JuraBoyz - BC Bike Race Registration : Completed

The Juraboyz (Missile & Nascar) are planning a trip to BC to complete the 2014 BC Bike Race

For those interested.... the link is here.... www.bcbikerace.com

10 points for Nascar! The BC Bike Race day 7 - Whistler

Ten (10x) points for Nascar for almost shredding Dave Norona's (the BCBR movie monkey) head off! You can see the clip of day 7 and watch very careful at 0:53 min. First you see Stephane the roadie passing and then its Nascar sliding his wheel past Dave! I had to look carefully but shoes, shorts and jersey confirm it is our man!

BC Bike Race Day 4

The days get dryer, the boys get faster...

Les guignols move up one place....now in 11'th place!!
 
Results Day 4

BC Bike Race Results day 3

Yesterdays race (#3) appears to have been conducted without rain !!

Our Epic riders 'Les Guignols' are maintaining their 12'th place - however they appear to be #1 in the privateer section - all the others are sponsored teams !!

Day 3 Results

Excellent result - keep it up.

Report Day 1&2 Bc Bike Race

I don't know what the guys at front are 'eating' but must be good. They are putting us an hour a day.
No power moves this time Dopey, just one that lasts the whole day.
On day 1 they trough us to a fast fire road followed by really fast singletrail. As here hasn't stop raining for the last days the roots were wet, so imagine the rest. Root fest for the whole stage. Tired but happy to made it.
After the usual good sleep at the tent, this morning the rain has waked me up, imagine! So day 2 has been mud wresting, and if you were wrong for whatever reason ( p. Ex. A root) something that could hurt you was waiting around the corner. Again hard work, one hour to clean the bike and then hose plus shower for us... Still raining out here.
We find a laundromat on town, I hope their machine has warranty.
Food is good and this is really well organized.
More to come.
Sorry for the pics but no time for mote.
Cheers
Ah, if I would be in my age group I would be 4th on teams, but the kids class is tough... The roadie is alive, he starts to realize where he is... ;)

I-logistical

Ready for the race, messy kinda registration, downgraded racer bag (it is going to be interesting if this one finishes the week), bikes into the trailer and all our mess sorted.
Here is 7:30am, just at JJ Bean having my ceremonial coffee, later we have to jump in a bus and then the ferry to Van-island.
Only real downside: it is pooring down, hopefully this stops before or Day1 tomorrow. I feel home, like the Jura.

BC Bike Race - My Place Is Available

Hi guys,

before I go ahead and cancel - I offer up my place at the 2012 BC Bike Race - its fully transferable.

Reason Why: Multiple, but the key one is I dont think my back will stand up to 7 days of riding and sleeping in a tent.

Race Cost is 1799 CAD - sold at 1699 CAD
Meal Plan is 350 CAD - sold at 300 CAD

http://www.bcbikerace.com/

Let me know soon.

Missile we are movie stars....famous again!

http://www.rideguide.ca/bike_episode.aspx?mid=38972&cid=10613

You look a bit tired...what it that windy night?

BC Bike Race - Day 7 - Whistler to Whistler

Up early ....for the last time!!! Yay. And boo. It's almost over.

K manage to lose dopeyon the way to whistler.... He rides in a
different school bus.

Arriving at whistler it's COLD. NASCAR and like have no arm/leg
earners so they spoon one another for the last time!! Missile can't
find his bike...again...Dopey comes to the rescue...again....thanks
Dopey.....again

Thus morning I feel like crap.....I am coughing up unmentionable stuff
from deep in my lungs that makes me want to vomit.

Still, we are in whistler. The fresh air does me good as i feel far
better at the fairmont chateau our staging ground for start,
intermediate aid station, finish and "banquet". The only thing
chateauish about the thing is it's size. It's amonster building , for
whistler at least.

We arrange ourselves in groups of 3 then we hear we willbe let loose
in waves of 50. We are off. At least the leaders are. We see them
climbing a steeeeep hill. We are delayed because in their enthusiasm
the leaderstske the wrong way anchave to be brought back inline.

We are off. Boum. Steep up hill. Wow. It is steep. Dopey takes a while
to warm up so he isbehind fir a bit. We climb to descend. A certfadt
ski piste run off ensues followed by another steep uphill. The first
10 minutes are "fun"

We climb higher and eventually inter 'nice n easy' a green downhill
track bur wd ride up it. Fast. A traverse and then we enter a real
downhill track withbig kickers. Dopey flies. Literally. Obviously.
Missile descends at gets abit if air....I want to finish intact:so far
no mechanicals, flats, fallings, or blood. Let's keep it that way.

Blood is spilled however....but not by me or dopey. Two unfortunate
souls apparently were overwhelmed: stunned looks, bloidynises and
bleeding faces from obviousface plants. They are being looked after by
other people so I ride on. Ouch.

We pass thru the " chateau" some if the strip teasers....oops i mean
massage girls are there cheering (us??) on. I don't see them or hear
them but they saudtgry were there when wd saw them aT the banquet.

The hard part is over. No mire real climbing. But looooots of
technical single track thru the woods ensues: all trails named after
Frank Zappa Songs: toads of the shirt forest, why johnny can't read,
the torture never stops.

Just like Zappa, these trails ate Fun. Vety technical twisty turny dry
rocks n roots. Awe sssss mmmmm!!

missile is rocking!! Overtaking left and right, dopey is struggling
(apparently) to keep up. Every time u shoutout Joest to seeifhe us
there...he is...but apparently each time he had just caught up with
me.....only to see me blast off again because I thought he was hanging
with me.

We ride some elevated platforms. Quite a few actually!! some long
ones. Fun. Fun. Fun.

We get kicked out of thefun on"the grand wazoo" thinking we must be
there. We have done 21 of 21 km already!!!

But what us this? More uphill??? Oh yes. A nice steep fireroad to keep
us warm!! I hammer up - heart rate is good: legs are good : I overtake
quite a few people. Yeah. I check for dopey. Almost there just a few
people back. I slacken off a tad Dopey catches me up and in we go to
the last few turns through the woods. Berms. Rail em. Down through the
ski piste and over the line with a nice wheelie!!

YEAH ....WE MADE IT.

Good job Dopey. Thanks for being a great team mate. See you next year,
same time, same place?

And now. Sleep..... tomorrow (today) the bike park and 2 Norco
downhill "rigs" await missile and Jason.

Good day to you all from whistler.

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5 minutes to final day start

BC Bike Race - Day 6 - squawmish - squawmish

This morning I got up late. 6:00 am 

I could have stayed in bed later but why break a good habit. 

We have time this morning as we stay here tonight. No buses ferries or other modes of transport. 

NASCAR fills his plate with oatmeal. If he ever stays with you feed him that he loves it. The other stuff was pretty tasteless. 

Back at the tent Dopey got mooned good. By me. Not sure what for but he deserved it.

We get interviewed. Dopey does all the talking. My 3 words: stamina. Awesome riding. Singletrack. 4 I know but who's counting. 

9:00 am we start. Feelng good. I had my advil so my back should stay in fine shape. Or not. We'll see. 

A few kms on the road to the woods. Then in. Sorry to repeat myself but .....awesome. Some highlights...

Fireroad start then into some steep single track. Pulse is high but the engine is not warm yet. Layer I am climbing something steep and am only at 141. Steady and sure. No rushing. Keep the pedals turning. Push pull. Pull push. I'm climbing great. 

Out into a clear cut zone. Bermy berm land!!! O m g. Lefty turny eighty turny faster and faster. Banked berms in every corner. Dopey is flying. Missile is flying. Flies are firing in our teeth.

Over too soon.

More climbing(1500m to do today). Steep. Steeper. Flat. Half Nelson awaits. O M G. #2 

Remember your grandpas bald head (or maybe Joe Goats) ? That smooth. The best jump you ever did. Loads of them. How long. 10 minutes?? Maybe more. Twisty turny jumpy jump jumps.  Lefty eighty flyy Dopey disappears. Missile is jumping. But not too high. Fingers oblige!!  

NASCAR: ufffff :D 

Dopey: best trail I have ever ridden

Kike:in 3 words: aw so mmmm... and also the singletracks!!!

Missile: fly me baby. 

Climbing on fireroad and then into some " real" downhill. Oscar has been moaning there has been no downhill.  He has been served. Dopey too. He goes over the bars. Bruises. Ripped cat shirt. Eek!!! Broken helmet and swolen eye.

....rocks everywhere. Not the " baby heads" of yesterday but smooth slippery steep rocks everywhere. Oscar rides "everything". Dopey and Missile walk some. Dopey is a tad rattled. Kike is aw sum as he rides it all with a buggered shoulder. 

.....climbing climbing. Hnad made and hand polished ( sweat polished too) singletrack thru the ferns twisty turny up and up backwards and forwards. Sooooooooo niiiiiiiiccce. Downhill the same. Niiiiiiccceee. 

Ok that's about it. Whistler tomorrow. See you there. 

 

  

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Simon Picthall <simonpicthall@gmail.com>
Date: 2 July 2010 18:24:37 PDT
To: "simonpicthall.missile@blogger.com" <simonpicthall.missile@blogger.com>
Subject: BC Bike Race - Day 6 - squawmish - squawmish

Wakey wakey.

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BC Bike Race - Day 6 - squawmish - squawmish

Wakey wakey.

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Bc Bike Race - Day 5 - sechelt to ....sechelt

Wakey wakey.....
fnghngghghghgg...
....
WAKEY WAKEY!!!
Nghhhh ......ok ok

Not such a good night but ok. Yesterdays intestinal troubles are
behind me, so to speak.

Is It raining??? Hmmm maybe.

We wait in line for breakfast and talk with the steed cycles lady. She
is green. As in she wears green. Everyday. I hope she has more than
one set of clothing. She smells ok so I guess so.

Mmmm pancakes, ham. I think of Bremblesd where I first had that combo
with " les towles" many years ago. I LIKE!!

It is raining. It rains harder. It's raining hard. My bike is missing.
Where's my bike. Have you seen my bike. Where's my &)&)&@@ing bike!!!
Did YOU take my bike???? Hey Simon --- of course I have yor bike.
Thanks Joest. ( the Nike live in an enclosed place overnite)

The Canadian anthem plays. It's Canada day. Yay Canada. We are off.
It's raining and I font like it. One bit. Half way round the world to
bike in rain??? Puhleasd. I do t care how good the singletrack
is....can't you see it's )@£)ing RAINING? are you a duck? Dont you
care.

We ride thru a mining sorting site. Big kick ass cat truck (sorry i
dont know if it's a 645B or D or a 634 F. Dopey can tell you)

The first up. It's sandy. We try to rise but fail after it churns into
a beach. We walk and push. I'm hot. I can't see. My glasses have
steamed up. I'm soaked. Yay.

First single track and it's fast and straight. It gets real
interesting real soon as we get a free lower body wah... We have to
wade through a raging torrent. Well, a small creek reall. Still over
my knees though, so kike and oscar are up to their armpits!!!

I have been craft ythough. I have removed my socks. I put them back on
feeling smug that my feet are a tiny bit less wet than everyone
elses. Barely.

I plod on. Mostly on the bike. Sometimes on foot.

It's still raining.

We have two climbs to do today. 500 and 760m starting from ses level.
I have to remember to eat and drink. Thinking this I stuff a Canada
bar: (maple syrup and nuts clif bar). I have to fight to keep it down.
Sooo many bars these last 5 days Im not sure I can do it. It stays
down. Barely.

We ride down sweet singletrack. Up down left right in out down back
twisty turny. Add water for a little more fun. Strangely I have not
fallen off yet, at all Could this be the day?

Aid one arrives. Still not having much fun. Cold. Miserable weather.
Dopey says I have to stat positive. Screw him. But he's right. We
climb. I get warm. My smile returns. Sort of.

We enter dense forest. I feel like an old person....my glasses are
perched on the end of my nose to get a bir of air flow to remove thd
mist . For my troubles i get a poje inthe ete from a young fir tree
branch. Curses. I thought I couldn't see before but now I really can't
see. Meye smarts and tears...
....my glasses are long gone now better to ride sans glasses at all.
For my trouble I get mud in my eye. This ride is really shaping up.

Voilà. We are riding nory shore style platforms, ramps and bridges,
albeit low ones. Imagine planks raised off the ground and above
obstacles. Add chickenwure for grip. Remove brain or add testes to
ride. Especially when wet.

U ride some. Dopey rides more. NASCAR rides even more.

Fun. Im actually beginning to have run again. Legs are good, back is
creaky but holdingish.

And I ridebrhibd Chris the UNICYCLE guy. He using front. I am in
front. Repeat. UNBELIEVABLE. he is doing the slightly easier but still
challenging " challenge course. He has a 2 speed unicycle. He changes
gear with hisheel on a button on the bottombracket. He has YouTube
video. He does free rise. On his unicycle. Amazing.

And now the downhill. 10 km. Oo laa laaaaaaaa! Bestial!! Fantastisch.
Wunderbar. Abertisch. Bloody ripper mate. Sweeet. Ossum.
Aaaaawwwwesssommmmmee man.

Fast. Grip. Lean the bike. No leN it further. Oohhh that's a steep
drop. Bye bye. Pedal pedal pedal. Lift. Push. Bridge. Whooaaahhh. Mud
- none. Loam. Lots of looooooaaaammmm. Steep fast flowy. Ever lasting.

Missile is back. I can and I WILL hang on to the handlebar. I don't
catch dopey though. I have dome traffic. Mostet me past. Bitchy bitch
didn't. I asked nicely. She fell but then threw herself back into my
path. Ok bb your going down. She was not cool. Enough of bb. Bye bye bb.

Joest is folmong me. Better not mess up. Is my hair ok? Aarghhhh my
stupid foot comes out the pedall NOW and he has to get it on film.
Grrrr.

And we are down with 3 kmto go. I am fly- ing now and lexvr Dopey in
my virtual dust fir once. I catch up with the green ladies. They pedal
well but fall all the time. I almost run into them as they fell right
in front of me on big loose round slippery when wet rock field... mmmm
yummy for me, not for them.

Finally a great day. Slippery when wet can airy of be fun...heh heh!!!

The footnote is that oscar was angry with Kike and ran into him AFTER
the finish line. Hah. Take THAT. Result: taco for dinner. Wheel number
two for Kike. Ask oscar shag happened. Kike: bruised and bashed and
bone too happy. But Kike is Kike. A smile and joke and well, tomorrow
is another day.

Indeed

We do rip 4:23 20th overall
70's crop 3:40somethkng 11th overall.

Ferry
2x monster burgers for dopey and I
bus to Sqwamish
HOT SHOWER
Hot tub
Steam bath
Dinner
Bike clean
Prizes but not for me snif

Ps Dopey caught a free shimano tee shirt 2 nites ago on his birthday
at the after dinner prize giving: he gas a chance to won one of 5
COMPLETE 2011 xtr gruppos with wheelset. He has a 5/35 chance of
winning. Go dopey go.

Goodnight.

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Bc Bike Race - day 4 - earls Cove - Sechelr

Wakey wakey. It's 5:45. Time to ride.
Well, eat, bus, ferry anyway. Today I am ready...I slept. Yay sandman.

Delay at the ferry means we start 45 minutes late. Ahead: 63km.
Somewhat apprehensive: Bc mountain biking is tough. This is not fir
wimps. 3 days in and I am,well knackered.

Good job I have Zoe and Sherry!! Mmmm. mmmmmmaasaaaaaggge!!!
Sherry "did" me last night and on days 1 & 2. Strong yet supple hands
on my back and thighs.....aaaahhhhh. Bliss. I don't think I could
continue without them. Alsi, seeing as tou asked they' re pretty good
looking too!!! I digress

No Acdc today. Atleast I don't think so. I'm tired. At the start we
see a Sinhke speeder and admire/mock/sneer/are awed by his approach to
getting over these hills. Madness. Little did Kike know he would soon
join that club.

2 km in we com across Kike and NASCAR grocellinv in the dirt, Spanish
swearwords spewing forth. Jokes beast is dead. Lord knows how, but his
dérailleur bolt snapped. The bag of tricks we all carry had not what
he needs. Basically he is screwed. 61 km to go and no gears!!!

We ask I'd they need anything from us,.... We ride on being ignored
amid yet more rapid fire espagnol.

A food start to to th day.

It then starts to rain in the first traverse. Dopey annoys some riders
az we try to recover some lost ground. Somebody misjudges his braking
hits my rear tire and ends up in the bushes and rocks below.....bye bye.

We get som nice double track, a few sreep climbs some nice descents
and basically enjoying riding along minding my own business, when
suddenly...... CRAP ATTACK. I leap from my bike, throw of my pack
helmet glasses shirt and gloves, grab the Kleenex and......

..... Some time later, feeling somewhat betterr CRAP ATTACK #2. Oh
shit. Indeed..... Some time later.....riding along enjoying the
scenery. Aid station 1 shows up. Refuel. Water. Eat. Gotta stink gotta
eat.

So my plan if taking it easy really works. My heartratd us averaging
137. Unmoving right along. The trails are great. Some fast double
track. Nice easy flowy, not too technical single track. Nice. Apart
from the CA's of course.

Km 32 goes by....nice....when suddenly CRAP ATTACK #3........some time
later wd hit son SWEET SINglETRACK. Grest twisty turbing clinbimng
lots of traction. Fantastic.I'm not happy though and whilst my legs
and heart are there, my mind is wondering when CRAP ATTACK 4 is coming.

About then I look back from a turn, see a niner rip 9 but not Nascar,
who zips by me. Kike is there too.....singlespeeding!!!! Damn that guy
is fit. They cut down the chain and had at it. Better that than
spoonbg inthe woods waiting for the rain to stop!!

They go on. CRAP ATTACK 4. definately not enjoying that part but have
figured I can leave my helmet on to take my shirt off (bibshorts).......

.....aud station 2 is at km 45 or so. Est. Drink. Don't think about CA
5. pedal on.

By the way dopey wax great. He waited patiently whilst I did my bear
thing(s) once I caught up with him at the aid station 2.

Anyway. A climb. A fast descent. Fire road. Oooooohhhh I love My
niner. Blasteroid time. Rocks fly. Dust rises. Dopey and missile
hurtle. Past people. Yeah. Rock n roll. Awwwwsome. Dude.

Now the hard part starts. It's steep. It's km 50. Were tired. But my o
my those Canucks can build trails. INCREDIBLE swooping and diving and
climbing trail. Oodles of traction. if you had the legs. Which I
nearly did.

The effort was worth it. Fast flowy descent. Really fast.
Fingerbreaking fast. Trees everywhere. (we're in a forest!! Duhh!) o
my. I can smell dopeys grin it's so big. Ossum descent. Jumps,
Bernard, roots, (the good kind for once. )

We finish and I realise I just lost 15 minutes to pure unadulterated
bliss. I was in the zone in the downhill. I ate enough, I drank
enough. My fingers held on enough. I RIPped. Not sure how I got siwn
but that trip down into sechelt is stored in the library of mythical
rides. You know you did it,but somehow time stops/disappears/vanishes.
Only when you stop do you realise it. AWESOME.

Despite the problems,yet again, a great day.

And I also realise.... CA 5 never came!!!

We do rip 4:30
70s Crop 4:20

Can't remember the position but I think ed list some..

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BCBR Day 3 - Powell river

Too tired to blog yesterday.

Crap night due to endless wind meant I was knackered before starting.
NASCAR: wind??? What wind?? Bastard!

Early rise. Cappuccino at "grind". Kike and Nascar happy. Dopey
smooths a slurpie or something like that.

Bus.

Ferry.

I have my back taped. Ouch.

11:00 am race start. Short dirt track up. Long dirt road along... We
draft so we Zip along.

Then the fun begins. Steeeeep uphill and into roots. Dry roots. Wet
roots. Sharp roots. Big roots. Long roots. Up roots. Along roots. Flat
roots. Broken roots. Edgy roots. Pink roots. New roots. Slow roots.
Moving roots. Tiny roots ( not too many of those).
Basically. Roots.

Did I mention the turns. Sharp turns. Sharper turns. Down turns.
Twisty turns.

Did I mention the ups and downs? Up and down and up and down ad
infinitum.

About.a bazillion gear change.

Are you still concentrating. I could barely hold it together at the end.

A few fast flowy turny sections, 3 long travereses then the final
downhill.

My back was killing me.

Glad to finish

Tired

Veerrrry tired.

We do rip: 4 hrs - 19th overall. Woohoo still in the top half.
70's crop. 3:27 hrs - 19th overall.

Then
Bike maintenance
Warmish? shower (that sucks)
Massage. ...aaaaaahhhhhhh
Dinner
Sleep

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Powell River Tent City

BCBR sox!!!

Must have coffee or smoothies!!!

BCBR Sox!!!