Weekend Ride: Sunday November 10th

Date: Sunday November 10th, 2013
Location: Copeland Forest
Time: 12:30pm - Ride Start
Ride Type: Fun, Touring, Biking....
Current Weather: 8C and Sunny

This weekend going to be heading up towards Copeland to try the trails there.  See below map for where we are parking at.

Horseshoe Valley and Pine Ridge Road you should see the cars parked there.


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See everyone out there!

Poll..

If you have not noticed there is a Poll on the right side of the screen.
It's been brought up a few times to add a Team Van Go facebook group.
Put your opinion in by voting.  If you dont vote you dont have a say!

Friday Night Entertainment

For anyone who is free this Friday November 8th, Ann is playing at the Mono Cliffs Pub.

If you have not been to the pub before you are in for a treat.  It is cozy, in the basement of an old building.... Don't worry about the construction happening out front, you can still get in and go down to the pub.

If you have never heard Ann play, you are also in for a treat.... She plays a mix of music from Mumford and Sons, to Serena Ryder and the Mahones...

She hits the "stage" at 9:30-10pm..

If you need directions hit the email button on the left side of your screen.

See everyone there.

Weekend Ride Report

Guest Ride Reviewer: Bernie

Location: Agreement Forest (Guelph)
Date: Sunday November 3rd, 2013
Distance: roughly  38 k
Length : 9:30 start 5:20 Finnish  (couple breaks)
Technical : hardest terrain I've ridden in a loooong time.

The rock gardens on the Niagara escarpment are in my opinion , just as hard , sometimes harder technically than our rides in Arizona & Utah.  This trail handed me my ass. But it was fun & the local riders were a great bunch to ride with. Skilled & fast yet knew how to keep it fun. Thanx to all of them (and ute) for showing me their trails ( and waiting for me : )  The day of course ended with raising a glass of beer! Would I recommend this ride. ?  I'd recommend to anyone to challenge themselves & go beyond their comfort zone , wherever that trail may be. 

New Bigger Badder Fat Bike....

Yup, just like the header states, Ibis has decided why not push the envelope on a bigger badder fat bike...  Take a look at the below link, check it out... Only problem would be finding a rider for that size of bike...

Ibis Maximus

Thanks for the link Derek!

Cool Link

For anyone who doesn't ride a Heckler, heres another way to be one of the cool kids.

Bottle Opener

Great thing about it is that it acts as a headset spacer!! What's the worst that can happen!

Thanks for the Link Jonathon!

Beer Review: Baron Bohemian Tmavy Lezak

Yes yes folks, it is time, once again, for the  (drum roll) Team Van Go Beer Review!!!  It's been a little while since I tried a different beer, seem to be stuck drinking Hops and Bolts, or Moosehead or something that I still have in the fridge....

This time the review comes to you via, Derek... well via a beer from Derek, which in turn he was given by someone else... Regardless, this beer comes to us from the Czech, through British Columbia.... The beer is a Baron Bohemian Tmavy Lezak... yes that Baron Bohemian Tmavy Lezak beer that everyone has heard so much about...

My initial thought on the beer was "Thank you Derek, that was very nice!"  I brought it home and had it in the fridge for a few days before I was thirsty enough to drink it... When poured into a glass it has the appearance as shown in the picture below... For people that are blind, it has a nice brown appearance, similar to a nut brown ale... me describing this in writing on the internet probably doesn't help the blind though...

The first taste started reminding me of a different beer, but to be honest I cannot put my finger on it... The beer was not hoppy but there was a distinct malt flavour.  The end of the day the beer tasted similar to a nut brown ale, just a little heavier.. 

The problem with this beer is that you cannot get it locally... This one you can only get out in British Columbia for some reason.

Beer Rating:  3.75 out of 5 (Nothing special, but still a very nice drink)

Would you buy a case of it: Probably not, reason being, I dont live in BC.  

If you lived in BC would you buy a case of it:  Still probably not.  It was good, but I would buy other cases of beer probably before this one. 

If this was the only beer available, would you buy a case of it: Yes

Was the beer hoppy: Nope... Malty but not hoppy...

Upcoming Ride Guide

Date: Wednesday November 6th, 2013
Location: Mono Cliffs Park
Time: 6pm
Bring Lights!!
Ride Type: Fun.
We may do the new trail... we may not.... who knows, see how people feel..

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Weekend Ride Report

Date: Sunday November 3rd
Location: Duferin forest

We had a good showing for today's ride, Johnny hiked, Karen ran with max, and we had Tyler, Emily, Chris, illona, Ian, Chris and Judy on two wheel peddal machines.

For anyone who missed out, other than the cooler temperatures, we had a great ride!! After the wind storm on Friday there was some new downed trees, but nothing too crazy... Well other than the one right after the teeter totter on the lollypop stick.

The ride was shorter than last week, with us only sticking to the lollypop loop... On the trails by 11am, finished around 1 pm... The forest was bussling with people from horseback riders, to other riders and 175 kids doing an orienteering event.

The end of the day finished with a pint in the parking lot which is always a good finish!

Cheers to another great ride

Weekend Ride Reminder!

To all, remember that the clocks change, to give everyone that much needed 1hr of extra sleep.

So the ride on Sunday will be 11am, after the time change... so if we didn't have a time change, the ride time would be noon I think, but now that we have the change it's at 11am Eastern time zone... Or if you are in Newfounland, the ride time would be 12:30pm, due to the time difference, but regardless, 11am in Mansfield for the ride sunday.

See everyone there.