Archives from Mountain Bike
Sep. 12, 2016
Finn Iles Wins Junior Downhill World Championships
Canadian riders Finnley Iles (Whistler, BC) and Magnus Manson (Vancouver, BC) dominated the Junior Men's race at the Downhill World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy, on Sunday, with Iles winning the world title …
Sep. 8, 2016
Finn Iles Wins DH Junior World Cup Title
The 2016 Downhill World Cup concluded on Saturday in Vallnord, Andorra, with Round 7, where Whistler's Finnley Iles (Specialized Racing) won the Junior men's overall title. In just his first year as a Junior - …
Aug. 23, 2016
British Columbia’s Catherine Pendrel takes Bronze at Olympic Mountain Bike Race
Kamloops local Catharine Pendrel made one of the most amazing comebacks in mountain bike history to win the bronze medal in Women’s Mountain Bike on Saturday. She was followed across the line in fourth …
Jul. 18, 2016
2016 Canadian XCO/XCE Championships
The 2016 Canadian Mountain Bike Championships kicked off this past Thursday with the XC Eliminator. The eliminator race is an elimination style race and a crowd favourite. Riders start the day off with a race …
Jul. 11, 2016
Canadian Mountain Bike XCO & XCE Championships
XCO REGISTRATION XCE REGISTRATION Fresh off the world championships in the Czech Republic, and a little over a month before the mountain bike competition at the Rio Games, Canada's top mountain bike …
Jul. 10, 2016
Pendrel Overcomes Technical Problems to Finish Top-Ten at MTB World Cup #4, Finn Iles wins Junior Men DH
(Lenzerheide, SUI – July 10, 2016) Canadian riders had to fight back from mechanical problems at Round 4 of the Mountain Bike World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on Sunday. Catharine Pendrel of Kamloops, BC, …
Jul. 3, 2016
Sean Fincham Finishes 8th at Mountain Bike World Championships
(Ottawa, ON – July 1, 2016) Sean Fincham of Squamish, BC, got Canada off to a strong start at the Mountain Bike World Championships on Friday, in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic, with …
Jun. 30, 2016
BC Mountain Bike Championships Recap
The best riders from across British Columbia and beyond descended on Whistler Blackcomb this weekend for the 2016 Mountain Bike Championships for both downhill and cross-country. Riders were stoked on the two new challenging, technical …
May. 15, 2016
Island Cup XC: Duncan
Feb. 24, 2016
Pre-Bear Mountain Canada Cup Training Camp Report
The Cycling BC mountain bike team had an incredible weekend of training in Victoria. Athletes caught the Saturday morning ferry to meet up with local guides Quinn Moberg and Rhys Verner to show us around …
Feb. 19, 2016
Learning to Ride Like a Girl
Looking back on her time as a pro-elite downhill racer, Amber Zirnhelt remembers just how important mentorship and support from her community were when she first started out. This realization is what prompted her to start