BC Bike Race starts on Sunday!

Jun 27, 2009 at 12:00
Jun 27, 2009
by Tyler Maine
 
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BC Bike Race - The “Ultimate Singletrack Experience” Ready for Year Three

“The Ultimate Singletrack Experience”, is set to launch its third year this Sunday June 28 to July 4, 2009 and will host over 400 riders from around the world. This year’s edition of the 7-day mountain bike adventure offers a revised course featuring a North Vancouver start–taking in the legendary North Shore trails–and two new stages to cement the BC Bike Race as the greatest singletrack adventure on the planet.

BC Bike Race has always aimed to exceed expectations and to be 'the best mountain bike race in the world'. Race organizers believe that their ongoing commitment to the best course possible will create the best experience possible. The BC Bike Race team shares the same values and the same goal: to provide an awesome mountain bike experience like no other. Only at the BC Bike Race are participants set up day-after-day to ride world-famous singletrack featured in countless mountain bike media sources.


The lure of riding the best of BC's world-class mountain bike trails has already attracted a broad range of competitors, from weekend warriors to some of the world's finest mountain bike racers, World Champions and Olympians. This year’s competitor list is a who’s who of mountain bike talent:

Womens Category:
Alison Sydor and Lea Davison -Team Rocky Mountain Bicycles
Cathrine Pendrel and Katarina Nash – Team Luna

Mixed Category:
Sue Butler and Bryan Alders – Monavie-Cannondale
Georgia Gould and Ryan Trebon –Team Luna and Team Kona

Mens Category:
Kris Sneddon and Barry Wicks – Team KONA (2008 Winners)
Chris Eatough and Jeff Schalk – Team TREK (2007 Winners)
Seamus McGrath and Chris Sheppard – Team Jamis and Team Santa Cruz

This Sunday a seven-day odyssey will begin for the 400 intrepid adventurers. Stay tuned for all the action and watch some of the notables stretch their legs and their mountain bike skills as they undertake the BC Bike Race.

For daily race week updates and more information please visit: www.bcbikerace.com

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16 Comments

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flag knightridersix04 (Jun 27, 2009 at 12:42)
 I wanna guide it next year on my trials bike
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flag purpleboi (Jun 28, 2009 at 2:28)
 why
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flag knightridersix04 (Jun 28, 2009 at 19:50)
 cut it'd be fun and there's be no need to pedal for so far but I'd still get to ride the trails and my trials bike won't wreck the trails at all
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flag purpleboi (Jun 29, 2009 at 0:40)
 lol sweet, you must be using proper breathing technique if you ride trials eh
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flag knightridersix04 (Jun 29, 2009 at 10:55)
 only when I'm doing big stuff
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flag nsfreeride (Jun 28, 2009 at 17:00)
 I was a race marshal for the section on severed dick, i have never seen so many grown men in lykra walking down 3 foot rock rollers. good luck to all the riders!
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flag flymore (Jun 27, 2009 at 15:29)
 wats tht bike nxt to the mx one? with zocchis on the frnt? lks like a moto with dh forks on ?!
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flag riggadon (Jun 27, 2009 at 18:15)
 yea looks like a 888. maybe he just put a motor on a DH bike or something?
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flag nato (Jun 27, 2009 at 18:53)
 I believe that is a gas-gas trials bike
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flag riggadon (Jun 28, 2009 at 13:07)
 oic
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flag natewynanscreations (Jun 27, 2009 at 17:00)
 a guy from my local bikeshop is in that. Good luck Lee!
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  • + 1
flag morpheous (Jun 28, 2009 at 4:15)
 Its an electric Moto bike...
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flag vertex112 (Jun 27, 2009 at 15:47)
 That's truly amazing. Wish I could be there with them!
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flag purpleboi (Jun 27, 2009 at 12:21)
 if ya wanna volunteer be at endless biking tommorow at 8
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  • + 1
flag walker14 (Jun 28, 2009 at 10:37)
 thats alot of spandex..
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  • + 1
flag lemonade (Jun 27, 2009 at 12:05)
 Sounds sweet!
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