How to Crush Your First Winter Fat Bike Race!
It’s cold, it’s icy, there’s snow on the ground, and everyone is dressed in winter clothing. Not exactly what most of us think when it comes to bike racing, but this may be starting to change. As the popularity of fat biking has grown, so has the lure of fat bike racing. And it’s likely to grow even further as riders are always looking for ways to push their limits and test themselves. In many ways, fat bike racing is similar to mountain bike racing, but there are some important differences that set a winter fat bike race apart from its summer equivalent. Winter conditions mean changing how I deal…
From Transrockies to Singletrack 6: A Tale of Two Mountain Bike Races
The Transrockies Challenge. If you’ve been mountain biking for any length of time, there’s a good chance you’ve heard that name before. The name is synonymous with stage racing in North America, and for good reason. It was one of the first, and most iconic, mountain bike races on the continent. It blazed a trail for other stage races that would come along as the sport grew in popularity. Today, the Transrockies Challenge, created by Transrockies Inc., is no more. It has been replaced by another stage race — Singletrack 6. Singletrack 6 keeps the multi-day mountain bike stage race format of the original Transrockies Challenge, but many other aspects…
Climbduro: Bringing Cyclists of All Disciplines Together
Climbduro creator hopes to expand its offerings to riding hubs across North America and beyond They’re popping up on trees, at the beginning of climbs, along mountain bike trails around southern Alberta—small orange signs that say START. Do they indicate the start of your suffering? The start of a challenge? The start of something special? In a way, they’re an indication of all three. These signs mark the beginning of a Climbduro segment—a stretch of trail, asphalt, or gravel that tilts upward and where, depending on your climbing prowess, you may find suffering. You will definitely find a challenge, whether you are challenging yourself or someone else. And best of all,…
Want to Support Local Mountain Biking and Have Fun? Watch some races!
Support the next generation of local mountain bikers! By watching local races we support local mountain biking and racers early in their careers, and that support can go a long way. That day at SilverStar a friend and I began watching the race as many others did, by riding the gondola to the top of the course and hiking down. As we made our way down the hill, we stopped at exciting viewing areas along the way and over the course of the day we were able to watch riders of all ages and skill levels descend. I hadn’t watched a local mountain bike race in a while, and I…
3 Crucial Decisions I Made During BC Bike Race
In 2018 I rode in the BC Bike Race. The race’s tagline reads ‘The Ultimate Singletrack Experience’ and I have to agree. The riding is out of this world, and the atmosphere around the race is amazing. Now that it’s all over I can look back on a great week of riding and be proud just for having finished the race. There were 3 decisions I made during this edition of BC Bike Race that proved to be crucial to me finishing. My race wasn’t all fun and games though. BC Bike Race 2018 was one full of problems for me. It wasn’t my first stage race, but it was…
