Mar
08
2010
nsmb.com part 2 is online
Great article out on a day in the life of Yukon riding! http://www.nsmb.com/3563-riding-yukon-style-part-II. Have you had the chance to ride in the Yukon? Head to their boards and tell the readers how awesome it is! Do you have a question about what a Yukon riding trip would entail? Head to http://www.facebook.com/borealebiking and ask away! We love talking about mountain biking in our Yukon paradise!
This weekend we are off to exhibit in the Seattle International Bike Expo, March 13 - 14, 2010. If you are in the area, please come down and see us. We will be the booth on the second level having fun!
Feb
25
2010
nsmb article live!
Hey ho!
Check out http://www.nsmb.com to read the first article on their 2009 Yukon riding trip with Boréale! Looks like it will be a series of articles - the good stuff is about to come. If you have been to our yurtville, gone riding in the Yukon - pipe up on their article forum!
Also, only 2 spaces remain for the Ryan Leech yoga and riding retreat July 3-9, 2010. If you have been tossing the idea arounnd, time’s running out!
Feb
23
2010
Sedona Red Rocks
We just spend a week in the northern Arizona area of Sedona. Red rocks country! Every day of riding was a little different. Nice variety there. Our Schwalbe Nobby Nics performed beautifully - not a flat in site throughout our entire time in cactus land! On our last day we found out about a shuttle ride with an 1.5 hr descent… I guess we will have to go back!
Sedona is also known as an energy destination. Our accommodation was near an energy vortex. Not sure if I ever saw/felt it. Apparently they are a thing of beauty that makes you feel good about yourself. I think I am nominating our Boréale yurtville bluff as a Yukon vortex. After a great ride, it is awesome to sit there, take in the view and you just can’t help but feel great! 
Snow had caught up with us so we started to heading back to the west coast. After an all day drive, we are now in sunny Alpine, California. Close to San Diego, and near the trails of Cleveland National Forest. Sylvain has about 5 maps in front of him and our feet are itching to pedal!
We are going to go to a few more shops while we are here, and then make our way up to Seattle, WA for the Seattle International Bicycle Expo mid March. Time is starting to go by quickly!
Feb
16
2010
24 Hours in the Old Pueblo
Sorry for the delay in information! Back in the land of wi-fi. We spent the last 4 days at the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo. It is a 24 hour mountain bike race that takes place about 1 hour north of Tucson. We had a booth set up in the expo area and we registered a ‘for fun’ team in the race itself. Team Boréale consisted of 6 Yukoners and 2 honorary Yukoners. The 24 Hour Town was amazing. With about 3000 people milling around in rvs, campers, tents, pick up trucks, it made for a HUGE campground. It literally looked like a little city. We finally found a spot where we could park the westy and set up camp.
Down at the expo, we had a sweet set up spot and had a lot of face time on Friday, the opening day for the expo. Directly across from the package pick up tent! Our photo book was an immense hit, people couldn’t get over the mountain biking pictures that we chose to represent Yukon riding. Friday night they had a dedication dinner that we were invited to go to. Buffet tacos and free beer! Couldn’t believe that one. And perhaps even more shocking was that everyone was gone by 9pm! Definitely not in the Yukon anymore.
Saturday we were up early to man the booth and watch the start of the race. So many riders! There were about 500 people doing the first lap (and every subsequent one). Sylvain represented Team Boréale for the first lap. He was in the top third of riders and took off with the pack. Apparently about 30 minutes in he had a slow leak turned flat in his tubeless tire and stopped to fix it. He figures he was passed by about 100 riders in a row!! Pretty intense.
The rest of us figured out our order and the scene relaxed a bit. Teams were getting their groove. There are some insanely competitive riders out there! More spandex than I ever imagined! Each lap had about 400-500 riders on the course, and the course itself was 16.4 miles, or 26.4 kms. So it was taking us about 1 hour 30 minutes, the fastest guys were around 1 hour. And man were they fast. It was like they were being catapulted past you!
On the course, there was a ridiculous amount of cacti. You really had to watch your cornering, or else you would end up with a shoulder or knee full of cacti needles - and they don’t mess around. Luckily everyone on our team had a healthy dose of respect for the cacti and we didn’t have an incident. It is a nasty mess if you do!
We all had a great time, super fun event and so much energy. It was huge!!! Great experience, and I encourage anyone who is interested in escaping the winter cold to come down and check it out. Fast course, good singletrack and lots to do at the expo! If you would like to see some pictures from our event, please check http://www.facebook.com/borealebiking
