jack
08-04-2008, 07:38 PM
Oh Canada,
I promised Kev and Aoibhe I would let everyone know how great it is over in the west coast of Canada. I meant to do it at the end of last week but went to the pub instead!
Well I went of to see Kev and Aoibhe over in Canada a few weeks ago; I land on the Friday at lunchtime after a 9.5 hour flight. The guys picked me up from the airport and we headed straight over to the north shore for my first sample of the great trails Kev had promised me. We put my bike together on the side of the road and headed up a gentle logging road to the start for the trails. I as feeling a bit nervous as I was a bit tired from the flight and didn’t want to bin myself the first trail but had no worries the trail was called 7th which led on to a trial called Pipeline both were fecking great really flowy over rocks and roots which were supper dry so you had lots of grip. The trail was really well maintained no horrible ruts, parts were even armoured with cobbles to help keep the trail in-tacked. I finished with a big smile on my face and looking forward to the rest of the trip.
Saturday and Sunday was spent in Squamish, where Kev and Aoibhe live and is surrounded by 166 trails of different levels and all marked on a Map so you can find your way around. Again the trails were super to ride and even drier than on the North Shore as I discovered as I nearly washed out on a dusty corner 5 mins into the spin. The trails were fast and twisty and I was trying my best to keep up with Kev you was flying down the trials. Also the scenery and views at different parts of the spin where just great, surrounded by mountains. There were also reports of a cougar on some of the trails we would be riding which added to the excitement.
Monday saw us head up to Whistler bike park, a different type of trial than before and still very dry and dusty. All suited up with the full face and pads we rode the chairlift up to the middle section and hit the trails. There were lots for different types of trails with berms with braking bumps, wood and jumps. All at different levels so you can build yourself up to try more difficult trails. All were fecking great fun to ride and end up back by the chairlift, with a small queue we were able to get lots of runs in. In the Afternoon and I headed up to the top of the mountain, which had longer and tougher trails. Was beaten by top granite slabs but apart from that rode everything else, which included a trail called ‘in to deep’ that had to be the gnarlist thing I have ridden on a bike. Had a really great days biking, we even got a cheeky last ride by persuading the chairlift guy to let us go up for a final spin down ‘Crank it up’ even though the lift was closed, so Kev and I just tore down the track.
Well it was a great first four days, crammed to the brim with biking. We did lots more later in the week which included shooting and biking, which I’ll report on tomorrow or something.
Jack
I promised Kev and Aoibhe I would let everyone know how great it is over in the west coast of Canada. I meant to do it at the end of last week but went to the pub instead!
Well I went of to see Kev and Aoibhe over in Canada a few weeks ago; I land on the Friday at lunchtime after a 9.5 hour flight. The guys picked me up from the airport and we headed straight over to the north shore for my first sample of the great trails Kev had promised me. We put my bike together on the side of the road and headed up a gentle logging road to the start for the trails. I as feeling a bit nervous as I was a bit tired from the flight and didn’t want to bin myself the first trail but had no worries the trail was called 7th which led on to a trial called Pipeline both were fecking great really flowy over rocks and roots which were supper dry so you had lots of grip. The trail was really well maintained no horrible ruts, parts were even armoured with cobbles to help keep the trail in-tacked. I finished with a big smile on my face and looking forward to the rest of the trip.
Saturday and Sunday was spent in Squamish, where Kev and Aoibhe live and is surrounded by 166 trails of different levels and all marked on a Map so you can find your way around. Again the trails were super to ride and even drier than on the North Shore as I discovered as I nearly washed out on a dusty corner 5 mins into the spin. The trails were fast and twisty and I was trying my best to keep up with Kev you was flying down the trials. Also the scenery and views at different parts of the spin where just great, surrounded by mountains. There were also reports of a cougar on some of the trails we would be riding which added to the excitement.
Monday saw us head up to Whistler bike park, a different type of trial than before and still very dry and dusty. All suited up with the full face and pads we rode the chairlift up to the middle section and hit the trails. There were lots for different types of trails with berms with braking bumps, wood and jumps. All at different levels so you can build yourself up to try more difficult trails. All were fecking great fun to ride and end up back by the chairlift, with a small queue we were able to get lots of runs in. In the Afternoon and I headed up to the top of the mountain, which had longer and tougher trails. Was beaten by top granite slabs but apart from that rode everything else, which included a trail called ‘in to deep’ that had to be the gnarlist thing I have ridden on a bike. Had a really great days biking, we even got a cheeky last ride by persuading the chairlift guy to let us go up for a final spin down ‘Crank it up’ even though the lift was closed, so Kev and I just tore down the track.
Well it was a great first four days, crammed to the brim with biking. We did lots more later in the week which included shooting and biking, which I’ll report on tomorrow or something.
Jack