NEWS: The 2024 Gravel and MTB Bike Race and Ride Calendar Spectacular

They're Baaaaaaack Yup, bike races are back, and whoa, the 2024 Gravel and MTB Race and Ride Calendar is spectacular. Almost 50 days of races between April and October, 7 weekend bike festivals, 6 different weekly series, and 12 charity rides. Boom. As far as I can tell, there isn't a one stop resource for …

147. Truth and Reconciliation

Acknowledging the Land A Moment of Reflection on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Every cyclist has their favourite rides. Mine is a local ride I call the South Scarborough Loop. It rips past many of my childhood haunts, and even past my old house were I grew up (along with the hospital where …

FOTC: Barry Cox and 8 Hours of Hurtin’… in Haliburton

Justitia et Veritas Awesome! The title of this post, is the first actual time I've used actual Latin in a Team Colin blog. Mmhm, I've used Pig Latin (sorry, Igpay Atinlay), in the past, and I make-up a heckuva lot of words, but I've never actually used good and proper Latin. Well, until now. Justitia …

146: Eager Beaver ’23

Substance Projects, an Eager Beaver, and a Deuce of Team Colin August 26, Mansfield Ski Club, Mono, Ontario: I love a good angle on a post, and I'm lucky that I never really have to scratch that hard. Well this time it's even easier, because a special guest joined me at this year's Eager Beaver: …

145. 24 Hours of Summer Solstice ’23

25 Awesome Things About 25 Awesome Years of 24 Hours of Summer Solstice...in 2023! Whoa, say that fast three times. In this post I'm going to list 25 awesome things about one heckuva awesome race. https://www.tiktok.com/@teamcolinblog/video/7249541149063449862?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7079574519400285702 And so, from the Home Office in Palgrave, Ontario... Top 10 Awesome Things About 24 Hours of Summer Solstice …

144. Screaming Squirrel ’23

The Return of the Screaming Squirrel June 10: Mono Ontario. The Cannondale Screaming Squirrel, p/b Substance Projects.The second annual Screaming Squirrel! Boom. Wait, can a race be called "annual" if it's only the second one? Who cares because I love this race. Like seriously, I love this race. I LOVE this race! Here's why: The …

143. Rockin’ Raccoon at Trail Hub

May 28:  Trail Hub. Rockin’ Raccoon Gravel Grinder (in support of Daily Bread Food Bank). The Rise of the Trash Panda? I’ve never gravelled Durham.  S’true.  So when I got the chance to rip a gravelicious route–designed Dan Marshal no less–I jumped at the chance.  Well, I didn’t jump (because 51 year old knees), but …

142. Scrappy Badger ’23

Up Up and Away The title of this post isn't referring to Dan Marshall, or his ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Nope, it's all about the climbing in the Scrappy Badger: about 800m of vertical in the 40k, and about 1100m in the 80k. Climb after climb after climb! Oh, and …

141. How-To P2A: 2023 Edition

An Unofficial and Utterly IncompleteHow-To P2A GuideFrom a Decently Awful Racer (who doesn't really know that much) (Updated April 2023.  Originally posted April 2022) Introduction Paris to Ancaster is in a few days, and I thought I'd write a little primer of what to expect, how to handle it, and a few other juicy tidbits.  …

140. The 2023 Bike Race Calendar Spectacular

Bikes, Bike Races, Bike Rides, and Bike Stuffs  Holy heck.  The 2023 Race Schedule is ridiculously awesome.  Like, utterly and ridiculously awesome.  There's some new stuff, some old stuff, and some more new stuff.  The schedule is so big, it's not even posted one place.  That is, until now... Yup, Team Colin scoured the internet, …