Apparently, a new planning consultant has been selected to take up design duties for the proposed free ride park in Kitchener.
According to a news post on the Waterloo Cycling Club website, there...
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As reported by Pedal Magazine and the local media, Hardwood Hills has been sold to the County of Simcoe for 2 million dollars.
The County owns a landfill next door and the owners of Hardwood filed...
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I came across this YouTube video that shows some bike messengers racing through the traffic filled streets of New York City. The camera is located on one of the rider's helmets and gives a great...
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Orillia City Council has voted against running a sewer line through Scout Valley, according to the Packet & Times.
This is a big win for Bob Bowles and the Friends of Scout Valley, who...
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It looks like the expert trail at the WCC Freeride Park will be pretty dang advanced, with 10 foot drops and 25 foot jumps.
There are some new elevation designs up on WCCFreeride.ca. It actually...
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The Waterloo Cycling Club is developing a new freeride park in Kitchener! The proposed site is MacLennan Park, which is off Ottawa between Westmount and Homer Watson. The preliminary plans [pdf] are...
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Some GM SUV models in Europe now come with a cool, integrated bike rack which retracts into the back bumper when not in use. It is hard to tell how the bike actually attaches to the rack, but it is a...
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Get your resume ready; IMBA is looking for a couple dedicated riders to join their Trail Care Crew.
From the job posting:
For the last 10 years, the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews have traveled...
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A biker got injured at Scout Valley yesterday and had to be air lifted to a Toronto hospital. [Full story at the Packet & Times]
Hopefully he recovers quickly and is back on the bike soon...
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Sticking with the bike thievery theme started with our previous post, I found this video on YouTube. A cyclist in New York City was filmed trying to steal his own bike to see if anyone would stop...
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Some punk kid tried to steal a Torontonian's bike on the weekend, so he did what any bike-loving cyclist would do and punched the thief in the throat!
Cheers to our justice system: the puncher...
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To his family and co-workers, he is known as Rob but to us he's Rapper MTB; saving the world from insanity. While riding the trails he lays down a beat and reminds us all: Don't ride hung over in...
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Buckwallow is hosting an Ontario Cup race on July 8 and 9. It looks like the course includes Moose Mayhem, Showtime, Missing Link, I'll be Buck, Pine Pitch, Eager Beaver, and Loam Rider. There's a...
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I found an interesting blog about mountain biking and photography from some fine bloke (if I may use some stereotype slang) in the UK called publicenergy.
Some of the photography is flat out...
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I went for a ride at Scout Valley after work the other day. When I returned to the parking lot, there was a number of people wearing rubber gloves and holding large plastic bags cleaning up the area...
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This doesn't have anything to do with mountain biking, but I think it is important to get the word out.
A group of Canadian musicians including the Barenaked Ladies, Sum 41, Raine Maida from Our...
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The Iditarod is an endurance race held in Alaska each year - in winter. It was traditionally a sled dog race, but you can also race by bicycle or on foot. The harsh weather and extreme distance push...
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According to a notice on their website the Mansfield mountain bike centre is now closed. They are still hosting races, and will open for groups of 20 or more at $8 per person.
Too bad; it was on...
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Here are instructions on how to build a 500 lumen bike lamp very reasonably with parts from a hardware store. It cost 10 bucks and doesn't look half bad. Thanks to Rob who sent me the link.
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As an engineer I couldn't resist sharing this: a guy made a device that charges his iPod while cycling. Sure it isn't practical, but it is definitely ingenious. [via digg]
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Hopefully you'll forgive the lack of ride journal posts: Ontario is sort of buried in snow right now. To be honest I've been looking forward to the snowboarding season. But since Crankarm is...
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Hard-working volunteers have rebuilt one of the hydrocut bridges due to safety concerns (as we discussed previously). The bridge in question is on "Rocky Mountain". It was probably the highest...
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While fusting around on the web I came across a professional mountain biking photographer's site with sweet photos of some crazy north shore trails.
It's a flash site so I can't give you a direct...
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There has been a number of car break-ins at the Hydrocut parking lot recently. It would be best to ride to the trails or park somewhere else.
Some discussion and a few details can be found at...
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It sounds like someone got hurt on one of the bridges at the Hydrocut, and now they are going to make some changes.
The recent mishap on the bridge over the canal in the Hydrocut pointed out that...
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No warning before grizzly struck (via The Globe and Mail)
Minutes later, Ms. Dubé, 36, was scrambling up a tree to escape the grizzly. And moments after that, the 90-kilogram animal pulled her down...
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The following is an email I received from Rob after he read Racing at Hardwood. (Evil Mountain Biking Guy is our nickname for Mike, the owner of Buckwallow Cycling Centre, who is really super nice...
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On this day, sixty years ago, victory in Europe was declared with the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied nations. The bitter struggle against tyranny which had lasted for almost six years was...
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