http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/ Mountain Biking stuff and nonsense from the North Downs and around.]]> en-us wa@chocolatefoot.co.uk Tue, 13 May 2008 04:51:23 +0000 http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/05/000470-specialized_deviant_carbon.html WA http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/05/000469-big_really_big_mountain_riding.html http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/05/000468-first_ride_of_the_season.html Finally got my arse out for a ride. Mt. Fromme, North Vancouver.... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/04/000467-300_seasons.html The Collective: 300 Seasons video mashup. The new Collective film Seasons is being premiered all over the place in the next few weeks. Whistler today, London soon. I'm loving the choice of a 100% Vivaldi soundtrack, too. That's inspired,... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/03/000466-trail_baskets.html Spring, and then with depressing inevitability, a season that passes for summer, are coming to the northern Hemisphere over the next few seasons. Accessorising your bicycle and bodily attire with this seasons styles, colours and fabrics is key to... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/02/000465-filth.html This weekend we are blessed with the sun donning a hat and the trails will be running unseasonably sweet. But alas, there's loads more wintery pissing rain and mucky trails to come. This little video reminds me that you can... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/02/000464-ned_overend_not_dead.html To contrast the ATBing community's collective mourning of bicycle maintenance legend Sheldon Brown - writer of many things bike, but especially for me, the best guide ever on building wheels - I thought it would be good to mention... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/01/000462-safety_bike.html Steel framed safety bike. Lance McDermott wowed the crowds with his front flip antics at Crankworx 06, and the Qashqai Challenge last year, but he had to learn the technique somewhere. The smart money says that our-boy-done-good Vance McDoormat... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2008/01/000461-adventure_cyclismo.html At the end of the summer, most of the guides from Ticket2RideBC quit to get some riding in and we went on a road trip. Whistler resident, Spike, joined us and we were graced with a couple of cameo... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2007/12/000460-dialled_bikes_special.html Alpine Mike, The Alps 07 Dialled Bikes in the last year has seen growing interest and coverage in respected industry publications and it seems to have achieved this largely through word of mouth sporned on forums such as this... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2007/12/000459-gentlemans_relish.html Two wise men, Vaughan & Andy My second visit to Afan was blessed with traditional Welsh weather and it tipped it down before, during, and after the ride. The top of the days agenda was the new trail 'Energy'... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2007/11/000458-snow_shoreing.html http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2007/11/000457-chocolate_foot.html One Chocolate Foot cake. An actual chocolate foot, for my 5th birthday, courtesy of fellow liver of the BC dream, Clair (previously of T2R fame). She's not actually a liver though, she's a person and as such, is able... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2007/11/000456-freeride_kev.html Kev Landry, going big instead of going home. Check this classy little promo vid for Kevin Landry, aka Freeride Kev (yes, really). The guy rips. Some of you might have met him in Whistler with Ticket2Ride. There's some pretty... http://www.chocolatefoot.co.uk/journal/wa/archives/2007/10/000455-what_is_freeride.html Is this freeride? Many have fumbled over the definition of what Freeride mountainbiking is really about. Most have failed. Some have marketed products using the name, others tried to claim it for themselves. I went in search of answers, and...