Get Your MTB Movie Stoke On Because The Sooke Bike Club Presents...The Vancouver Island Premiere of
A film by the Collective
Host: Sooke Bike Club
Date: May 9th, 2008, 7:30pm
Location: Sooke, BC
Venue: Edward Milne Community School, 6218 Sooke Rd.
Contact: Lorien, 642-3123 lorien@sookebikes.com
Tickets: $7 ($2 of which goes into trail building fund) $5 for students
Straitline Components Exposed for supplying illegal performance enhancing "products"....
Shocking developments in the professional Cycling World exposed! Click here for all the details.
Women's Only Bike Camp!
>Sharpen your riding skills with the one and only Darcey Turenne, Norco Pro Factory rider and host of the TV show Ride Guide!
Click on the poster for the FULL sized details...
Press Release: Island Cup 2008 Information and Rockin New Website!
This just in....
2008 Island Cup Race Series - New and Improved!
While snow may cover the Vancouver Island trails, and many a bike hangs quietly in a garage, our local race organizers have been busy preparing for the 2008 race season.
At over 10 years old, the Island Cup Mountain Bike Race Series extends a tradition of mountain bike racing that began 20 years ago with classic races such as Malahat Mudfest, Burnt Bridge, Hornby Island Bike Fest and many more.
Race organizers have chosen the Grass Roots Mountain Bike Association for their insurance provider which means racers will buy their license for Island Cup Races from GRMBA affiliated clubs, which can be done on race day. As GRMBA is also organizer of such classic races as the "Test of Metal", and insurer for the "SORCA Toonie races", we hope to see riders make the trip over to the island to partake in the Island Cup Series.
The 2008 schedule sits at almost 20 races, which includes 5 downhill’s, 5 cross countries, 5 marathon cross countries and 3 super d’s. Classic race courses such as "Hammerfest" and Cumberland’s "Dodge City Downhill" return, while new courses such as "Sproat Lake trails" and the 3rd year for the "50km Campbell River race" which promotes over 50km of epic singletrack.
The first race will be a Super D in Nanaimo on March 8th, and concludes in late September with the “Ramble” in Parksville.
A new website www.islandcupseries.com has been created to keep everyone informed and in contact during the race season. Forums, Photo Galleries, Maps, Race Results and more can be found on the site.
This Year's Island Cup is brought to you by:
Arrowsmith Bikes Nanaimo & Parksville
Arrowsmith Mountain Bike Club
Dodge City Cycles
Experience Cycling Duncan
Riders Cycles
Riding Fool Hostel
Rumblefest
Ozzie's Cycles
United Riders of Cumberland
Comox Valley Mountain Biking.com
Grass Roots Mountain Bike Association
Island Cup Sponsors, Promoters and Supporters
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Props...
Thanks to Colin of cvmtb.com for the e-mail, and everyone else too for the information on the 2008 season. Also thanks for putting together the new site... this is a great resource for the Island Cup Series. Now if only I can drag my phat arse off the couch and hit a couple DH races this year ...lol.
Greg
New stuff for the new year: Peeps, Schwag, News!
So ok, it is February the 4th, and I am a bit behind on my "new stuff" post... sigh, what can you do? I am (like most everybody I know) swamped at work, busy at home and ready for bed by 9. Oh, so you are not like that? Crap, then it is only me after all....
Nevertheless, here are some new items for the new year!
1. SIMBS News:
SIMBS had their 2008 AGM, and from all accounts it was, well an AGM. There were some old board members saying goodbye, some new board members stepping up and one of their own stepping up in a BIG way to fill the Presidents Shoes for the next 2 years. Scott Mitchell who has worked diligently as the SIMBS Advocacy Director last year (who also works full time for Riders Cycles) is now the "Big Cheese" at SIMBS. Way to go Scott, we are all stoked for you and think you will do a great job!!!
2. Parts News:
A good friend of mine who also rolls with he name Greg has sent me some sweet shots of some bits that the good folks at the company he reps (Straitline Components) are turning out this year. Some new, some old favs. There is also a slightly grainy "shot of some sweet custom (for now?) pedals belonging to Jeff Lenosky (a Straitline sponsored rider) on the blackbox Labs and the NICE shot on the Straitline Blog sites. Shots the aforementioned stuff can be found here and here.
3. VIMB/Sooke MTB Club/MTB=No Crime/Lighthouse News:
Rumors abound that for the 2008 Island Cup Race Season, Sooke Bike Club, VIMB and Lighthouse Brewing Company may (may) be putting together a sweet ass Racing Jersey! Anyone interested, please post in the forum that you are stoked on this and are interested in "bucking up". These will be similar to the 2007 Sooke Bikes/Lighthouse ones, only newer and more betterer!?
More to come....more SIMBS news, more Harbourview News and more TRAIL news!! Happy 2008, now if I could only drag my fat ass out on a bike once in a while it will really be a happy 2008!!
Greg
Don't Forget!! SIMBS 2008 AGM
Come to the SIMBS Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Victoria Event Center - 1415 Broad St.
The meeting will not only include your chance to volunteer for the SIMBS Board of Directors, but also to win some sweet draw prizes! This year you could win a new bike. As always there will be munchies and Lighthouse Beer (bring cash) and volunteer awards etc ... Bicycle lockup service generously provided by ChainChainChain.
See the SIMBS website for more details...
Are you ready to fight for what you want?
I for one sure am ready to rock it if needed! From all the super positive e-mails and posts showing support for this cause, it sounds like most of you are ready too. I have been in contact with a few people, who themselves have been in contact with a few people, and before you know it, there are industry people, staff from major MTB publications, MYB and Trail Access Advocate from other regions, Pro Riders and even a TV show host all asking what they can do to help to support us in our position with the CRD.
After this weeks meeting with the CRD, there have been a few things that have come to light. See this link for more...
Sign the SIMBS Petition online or in a bike shop near you...
Don't forget to sign the SIMBS online Petition, and add your name to the growing list of people who openly and actively support access to the Sooke Hills and for Mountain bikers. The Petition can be found here, and if you are really old skool, paper copies can be found at many local bike shops. Riders, Sooke Cycle and others.... GET YOUR NAME ON THERE!
Harbourview Road/Sooke Hills Park: The good news, and the bad...
This has been in the works for literally years now, and most of you on the lower half of Vancouver Island already know, or have at least heard about it. Having said that, many of you probably don't know what is going on in the Sooke Hills, so here are some of the details.
A few years ago, the Capital Regional District (CDR) in conjunction with The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) worked out a deal with TimberWest to purchase 9,700 hectares of land in the Leech River watershed area of the Sooke Hills (CRD Map). This deal is a huge step for the CRD, for all of us really. According to the CRD website...
"This is one of the largest, most important land acquisitions in recent BC history. The addition of the Leech River watershed, which can be connected to the CRD’s water supply reservoirs, is a prudent strategic acquisition that secures and protects our future water source,” said Nils Jensen, Chair of the CRD Regional Water Supply Commission. “While the Sooke Reservoir is expected to meet regional water needs for at least the next 15 years, we have taken action that provides a legacy for the future."
From the CRD website, see here for their full story...
In addition to this deal securing our access to clean fresh water for the future, it will also allow for the creation of a Multi-Use park, a park that is supposed to allow legal access to Mountain Bikers. As mentioned above, there is good news and bad news.
More...
