Andreas is known as ‘Dre’ and is a true leader in the BC mountain bike world. He competed in the first XC race ever held at the Olympics. He has been going strong for 20+ years, is one of the main dudes in charge of the BC Bike Race, and has been riding for Rocky Mountain Bicycles forever. Before we even really started making a plan for doing a Characters story together, my unconscious mind seemed to have already decided that we should spend several days together and basically just ride as much as possible. I guess without even thinking about it I just assumed Dre would be the type of guy who would just want to go, go, go. I have done lots of ‘super days’ in my time, it has always seemed so logical to ride more than less. Why ride once if you can ride twice? Some of my favorite days have involved multi rides in my former hometown of Nelson, on big trails like Slabblanche, Powerslave, Bedframe, the Vein, the Monster, and Baldface. When I was building the first trail at Retallack Lodge it was customary to build all day and ride all evening. I have always loved to learn new trails and then come up with adventures to ride a bunch of trails in close proximity all in one day. Dre and I figured we’d explore his ‘home’ trails, but in a bit of a rapid fire attack approach. We lined up a pretty dialed-in itinerary: Vancouver Island, North Van, Brittania Beach, Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton.