Friday, July 8, 2011
MIKE HOPKINS: RIDING IN BOLIVIA
Just finished looking and reading this web journal about Mike Hopkin's trip to Bolivia. Man that kid gets to see the world. Check out this site http://www.adventure-journal.com/features/view/23991.
TRAIL RIDE: GO PRO ON THE DEWDNEY
Fourteen riders turned out for the Dewdney ride. The Dewdney Trail is a historic trail that made it's way across BC and is a part of the Trans Canada Trail. The ride involves some climbing, 12 kilometers to be exact, but that did not stop the Holy Wow Gang. The promise of buffed single track motivated a large number of riders. Maybe the shuttle ride up had something to do with it, because I did not tell them I had cold refreshments on ice in the back of the truck. The slog up the Cascade Highway took about 50 to 60 minutes, and the gravity gods were well satiated, so all was good and ready for the descent.
The Dewdney can be rough, but because it is early in the season for this ride, expectations of a smoother ride were high. Well the good old Dewdney did not disappoint, it was the same as it usually is, ROUGH but FUN. This is why they invented suspension. Great ride to test your new setup.
Needed a volunteer to wear the Go Pro, but no one was stepping up, so Antonio(as Murray calls him) reluctantly let his name stand. I knew it was going to be good. We had a few technical difficulties that led to Antonio's first part of the ride not being recorded, but the clip we did get is awesome. Enjoy!!!!
See what I mean, and the refreshments were on ice at the end of the trail to cap off a perfect Dewdney experience.
The Dewdney can be rough, but because it is early in the season for this ride, expectations of a smoother ride were high. Well the good old Dewdney did not disappoint, it was the same as it usually is, ROUGH but FUN. This is why they invented suspension. Great ride to test your new setup.
Needed a volunteer to wear the Go Pro, but no one was stepping up, so Antonio(as Murray calls him) reluctantly let his name stand. I knew it was going to be good. We had a few technical difficulties that led to Antonio's first part of the ride not being recorded, but the clip we did get is awesome. Enjoy!!!!
See what I mean, and the refreshments were on ice at the end of the trail to cap off a perfect Dewdney experience.
Friday, July 1, 2011
TRAIL RIDE: MONTE COLA WITHOUT ICE.
Couple weeks ago the Holy Wow Gang did a little snow trekking in order to get first tracks (bike tracks that is) on the Larch Trail and Monte Cola Trail. The turns were great back then but there was snow and some debris in the trail. We figured that the KCTS(trail crew) would have probably done their usual perfect buff job, so we decided to ride it again. The groomed version.
The Larch and Monte Cola trail system is a beautiful single track that doesn't get abused by the DH car droppers because you can't drive to the top of Monte Cola, you must ride up the Larch Trail. Ah yes, a little up hill exercise followed by a downhill work out.
No pictures on this post because I wanted to ride this trail without the thought of stopping to shoot. We do have a Go Pro but for some reason it hasn't made it out yet this year. Have to get on that.
Monte Cola was it's usual tasty self, smooth crisp taste with plenty of flow and go, what a blast. Made you want to say HOLY WOW!!!! So good, that we rode up the road a klick and did the bottom part again just for the after taste.
Refreshments around the fire with funny stories all around capped off a perfect evening.
The Larch and Monte Cola trail system is a beautiful single track that doesn't get abused by the DH car droppers because you can't drive to the top of Monte Cola, you must ride up the Larch Trail. Ah yes, a little up hill exercise followed by a downhill work out.
No pictures on this post because I wanted to ride this trail without the thought of stopping to shoot. We do have a Go Pro but for some reason it hasn't made it out yet this year. Have to get on that.
Monte Cola was it's usual tasty self, smooth crisp taste with plenty of flow and go, what a blast. Made you want to say HOLY WOW!!!! So good, that we rode up the road a klick and did the bottom part again just for the after taste.
Refreshments around the fire with funny stories all around capped off a perfect evening.
MTB REVIEW: LEZYNE MINI PUMP
This Lezyne Mini Pump has been showing up in Holy Wow Gang members packs on an ever increasing basis. Every time we ride another member pulls one of these little beauties out of their pack and handles the job of tire inflation with ease.The Mini Floor Pump HV(high volume) is extremely light weight and shaped just like a floor pump. It even has a fold out foot support to stand on in order to stabilize the pump during the quick job of tire inflation.
Size and weight do matter and Lezyne seems to have nailed it on both accounts. It looks big in the picture but it is only 12 inches long and fits into the average cycle pack with ease. At 300 grams you hardly know it is there until you need it.
One of the nicest features of this little marvel is the valve attachment. You know, the beast that slips off on all your other pumps , just when you are putting the most effort into getting that tire up to riding pressure. Lezyne made theirs a thread on affair and also made it easily adaptable to both presta and shraeder valves. No more sliding off, no more losing all that hard earned air pressure.
All of this for around $40, you gotta have it, almost makes getting a flat enjoyable, NOT. Tyler at Revolution Cycles in Rossland can set you up with one of these. Drop in to the store and check out the trail conditions board while your at it.
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