RodTi Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Have an option to attend a conference in Vancouver mid-July next year... Or rather - I've been invited, so must simply accept... I'm thinking it should be a no-brainer? Finish up with work, mosey on down, rent a bike and die happy? Figure I will start something here, planning the trip etc. I remember an extensive thread a few years back of a lucky Hubber/bugger that hit the trails on his XC Santa Cruz(?) - details are fuzzy, will do the search etc. in due course - but any other Hubbers who have been recently?
bontie Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 A colleague of mine recently did bcbikerace - google it. Awesome trails. He mentioned one section of singletrack was 38km long!
RodTi Posted October 25, 2011 Author Posted October 25, 2011 A colleague of mine recently did bcbikerace - google it. Awesome trails. He mentioned one section of singletrack was 38km long!
RodTi Posted October 25, 2011 Author Posted October 25, 2011 hang on, wasnt Mr Google going to do it ? Qe? Anyhoos - the lucky bugger/Hubber was Mintsauce - here be his awhsum freads: My link and here: My link
Slowbee Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 hang on, wasnt Mr Google going to do it ? Roons, I think he was planing on riding the transrocky ....
LOUDMAC Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 I was lucky enough to do some snowboarding there before I got into mtb......'96. But a buddy has emigrated to Vancouver and rides Whistler every couple weeks, says it blew his mind. I'll ask if I can post his details for you to contact him.
RodTi Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 I was lucky enough to do some snowboarding there before I got into mtb......'96. But a buddy has emigrated to Vancouver and rides Whistler every couple weeks, says it blew his mind. I'll ask if I can post his details for you to contact him. That would be useful - could I ask you to push that button for me? Looks like I will be taking the train up to Whislter on the Saturday - plan on getting some riding in on Sunday & Monday, before heading back to Vancouver on the Tuesday for my flight back...
Caerus Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 My sister & family are emigrating to Vancouver this year, that will be my next trip overseas. I can't wait
RodTi Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 20 mins away from a half-day lesson in the Bike Park. To say I'm a tad nervous/excited would be an understatement.It be raining. They looked at me like I was daft when I asked the flats to be swopped out for SPDs... They had to go and look in the back to find a pair. I wish I had the option to run the flats, but rocket-scientist over here left his skate-shoes in the other suitcase, in Vancouver... Will pop something up here when I'm back.
RodTi Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 Wow. That was amazing. I am still buzzing. Hands have the claw. 2012 Giant Glory 8" - what a beast.
RodTi Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 Where's tha pikshas?!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dude. I'm kicking myself... Left the iPhone in the bag locker down at the rentals place... Lady from Sydney took a few of us, and offered to email them to us - assuming she remembers my email addy, I'lll at least have those. I cannot begin to describe how amazingly beautiful those lift rides are up to the top... My only consolation is that after a week of good weather, I presumably brought the bad stuff to Whistler... It was raining periodically throughout the day, misty and overcast - so at least the I wasn't faced with stunning vistas and no camera! As for the trails - time is so limited, you try and get up and down as quickly as possible, to get maximum rides in (takes about 30 minutes to go down, get back up, and hit it again) - so figured I wasn't going to be stopping to be taking pics - but really wish I had it on the lifts up...
RodTi Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 Will pop up some pics from yesterday in a bit!
RodTi Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 Took a video of these nutters coming down - but fear it's way too big to pop up here...
DJR Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 This is NOT the kind of thing I like to read first thing on a bloody Monday morning before I've had coffee! Disgusting of you to force it on the poor working people!
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