It’s a good time to be a mountain biker in BC. In just about every community across the province trails are being developed and enhanced, providing seemingly endless options for all levels of riders. Many are developed by enthusiastic local trail builders with the best of intentions, be it to push the limits of rider ability or simply provide more quality choices for the after work or weekend rip.
However, many of our trails are not “legitimateâ€â€¦and the province has taken notice. Driven by a need to address the liability of such trails – and the recognition of the health, economic, social, cultural/heritage and environmental benefits – BC has created a draft Trails Strategy to better manage trail use and recreation in the future.
Listen up, because this will have an impact on what, and how, you build and maintain trails the near future and beyond.
History of the trails initiative:
In 2002, the newly elected Liberal government decided, as part of their “core review… Details
Spain’s Alberto Contador took the overall lead at the Tour of the Basque Country on Wednesday after winning the toughest stage of the six-day race.
The 2007 Tour de France winner, team mate of Lance Armstrong in the Astana team, attacked alone on the final steep climb of the 172.5km third stage from Villatuerta to Eibar.
He managed to open a gap and finished nine seconds ahead of Australia’s Cadel Evans and Spain’s Samuel Sanchez.
Contador leads Sanchez by nine seconds in the overall standings …Â Details
Registration is now available via the USA Cycling website for the 2009 UCI BMX World Championships and Challenge slated for July 20-26 in Adelaide, Australia. All qualified riders will need a valid USA Cycling International BMX license in order to register for the event. A complete list of qualified riders and more details on how to register are available on the USA Cycling BMX World Championship information page on the national governing body’s BMX homepage. Registration for all amateur class riders closes May 1 and on July 3 for all championship class athletes.
All riders must be pre-qualified, either by finishing in the top-eight at last year’s UCI BMX World Championships/Challenge, or by recording a top-16 finish at the 2009 USA Cycling BMX National Championships on March 21. For a complete list…Â Details
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Sacramento police have arrested two men on charges related to the theft of a bicycle belonging to seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.
Officers said on Tuesday that they arrested 39-year-old Lee Crider on suspicion of stealing Armstrong’s Trek Livestrong 1274 and two other bikes from members of Team Astana.
Another man, 34-year-old Dung Le, was …Â Details
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