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So Matt Klymson's triumphant return to Vancouver was celebrated with a North Shore mini-Hell Ride last Sunday.
Matt is still smiling on the ascent:
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The smiles slowly disappear as we get high ... 3,000 ft high to be exact:
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Posing with the proverbial Gift Hoss at the CBC Trailhead
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Things get off to a rocky start as Matt discovers that even an American-made $5,000 mountain bike can suffer from the "dabbing problems" that plague those cheap foreign imports (yes folks, it really is the bike):
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Soon we are enjoying a sunny day deep in the forest
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As we complete CBC and move onto corkscrew, confidence starts to ooze from unarmoured parts of the body
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And then its onto Ned's. Here is Matt on Bottletop (see altitude profile below):
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With one mountain down, its one more to go - we go up Lynn Valley, onto Mountain Highway for another 2600+ feet of downhill, starting at 7th Secret:
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and ending up on Griffin. Here's the damage - 40 miles, 6,000+ feet ascending, 5+ hours pedalling on a freeride/DH bike (about 90% offroad) and a, like, gazillion North Shore trails:
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Here's the time profile:
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Here's a little present for all you kids out there doing cardiac training - remember - use the descents to recover:
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Here's the ride we're going to try to do next time (the same as the one here but with 30 miles - Burnaby Mountain - or so added it):
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Matt is still smiling on the ascent:
The smiles slowly disappear as we get high ... 3,000 ft high to be exact:
Posing with the proverbial Gift Hoss at the CBC Trailhead
Things get off to a rocky start as Matt discovers that even an American-made $5,000 mountain bike can suffer from the "dabbing problems" that plague those cheap foreign imports (yes folks, it really is the bike):
Soon we are enjoying a sunny day deep in the forest
As we complete CBC and move onto corkscrew, confidence starts to ooze from unarmoured parts of the body
And then its onto Ned's. Here is Matt on Bottletop (see altitude profile below):
With one mountain down, its one more to go - we go up Lynn Valley, onto Mountain Highway for another 2600+ feet of downhill, starting at 7th Secret:
and ending up on Griffin. Here's the damage - 40 miles, 6,000+ feet ascending, 5+ hours pedalling on a freeride/DH bike (about 90% offroad) and a, like, gazillion North Shore trails:
Here's the time profile:
Here's a little present for all you kids out there doing cardiac training - remember - use the descents to recover:
Here's the ride we're going to try to do next time (the same as the one here but with 30 miles - Burnaby Mountain - or so added it):
