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Sleep-riding through the Salish Sea: I dreamt I went to Hell and back

May 15, 2006

Hell, 0:300 Hrs .. we’d been on the road since 3AM, a starting time that had elicited cries of horror from saner folk. Which I guess left us hardcore sleep deprivation researchers to pursue the serious science at hand. Ken Bonner, Nanaimo control Maybe he stopped for a leisurely, sit-down breakfast. No, I don’t think […]

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The inaugural Vancouver Island Tsunami Brevets

July 16, 2005

Catch the Wave After a month or more of preparation and a pre-ride the previous Saturday, the July 16th Vancouver Island Summer Brevets rolled out of Cook Street Village, Victoria. Seven riders turned out for the inaugural Tsunami 300: Islanders Jim Fidler, Robert Frankham and Michael Fibiger-Crossman were joined by Mainlanders Michel Richard, David Lach, […]

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Pre-riding the “Tsunami” 300km bicycle marathon

July 10, 2005

Besides the slug “problem” what else can a randonneur say about the West Coast Highway?” Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave off Kanagawa, circa 1831, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) When I signed on to organize the 2005 Vancouver Island Summer 200/300 events for BC Randonneurs Cycling Club, I had little idea how much work was involved […]

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Tour de Gall

April 2, 2005

Scandal erupts around allegations of drug use by Phil Leggit   To be a cyclist is to be a student of pain….at cycling’s core lies pain, hard and bitter as the pit inside a juicy peach. It doesn’t matter if you’re sprinting for an Olympic medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop […]

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Bicycling the wilds of British Columbia: Chapter 6

January 20, 2005

Valley of Dreams May 24: I greeted the dawn, threading the neon-lit Cranbrook strip, then watched the sun creep up 2,845 metre (9336 ft.) Mount Fisher, as I ascended the Rocky Mountain Trench. I set a fast pace up Highway 95/93, powering over the only real lump in the landscape, at Skookumchuk. A half-hour before noon, […]

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Bicycling the wilds of British Columbia: Chapter 5

January 20, 2005

Mining for Meaning After a peaceful night under the stars, followed by a quick breakfast, I broke camp and loaded my bicycle—a procedure now so familiar as to be almost automatic. I was soon pushing pedals along the undulating edge of Highway #3A, bordered by Kootenay Lake’s Prussian blue waters, nestled between the green ramparts of […]

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