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Thursday, January 28, 2010
BIGGEST RIDE CONTEST: WIN A SPRING TRAINING TRIP TO LAS VEGAS...
...WITH BCBR'S OWN ANDREAS HESTLER!!!
BC Bike Race and Vancouver’s Big Mountain Adventures have teamed up on a fun-filled spring training camp with Andreas Hestler, former Olympian, one of North America’s most charismatic cross-country mountain bikers and, of course, our own Director of Marketing!
And guess what?! You could win a spot in this camp!
What's the skinny on the Camp? The 7-day camp starts Las Vegas and travels to south-west Utah and spectacular riding areas like Gooseberry Mesa, Bootleg Canyon and Thunder Mountain. Beyond guiding participants on fantastic rides, Dre will share his wealth of knowledge during daily sessions on riding skills and training techniques.
Dre's insights? “Mileage and having fun are a top priority. The trails in this area are like Moab on steroids, slick rock that winds and undulates with plenty of cornering and singletrack to practice skills and fitness.”
How does the contest work? It’s simple: send the best story of your biggest ride to info@ridebig.com. Words, photos, video, art – or any combination will do. Be creative, have fun.
Trip dates: March 28 to April 3, 2010
Complete contest information: here.
More info on the Vegas Spring Training Camp: here.
Big Mountain Bike Adventures is an innovative travel company that offers mountain bike trips to destinations around the world.
Posted by BC Bike Race at 2:35 PM Pacific time
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Ride for Team Diabetes in the 2010 BC Bike Race...
...and make a difference in the lives of the 3 million Canadians with diabetes!
After first participating in 2009, Team Diabetes is delighted to return to the BC Bike Race in 2010!
“Mountain bikers don’t often get a chance to combine single track with an important cause so including events like the BC Bike Race on the Team Diabetes calendar is an opportunity not to be missed,” states Rebecca Taylor, Team Diabetes Coordinator.
This sentiment is echoed by the many that have already tested their skills and stamina in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association at this event last year:
Matthew White, 9th place finisher, Team of 2 Open Men at the 2009 BC Bike Race with teammate Mark Henry.
Like Matthew, you too can achieve your personal goals while helping so many by joining Team Diabetes at this premier event. In addition to the satisfaction of supporting such a great cause, there are other great benefits Team Diabetes members enjoy including:
- Coverage of race entry fees
- Team Diabetes cycling jersey
- On-line fundraising tools and resources
For more information contact Rebecca at rebecca.taylor@diabetes.ca or 604-732-1331 ext. 246.
About Team Diabetes
Team Diabetes is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010 and since the program’s inception, over 4,000 team members have raised $23.5 million for the Canadian Diabetes Association to help fund diabetes education, research, advocacy and programs such as camps for children with Type 1 diabetes.
Posted by BC Bike Race at 2:15 PM Pacific time
Thursday, December 17, 2009
BCBR Supports Inaugural Charity Event for Kids
At BCBR, we strongly believe in supporting local businesses and organizations as well as contributing to a selection of charities and charitable events throughout the year. This year, we got behind a new charitable event that was organized by one of our own team members - the Get on Your Bike! Spin Relay.
On Sunday, November 29th, the Get on Your Bike! event kicked off its inaugural offering. Teams of 1-12 people raised money and rode spin bikes in relay format from 7am-7pm at the Steve Nash Sports Club in Vancouver. A few other creative types conducted their own satellite spin-a-thons because they couldn't get to the main event location.
The goal was simple, but important: raise money to send children fighting cancer to Camp Goodtimes for one week next summer. Camp Goodtimes is a Canadian Cancer Society award-winning endeavor that allows kids battling cancer to just be kids, for one week. Though it costs $1500 per child per week, there is never any cost to the families.
The end result of the Get on Your Bike! initiative is over $30,000 raised so far, which means at least 20 kids will go to Camp Goodtimes next summer. Not bad for a first year event! The response was incredible and interest for next year is already growing. We'll be there again, bigger and better...and hope to see you there too! Visit www.getonyourbike.ca for more info.Posted by BC Bike Race at 6:21 PM Pacific time
Sunday, December 13, 2009
BCBR Cruises into the 2009 Christmas Season
Though our main event happens in late June to early July each year, we might have outdone ourselves with our latest endeavor: the BC Bike Race Christmas Party! We are in the business of 'special events'... and our crew certainly is special! So BCBR President Dean Payne and Marketing Director Andreas Hestler decided to surprise the crew with a cruiser bike ride with a twist: on tandems!
Special thanks to Danielle Baker who helped execute much of the madness. Danielle, our newest BCBR member, runs the administration of our office and will be taking on the role of Racer Relations in the New Year.
A huge number of our team gathered together to experience the unique tour from North Vancouver to Vancouver and back again - what a cool city to explore on bikes! The BCBR crew wore matching red hats, crossed the Lions Gate Bridge twice, did a hot lap around most of Stanley Park, Santa (for real!), and then wrapped everything up at Taylors Crossing - one of our local sponsors - with an awesome slide show.
It doesn't get much cooler than that! Nice easy cruising, punctuated with a few skidding contests, made for a sweet afternoon of BCBR fun on bikes. Ching-ching!
Check out lots more pics of the action on Facebook!
Posted by BC Bike Race at 6:07 PM Pacific time
Friday, September 11, 2009
(New Date!) Wanna Beat the November Blahs? Get on Your Bike!!
Live in the Vancouver area? Wondering how you can plan to beat the November blahs! Get on Your Bike!What: Get on Your Bike! The Goodtimes Spin Relay
When: 7am-7pm November 29, 2009
Where: The Steve Nash Sports Club, Vancouver
Why: Besides beating the blahs, to raise funds to send kids battling or affected by cancer to the Canadian Cancer Society's Camp Goodtimes for one week next summer. How's that for a great way to kick off the holiday weekend!?!
Get on Your Bike! is registering teams of 1-12 people to come out and spin in relay format for 12hrs at the Steve Nash Sports Club cycling studio. The Sports Club is an incredible fitness facility with state of the art everything - including top of the line, fully adjustable stationary bikes and full audio & video in the cycling studio. That means you'll be watching movies & videos plus listening to great tunes while you spin! And, certified spin instructors will be stopping by every few hours to teach some impromptu spin classes, just to mix things up a little!
Participants don't need to bring anything - no bikes, no trainers, no rollers... nada! It's all provided by the Steve Nash Sports Club. Oh and they have amazing steam room and sauna facilities for use by Get on Your Bike! teams as well.
You simply have to see this fitness facility to believe how wonderful it really is!
Here's how the fundraising part works: teams participating in Get on Your Bike! are asked to raise $1500 in pledges - the cost to the CCS to send one child with cancer to Camp Goodtimes for one week (there is never any cost to the families). Simply, each $1500 raised by a Get on Your Bike! team, makes one kid’s dream week at Camp Goodtimes come true!! That works out to $125 in funds raised per person on a team of 12!
Every year in Canada 850 kids will be newly diagnosed with cancer. 135 of them will not survive. Camp Goodtimes is a place where kids with cancer can go and just be kids... even if only for a week. Camp Goodtimes has an incredible impact on those who attend. Simply, Camp Goodtimes changes lives.
20 teams registered in Get on Your Bike! sends 20 kids to camp...
To register your team, or for more info check out www.getonyourbike.ca Space is limited, so act now!
We all know that cyclists - be they roadies, xc'ers or DH rippers - are community-focused athletes. This is just one way for riders in the BC Bike Race area to get involved this Fall... what's happening in your neck of the woods? Dunno? Why not check it out and be the change...!
