Why Ride?

Y Ride?

Thoughts on Bikes by Sasha LeBaron

To exercise ones rights? To show off your bling? To hang with friends? Or to renew the soul?
One could say all of the above and they would be right however, when you wake up one morning and
realize that you have been hitting the saddle for well over 25 years and you still do it there must be
more to the equation. The more for me comes from the synergy. Funny word synergy when the sum of
the parts ends up being more than the individual pieces. Sounds kind of new agey, sounds almost…
religious! Continue reading Why Ride?

Review : Kona Big Kahuna

The two brown rides

Words & riding by Sasha LeBaron

There I was just a walking down the street singing… Wait a minute! I’m not walking
I’m riding and I am pissed off! Why you might ask? Is it because of this chocolaty brown, smooth rolling Kona Big Kahuna 2-9er I am on? NO! Its my darn family. Or maybe its me. Anyway, when Jeremy Payne from Hornby Outdoors said “Lets go for a ride”, lets just say he didn’t have to ask me twice!

I was stoked to be the first to try out Kona’s 2009 mid level 29er on Hornby’s amazing sweet, flowing singletrack. Initially I had some misgivings,

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Bike 2 Work Week

Bike 2 Work WeekMay 11 – 17 is BC Bike 2 Work Week. Park the gas guzzler and throw a leg over your two wheeled steed. To celebrate the Bike Shop will be open from 10 – 4, Wednesday to Saturday.

Bike 2 Work Week Special!!!!

$25 OFF FULL TUNE UPS
25% OFF FENDERS & BAGS!!

Bike Racing comes to Hornby Island again!
On Sunday May 17 is the Second Annual No Horses Bike Race! Come to the top of Strachan Road at noon to see some of our local riders racing for the fastest time on Chris and Brad’s and No Horses. Last year’s time to beat is 1:42 held by Irah. And that was in the rain! Should be an exciting race this year. See you there!

The Big Kahuna has arrived!

Kona Big KahunaIn the world of Mountainbikes there has always been a couple of wheel size standards. For the majority 26″ wheel bikes are the norm, for some a 24″ wheel makes sense. Welcome to the new standard! 29″ of sweet, trail eating wheel coming at ya! The 29″ wheel standard has been around for a handful of years and is just beginning to hit it’s stride in the mainstream. Case in point, Kona (and most bike manufacturers) now offer 29″ versions of their most popular models. Read more after the jump…

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Kona 2009 Coil-Air Supreme

2009 Coil-Air SupremeFrom KonaWorld.com:

The Magic Link isn’t a huge departure from our 4-Bar system. In fact, it uses all of the same design elements of 4-Bar, with one major tweak. The Magic Link is, in its’ simplest terms, a “fifth bar”—an additional moving part that enables a wider range of performance virtues on our Enduro/Freeride line of dual suspension bicycles. For this mid-to-long travel range of bikes—our Coilair series—we felt the 4-Bar wasn’t giving us all that we needed. Continue reading Kona 2009 Coil-Air Supreme

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