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 [...]

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 [...]