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This weekend some of Specialized’s top freeriders and BMX athletes came to ride with everyone at Joyride 150 in Markham, Ontario. It was an incredible event that brought together riders of all ages and skill levels in one common area to share their passion for cycling. For five weeks leading up to the event, Specialized [...]
I recently had the opportunity to spend a day with Adam Morka and Emily Batty. It was an amazing experience to be a fly on the wall during a day in the lives of two elite athletes such as these. Adam and Emily live in a beautiful, quaint log cabin on the Batty family farmlands [...]
Click on image below to check out Marc Landry’s photo report from Centurion 2012 at Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood.
Wade Simmons and Brett Tippie are two of the most recognized names in the sport of mountain biking. Both riders are Mountain Bike Hall of Famers who have played pivotal roles in defining the sport we all love. Whether it be movie segments in classic films like the Kranked series and Ride to The Hills, [...]
Riders put themselves to the test this weekend at the third stop of the Tuf Rack Ontario Cup downhill series at Blue Mountain Resort in beautiful Collingwood Ontario. Oppressive heat and humidity combined with extremely dry, dusty conditions pushed riders to their physical limits. While thunderstorms could be heard all around throughout Sunday’s race, only [...]
This weekend the 24 Hours of Summer Solstice took place at Albion Hills Conservation Area in Caledon, Ontario. This is the 15th anniversary of the event which is North America’s largest 24 hour mountain bike festival. The sold out event rang in summer with a bang and was another success for race organizer, Chico Racing. [...]
In this feature we catch up with Specialized Racing’s Evan McNeely. Evan is the future of our sport and has already won a junior national mountain bike title and two under 23 cyclocross national titles in Canada. RFG: How did you first get into cycling? Was it always mountain bikes for you? I played [...]
Fast and dry conditions set the stage for the opening round of the 2012 Ontario Cup downhill series. The race was held at Horseshoe Resort which is located just an hour north of Toronto in Barrie, Ontario. Athletes charged to post the fastest time down a purpose-built track designed by the new series organizer, Tuf [...]
This weekend the third annual East Coast Open took place at Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood Ontario. With over $16,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs, the ECO boasts one of the countries’ largest purse prizes. The heatwave bubble in Ontario finally burst but the rain that has fallen in other areas of the [...]
The 2012 cross country season has begun with the annual, and unpredictable, ‘Homage to Ice’ event (H2I) at the Mansfield Outdoor Centre and surrounding Dufferin County Forest. Unpredictable only because of Mother Nature. This early season race has seen snowy fields and icy trails in the past but despite the call for steady rain the [...]
Riders put themselves to the test this weekend at the third stop of the Tuf Rack Ontario Cup downhill series at Blue Mountain Resort in beautiful Collingwood Ontario. Oppressive heat and humidity combined with extremely dry, dusty conditions pushed riders to their physical limits. While thunderstorms could be heard all around throughout Sunday’s race, only [...]
With the 2012 race season quickly approaching, Tuf Rack has been underway, getting prepped for the O-Cup series. Jon at Tuf Rack and his crew have been hard at work for several months already getting all the paper work and planning together for the 2012 O-Cup race season. There is lots of behind the scenes [...]
The second annual Tuf Rack Fall Classic took place at Sir Sam’s Ski and Bike This past weekend. This was the second visit to the Haliburton venue for most riders, which hosted the second round of the Ontario Cup DH race series in June. The forecast for the weekend had called for a decent amount [...]