More from Whistler
July 17
Just finished a half-day at the Whistler Bike Park, and good thing it’s just half a day because my forearms are pumped! Funny that I can ride trials all day, but make me hang on through brakes bumps and ruts and I can hardly hold on!
Jay Hoots helped me tune my suspension in for the bike park, and I think that combined with a second day of practice really helped a few things click, I was on the offense on the jump lips instead of on the defense. It’s really enjoyable letting my body learn and adapt and remember these movements and techniques; once again I can see how people get stoked on riding this mountain.
There is a future shop convention happening at the same hotel as the Norco launch; I’ve been watching them come and go and do their thing. Seems like they’re in meetings all day long, and it sure makes me glad I’m in the bike industry, we get to play on bikes for most of the day!
July 18th
I went on a fantastic cross country ride this morning through all the Whistler Valley trails, about two hours worth of singletrack, without all the huge braking ruts. Then after lunch I went and had one run at the bike park, but couldn’t hold on to the bars, again my forearms are shot, I guess they’re sore from yesterday. Chasing riders like Jay Hoots and the two Austrian Norco stars (and such nice people)Â Flo Gottschlich and Angie Hohenwarter, proved just too much for me today, so I thought better of it before the mountain got the better of me, and instead chased back to the condo for a very short yoga session, and now I’m quickly typing this blog, and will then go up to the top of Whistler for an interview with my trials bike for CTV’s evening news.
If you’re living in Kamloops BC, I have a show there on Sunday at the River Festival, come say hi.
Happy Friday!
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Tags: Angie Hohenwarter, Bike Park, Flo Gottschlich, norco, Ryan Leech, Trails, Whistler
July 20th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Hey Ryan - We really enjoyed your trials show in Whistler! Thanks for the autographs and photo! You are now on our blog - and Michael is the envy of all!
July 20th, 2008 at 1:26 am
By the way, I (Tanya) am really happy to hear that even YOU get ‘useless forearm syndrome’. My day three in the park (yesterday) was pitiful too, but I tried to stick it out, as I paid to ride. Death to arm pump!