Anyone help with a tank move? Calgary monday night

Delphinus · #1 09-24-2007, 07:19 PM

It's absolutely amazingly awesome wicked. There's really nothing out our way that compares. Well, places like Panorama, Fernie, Kicking Horse come sort of close, but really, Whistler is ground-zero of the sport. C.O.P. in Calgary is not bad for diversity I guess but the sheer vertical you get at Whistler ... there's really nothing that compares. I met with riders from all over the place, Australia, New Zealand, U.K., U.S., .. they come from all over to ride Whistler. Each run has you riding for like 30-40 minutes at a time, minimum (and I didn't even make it up to the top half of the mountain) and you're fully engaged every second of the way. There's no .. how can you describe .. there's no "down time" or "slow time" between the technical parts for you to sort of catch your breath. It's drops, berms, jumps, ladders, single-track ... There's something for everyone. And you'll catch glimpses of the pro riders too since most of them call Whistler their home base too. Really neat to see these guys (and up and comers) ply their craft. It's totally worth going to, just be sure you're in good bike shape, really easy to get yourself into trouble there as I found out.

In all honestly, depends on what you're riding right now, but you might want to consider renting if you do go. I don't think I'd want to ride 6" travel bike out there, I managed to fully compress my 8" travel bike on a couple occasions.

A-Line is soooooo much fun. Yeah, do go if you get the chance.

Parker · #2 09-24-2007, 08:53 PM

Cool, I'll have to make it a point to make it there next year! I'm only running a six inch travel Rocky right now, not much use for anything bigger here in Edmonton unless you huck, which I'm getting to old for! lol. So I'll have to rent once I get out there.

Skimmer Juice · #3 09-24-2007, 09:17 PM

O we got some riders on hear, that is good to see, I work at B&P cycle.

danny zubot · #4 09-24-2007, 09:39 PM

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I planned to drive out there but my little Focus burned 1.75 tanks of gas to Banff alone with the bikes on the roof. Might have to figure out how to get them inside the car!

I wouldn't think that a bike would have that much drag on top of a car! Would it be much better if you had the bikes rear mounted?

Parker · #5 09-24-2007, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by danny zubot

I wouldn't think that a bike would have that much drag on top of a car! Would it be much better if you had the bikes rear mounted?

That's with two bikes on the roof one wheels on and the other fork mount. Rear mount would make a huge difference but would render my hatch useless with the bikes on, I also wasn't thinking about higway travel when I bought my racks and I have too much invested to start over again with a hitch mount.

The Focus's aren't known for great gas millage to start with, so that doesn't help.

Delphinus · #6 09-24-2007, 10:10 PM

The one lesson I learned at Whistler is that I'm a little too old to huck, too. I like ripping down single track at ludicrous speed (I'm 36, one of the guys I was riding with is 22 and he was astounded "Dude, you're 36? I can't keep up to you!"

But he can do big air, which is just completely out of my skill level.) Whistler is very difficult to ride and not get air. The lips on the jumps, you just can't get over them without getting some kind of air (otherwise your bike doesn't make it up the up part). To watch the kids go by, and get 6 feet, 7 feet, 10 feet of air ... it's astounding. They swear at you if you slow them down.

It amazes me how gravity defying they are. Oh to be 20-something (and under) and indestructible. Just you wait! One day you'll have a mortgage, and a receding hairline, and .. and .. AND YOU'LL HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GO PEE! YES! IT'S TRUE!!!!

<cough cough> sorry about that, not sure where that came from!!!

Pan · #7 09-24-2007, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

The one lesson I learned at Whistler is that I'm a little too old to huck, too. I like ripping down single track at ludicrous speed (I'm 36, one of the guys I was riding with is 22 and he was astounded "Dude, you're 36? I can't keep up to you!"

But he can do big air, which is just completely out of my skill level.) Whistler is very difficult to ride and not get air. The lips on the jumps, you just can't get over them without getting some kind of air (otherwise your bike doesn't make it up the up part). To watch the kids go by, and get 6 feet, 7 feet, 10 feet of air ... it's astounding. They swear at you if you slow them down.

It amazes me how gravity defying they are. Oh to be 20-something (and under) and indestructible. Just you wait! One day you'll have a mortgage, and a receding hairline, and .. and .. AND YOU'LL HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GO PEE! YES! IT'S TRUE!!!!

<cough cough> sorry about that, not sure where that came from!!!

Give it a couple more years, buy depends, then you won't have to get up in the middle of the night to pee anymore