First Tour of 2010

on Mar 12 in KBC

Brad and Kieran from Park Cycle in Edmonton stopped by and for the second time in as many years  became the first riders of the season.

We had XC on the menu this time around. They wanted to see some of the epic trails that are already open up first hand.  For two days we hit some prime early season riding.

The first day was in the great new area we call Bell Tower. Some of The Intermontane Challenge was staged here. Some great but little climbs took us up to a great singletrack descent. This section has a ton of traversing in it. The trails were dry and the weather was perfect. Still a little chilly for shorts and riding jersey but it was only the start of March, what can we expect. We ran into a pile of riders getting out for early season rides which just added to the atmosphere. For a couple of guys from Edmonton, seeing the trails with riders on them was a great sight. We spent a couple of hours out on the trails just hitting all the different options out at Bell Tower. We didn’t even get them all…The call of a cold one was too strong!!!

Day two was in local City of Kamloops Park… Kenna Cartwright. We didn’t have the nice weather of the day before and we got a little taste of a wet day. Riding in Kamloops doesn’t give you too many chances to ride in mud so when the opportunity presents itself…you grab it!!! It was such a great ride… When you ride semi slicks all season, hitting the wet and slippery is a little bit of an eye opener. We saw our bikes pick up about 20 lb of mud but man.  It’s hard not to smile when you are covered on mud.  Another couple hours of biking and then we decided on hot coffees and dry clothes.

 We always have a blast when Park Cycle roll into town and this time around was no exception. We stoked to see that they are coming back Easter weekend and they want to hit the trails at Little Shuswap and back to basics… You guessed it! Time for some Freeriding!!!! We’re getting our crew out to the lake this weekend to get the place all ready for our first groups that have already booked for Easter Long. Time to get the dust off of that D/H rig!!!

Thanks Brad and Kieran it’s always great to see you guys enjoying everything Kamloops and the Kamloops Bike Company have to offer.