Content about Biking

09.27.11
Making Risk Work for You

Amanda has some tips on risk assessment when taking on mountain biking!

08.24.11
It's All Downhill From Here - Getting to the Trails

Amanda helps beginner and intermediate riders over the first hurdle of getting to the trails!

07.25.11
Getting Started

From equipment to fitting your bike, Amanda helps you get started on the trails this mountain bike season!

06.23.11
Furious3 Routes, Spectators and Volunteers

The Furious3 is hitting Fernie in just over a week, learn more about the course or find out how you can be involved!

04.20.11
Fix Favourite Bike Rides and Hikes

Visiting this summer with limited time and trying to pick the perfect trail to explore? Here are some of our picks on bike and foot!

03.19.11
Celebrate the Little Things...

Someone told me that I've been sweating the small stuff too much lately, so I decided to celebrate the little things instead! Here's a list of recents.

11.04.10
The Inter-Season Blip

Once upon a time blogging was drawn out accompaniment to a large bottle of wine and long evening on the couch. Now you're lucky if your feet touch the ground, let alone your ass the couch.

09.29.10
5th Annual Dirt Diggler DH Results 2010

Check out the results of this epic downhill held on Dirt Diggler every fall.

Photo by Todd Weselake, www.RavenEyePhotography.com

09.01.10
Racers' Corner - Lori Kennedy, Triathlete

“Seeing all these women who have young kids and knowing it’s the first time they are doing something for themselves. It’s huge – to say you’ve done something more than wipe butts that day."

07.30.10
Racers' Corner - Christine Misseghers, Mountain Biker

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“I borrowed his sister’s bike, and it was love at first ride,” she says. Her falling for the sport reignited Troy’s passion and soon they decided to make the move to the Crowsnest Pass fulfilling their dream of living in the mountains. “That’s when we started riding in Fernie, and I can honestly say that out of anywhere I have ever rode my bike, Fernie is easily my favourite.”

06.28.10
Racers' Corner - Brendan Morgan

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“When I moved here, I thought my days of athletic competition were over. But you move here, and you see people like Jimmy Vallance going for his bike rides. Linda Socher cruising down the highway on her ten speed. You go for a ride with Mark Kanane, and he kicks your butt and you think… ‘I’m not old!’ And I was 31 at that time. Now I’m 42, and realize Fernie is amazing for keeping you young.”

06.01.10
Racer's Corner - John Merritt

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Flying down Oh Dear, just about to take a corner I hear Emily scream ahead of me and see something small and black at her feet. “Is it a bear cub?” I ask until I realize it’s a dog. Then I see a sweat ridden John Merritt running towards us asking between breaths which trail he’s on. My bike partner thought it was the strangest site, but to those of us that frequent trails in Fernie it’s a farily normal occurrence.

04.29.10
Racers' Corner - Dr. Mike Rumpel, Mountain Biker

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Mike Rumpel came across his athletic abilities “late” in life. “My first solo race was in Utah. Jesse Mong approached me on a whim and I had no idea what I was getting into. I discovered that 1. I enjoyed it and 2. I was pretty good at it,” he says. Mike was always active growing up but mostly just “participated”.

04.16.10
Biking, Just For Fun

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It all started a few years ago on a Brodie Bruzza - a freeride mountain bike so obviously not suited for me but it was just the right price. I had recently moved back to Fernie after nearly eight pasty years between Uni and working in a cubicle under hideous fluorescent lights. It was time to get back into mountain life, and mountain biking seemed like the thing to do.