May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace.
The gladness of Christmas give you hope.
AND The warmth of Christmas grant u love.
Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2013..

I just came across this little video in which some folks travelled all the way from Ottawa to the Forest City Velodrome. Made me want to get a group together to head down once again, say, in the new year.

Most people think that Joyride 150 is strictly a BMX park but, as David and I found out, this description does not do it justice. The place is an enormous, indoor cycling extravaganza. It has it all: a pretty nice XC track with some climbs, descents, rock gardens, moguls, tight turns, and various other challenges; great jumps, pump tracks, skinnies, logs, and all manner of obstacles to ride over for riders of all ability levels. So David and I armored up and headed out...…

CBC has a poll for Athlete of the Year.  I cast my vote for the winner of the Giro d'Italia (who is currently trailing Christine Sinclair).

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2012/11/29/sp-vote-canadian-athlete-of-the-year.html

Dave, Ian, Alex, Pat and I, all bundled up for a fun morning on the bike.

Only 24 days till Santa visits and a few of us were following Alex the explorer.  There is a real world application for CX bikes, and we lived it on Saturday. Gravel paths, grass pathways in the hydro cuts, single track along the creeks and Patryk even executed a smooth high speed…