General Summer Cycling

Pump Track
On the peninsula there is a private pump track on a farm. I've been up to it a couple of times. It is a lot of fun and uses completely different muscles than the types of cycling that you have to pedal for.

scotty


mitch


me

MTB

I did the OBB thursday night mtb ride tonight, it is fast for a group ride, has quite a lot of road sections but was good. My technical skills were definitely a bit rusty but practice is a sure way to get better. i think i'll do the ride again, just not sure when i'll get the chance, it overlaps with the Russ Hayes road ride which i like and it starts pretty early. I'll get the garmin link up soon.

Road

I've managed to get the points to move up to Category 3. This opens up the possibility of entering the Vancouver to Whistler race in September, very tempting if a little expensive.

Tom and I have also been working on getting sprints right, it worked particularly well last wednesday when Tom managed to get a 1st at the VCL race.

Yaletown GP photos

yaletown photos link

Tour De Delta, Brenco criterium

This Saturday we traveled across to the mainland to take part in the Criterium that is a part of the Tour De Delta. Also i hadn't realised that is was the Canadian National Criterium.

It was a flat and fast course with no crazy corners and my race plan was to start at the front and stay there. After a disappointing Yaletown GP race, where i got dropped and all the other people that traveled over from Victoria also either got dropped or crashed out, I decided the extra effort involved in being at the front was worth the risk.

It almost panned out perfectly. The one major crash, that Steve dislocated his thumb and a load of others went down or dropped back, i was in front of all that. I almost got the $100 Prim lap. Coming into the final straight things were looking good for a top ten or maybe even top 5 spot but i'd run out of energy so took a bit of a hammering in the sprint.

Afterwards when the results were posted it turns out i finished 1st category 4 rider, so maybe the plan was just right.



Alex chasing


Me in the pack


Tom leading the pack


Some fast Category 1/2 riders


Ladies race


Our bikes


The view from the ferry on the way home