Category 1/2 Men

Over All

1 Rob Britton La-Z-Boy Cycling 41
2 Ryan Anderson TREK Red Truck Racing 32
3 Jamie Sparling La-Z-Boy Cycling 31
4 Tim Abercrombie Escape Velocity 26
5 Cory Forest Total Restoration 24
6 Derek McMaster La-Z-Boy Cycling 15
7 Carlos Capela Total Restoration 13
8 Dave Vukets TREK Red Truck Racing 12
9 John Tolkamp Escape Velocity 11
10 Scott Laliberte Integrale/ BH Bikes 10
11 Matt Savage Aviawest 8
12 Trevor Connor La-Z-Boy Cycling 6
13 Andrew Kyle Aviawest 5
14 Matthew Cottrell Aviawest 5
15 Zachery Garland Masi Adobi 4

Road Race
5 laps 100km
1 Rob Britton La-Z-Boy Cycling
2 Jamie Sparling La-Z-Boy Cycling
3 Ryan Anderson TREK Red Truck Racing
4 Tim Abercrombie Escape Velocity
5 Cory Forest Total Restoration
6 Derek McMaster La-Z-Boy Cycling
7 Neal Kindree
8 Marcel Aarden Integrale/ BH Bikes
9 Matthew Cottrell Aviawest
10 Dave Vukets TREK Red Truck Racing
11 Matt Usborne Integrale/ BH Bikes
12 Matthew Walker La-Z-Boy Cycling
13 Tyler Trace La-Z-Boy Cycling
14 Larry Zimich Integrale/ BH Bikes
15 Alistair Howard Masi Adobi
16 Mike Elliston CVC Racing
17 Paul Beard Escape Velocity
18 Daniel MacDonald Masi Adobi
19 Carlos Capela Total Restoration
20 Ryan Smith Total Restoration
21 Jason Fluckiger Team Coastal
22 Trevor Connor La-Z-Boy Cycling
23 Ryan Mcnamara La-Z-boy Cycling
24 Thomas Skinner Giant/ Garneau Clothing
25 Jason Thompson Escape Velocity

Time Trial
22km
1 Rob Britton La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:29:18
2 Jamie Sparling La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:29:53
3 John Tolkamp Escape Velocity 0:30:07
4 Ryan Anderson TREK Red Truck Racing 0:30:09
5 Cory Forest Total Restoration 0:30:22
6 Dave Vukets TREK Red Truck Racing 0:30:28
7 Derek McMaster La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:30:50
8 Trevor Connor La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:30:58
9 Andrew Kyle Aviawest 0:31:02
10 Zachery Garland Masi Adobi 0:31:03
11 Ryan Hopping La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:31:04
12 Christopher Reid Masi Adobi 0:31:30
13 Tim Abercrombie Escape Velocity 0:31:33
14 Simon Craig Spoke n’ Motion 0:31:35
15 Garth White TREK Red Truck Racing 0:31:44
16 Murray Solem Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:31:47
17 Daniel MacDonald Masi Adobi 0:31:49
18 Alistair Howard Masi Adobi 0:31:52
19 Jefferey Castenmiller TREK Red Truck Racing 0:31:53
20 Dan Skinner Total Restoration 0:31:54
21 Carlos Capela Total Restoration 0:32:04
22 Kevin Noiles TREK Red Truck Racing 0:32:08
23 Jay Hawranik unattached 0:32:17
24 Nathan MacDOnald TREK Red Truck Racing 0:32:18
25 Jason Thompson Escape Velocity 0:32:19
26 Frederic Bussieres Aviawest 0:32:22
27 Tyler Trace La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:32:39
28 Scott Laliberte Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:32:40
29 Matthew Walker La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:32:42
30 Shane Savage Mighty Cycles 0:32:46
31 Matthew Cottrell Aviawest 0:32:58
32 William Ralph F.O.G. Bikes & Beyond 0:32:59
33 Jeff Ain Escape Velocity 0:33:02
34 Sean Williams Total Restoration 0:33:10
35 Brad Kerr Total Restoration 0:33:17
36 Matt Savage Aviawest 0:33:39
37 Ryan Smith Total Restoration 0:34:07
38 Gary Wade Total Restoration 0:34:12
39 Mike Bidniak TREK Red Truck Racing 0:34:24
40 Rob White Aviawest 0:34:35
41 Ryan Mcnamara La-Z-boy Cycling 0:36:50
42 Craig De Gier Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:36:51
43 Trevor Haaheim Total Restoration 0:42:07

Criterium
55 min +2 laps
1 Tim Abercrombie Escape Velocity
2 Carlos Capela Total Restoration
3 Rob Britton La-Z-Boy Cycling
4 Scott Laliberte Integrale/ BH Bikes
5 Ryan Anderson TREK Red Truck Racing
6 Matt Savage Aviawest
7 Chris Worsold Team Glotman Simpson
8 Maurice Worsfold Team Glotman Simpson
9 Larry Zimich Integrale/ BH Bikes
10 Jamie Sparling La-Z-Boy Cycling
11 Cory Forest Total Restoration
12 Daniel MacDonald Masi Adobi
13 Murray Solem Integrale/ BH Bikes
14 Neal Kindree
15 Frederic Bussieres Aviawest

Category 3 Men and Junior Men

Overall

1 Jonathan Page Escape Velocity/ DEVO 40
2 Cody Campbell DEVO 34
3 Owen Harrison Total Restoration 30
4 Matthew Potma Integrale/ BH Bikes 29
5 Owen Sturgess Escape Velocity 17
6 Jesse Vanoene Kelowna Cycle 16
7 Galen Kehler Wentings Cycle 12
8 Michael Rothengatter DEVO 11
9 Chris Roberts Phoenix Velo Training Group 11
10 Ellis Jordan Interior Grasslands Cycling 11
11 Guy Biggar 9
12 Alex Van Poppelen Total Restoration 8
13 Marco Sabatino La-Z-Boy Cycling 8
14 Jason Manning DEVO 7
15 Russell Stead Escape Velocity 7

Road Race
4 laps 80km
1 Jonathan Page Escape Velocity/ DEVO
2 Cody Campbell DEVO
3 Owen Sturgess Escape Velocity
4 Owen Harrison Total Restoration
5 Matthew Potma Integrale/ BH Bikes
6 Galen Kehler Wentings Cycle
7 Matthew O’Hagan unattached
8 Christopher Reynolds CVC Racing
9 Alex Van Poppelen Total Restoration
10 Carsten Ivanby Natural Earth
11 Michael Rothengatter DEVO
12 Chris Roberts Phoenix Velo Training Group
13 Paul Cross Atomic Racing
14 Jae-Ho Yoo
15 Larry Wilson IRC/ Cameron Law
16 Trevor Hopkins Team Whistler
17 Hans Froese Interior Grasslands
18 Jesse Vanoene Kelowna Cycle
19 Graeme Martindale TREK Red Truck Racing
20 Ellis Jordan Interior Grasslands Cycling
21 Nels Guloien Natural Earth
22 Patrick Love Wedgewood Cycling
23 Jeff Clarkson Aviawest
24 Kevin Rutherford Integrale/ BH Bikes
25 Alex Northey Wedgewood Cycling

Time Trial
22km

1 Matthew Potma Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:30:23
2 Jesse Vanoene Kelowna Cycle 0:30:57
3 Cody Campbell DEVO 0:31:07
4 Jonathan Page Escape Velocity/ DEVO 0:31:53
5 Demian Seale IRC 0:32:08
6 Marco Sabatino La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:32:09
7 Michael Rothengatter DEVO 0:32:12
8 Owen Harrison Total Restoration 0:32:28
9 Owen Sturgess Escape Velocity 0:32:30
10 Galen Kehler Wentings Cycle 0:33:01
11 Austin Macdonald DEVO 0:33:02
12 Alex Van Poppelen Total Restoration 0:33:02
13 David Penner Escape Velocity 0:33:12
14 Jason Manning DEVO 0:33:18
15 Guy Biggar 0:33:31
16 Kevin Rutherford Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:33:33
17 Colin Hale Team Coastal 0:34:10
18 Hans Froese Interior Grasslands 0:34:34
19 Carsten Ivanby Natural Earth 0:34:41
20 Ellis Jordan Interior Grasslands Cycling 0:35:15
21 Nels Guloien Natural Earth 0:35:19
22 Chris Roberts Phoenix Velo Training Group 0:35:40
23 Graham Garrison Natural Earth 0:36:11
24 Nicholas Bird DEVO 0:36:23
25 Angus Straight DEVO 0:36:45
26 Tom Birk Steed Cycles 0:36:58
27 Philip Cairns Team Squamish 0:38:15

Criterium
40 min +2 laps

1 Jonathan Page Escape Velocity/ DEVO
2 Owen Harrison Total Restoration
3 Ellis Jordan Interior Grasslands Cycling
4 Cody Campbell DEVO
5 Chris Roberts Phoenix Velo Training Group
6 Guy Biggar
7 Russell Stead Escape Velocity
8 Jeff Clarkson Aviawest
9 Christopher Reynolds CVC Racing
10 Jason Manning DEVO
11 Jesse Vanoene Kelowna Cycle
12 Matthew Potma Integrale/ BH Bikes
13 Michael Rothengatter DEVO
14 Alex Van Poppelen Total Restoration
15 Owen Sturgess Escape Velocity

Category 4/5 Men

Overall

1 Nic Hamilton Aviawest 34
2 Julian Base unattached 25
3 Bob Chew Escape Velocity 22
4 Roy MacBeth Local Ride 21
5 Steve Devantier Local Ride 18
6 Mark Dormer unattached 14
7 Andrew Lea 13
8 David Nelson Gerick Cycles 13
9 Mike Berkenpas Local Ride 8
10 Drew Kaiser Kelowna Cycle 8
11 Aaron Amar IRC 8
12 Alexander Pope Escape Velocity 8
13 Gerry Van Gaaris unattached 8
14 David Gerth Team Coastal 7
15 Derek Ferguson Snow Covers 5

Road Race
3 laps 60km

1 Nic Hamilton Aviawest
2 Bob Chew Escape Velocity
3 Robert Welbourn unattached
4 Zeb Piggott-Duggan unattached
5 Steve Devantier Local Ride
6 Mike Berkenpas Local Ride
7 David Gerth Team Coastal
8 Andrew Lea
9 Derek Ferguson Snow Covers
10 Drew Kaiser Kelowna Cycle
11 Mark Dormer unattached
12 Chris McKillican Kelowna Cycle
13 Albert Nomura unattached
14 David Broemeling Escape Velocity
15 Ben Jackson Escape Velocity
16 Cameron Thorpe DEVO
17 Jason Brooks unattached
18 Roy MacBeth Local Ride
19 Mike Tunnah Wedgewood Cycling
20 Patrick Beukstead Ambelside Cycle
21 Curtis Jung DEVO
22 William Letham unattached
23 Paul Craig Natural Earth
24 Darren Yanke Atomic Racing
25 Richard Machnein Unattached

Time Trial
22km

1 Kyle Kennedy unattached 0:32:18
2 Roy MacBeth Local Ride 0:32:31
3 Craig Premack PartOne International 0:33:09
4 Julian Base unattached 0:33:11
5 Bob Chew Escape Velocity 0:33:20
6 Gerry Van Gaaris unattached 0:33:30
7 Andrew Lea 0:33:33
8 Nic Hamilton Aviawest 0:33:48
9 Steve Devantier Local Ride 0:33:54
10 DJ Manning DEVO 0:33:55
11 Mark Dormer unattached 0:33:58
12 Alexander Pope Escape Velocity 0:34:02
13 Brian Postlethwaite Escape Velocity 0:34:05
14 Drew Kaiser Kelowna Cycle 0:34:06
15 Paul Brewer unattached 0:34:27
16 David Gerth Team Coastal 0:34:33
17 Brent Hladchuk unattached 0:34:35
18 David Nelson Gerick Cycles 0:35:06
19 Jakub Wasiela Escape Velocity 0:35:06
20 Paul Craig Natural Earth 0:35:08
21 David Broemeling Escape Velocity 0:35:11
22 Richard Machnein Unattached 0:35:23
23 Stuart Lynne Vancouver Velovets 0:35:26
24 Shane Reaume Local Ride 0:35:32
25 Rob Kipps Local Ride 0:35:36
26 Mike Berkenpas Local Ride 0:35:43
27 David Beggs Derailleurs in the Mist 0:35:47
28 Cameron Thorpe DEVO 0:35:48
29 Corey Hess Aviawest 0:35:59
30 David Kossick Escape Velocity 0:36:05
31 Chris McKillican Kelowna Cycle 0:36:30
32 Doug Preston Escape Velocity/ DEVO 0:36:30
33 Curtis Jung DEVO 0:37:10
34 John Hawranik unattached 0:37:16
35 Artuvciejka Prince George Cyclig Club 0:37:25
36 Derek Ferguson Snow Covers 0:37:25
37 Mark Rainer Snow Covers 0:37:55
38 Paul McCloskey Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:38:24
39 Alan Young Local Ride 0:38:27
40 Gavin Day La-Z-Boy Cycling 0:39:00
41 Mark Boothroyd unattached 0:39:36
42 David Nud 0:41:25

Criterium
30 min +2 laps
1 Julian Base unattached
2 David Nelson Gerick Cycles
3 Nic Hamilton Aviawest
4 Tony Zackery
5 Robert Welbourn unattached
6 Mark Dormer unattached
7 Roy MacBeth Local Ride
8 Alexander Pope Escape Velocity
9 Aaron Amar IRC
10 Steve Devantier Local Ride
11 Drew Kaiser Kelowna Cycle
12 Jakub Wasiela Escape Velocity
13 Gavin Day La-Z-Boy Cycling
14 Cameron Thorpe DEVO
15 Brian Postlethwaite Escape Velocity

Category 1/2/3 Women

Overall

1 Leah Guloien Giant Bicycles Women’s Team 33
2 Jean-Ann McKirdy Rocky Mountain 26
3 Laura Brown Integrale/ BH Bikes 20
4 Gillian Kornell Total Restoration 18*
5 Sarah Stewart Wedgewood Cycling 18
6 Marie Claude Gagnon Integrale/ BH Bikes 17
7 Jennifer Schutlz Total Restoration 16
8 Lee Darling Integrale/ BH Bikes 16
9 Danielle Kenny Team H&R Block 10
10 Jenelle Cassidy Giant Bicycles Women’s Team 10
11 Leslie Vice The Chicks Cycling Club 7
12 Claire Cameron 6
13 Barb Zimich Integrale/ BH Bikes 6
14 Monica Nelson Total Restoration 3
15 Karen Watson Integrale/ BH Bikes 3

*tiebreaker was road race position

Road Race
4 laps 80km

1 Leah Goldstein Symmetrics
2 Marni Hambleton Symmetrics
3 Leah Guloien Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
4 Jenny Trew Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
5 Jean-Ann McKirdy Rocky Mountain
6 Courtney Albert TREK Red Truck Racing
7 Gillian Kornell Total Restoration
8 Corinne Issel TREK Red Truck Racing
9 Sarah Stewart Wedgewood Cycling
10 Laura Brown Integrale/ BH Bikes
11 Jennifer Shutlz Total Restoration
12 Kristine Brynjolfson Team Coastal
13 Alena Radomsky Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
14 Anne Marie Lefrancois Integrale/ BH Bikes
15 Danielle Kenny Team H&R Block
16 Lisa Tasa TREK Red Truck Racing
17 Lee Darling Integrale/ BH Bikes
18 Jenelle Cassidy Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
19 Lisa Howard Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
20 Leslie Vice The Chicks Cycling Club
21 Monica Nelson Total Restoration
22 Marie Claude Gagnon Integrale/ BH Bikes

Time Trial
22km

1 Moriah MacGregor AE Sport Development 0:31:11
2 Marie Claude Gagnon Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:34:10
3 Leah Guloien Giant Bicycles Women’s Team 0:34:58
4 Jean-Ann McKirdy Rocky Mountain 0:35:02
5 Danielle Kenny Team H&R Block 0:35:10
6 Sarah Stewart Wedgewood Cycling 0:35:16
7 Lee Darling Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:35:32
8 Barb Zimich Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:36:05
9 Leslie Vice The Chicks Cycling Club 0:36:11
10 Lisa Dorian The Chicks Cycling Club 0:36:12
11 Gillian Kornell Total Restoration 0:36:13
12 Monica Nelson Total Restoration 0:36:31
13 Melanie Zinck Team H&R Block 0:36:33
14 Fiona MacLeod TREK Red Truck Racing 0:37:26
15 Laura Brown Integrale/ BH Bikes 0:37:32
16 Jennifer Schutlz Total Restoration 0:39:01
17 Lisa Tasa TREK Red Truck Racing 0:39:04
18 Jenelle Cassidy Giant Bicycles Women’s Team 0:41:42

Criterium
45min +2 laps

1 Laura Brown Integrale/ BH Bikes
2 Jennifer Schutlz Total Restoration
3 Leah Guloien Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
4 Jenelle Cassidy Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
5 Lee Darling Integrale/ BH Bikes
6 Gillian Kornell Total Restoration
7 Jean-Ann McKirdy Rocky Mountain
8 Claire Cameron
9 Sarah Stewart Wedgewood Cycling
10 Marie Claude Gagnon Integrale/ BH Bikes
11 Karen Watson Integrale/ BH Bikes
12 Leslie Vice The Chicks Cycling Club
13 Lisa Tasa TREK Red Truck Racing
14 Monica Nelson Total Restoration

Category 4 Women and Junior Women

Overall

1 Chelsea Bilsbarrow Giant Bicycles Women’s Team 41
2 Liz Hatch Local Ride 37
3 Megan Rathwell unattached 33
4 Rachel Canning DEVO 23
5 Kyla Giesbrecht DEVO 22
6 Sarah Nathan The Chicks Cycling Club 17
7 Margaret Pugh The Chicks Cycling Club 16
8 Camille Nonis DEVO 16
9 Kjersten Lone Dirty Girlz Loeka 12
10 Sarah McMillan The Chicks Cycling Club 11
11 Lauren Hughes Team Squamish 10
12 Sara Froese Interior Grasslands Cycling 7
13 Jennifer Gerth unattached 5
14 Jannine Ball Local Ride 4
15 Julia Jurcova unattached 2

Road Race
2 laps 40km

1 Chelsea Bilsbarrow Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
2 Megan Rathwell unattached
3 Liz Hatch Local Ride
4 Margaret Pugh The Chicks Cycling Club
5 Sarah Nathan The Chicks Cycling Club
6 Lauren Hughes Team Squamish
7 Kerrie Siemens unattached
8 Sarah McMillan The Chicks Cycling Club
9 Kyla Giesbrecht DEVO
10 Judi Garrison Natural Earth
11 Rachel Canning DEVO
12 Jannine Ball Local Ride
13 Camille Nonis DEVO
14 Linda Chow Wedgewood Cycling
15 Jenn Kohm The Chicks Cycling Club
16 Julia Jurcova unattached
17 Karen Nakagawa The Chicks Cycling Club
18 Jennifer Gerth unattached
19 Jenny Dueck unattached
20 Michelle Tang Integrale/ BH Bikes

Time Trial
22km

1 Liz Hatch Local Ride 0:37:32
2 Michelle Reaume Local Ride 0:37:43
3 Chelsea Bilsbarrow Giant Bicycles Women’s Team 0:37:53
4 Megan Rathwell unattached 0:38:37
5 Kyla Giesbrecht DEVO 0:39:24
6 Kjersten Lone Dirty Girlz Loeka 0:39:27
7 Rachel Canning DEVO 0:39:46
8 Camille Nonis DEVO 0:39:53
9 Jennifer Gerth unattached 0:40:05
10 Sarah McMillan The Chicks Cycling Club 0:40:22
11 Margaret Pugh The Chicks Cycling Club 0:40:55
12 Julia Jurcova unattached 0:41:19
13 Sarah Nathan The Chicks Cycling Club 0:41:32
14 Sara Froese Interior Grasslands Cycling 0:41:49
15 Lauren Hughes Team Squamish 0:41:53
16 Marie Devantier Local Ride 0:43:05
17 Susan Weston Natural Earth 0:43:18
18 Linda Chow Wedgewood Cycling 0:43:28
19 Karen Nakagawa The Chicks Cycling Club 0:43:41
20 Jannine Ball Local Ride 0:44:19
21 Jenn Kohm The Chicks Cycling Club 0:46:07
22 Sonja Heilmeier The Chicks Cycling Club 0:47:00

Criterium
30min +2 laps

1 Chelsea Bilsbarrow Giant Bicycles Women’s Team
2 Rachel Canning DEVO
3 Liz Hatch Local Ride
4 Megan Rathwell unattached
5 Camille Nonis DEVO
6 Kyla Giesbrecht DEVO
7 Sarah Nathan The Chicks Cycling Club
8 Sara Froese Interior Grasslands Cycling
9 Judi Garrison Natural Earth
10 Kjersten Lone Dirty Girlz Loeka
11 Margaret Pugh The Chicks Cycling Club
12 Jannine Ball Local Ride
13 Lauren Hughes Team Squamish
14 Sarah McMillan The Chicks Cycling Club

That’s right, on Saturday April 28, FloraGlo BC Cup race #2, Race the Ridge, will start off with the very challenging road race course, followed by the Time Trial and Criterium on Sunday, April 29. 

For those of you that have been asking, we finally have a course profile for the road race (click on thumbnail on the right). You can also check out a video of a full lap of the course on the Cycling BC web site. For more race details, visit our Race the Ridge page here. It’s going to be a great weekend of racing, and we can’t wait to see you there!  

Local Ride has two fabulously fashionable mango-coloured Specialized demo bikes available for test rides — an Epic Expert dual suspension XC mountain bike and a Tricross Comp cyclocross speedster. We’re offering prospective buyers the opportunity to rent these snazzy bicycles for $60/day, which we will deduct from the purchase price of the same model. You know you’ve always been interested in how Specialized’s incredibly efficient suspension technology feels on a real trail and not just on the showroom floor. And the idea of a ‘cross bike — a bike you can ride swiftly on pavement, but also give a beating off-road — is oh-so enticing, isn’t it?   

Local Ride Racing Team 
The team did super on Sunday at BC Cup #1 — Harris-Roubaix road race! Barry, Roy, Steve, Mike and Rob all finished strong in the lead group, showing off their svelte new team kits. Liz held in there and finished with the second group of women, including some of the Giant Team.  Marie made it through five laps of hell before cramps got her and Jeanine (after her European training camp) held on for six great laps! Andrew was a trooper as well, getting up and finishing after someone crashed him out in the first 15 kilometres of his 60-kilometre race. And thanks to Maggie, Kaelen, Dave and the rest of the Local Ride Racing Team’s fan club for the cheering and support!   

Featured Product 
This week we’re featuring Specialized’s Flow Control Brain suspension technology (Adobe PDF, 3MB), which you’ll find on Epic models and more Specialized FSR bikes. Isn’t the pursuit of speed one of the reasons you ride? That might mean beating up on the regulars on your Sunday morning ride or leading the pack through a tough section of trail at a BC Cup. The Flow Control Brain suspension technology will help you do it all. The intelligent suspension also offers a comfortable and forgiving ride, ’cause it’s all about feeling good — while you’re beating up on the other guys! 

Sunday Ride 
Meet fellow cyclists regularly for a Sunday morning road ride. With such a large number of riders and a varying level of abilities, we’ve created a division in the group. The A-Group rides can be very strenuous and last up to six hours. They’re a great workout for experienced and trained cyclists, but not ideal for people who aren’t used to intense riding. If you’re planning on joining the B-Group, please contact us at the store and let us know. We look forward seeing you! Note: Now that the competitive season has started and races are happening every weekend, many Local Ride riders will not attend Sunday Rides.   

Helmets and road bikes with fenders and fender extenders are mandatory. Please call or come by the shop for a pre-ride briefing.   

Where: Starbuck’s at Valley Fair Mall in Maple Ridge 
When: Sundays @ 8:30 a.m. for coffee ETD @ 9:00 a.m. 

Saturday Women’s Ride 
Local Ride’s Saturday Women’s Rides are still going strong, despite the absence of Sandra, who every Saturday, as she trains alone in Switzerland, wishes she could be riding with the ladies in Maple Ridge!   

Our goal is to gather a group of women focused on building endurance through a steady, fun and supportive road ride of around three hours. We are open to splitting into groups to accommodate different levels. Helmets and road bikes and fenders (with extenders) are mandatory. The ride happens rain or shine (but not if there’s snow and ice)! Please call or come by the shop for a pre-ride briefing. Join us for coffee at 8:30 before we head off at 9:00.   

Where: Starbuck’s at Valley Fair Mall in Maple Ridge 
When: Saturdays @ 8:30 a.m. for coffee ETD @ 9:00 a.m.    

Race the Ridge 2007 
Call for Volunteers! 
Race the Ridge presented by Local Ride was awarded BC Cup status this year — that’s big news. Now that we’re part of the provincial road racing series, we want to make sure Race the Ridge, scheduled for April 28-29, is better than ever before. To make Maple Ridge’s Race the Ridge a success, we rely on volunteers. If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Local Ride Bike Shop. Race the Ridge is depending on you! Please pass this call for volunteers to anyone you think might be interested. We’re still looking for folks to help out and time is running out!  

Call for Sponsors! 
Race the Ridge 2007 is still looking for sponsors within the community to help make the BC Cup Road cycling event a success for everyone in Maple Ridge. If you’re interested in being a partner sponsor, please download a copy of our Sponsorship document here.    

We’d like to thank Shimano Canada, for stepping up and offering all Race the Ridge participants 30% off when they purchase a wheelset or a pedal/shoe combo at Local Ride! 

Sandra Report 
Yodel-ee-hoo from Switzerland! My racing season has gotten off to a great start over here, but I have to say, I miss my friends at Local Ride very much. I wish I could open a franchise over here and get everyone in Maple Ridge to come and train the new staff. In German the shop would be called: Locale Fahrt. Hmm… not that catchy, is it? Anyway, the riding here is great (don’t hate me, but it’s been 20+ degrees and sunny for the past two weeks), I feel really strong and I’m stoked to be racing. At the first Swisspower Cup, I placed 9th among a field of 52 high calibre women. Check out my race report here (in English). At the second race of the series last Saturday, I placed 4th! The competition wasn’t quite as deep as at the first race, but I’m breathing down the necks of the top three! A podium — preferably the top — is my goal for the next Swisspower Cup. But before then, I’ve got a date with the World Cup in Houffalize, Belgium (yes, I’ll get you guys beer) this Sunday. I start at 11:00 am Euro time, so I expect you all to be up and thinking of me (with fingers, toes, etc. crossed) at 2:00 am PST!    

Spring Hours 
Monday-Saturday 10-6 
Sunday CLOSED