Roots, Rocky, Reggae is your ticket to good times at Mount Washington and it’s brought to you courtesy of Rocky Mountain Bikes.

Bring your Rocky Bike and get a free ticket to ride on Saturday, July 24th mon, then bring a buddy for a 2fer1 on Sunday….yeah mon big up!

The Rocky Mountain team brings pro riders including Wade Simmons, Brett Tippie, Darren Butler & the latest bikes to demo. Get free shwag and high fives from the best riders on the planet, after you ride with them all!!

There will be demos, mountain loads of prizing and giveaways, BBQ, and of course, Reggae, dance hall, and dub brought to you by DJ Rudebwoy!

Selassie is the Chapel. Stir it up Mon, see you there!

I recently had a chance to go out and test a Go Pro camera on the North Shore.  I took the crew to some easily accessible trails that are quire popular here in North Vancouver to test the gear out.

We will be following up this chapter with some more advanced trails but we were very impressed with the footage we’ve captured.  Here is a web-ready sample of some of the goods.  Special thanks go out to the NSMBA and the many volunteers for their hard work on the trails, which we used for this short vid.

I hope you enjoy!  Come and ride with us!

Darren Butler Go Pro North Shore

Shimano has released it’s latest group, the release of the XTR Dyna-Sys group.  This group has been spotted winning cross country races and adventure races all over the world in 2010 but very few have had the chance to view it or know much about it.  Know this, this group has been in the works for over a decade.

This is one of the most well thought out groups you will ever see, complete with brake pad cooling systems… for real!  Check out these links to see the new goods that blur the boundaries between XC, All Mountain and even Freeride.  You will see XTR on trail bikes of all sorts in the future.  Have a look for yourself and you’ll see why!

XTR Trail group

Do you know the story of Shimano?  You should!  This is one fo the most influential and environmentally sustainable cycling companies in the world, with one fo the longest historys too.  It is a family run business that knows how to make some of the most advanced products in the world.

Shimano story

Yes, we are human and we make mistakes.  For some strange reason, we did not have our very popular All-Mountain Progression Sessions on the website for August.

Rest assured, this program is being offered for August and it is open for signup.  This is one of the most popular sessions we have and it offers the greatest opportunity for rider improvement over 4 weeks.   Learn more about the program here.

We apologize for any inconvenience and we hope to see you in August.  Sign up here!

Note: These are the last weekday sessions of the year, before the program switches to weekends due to daylight an earlier sunsets.

We’ve opened up a special 4-day camp for riders looking to join in on our very popular Youth Summer Camps for the dates of Tuesday August 3rd – Friday August 6th.

These award-winning camps have been selling out each week, so be sure to sign up while you still can.  The camps are vehicle-assisted, meaning maximum riding time for the kids but they do include some All-Mountain riding to build their fitness. Riders can ride as many as 6 different trails a day!

There are 4 levels for the camp, with small ratios of 6 students to 1 Instructor (max), all led by mature industry professionals who are trained and qualified for entry level riders and advanced riders alike.  We’ve got a level for you at EB!

These are Vancouver’s only Youth camp to include a day trip to the Whistler Bike Park, a real highlight of the week.  Find out why these camps are getting more and more popular and winning awards each year!

Sign up now!

We just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the participants of EB’s Enduro program for this year.  Congratulations to you all for seeing the program through to the end and completing the Test of Metal bike race.

We had a great time riding with you all over the 3 months that we ran the program.  It was very rewarding to see each rider improve their fitness, accomplish so many of their goals and to see the rewarding results that each of the riders yield.  All of the riders in the program improved their level of fitness, got faster on their bike, learned more about racing tactics and developed great relationships with other members in the program, as well as the coaches.

We actually miss seeing the same riders twice a week (believe it or not!) as they would improve little by little, week by week.  We are planning on running the program again next year, with some improvements so riders can plan to have an even better format to get set for Test of Metal or the BC Bike Race next year (or both!), or even just building a good fitness base for summer.  We’ve already been back to the drawing board a few times to debrief and plan an even better program to build off of the success we had this year.

Congratulations and thank you to you all!  We hope to see you all again next year!

We just wanted to take a moment to congratulate Kelli Sherbinin of Endless Biking for winning the overall classification in the Challenge division in the BC Bike Race last week.

Kelli had a very strong week of riding and won 6 of the 7 stages to claim the Yellow Jersey for 2010.  Kelli had some good competition, as Heather King, of North Vancouver was really pushing Kelli each day and they had some good friendly attacks going on during each stage.

Congratulations Kelli!  You look great in yellow!

Endless Biking team rider, Darren Butler, also had a strong showing, winning 4 straight stages in the Challenge division before moving up to the Epic division.  Darren got stronger as the week went on, finishing 20th overall on Day 5, 16th overall on Day 6 and 11the overall on Day 7, right on the tire of World Cup professionals Geoff Kabush and Catherine Pendrel.

Well, another BC Bike Race is in the books and we’re already planning for next year!  We had an absolute blast as we teamed up with a great crew of people for the week, which became known as the ‘Gypsy Caravan’ crew.

Each day we set up a great camp in a new location and we all worked toghether to help each other out.  It really was a great week of comaraderie, friendships that will last a lifetime and an unbelievable singletrack experience.

We had the opportunity to ride in North Vancouver, Nanaimo, Cumberland, Powell River, Earl’s Cove, Sechelt, Robert’s Creek, Squamish and Whistler.  Each day was the ‘best day yet’, by the end of the week, each rider had a different favorite day.  This is a real testament to the quality of the course for BCBR this year, it really was top-notch.

I highly recommend signing up for the BC Bike Race next year, they have early bird signup open until July 15.  The race will sell out again next year, even quicker as the word is getting out.

To all the members of the ‘Gypsy Caravan’ crew, thanks for an amazing week that we’ll remember forever!

Are you on your way to Whistler? From the time that you land at YVR in Vancouver, in 1-hour we can have you riding some of the best trails n the world. Why drive for hours when you can get to some of the goods right away?

Hire some of the top Guides in the area who know that mountains intimately, transportation services and even some pro-level mountain bikes courtesy of Rocky Mountain, Shimano and Fox Racing Shox are all available and easily accessible.

Check it out!  Josh did!

We’d like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who came out to participate in the Guided Rides during the North Shore Bike Fest. We would also like to take the opportunity to congratulate a winner!

Endless Biking and NS Ride teamed up to offer complimentary Guided Rides to add some flavour to the festival and engage riders who were not into racing.  The rides were a great opportunity for new riders to meet other riders in the community, riders from out of town to learn new trails and a way for EB and NS Ride to work together, with a portion of the proceeds going to the NSMBA for trail maintenance.  A VERY special thanks go to Shimano for kicking in an XT Wheelset for the participants of the ride.

So, without further adieu, we’d like to congratulate Leonie Knaus on the big win!  Congratulations, Leonie has just won an Shimano XT wheelset!  Leonie, you can pick up your wheel-set at Obsession: Bikes in North Vancouver!