Browsing Archive: July, 2010
Posted by victoria on Friday, July 23, 2010,
Round two of the Canadian Enduro Championships was held in Penticton BC up at Apex Ski Resort. I lost the majority of my rear brakes on day one in Alberta and was waiting on a rear brake master cyclinder rebuild kit during the week between Round 1 and Round 2. Friday I was finally able to get my hands on the kit after a Greyhound Bus incident and stayed up until just before midnight bleeding my brakes with the new kit installed. I gave up around midnight and I still had no rear brakes! At... Continue reading ...
Round 1 - Candian Enduro Championship
Posted by victoria on Wednesday, July 7, 2010,
After a hectic week of preparations, we headed out to Coleman Alberta for round 1 of the Canadian Enduro Championships! After sweeping the series in the ladies class last year, and committing to the ISDE this year, I decided to step it up a notch and bash bars with the guys in the "A" class! The "A" class races on the same time schedule as the Pro class and does the same amount of laps. In Alberta this would mean 3 laps of a loop approximately 47 km's in length. If 6 1/2 hours of racing u... Continue reading ...
The Piston Run
Posted by victoria on Wednesday, July 7, 2010,
Being severely behind in updating the recent races I'm going to go back to June 20th, the 61st annual Piston Run race in Chilliwack BC. The Piston Run has a reputation for being a tight, technical, gnarly race, and this year was no different. Organizers and BC off-road legends Wally Klammer and Chris Carey put their evil minds together and delivered a race that would have people talking for years to come! I entered the Intermediate class and had hopes of a podium finish to continue my patt... Continue reading ...