I will pick up this book
Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:
ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.
I will pick up this book
Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:
ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.
I just did p.27 "Seymour Technical Tour" and p.70 "Cypress XC Quickie". Wow there is so much out there I didn't know about. I'm going to do every ride listed in the book in the next few months. Super stoked.
There's nothing better than an Orangina after cheating death with Digger.
A big thanks to all the explorers out there riding the loops! That is exactly the reason Sharon and I wanted to create a book. These are the best comments we could get! We will all win when the Shore becomes a destination again.
To answer the waterproof cover queries, we decided against it because it would have doubled the price and at $24.95 we thought we were at our ceiling.
Please give us any feedback or suggestions on rides, or your new favourite loop, at [email protected]. Or post it on here!
An app that overlays the routes over GMaps would be so helpful to ensure that you are at the right intersections. Currently I just take a photo of the route and refer to it on my ride.
One major thing that the book has changed for me is my view on how I ride my bike. For the longest time I was happy riding a heavy AM/FR bike (37+ lbs) up and down my customary loops - for straight up/straight-down rides (i.e. Fromme, Burke, etc) this is still totally fine. But now that I'm out exploring these much longer rides that have way more climbing I want something more pedally so I can do longer days in the saddle, which is how riding was for me back in the day. It's an awesome return to my roots.
There's nothing better than an Orangina after cheating death with Digger.
Let me know when you get an iPhone app like the Squamish trail App. Then I'm in.
Any plans to release the suggested routes in GPX format so I can use on my GPS?
In the near future we are planning to have downloadable suggested rides available to buy off our site www.mtbtrails.ca. We are currently researching different ideas and formats; getting to know the competition. The Squamish trail app is very slick and it would be awesome to offer something similar, just buy 3000 more books and we should have enough money to create it!
It's been a wet June but we started it right by donating some cash to a un-named builder who works mainly in the Cypress area.
Here's a standard Fromme lap. Starting with an oldie but goodie (but definitely greasy) trail -
Bookwus
Bookwus rides off the log of 7th and then on to Executioner
Then the closest thing to xc in Fromme Mtn in North Vancouver; Dreamweaver
http://mtbtrails.ca/ Author of Locals' Guide to North Shore Rides and Locals' Guide to Fraser Valley Rides.
I'm not sure if you can encrypt or lock a gpx file but if it were possible, that might be an option. It would be nice to offer it with a custom map like the Squamish Trail app. The problem is figuring out if there is any type of universal format that would work amoungst all the different GPS out there on the market. KMZ/KML file works on my Garmin Oregon but not sure if works on other brands [HTML_REMOVED] models of GPS's.
I'm not sure if you can encrypt or lock a gpx file but if it were possible, that might be an option. It would be nice to offer it with a custom map like the Squamish Trail app. The problem is figuring out if there is any type of universal format that would work amoungst all the different GPS out there on the market. KMZ/KML file works on my Garmin Oregon but not sure if works on other brands [HTML_REMOVED] models of GPS's.
A KML file will work in Google Earth so everyone would be able to use it, and there are plenty of apps out there that will convert it into any format you need.
I bought this book at MEC and applaud it's efforts.
I went out today with some novice friends and was looking for something appropriate so we went for the Richard Juryn Loop. I'm afraid it was a disappointing experience. It was not at all obvious which way we were supposed to go! I guess it's obvious which way to go when you already know the trails, but much less so when you're venturing out and relying 100% on the map.
Oh well. Can't have everything in life.
But: if I were to go through the effort to collect as much information it must take to create such a book, I'd go the extra mile to either hammer in some blazes, or drive some stakes or something ANYTHING to let people know that "x" marks the spot as it were.
Knowing you have to turn left as some point is good, but when there are 4 left turns to choose from, it makes it less handy.
My 2 cents…
But: if I were to go through the effort to collect as much information it must take to create such a book, I'd go the extra mile to either hammer in some blazes, or drive some stakes or something ANYTHING to let people know that "x" marks the spot as it were.
Hammering in blazes is a touchy subject with the land owners. They don't like nailing into live trees.
The LSCR is working this year to put up some 4X4inch posts with maps/signs.
I don't think DNV has any plans to put up signage on Seymour. This would include Serra's trail.
I have noticed some signs being put up though. Seems like someone is feeling your pain and putting up some signs to mark trails.
I'm sure NSR and DNV fire is happy with this effort to since it will also prevent people from getting lost.
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I seem to remember seeing blazes in trees on almost every ride I've done, anywhere… Oh well, it's their land I guess. Mustn't miff the land owners/managers I suppose. Completely ridiculous in my opinion, but whadayagonnado… How about painting a rock? Placing a rock with a plaque in it? Hanging a blaze on a string delicately and conscientiously tied between two trees?
I wonder what the carbon footprint is for SAR to go out and find people who get lost…
For anyone to allow trail construction, but then object to marking said trails seems borderline psychopathic. Best be grateful for what we have.
I seem to remember seeing blazes in trees on almost every ride I've done, anywhere… Oh well, it's their land I guess. Mustn't miff the land owners/managers I suppose. Completely ridiculous in my opinion, but whadayagonnado… How about painting a rock? Placing a rock with a plaque in it? Hanging a blaze on a string delicately and conscientiously tied between two trees?
I wonder what the carbon footprint is for SAR to go out and find people who get lost…
For anyone to allow trail construction, but then object to marking said trails seems borderline psychopathic. Best be grateful for what we have.
For the SRLM project on Seymour, if anyone has seen the orange signs, we tied them to the trees with wire. That's gotta be good when the tree grows bigger! Also seems easier to steal since a few have gone missing.
Granted, LSCR is supposed to be replacing some of the trail maps on their land and putting up other signage.
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Trail marking is pretty key. The trails on the sunshine coast that I've ridden all had cool plaques, bike parts, model planes, etc… I thought they were interesting.
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