Video: BC Enduro Round 1 - Penticton

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andrewdrouin (May 22, 2014 at 21:55)

And The Mice is just the tip of the rock, we've three climatic zones, thousands of feet of vert' and a wild variety of terrain. Riding Nirvana!

One thing that struck me over the weekend - that I'd forgotten about since spectating in the Whistler Cup era and seeing "our trails" post race - was that of potential for group-ride (racer) trail-erosion. Not to harsh anyone's proverbial buzz - as this event was definitely fun to be part of - but perhaps the West Coast needs to come up with a tradition of post-race trail-days, and by that, I mean race promoters also promoting post-race trail-maintenance touch-up trail-days. Is this something that happens at a 'BC Bike Race' level?

The Mice held up pretty well, but that's only because its quite rocky. I'm guessing that with a pack of 200+ riders on the (wet) coast or even Kamloops, with it's abundance of clay, the story is likely different. Food for thought (wash it down with beer),

Ya', I know, another level of complexity, but kinda' important...

Andrew

SweetSingletrack.ca

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alaskaskier (May 23, 2014 at 17:01)

I'm definitely with you there. One way to make it work without making it seem like a complete burden on the racers would be to throw a good afterparty the night of the race to incentivise everyone to stick around for trail work the next day...just a thought.

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BCBR (Jun 7, 2014 at 1:28)

BC bike race does indeed believe that taking care of the trails, maintaining them and making sure they are sustainable is very important. For the past 7 years BCBR have made sure that all the communities are happy. We have a course director for each community that works on trail development for the race and the fixing of the trail's damages after the race.

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brule (May 22, 2014 at 16:20)

I've always enjoyed riding in Penticton with Johnny Smoke and the Bush Pilot crew - get a guide and ride the goods.

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Tmackstab (May 22, 2014 at 16:21)

Agreed, did it a few weeks ago for a buddies stag. Smoke knows what's up.

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bretttippie (May 23, 2014 at 1:16)

Wicked video Connor! And yep, Johnny Smoke from Bushpilot Tours knows...the single track goods…and is constantly looking for more.

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whitebirdfeathers (May 23, 2014 at 8:49)

There are a couple shots of me standing around. I stand around with the best of 'em.

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1partatatime (May 22, 2014 at 16:45)

We should do it again ... in August! Thanks to all the racers who made volunteering interesting! See you next year.

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chrispilling (May 22, 2014 at 20:19)

this gets me stoked for the canmore stop!

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topsog (May 22, 2014 at 22:34)

Just peddled up The Mice and ripped down again tonight! It's the sh_t man!

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stinkball (May 22, 2014 at 18:06)

What a blast! Fun trails and great people.

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rippersub (May 22, 2014 at 19:11)

Awesome. Such a fun weekend!!

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vancouver-bound (May 22, 2014 at 22:33)

2:25

Wow I look tired.