Today is day one of the 2010 BC Ride to Conquer Cancer. Starting in Surrey BC and venturing down to Seattle WA over the span of two days 2400 riders look to top last years incredible $6.4 Million Dollars raised. Norco has joined up for the 2nd year in a row to offer tech support to any and all riders along the journey. With 12 Key checkpoints over the two days Norco, along with La Bicycletta and Obsession Bikes has seen everything from derailleur adjustments to seized hubs, broken spokes to flat tires. With is many people riding bikes the worst is bound to happen. Our goal is to get each and every bike back on the road to finish the 300km trip south.
Here are a few photos from an awesome day of conquering cancer… litterally! While writing this post I have learned that the mid-event total is a whopping 9.3 Million Dollars!!!!! Even Doctor Evil would be impressed with that number. (with the pinky of course)
The Capilano University, Mountain Bike Operations course has gone through some changes and now Jay Hoots is the lead instructor! What!!!!!
True story, this last semester saw yours truly set down the assistant instructor role and step up into a position of responsibility!
Dan Scott from IMBA Canada and past student in the MBO program is my assistant instructor and with his help we have transformed the traditional course into a Dreaded jam packed Giv’R sorta gig that serves to give real experience and provide a huge range of skills…
The program now going into its 5th year continues to grow in so many cool ways. Great feedback from students and the open minded attitude of the school means that the program is getting better…
2010 is the first year a municipal partner has come on board to offer a large land area to be developed for future school trail building projects, Sechelt rocks!
The advanced trail building course runs for the month of April and it is ‘full on’ with multiple projects, massive amounts of information and of course project design and construction in the field. The students all rose to the occasion and designed and built “Brown Sugar” a multi level bike trail that is soo much fun. It was great to work with all the students and I appreciate the time spent in and out of class with such a wide variety of characters.
During the month I lived on the coast and in between marking exams and assignments I did manage to get some solid riding in both on moto and mountain bike.
That’s it for now huge stuff for May!!! Hope the weather continues to hold…
Now is your chance to submit your photos and stories to the ilovemybike section of norco.com. If you do, your submission could be published in the 2011 Norco Brochure. So submit your best shot or send us a great story about you and your bike and it could show up in the new Norco Brochure.
Please only submit photos that YOU have taken and stories that YOU have written.
The Road Season is well underway and Team H&R Block Race Team is making a name for itself on the circuit. Check out these updates on where/when the team is doing what they do best!
Team H&R Block Riders Abroad:
Mark MacDonald – in Mexico with the National Team for Pam Am Track Championships, results to follow as his first race is in 2 days.
Mike Sidic– Had a tough start in Europe as he went down hard and has fractured one of his collarbones. Mike – from everyone on the Team we wish you a good recovery and a safe trip home.
Justin Kerr – Competing at the New Zealand Para- Cycling National Championships. We are looking forward to hearing about how he has been doing.
Ian Filinger – Some interesting facts about his upcoming Race Across America that I thought you would all enjoy.
June 9th 12 noon is the start of the Solo Race Across America!
Stats for the last 30 days of training: 22 activities, 1,307 miles (2,091kms), 75 hrs 32min, 71,981 vertical ft, 17.3 mph average speed, 135 avg bpm heart rate and 83,004 calories.
Team H&R Block Race Results:
The Alberta team road a great stage race with their killer results at Velocity, Edmonton, Alberta with several stage wins and the overall GC Championship – well done boys!
Upcoming Races:
Enumclaw, Washington – May 22nd-23rd
Bikes on Broadway, Saskatchewan – May 29th-30th
BC Championships, British Columbia – May 28th-30th
The Dirt Norco Team is getting getting ready for the 2010 Sea Otter Classic in Monterey California. In the mean time though they have been busy working on their second shorty video. Have a look at this video, it rocks!
“if you had a dog and wanted to dig a hole, what would you say to it”
