Tripleshot Cycling

Or at least the germ of a concept: Neighbour Dave Hill (the dude who got me into this whole Tripleshot thing) kindly gave me a copy of a fine cycling/racing/history tome titled Road to Valour. (http://roadtovalorbook.com) Great read and a terrific summer page-turner. I also bought a copy of The Flyi...

Careful, Barton!

You could end up like this poor (or lucky, depending on your point of view) fellow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7dVO7xikZ4

And a supplementary shout-out to two Tripleshotters for fantastic rides: - The "Beware of Older Guys with Tri-Bars" award to Barton for totally kickin it throughout the ride, and especially on the long grind to Cowichan in the mid-day heat (when I watched him disappear). I learned that his...

Thanks to Marcus, his wife Nancy and their Westfalia camper (with their 2 Daschunds aboard as food inspectors), Sunday's Big Loop through Jordan River, Port Renfrew, Lake Cowichan, Duncan and Mill Bay felt a lot like one of those fancy European escorted bike tours. Snacks on the beach at Jordan Rive...

In (as said previously). Should be awesome...
Also in with his vehicle and videocam is Y spin leader John Kelley, who has taken a keen interest in our little adventure. Looks like we'll generally have one vehicle ahead (Marcus) and one behind (John). Deluxe coverage!

Supplementary: sorry it's late and I'm tired - that's a men's size large.

Thanks Geoff -
I'd like to order one pair Men's Custom Bib Shorts with Endurance chamois.
So that's:
$64- bib shorts
$10 - chamois upgrade
$5 - shipping
$5.53- GST
Total - $84.53

I'll bring a cheque with me to the Sunday ride

A big tip of the helmet to Kate, Barton, Simon and the rest for pulling off this surprisingly fun event. Caveat: I know first-hand it was great for the first 34 miles (when I had to bow out at 6 a.m. due to other commitments) and presume that the rest of the ride was equally successful. By my count,...

...and besides, the only alternative solution I heard proposed ("Let's start at 11:59 Friday night and ride until dawn") is too stupid to merit further mention... Too stupid to merit further mention? It's brilliant! Riding in the dark without having to wait for winter, PLUS it might not e...

There's heroically stupid and there's hamster-in-a-wheel stupid. I'm trying to get my head around the idea of seeing the finish line go by 162 times (it's a 1 km loop, is it not?). I guess we could think of it as an open-air velodrome with spectators, animals and vandals wandering on the track. And ...

Not being able to do as many early morning 3S rides as I would like, I have continued my practice of doing noon-hour spin class at the Y once or twice a week. One of the personable spin leaders there, John Kelly, was intrigued when I told him about the BIG LOOP plans for July 7, and asked if it woul...

I kinda like the idea of two teams going in opposite directions to see who finishes first! :twisted: - imagine Tour de Whatever meets Amazing Race... I took the Victoria Gran Fondo route (as seen by millions on MapMyRide) and mapped it in the reverse direction, particularly as I wanted to look at th...

With all the Bike Festival activities going on this weekend, is there still a Sunday ride heading out? And if folks want to take in the crits at Bastion Square, is anyone up for an early Sunday departure, say 6 or 6:30?

So, uh, forgive me for being a pest on this, but it sounds like the counterclockwise route has a number of factors in its favour, not least being a better way of dealing with the Malahat. Has anyone done the counterclockwise route in the past? Are there some compelling reasons why it's the less attr...

Absolutely. Are we adding some hills to the mix?

And unfortunately I'm now out for the Sunday ride but will be trying for Monday!

Probably in. This is one of those marvelous, irresistible stupidest ideas ever (to quote some adolescent who has yet to be bitten by the bug - but just you wait). May I be the contrarian and throw out an idea that was floated previously in a past post, to the sound of one hand clapping? Same route a...

Totally. Given that we're enjoying solar radiation at such early hours, what do people think of an early departure Sunday, say 6:30? (disclosure: home commitment for which I have to be back at 9)

Just throwin in out there.

Murphy's Law says I will be out of town when the kit arrives; I'm back May 14 so hopefully it's not an inconvenience to pick the items up that week... Thanks Geoff!

Whoa - I haven't seen anything this heroically crazy since "who's riding up to Nanaimo for the ride back?" in 2009. Count me in for the full-meal deal if I can get a week of decent sleeps. My enduring memory of HR in August is the sheltered rock pockets along the way that multiply the heat...