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Riding Out of the Dark
Taking time off the bike is a normal, and healthy thing to do. Your body and your mind both need a break from time to time, to rest, recover and recharge. But, after last year’s cyclocross season, I...
View ArticleOpen Letter to a Motorist
Dear Motorist, On a recent ride, I came closer to getting hit by a vehicle than I’ve ever come in my life… I felt the sideview mirror of your 1990s burgundy Dodge Caravan brush my left elbow as you...
View ArticleDark Knight – CX Nirvana
I’m not joking when I say that the highlight of my entire cycling season, is hands down the Dark Knight Cross Race. This year reassured me of that fact, without question. It wasn’t that many years ago...
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The 5 Stages of a DNF
Did… Not… Finish… There’s nothing more humiliating than seeing a DNF next to your name on a results sheet. There’s no space for excuses there… Just three letters, staring back at you – and everyone...
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Who is Hot Sauce?!
If you’ve been to an Alberta CX race this season, you’ve probably seen the boldly branded Shepard Fairey inspired Hot Sauce t-shirts and cycling caps around. It was the caps that I noticed first,...
View ArticleAlberta Cyclocross Finale
Well, thats a wrap! The 2014 cyclocross season is in the books, and there is nothing left now but the fond memories of the pain, the crashes, the DNFs and the suffering to keep us warm until spring....
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Overseas with Aaron Schooler
While Alberta cyclocross is but a slowly fading memory as winter’s cold embrace envelops us, it is alive and well elsewhere in the world. We were lucky enough to have our ‘foreign corespondent’ Rob...
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Descend – An XC Conversion Story
As a proud and long-time cross-country mountain bike guy, born out of the glory days of the Canadian Adventure Racing scene in the mid 90s, I stood firm to my belief that mountain biking is about...
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The future of commuting
There was a time when the humble bicycle was simply a collection of mechanical parts helping us get from point A to B. And although bikes have certainly been slave to the progressive march of...
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Jasper to Lake Louise Highline Ride
Someone asked me a little while ago, ‘how far could you ride?’ I said, ‘that depends… are we talking mountain or road bike?’. ‘Road bike, in one day’, they replied. I thought about it, and admitted...
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