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alexa
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Feb 25, 2013 •
The following is the story of a group of 7 VERY experienced riders from Victoria, out on a Sunday ride trying a new route. They began at 9am a few Sundays ago, and the ride ended at 3 am that next day. We are very thankful none of our friends were hurt, but they wanted...
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Bill
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Jul 20, 2012 •
Oak Bay Bikes and the Victoria Wheelers present the latest installment of the July 8th Windsor Park Crit. Our apologies for taking so long to post, but there has been so many bike events and cool things happening lately! Here is Trevor McKenzie’s recap: The Windsor Park Crit B racers saw almost 30 riders come out, including 5 Wheelers:...
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Bill
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Jul 16, 2012 •
Guest post by Thomas Skinner This past Canada Day weekend I did one of the coolest mountain bike races I’ve ever done. The Furious 3 is a three day stage race that starts and finishes in Fernie, BC. Each day the trails, organization, atmosphere, and riders were all top-notch. Riders can sleep in the same...
OBB supports a grassroots DH development team called AFD Racing, and they’re putting on a series of DH races called the Gravity Cup. Race #1 is in Hinton AB on June 19th, and Race #2 is in Whitehorse YT on July 15th; they’re both going to be awesome. Geoff Gulevich, Brett Tippie, & Dylan Sherrard...
OBB has been supporting Triathlon Code, a triathlon development team, for a few years now and we’re super excited for Matt riding his first ever World Cup this year. He sent over this race report: I recently returned from my first ever World Cup level Triathlon, which took place in the small resort town of...
OBB rider Geoff Homer sent over a little report from the Ore Crusher in Squamish. Highlight number one of my Saturday May 12th was racing the 2012 edition of the Ore Crusher. Highlight number two, in case you were wondering, was watching Pretty in Pink for the first time. I’d never ridden in Squamish before...