Manitou Travis Fixed…Hopefully…

So this morning, I dropped off my broken Manitou Travis TPC+ 180 back to the shop I got it from, BPS Bikes. Purchased on July 8th, and broken on July 17th. Anyway, I brought the fork in, expecting to meet with some sort of resistance …

Props to AKA Bike Shop

AKA The Bike Shop had a great event yesterday. The same one that my Manitou Travis broke at, but that’s another story. The Santa Cruz Bicycles tour was out and they had shuttle service up to Burnaby Mountain for some all out downhill action on …

Manitou Travis = GARBAGE…

So it’s been only about a week and a half, and maybe 6 rides, and my Manitou Travis has busted. I think the quote: “Screw me once. Shame on you. Screw me twice. Shame on me.” applies here. Well, hopefully, the shop can sort out …

The Session Gets a New Toy…

Ever since I got my Trek Session77, I have always cursed the way that my Manitou Breakout Plus fork has felt. I thought it was just the way Manitou makes their forks. At first, I thought it was because it needed an overhaul because I …

Freeriding in Kamloops…

I’m hanging out in the BC Interior at Sun Peaks in Kamloops. Doing some freeriding at one of the top five bike parks in North America. Riding a bike park is so much different than riding the local trails and stunts. Everything just comes up …

The BEAST Comes Out of the Basement…

To change things up from my daily running routine, I decided to take the BEAST out for a ride today. Nothing too gnarly. Just around the easy local trails for some cardio. I’ve forgotten so much since I put her away last fall. To think …