When most cyclists sign up for a mountain bike race, they can expect to climb on their bikes and ride either loops of a single circuit or a point-to-point course of trails. It's doubtful whether they anticipate a scenic ferry crossing as part of the “warm-up.” For the almost 400 BC Bike Race participants, an early wake up in North Vancouver precluded their BC Ferries morning voyage across the Georgia Straight to Vancouver Island. The sun shone overhead as many riders relaxed on the upper deck to map out their race strategy for the d...
The tempest that unleashed high winds and heavy rainfall onto the Vancouver area on Saturday night did nothing to ease the pre-race jitters building among the almost 400 racers set to roll up to this morning's start line of the 2009 BC Bike Race. Already anxious about the legendary, and often deemed “gnarly” North Shore singletrack, racers arrived at the North Vancouver starting chute to find dark clouds lifting and the sun working hard to shine through. With the impressive BC Bike Race logoed arch looming high above them, the mix o...
Vancouver, BC – June 27, 2009 Months of preparation came to a head on Saturday morning as 400 racers converged on the Coast Hotel in downtown Vancouver to check in for the 3rd annual BC Bike Race. With more than 70% of its revised 375 kilometre route comprised of singletrack, the seven-day event event has quickly become one of the most desirable mountain bike stages races in the industry. And if the long line ups at registration this morning were any indication, the attraction of southwestern BC's Ultimate Singletrack Experience is ...
Vancouver B.C. – BC Bike Race - “The Ultimate Singletrack Experience”, is set to launch its third year this Sunday June 28 to July 4, 2009 and will host over 400 riders from around the world. This year’s edition of the 7-day mountain bike adventure offers a revised course featuring a North Vancouver start–taking in the legendary North Shore trails–and two new stages to cement the BC Bike Race as the greatest singletrack adventure on the planet. BC Bike Race has always aimed to exceed expectations an...
Race Report: Cowbell Challenge: Marathon, Saturday, June 20, 2009; Kenda Cup East Cross Country, Sunday, June 21, 2009 With the heat index hovering in the 115 range, racers in the Cowbell Challenge Marathon took off from downtown Davidson, NC, at 10 am. Six and one-quarter miles of hard surface to get to the dirt and Fisher Farm, and 6 laps of climbs, rock gardens and great single track. Harlan Price (Independent Fabrication) took the top spot on the Men’s Pro Open podium, and also posted the fastest lap on the 8-milecourse at 37:52.389.&...
New York's Windham Mountain set to host 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup finals
June 19, 2009, 1:20pm
Colorado Springs, Colo. (June 19, 2009) -- The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is set to return to the U.S. next year for the first time since 2005 as Windham Mountain Resort in New York has been chosen to host the series finale August 28-29, 2010. After successfully hosting a 2008 national calendar event, Windham Mountain resort hosts a UCI Category 1 event this year as the sixth stop on the 2009 USA Cycling Pro Cross Country and Gravity Mountain Bike Tours. When the World Cup visits Windham in 2010, the resort will set the stage for the wor...
It's a simple question: Who are the #1 Male and Female Mountain Bikers in North America. Who's won the most races? Who's going the fastest right now? Who's going to be the fastest when it counts this summer? Who's taken home the most prize money? ...Maybe it's not such a simple question. I guess "Best" is open for interpretation here. With Championship season right around the corner, I got to thinking on my ride today, who should be the #1 ranked rider? There are more "rankings" and "series standings" out there then there are pro mountain biker...
Sometimes you’ve just gotta stick your neck out and MAKE things happen. I’m really torn these days on the topic of just what kind of racing is going to provide the most satisfaction, and, more importantly, entertainment… The Ashland 12 Mile Super D has always been on my list of important stuff to do. This year it looked like I’d miss it yet again as I needed (and wanted) to be in Colorado Springs for a stop on the US Pro XC Tour. But wait! The Short Track was on Friday and XC on Saturday.&n...
I just spent ten days in Colorado without wasting a single one. Here’s a bit of insight into just how each and every day was made special in it’s own little way… June 4- Off The Couch kayak racing isn’t the best idea. Or, how to make lemonade out of getting smoked… Lizzy English and I drove to CO on a whim so we could compete in the Homestake Creek Race at the Teva Mountain Games. She reckoned it’d be a good way to run the brown and make some cash. I figured I was f...
Katie Compton won her second consecutive Teva Mountain Games Cross Country race this weekend beating strong challenges from Georgia Gould (Luna) and Heather Irminger (Gary Fisher/Subaru). Compton still racing in Spike colors while she is still looking for sponsors for the year attacked early in the race opening up a small ten second gap that grew to thirty three seconds going into lap two. "Heather was leading Georgia heading towards the first short singletrack section early in the race when I jumped pass them and applied a little pressure thro...
