Rides each week for beginner women's co-ed and the Thursday night Pedal N Pint
- Shuttles for the DH folks
- Tooney Races for the DH folks
- Trail maintainance and building days
- Saturday morning repair seminars for basic bike fixing stuff
- Road time trials
And the list goes on. Something for everyone.
With it being spring and all, it's best that we all act on the better side of responsible. Take care of the trails. Our spring ruts will be with us for many months to come. Tread lightly and tread smartly. Going around a puddle makes the trail wider and going through it makes it deeper. Make a judgement and do the least damage that you can.
Otherwise, ride your bike.
Fav.
As most of you know, we've got a new location. It's purple. And it's great. We like it and we'll be there for some time to come. I can't really imaging a location that I'd rather be in. Big old thanks to everyone who helped us through the winter. It's nice to see how the sport continues despite the cold. Not that it's really that cold. Spring has hit us and the desire to ride bikes is rocketing. The talk of the season is definately the new Rails to Trails pathway. So far as I know, it's not named yet. I know that a good number of you have riden the trail already. I suspect we'll have some sort of grand opening (by we, I mean the two cites,) in the spring to get things rolling. It'll be sweet. Probably the most pleasing thing so far this season is the number of people getting back into riding after many of years away from the sport. I can't even begin to imagine the value one would put this trail system... and I don't mean money. A 25 km (or so) length trail with only 3 (so far as I know) road crossings. Double that to get home and you've got an absolutely amazing day of riding for any level or style of rider. We've got a few ideas for events involving this great strip of asphalt and we'll let that cat out of the bag soon enough.
Events.
We've got a truck load of events for you all this season. Another few weeks and I'll post the calendar. What we're thinking is this:
- XC races once a month
- Traffic Jam contest twice this summer
- Group Rides each week for beginner women's co-ed and the Thursday night Pedal N Pint
- Shuttles for the DH folks
- Tooney Races for the DH folks
- Trail maintainance and building days
- Saturday morning repair seminars for basic bike fixing stuff
- Road time trials
And the list goes on. Something for everyone.
With it being spring and all, it's best that we all act on the better side of responsible. Take care of the trails. Our spring ruts will be with us for many months to come. Tread lightly and tread smartly. Going around a puddle makes the trail wider and going through it makes it deeper. Make a judgement and do the least damage that you can.
Otherwise, ride your bike.
Fav.
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