Full Review
Specialized Diverge Expert Carbon
Cooper weighs in on the bike that carried him to BCBR Gravel Explorer and all over the sneaky trails and back roads of the Shore.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Chromag Darco
A hardtail.... with rear suspension?
RACE REPORT #2
BCBR Gravel Explorer XLT Part 2
Hauling into the final days, and more ice cream.
RACE REPORT
BCBR Gravel Explorer XLT
I set out to not be embarrassed - a modest yet difficult to achieve goal.
BCBR PREP
Suffering Looms on the Horizon
With a few days to go, Cooper reflects on his preparation and gear choices for five days of stage racing.
Prepping for the BCBR Gravel Explorer
Cooper Goes (back to) Racing
"I’m going in with the bold goal of not embarrassing myself...
Review
Trek Top Fuel Review
Speed, sustainability, shifting mindsets, and thoughts on the new breed of short travel trail bikes.
Long Term Review
2022 Canyon Grizl CF SL 8 Suspension (Gravel)
What the hell is the difference between mountain and gravel bikes anyway?
Wide Ranging Review
Garbaruk 11-Speed Wide Range Drivetrain
Looking for more range for your 11-speed?
Review
Giro Sector
Dancing shoes for the discerning mountain biker
FIRST LOOK
Canyon Grizl CF SL8 Suspension
Yep, it's a gravel bike. And this is a first look.
REVIEW
PNW Components Range Gen 3 Bar and Stem
"In the best way, the cockpit just faded into the background and became part of the bike..."
First Impressions REVIEW
2022 Trek Top Fuel
Shore Country? Dad Country? No no, this one is "fast trail"
Cooper's Gift Giving Ideas
Gifts that are Better than Lumps of Coal
Despite floods taking out the railways (and roads!), Neptune Terminal looks well prepped to fill stockings this year.
REVIEW
Race Face Next SL Wheelset
Race Face says "The SL is for Super Light". How'd they do over 12 months of Shore-country riding?
Hardtail Review
2021 Canyon Stoic 4
"The Stoic is built with geometry meant for aggressive riding, spec’d to take a beating, go back to do it all again tomorrow..."
REVIEW | COMPARISON
2021 Transition Spur v. Santa Cruz Tallboy
Long-term review and comparison of two category-bending short-travel mountain bikes – both of which are happy to wrestle a weight class up.
REVIEW
2021 Transition Spur Ridden on the Shore
If anyone can make a 120mm bike work on the trails of the dank PNW - and the North Shore in particular - it's Transition
GET YOUR TICKETS!
2020 NSMBA Bike Raffle
Enter to win a gorgeous custom Knolly Warden LT with a sweet build. Proceeds to the NSMBA as well as Colour the Trails.
REVIEW
Alchemy Arktos 29 - Reviewed
How does the machine from Colorado fare on the Shore?
Another Lap Around the Sun
Best of 2019 - Cooper Quinn Edition
The President of our local advocacy group (also an nsmb contributor) shares a bike, a race, a camera and his experience within the Shore MTB community...
The NSMBA* provides perspective on teeter totters
Teetering on the Brink
How did we get to within days of teeter totter destruction on the North Shore without riders knowing what was up?
Chasing Fall from the Yukon to British Columbia
Extended Play
How far would you go to extend your favourite time of year to ride? Last Autumn, Cooper Quinn and Matt Beer chased fall colours from the BC to the Yukon in search of the endless Fall.
GIVE TO YOUR TRAIL ASSOC'N and GET TRAILS
Dear Santa: Cooper's List
Staying off of Krampus' Visitation List has kept Cooper on best behaviour