Tripleshot Cycling

In! Hopefully the weather forecast will prove accurate: a bit cooler with some cloud. Never done Goldstream before - looking forward to it (I think)

We are not at liberty to confirm or deny that a certain unsanctioned ride took place last Saturday (Summer Solstice) at Beacon Hill Park. Or that it never took place in spectacular weather, and that everyone who didn't show up never had a great time. To preserve the anonymous, unsanctioned nature of...

What better way to celebrate TrackFest than with a pre-dawn start and 100 laps of the Beacon Hill Velodrome? Followed by Simon's made-at-your-table waffles?

For those of you who might not be sure what Simon is referring to with the "100 miler", see the item headed "Second Inaugural Silly Summer Solstice 100 Miler" in the Ride Planning section of the forum. A totally unsanctioned and throughly fun way to go around in circles for 100 m...

In if it's not pouring. Great timing to dovetail with a day full of chores...

Interesting stats, Hugh. I thought only hummingbirds could pull off a heart rate of 246 bpm - just your typical B pace, I guess...

Brilliant, Alan! Although you're a far better poet than actor - you who tries with little success to suppress a grin while snuggling up to Bambi's mortal remains... I think this is a candidate for two awards: - best post of the year, and - best post of the year, posted earliest in the year (kind of ...

Interested! From my limited exposure to yoga I've learned that it builds core strength in addition to increasing flexibility and range of motion. It can also help correct muscle imbalance (a major source of athletic injuries, especially in endurance sports - when did you last have a muscle balance a...

With the seasonal turning out of the lights, Dorothy and I are heading off for our annual sanity break, decompression and dose of natural Vitamin D. We'll be renting road bikes there from Nov. 14 to 24. Any Tripleshotters got overlapping plans? Would love to have company on the West Maui loop or the...

Was sorry to hear about Chris's spill-induced accident, which caused an autonomic "litigation" reflex in me. Want to get your bike safety point across to civic powers without resorting to the courts? Here's one way that I'm pretty sure not even Barton would attempt - at least not intention...

Before I recycle ém, anybody want a pair of ultra-strong Easton cardboard road wheel boxes? Each one could conceivably pack 2 wheels with some careful padding. (And if you have a frame with SS couplers, you could put the frame in the other box, and tell the airline it's not a bike, since it's just p...

This is not a complaint - it's an expression of shock and awe... Not since I was brand-new to Tripleshot, and the "climb" through Mt. Doug Park on Cordova Bay Rd left me gasping (and relying on the hand of big Pete Lawless to stay with the group), have I felt so thoroughly unprepared. Neve...

Thanks, Rolf, for the info. Hey, where were you Monday morning? Frightened off by a bit of rain? After five minutes waiting at St. Matthias, with Eric, Dolly, Roy, Tom, Dave, Michael and Neil, and discussing the vagaries of weather radar while it started p***ing down, we set off. Typical Sunday rout...

My wife is new to group rides - as is, hasn't done one yet. She's doing great otherwise (conquered Munns Road today without stopping on a steep stretch) but is still nervous about drafting/pacing. So - anybody want to come out Monday for a leisurely C-/New Farmer style ride? And is willing to bring ...

Rolf - if you have to be back home for 9 am, count on me for some company on the return...

TimePressedMike

Some more "behind the scenes" pix: - Coho koffeeklatch among TS veterans (pre-race doping control samples in foreground) - speed weapons await their riders as landing craft approaches the combat zone (cue quietly heroic music; cut to slow-mo shot of riders striding toward their steeds) - P...

Ditto! It was fun from start to finish. Thanks once more to the organizers of this last event in Tripleshot's TripleCrown of Summer Cycling (Silly Summer Solstice Century and Cowichan Big Loop being the two others - or make up your own!). The only thing not fun was watching Barton zoom past me in to...

Stephane, I like your 100k loop as a Hurricane Ridge climber's dessert. Count me in for that. (Plus the total distance adds up to a legitimate Imperial Century, which is a good day's outing.) Agree that we need a rendezvous point - not easy to find a quality place open for brunch/lunch on a Sunday i...

If Geoff is indulging in a bit of fantasy, well, I love it when kids use their imagination. If however he is corresponding from the site of a certain recent Grand Tour, then that's just cruel. At least send us some GoPro recordings of your 100kmh descent... Now on to local news: seriously, anybody i...

Glad to hear that your neck is OK, Barton - frankly I kind of expected that outcome since you're one tough rider! Sorry about the hand, though, and the most painful part of it all - the enforced time off the bike...but we'll be looking for you August 18 on Hurricane Ridge! I second Alan's motion tow...