Just Another Mountain Bike Race (JABR)

Test of Metal Inc has added to its growing group of mountain bike races in Squamish with the launch of JABR in August 21, mmx. The race will begin and end at Quest University. Riders will enjoy new trails Half Nelson, Plum Smugglers, Word of Mouth and old favourite Credit Line and Roller Coaster. The map is now online at testofmetal.com - choose JABR from the menu at right.

Hell Of A Series Returns for MMX

2010 (referred to as MMX by the Test of Metal franchise) also heralds the return of Hell of A Series, this year a Cycling BC sanctioned mountain bike marathon series which includes:

Ore Crusher, Squamish : May 15
North Shore Festival, North Vancouver : June 5
NSCU Test of Metal, Squamish : June 19
GearJammer, Squamish : July 24
Just Another Bike Race, Squamish : Aug 21 The Final.

Rules and regulations can be found on the Test of Metal website but your best link will be hellofaseries.ca - a website that is scheduled for development.

New Downhill Trail in Squamish

The Squamish woods have been filled with the music of "Men at Work" lately.
Work has been steady on the new trail named "Half Nelson". Thanks to the fantastic winter that we have been having, work has been moving along at a "Dream's Pace". Completion date is set for March of 2010 so you can look forward to spring days on the new trail in the following months. Something else to look forward to is the recently announced DH race in Squamish on July 25th 2010. Watch carefully for announcements as this race will have a cap on entries. This will be a history making event that you won't want to miss. from Dwayne Kress, via the Facebook Page Bike Squamish

Spirit of Squamish

Everyone's loving the new YouTube Video about Squamish. If you haven't seen it click here!

More cool videos, including a few featuring Squamish mountain biking (Credit Line, Squirrel, Nemesis) can be found on the Tourism Squamish videos gallery.

Test of Metal Sells Out 24:54

Test of Metal's revamped registration system did not let us down this year, processing about 24 entries per minute without a glitch. The event sold out in just under 25 minutes. The website received over 2,750 hits. Former MTB Champion Bruce Spicer was the final entry purchased. The most distant entry was entered from Sweden. There were quite a few local entries in spite of the December 'locals only' registration - this is healthy for the event - local riders bring local spectators and local volunteers ensuring the health and success of The Canadian Epic. www.testofmetal.com

Locals Only Registration sells out

By Test of Metal standards, the pace was almost leisurely.
The locals-only registration period, which is open to residents living from from Furry Creek to Darcy, closed at 8:59 pm when all 200 reserved spaces were filled, almost three hours after opening. Read more here

Check out the Sea to Sky Trail website

The vision of a trail connecting the communities of the Sea to Sky Corridor, from Squamish to D'Arcy, has long held the imaginations of the residents of this region. This 180 kilometre, non-motorized, multi-use trail is being built right now for everyone to enjoy. The trail is optimized for mountain bikes and will provide you with a full outdoor experience of the landscape and the natural and human history of the Sea to Sky corridor. http://www.seatoskytrail.ca/

Trail Maintenance and Closures notices

What do Pseudostuga and Dead End Loop have in common? They're both closed. Please be sure to check our Trail Updates section on a regular basis - indeed, before you set out on the weekend is your best action! SORCA has begun serious trail work and upgrades in a variety of areas. This from their website: " Work has been started on the new “Half Nelson Trail’ which is located in the vicinity of Recycle and Angry Midget; so be aware that there is equipment operating in this area; and no the trail is not ready for riding. Expansive tail maintenance will also be occurring from now until snowfall on a variety of trails. Please use appropriate caution when riding these trails."

All Trail Closure notices aer posted in our TRAIL Updates section, click here.

IMB: International Mountain Bike Magazine - Issue 3 now online

OK, you're in for a treat. A new online mtb mag full of high gloss ads and articles and some great photos but this mag is more than just another pretty face. You're looking at an Ellsworth ad? And suddently a window right on the ad comes alive revealing a sort film on Ellsworth bikes, where they're made, etc. Cool. You're reading an interview with Martyn Ashton and at bottom right is a little button saying 'play me' - you do it and watch Ashton in action. But my favourite section is Bike Tech and each article has a little video demonstrating what is being taught. How cool is that? There are lots of other screen controls - fidgets and fun things to discover. IMB will be published online every two months. You can view it by clicking here http://www.imbikemag.com

SORCA Director Barry McLane Thanks Ticket 2 Ride

On the NSMB Forum's Barry posts a heartfelt thankyou: This year in Squamish we accomplished more trail maintenance and construction that ever before. Lots of reasons for this, more builders coming to town, more general stoke, and more commitment.

Ticket 2 Ride has to be acknowledged for their commitment to the Squamish trails this year. The crew put back more than 300 hours into our trail network, both through showing up with 4-7 people (including guests sometimes!) to almost every SORCA trail day, and through independent projects such as doing a great job fixing up Don't Tell Jude.

THANK YOU guys, for stepping up as the guide company most committed to our trails this year. Barry McLane

Ticket 2 Ride is a guided adventure mountain bike holiday company providing multi-area/terrain riding experiences in and around the legendary trails of Whistler and Squamish. www.ticket2ridebc.com The company has been an active sponsor for many of our local events.

Protect the Test!

UPDATE: Winners were announced, prizes given in 2009. The website has not been udpated - information currently displayed is from June 2009.

June 25 :: Richard MacKellar of the “Protect the Test Initiative” announced the final winners of the contest last week. Our goal is to encourage all levels of government and land owners to work together to protect the Test of Metal course. Read more here :: or visit www.protectthetest.com

Mountain Biking Mamas

The Squamish Mountain Biking Mama’s is a social biking group of women that ride the vast trail system available to us from our backdoor. The Mountain Biking Mama’s is for women all at all levels, just beginning to advanced riders. Join their Facebook page for ride announcements.

SquamishMountainbike.com belongs to Jude Goodwin from Squamish, BC. Her goal for the site is to create an information stop for mountain bike enthusiasts living in or visiting Squamish. Click here for more information -

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