Steve's Cycling Blog
I've been trying to get to the Wildwood Conservation Area to ride my mountain bike for a few years, but it just never happened. This year, I decided to sign up the week before the race, figuring I'd get a chance to finally ride these trails that I keep hearing so much about. There's … Continue reading Ride 24/50 – The Wild Ride at Wildwood Conservation Area
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to have two memorable rides for my 50-memorable-rides-in-my-50th-year goal. For Ride #21, on Saturday morning, I met up with friends Ana-Maria, Bob A., Ken R., Kevin S., Stephen B. and others at the Hydrocut mountain bike trails. These wonderful trails of about 25 km of flowing singletrack are … Continue reading Rides 21 and 22: The Hydrocut and Ride for Heart plus contest winners!
Sometimes, the ride isn't so much about the ride. Rather, it's about the location. Killbear Provincial Park is one of my favourite camping destinations and for about the last decade, we've been camping here for the May long weekend. In fact, Killbear was a regular destination when I was a kid as well, so I … Continue reading Ride 18/50 Exploring by fatbike
I thought I'd add a short blog on a short portion of the Steaming Nostril race this past weekend. As mentioned in my previous blog post, each previous year of the Steaming Nostril has had an epic component, whether it was the cold -20C temperatures from 2014, or the nearly-unrideable slushy rail trail from 2013. … Continue reading The Longest Kilometre – Steaming Nostril 2016
For my 8th "memorable" ride of my 50th year, I entered the Steaming Nostril event in St. Jacobs, Ontario. The event is run by Cycle Waterloo and 2016 marks the 4th time they've organized this event. The first year was highlighted by slow, slushy rail trail near Elmira, while the second year (which I skipped) … Continue reading Ride 8/50 – 2016 Runny Nose (short version of Steaming Nostril) – Fat Bike Style
Ride #5 in my 50-in-50 rides was down in Port Colborne, Ontario on Sunday February 21, 2016 for the 7th Annual Frostbike mountain bike race. The organizers, Shorthills Cycling Club, have run this event since 2010, but this was my first time entering. They cap the number of riders at 100, and registration sold … Continue reading Ride 5/50 – Frostbike 2016
For my "50 rides in my 50th year" theme, I purposely have not set any guidelines for distance, time, speed or any other metric. Instead, I wanted to have 50 memorable rides that had some kind of significance. Today, for ride #4 of 50, I rode only 6 kilometres, but it was significant for a … Continue reading Ride 4/50 – Winter Fatbiking at -23C
Ride #3 of my 50-in-50 memorable rides is in the books. It was also my first race event of 2016. King Street Cycles 2nd Annual Sugar Shack Hustle, Fat Bike Scramble was held on January 31 at Shady Grove Maple Farm outside of Guelph. I didn't enter this event last year because I didn't get … Continue reading Ride 3/50 – King Street Cycle’s Sugar Shack Fat Bike Hustle
Ride #2 in my "50 memorable rides in my 50th year" was last Sunday January 23, 2016 at the Guelph Lake Conservation Area on the GORBA trails (Guelph Off-Road Bicycling Assocation. http://gorba.ca/). GORBA has done a fantastic job grooming, maintaining and marking a winter trail loop through the snow, and although I've had a fat … Continue reading Ride 2/50 – Fat Biking in the snow at GORBA Trails
As we head into 2016, I thought I'd summarize my year in 2015. I'm not racing nearly as much as I used to. I'm riding more than in the past, but racing less. I enjoy group (and solo) rides on my road bike, the gravel grinders (all year!), mountain biking (particularly at the local trails: … Continue reading 2015 Ride Summary
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