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A sport the British are actually decent at? It’s only a matter of time. The racing season begins with the usual suspects and a few new faces. We were all surprised not to see Mark Horacek making an appearance after good pre-season form utilizing his shuttle taxi. There’s a Chocolatefoot league on Dirt’s Dirt Fantasy [...]

It’s taken almost 4 months of fighting with UPS to get my Scratch frame back so I can build it up to ride. Just in time for me to slam into the floor and separate a shoulder just when I was really getting into the groove on my hardtail. The Session 88 has been a [...]

A short edit from some fun trails on Harper Mountain, just outside Kamloops, BC. via Jon and his GoPro camera obscura. Harper Mountain from Jon Hadfield on Vimeo. Various riders, jolly good times. Especially the sundown slide down the gravel pit just outside town. This is super steep, but totally rideable. You just lean back, [...]

XC for me has typically meant riding the same trails I would on any other bike with less armour and a little helmet, but going a little slower down and hopefully with a little less pushing up. That shot is from a lap today in Squamish which was unfortunately cut short by a twisted ankle [...]

Post ride convoy to the pub, after a ride up on Burke, Coquitlam, BC. A pretty classic site around town. I wonder why this style of rack isn’t found in the UK, as they’re way handier than those stupid things with all the dangly bits you have to tie on.

I finally broke my cherry riding a lap of the local mountain after dark, with a shiny new Hope LED headlamp. Those things are FUCKING SHINY and no mistake – in some ways better than daylight as you never hit the shadows. Here’s Jon, looking pretty happy with himself with his solar flare hat: It [...]

Testing chocolatefoot version 4.0.