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An economic impact study conducted by Squamish’s off-road cycling association suggests the community benefits to the tune of $8 million in direct spending thanks to mountain bike riders.
Volunteers with the mountain bike club generated this figure by interviewing 451 bike riders over the Labour Day long weekend at three popular trails in the Squamish area. As well, automated counters were installed on the trails. The counters tallied 1,339 bike riders on the three trails over the course of the long weekend.
The Squamish Off Road Cycling Association (SORCA) reported that 75 per cent of … More
Welcome to ‘Mega from Behind’. Welcome to Alpe d’Huez. I dropped all my expectaitons as a racer and decided to start the Magavalanche as the last man on the hill. This is the prospective ‘from behind’. This is maybe close to the prospective of an average rider racing the Mega.
On my way down I catch people up who have some problems. Physically or technically or both. I talk with them about their situation, their feelings and their strategies for going down. As different people tell different stories I thought it was very intersting how positive everybody is and how unimportant the result actually is.
The guys in front of the camera in order to appearance are: Dan Smith #65, United Kingdom Julien Prenez #2410, France Maurizio Brugiafreddo #1042, Italy James Windley #54, United Kingdom