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Bike Summit 2009

(Toronto, 2009) On Thursday, May 28th from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation and the Clean Air Partnership are hosting this second annual one-day bicycle policy conference. The Bike Summit will be held at the Novotel Toronto Centre, 45 The Esplanade in downtown Toronto.

Join leading thinkers, practitioners and decision-makers who are on the fast track to creating bikeable communities. Enjoy innovative and forward-thinking sessions that will:

Share international and Canadian best practices and perspectives realizing the economic and public health benefits of cycling.
Present innovative new approaches to street design that improve conditions for active transportation.
Engage key stakeholders on how to address barriers and effectively implement improved bicycle-friendly policies.
Showcase the most recent best practices in bike parking and bike stations.

Increasing the number of people who move around by cycling and walking is critical to the prosperity and livability of our region. Share the perspectives and innovations of our panel of experts on May 28th and leave with even more reasons and methods to design cities for cyclists.

For more information contact:
Nancy Smith Lea, Program Director, Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT), 416-392-0290, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

With thanks to our sponsors:

Platinum: City of Toronto
Gold: Bicycle Trade Association of Canada, Government of Ontario (Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and Ministry of Transportation), Metrolinx, Transport Canada
Silver: Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, MMM Group, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, Ontario Professional Planners Institute
Bronze: Dale & Lessmann LLP, GO Transit, IBI Group
Other Sponsors: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, Community Bicycle Network, I Bike T.O.

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Cycle Solutions DH#4 Race Report presented by Lapierre bikes

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Racers and racefans, welcome to the unofficial race report from Kris Somers, aka the goodlooking MC from the Ontario Cup series.

Pete was off tending to his ultra-pregnant MsBikealot and expecting a young bikealot's entrance into the world, so Lee Allen took over the super-managerial duties of the weekend.

photo: old school johnny

And what a weekend it was. Apart from a few fireworks going off in the parking lot (hey, we're patriotic for Canada day), and a few mild mistranslations with some French riders (I promise to learn how to say "waiver" in French for the next race), both Saturday and Sunday had sick weather with a blasting hot sun that kept the trails mint. Potential Conspiracy - Camp Fortune's hill staff made a few extra bucks by selling tire tubes to replace all of the ones that got eaten by the sharp rock sections that this hill is known for.

The awesome first-aid staff was on hand to keep bodies patched up (all customers were satsified and were able to continue their riding), and we kept the day going with burger giveaways from our sponsor Harvey's throughout the day. At least 3 hours of Michael Jackson music was played each day as a tribute to the fallen star.

All eyes and ears, et tous les yeux et les oreilles, were watching this race, as it was a precursor to the upcoming Ontario vs Quebec competition that will be at Camp Fortune in September.

photo: old school johnny

And now...the results.

The race started after a short rain-shower, calming some of the dust and making the conditions perfect.

In Cadet, it was Quebec's Guillaume Labrie who took home the win, edging out Kyle the "Man Child" by a couple tenths of a second. Alex Gaudon had a solid sub-2:30 time for 3rd place. To show how fast these 3 are, 4th place was another 8 seconds behind Alex!

1 Guillaume Labrie Mercier, QC 2:27.588

2 Kyle Sangers J & J Cycle Kingston 2:27.749

3 Alex Gaudon 2:29.325

In the female open class, Genevieve "The Dominatrix" Gagnon posted a sub-3 minute time to dominate the field. Kristen Courtney, the fastest woman from Ontario was close behind, and the podium was rounded out by Monika Luebke who was quoted as saying "I couldn't have done it without having dinner at Toscano's Italian food last-night".

1 Genevieve Gagnon Chelsea, QC 2:58.870

2 Kristen Courtney Brantford 3:04.557

3 Monika Luebke Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny`s Racing Mississauga 3:38.698

Junior Expert saw a stupid fast time that would have won every category except elite. Philippe Cyrenne Blanchard not only had the most complicated name to make it to the podium on Sunday, but also hit a time of 2:22. 7 seconds behind was Alistair Pimlott, and then another 5 seconds back was Caleb Glithero in third.

1 Philippe Cyrenne Blanchard Lama Cycles/Morewood Drummondville, QC 2:22.113

2 Alistair Pimlott Silent Devinci Toronto 2:29.618

3 Caleb Glithero Kamikaze Racing : Kamikaze Racing Thornbury 2:34.356

Elite was a battle, and one that was won by an experienced warrior. After crawling out of whatever cave he's been hiding in for the past few OCup races, Pete McLean killed it with a time of 2:18. Dean Tennant made waves, not by his 2nd place time of 2:19, but by going on to win the Moonwalk competition held during the awards ceremony. 3rd place went to Justin "Juice" Brown.

1 907 Peter McLean Primary-Trek Etobicoke 2:18.369

2 139 * Dean Tennant Primary-Trek Sidney, British Columbia 2:19.266

3 26 Justin Brown Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny`s Racing Brampton 2:20.757

Next race is at the legendary Blue Mountain July 11/12

We can’t thank enough our amazing support staff, Lee Allen, Greg, Kris Somers (MC/DJ), Allan Hawley and his timing staff, Ski Pro Patrol and staff (Kris and John), Nicky and ofcourse the amazing volunteers and sponsors:

Cycle-Solutions.com Bike Store, Lapierre Bikes, Norco Performance Bikes , Kenda Tires, Titec Components, Dropmachine.com, POC Protection, Harveys, Fatlip clothing, Industry Bike park, Ontario Cycling Association and X-Fusion shocks.

For all results and Ontario Cup DH/4X racing info go to

http://www.sirbikealotracing.com

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Cable Cam Test Day with Goldstein Productions

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Cable Cam Test Day with Goldstein Productions.

You may recognize the name Mike Goldstein as he recently unveiled his trailer to the new movie "On The Line" all over the net receiving VOD on Pinkbike and top story on NSMB. Ontario boys, Harold Woolnough (Silent Devinci) and Mitch Forbes (Cove Bikes) were lucky enough to be ask to be the test dummies for his new cable cam.

We set out early Tuesday morning to one of my favourite local trails Upper Snake on Burnaby Mountain, Vancouver. This trail is fast, steep and technical; a perfect trail for filming. Mikey was super stoked on his new cable cam, and he set up a 40 foot line between two trees on a wicked section of trail.

The Wilson is riding awesome, as I continue to dial in the suspension exactly where I want it. I am feeling faster and faster as the days go by. Mitch was riding a small travel Cove Hooker, but the lack of suspension was not obvious as he was riding pinned all morning.

Do It Yourself camera dolly

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The following is a Do It Yourself for a video camera dolly.

Supplies you will need to build the dolly featured:
-PVC 1inch piping
• Depending on your set up that you want, the piping size may vary in both diameter and length. The piping pictured is 1’’ PVC conduit piping from Home Depot (about $6.00 each, 3 are used)
Piping
-Plywood
• Once again, the size of the ply wood will depend on how large you want the dolly to be. In this situation, the ply wood pictured is 28.5’’ by 24.8’’
plywood
-PVC connectors
• These you can get in many different forms, the ones pictured are 90degree elbow connectors for outdoor conduit piping due to sizing problems, any 90degree elbows will work fine though
Elbow
-Computer chair/table wheels
• At least four of these are mandatory, more can be used to ensure stability. Your wheels may be threaded at one end or may be snap in (in this case, snap in). If you acquire wheels that are threaded refer to your local hardware store for proper bolt sizes
-Cotter pins
• In this case, four are used for the snap on wheels. Make sure the pins you purchase snap firmly to the wheels
-Flat washers
• Depending on the sizing of the plywood you may require these. Eight flat washers are used in this case
Wheels,washers,pins
-Tripod
• For this dolly to be effective you will require some sort of camera tripod
-Bungee cords
• These cords will hook from your tripod to the bottom of the plywood to ensure stability when the dolly is in motion

Building the dolly (the easy part!)

You are going to want to start by figuring out how large/wide you will want your dolly to be (this will be determined by how much you want your tripod to extend). Before cutting keep in mind your intended use for the dolly.

Map out your tripod at the extension you desire on the piece of plywood
Tripod

You can than proceed to marking and cutting the plywood to your desired dimensions
plywood cut

Next up, mark out where you will be putting your wheels. *Remember, in order for the dolly to work to it’s full potential all wheels will need to be place within the exact same measurements, so measure carefully and don’t drill until you are sure.
hole

Once the holes are drilled, push the wheels through. Once they are through drop 2 flat washers on top of the plywood followed by the cotter pin. *While doing this ensure that wheel movement is minimal (add or subtract washers if needed)
Assembly

Once all four wheels have been snapped in place on the ply wood, you can proceed onto the piping

Get two of the three pieces of PVC, and cut the edges (if necessary). Cut the PVC to the desired length. These two cut pieces will be the “length” of the tracking where the dolly will slide alone
Piping

You can than proceed to install the elbows at all four ends of the “length” piping.
Elbowinstall

Once this is done, place your assembled dolly on top of the “length” piping. From this you will be able to see how long each “width” piping will need to be. Measure out the pieces, cut them carefully and ensure both are the exact same length(leave them a bit long at first if needed), than attach them to the elbows
spacing

Reposition your dolly on the tracks again and make sure all four wheels line up. Once everything is lined up and straight, you can proceed to positioning your tripod on top of the ply wood and adding the bungee cords for stability.
set up

And that’s all you need to have professional creative shots for around $50.00.

Final

Riding Tale: Vancouver Island, Freelap!

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he snow has finally melted here on the west coast and riding is on! Dean Tennant (Primary Trek), Harold Woolnough (Silent Devinci) and 16 year old pinner Kyle Marshall (PinkBike Devinci) got together for a freelap training session. Everyone was stoked to be riding the top trails on the island!

Dean led the charge and promised a trail with all the elements of a race worthy session. We hiked up and set the freelap up on a section with 15 corners in under 30 seconds! Young Kyle was on fire and rode the fastest time, closely followed by Harold and Dean. Watch out for young Kyle as he charges out onto the big scene. He will easily be riding in the top 10 in pro and winning Junior Expert races all over.

We hiked to the top of the trail, and it was awesome! Big jumps, very high speeds and steeps, mixed into one incredible trail. The top Island boys are known to do some training in this area, and it did not dissapoint

Lots of epic riding will be had in the coming weeks, keep your ears peeled for more.

Harold Woolnough
Team Silent Devinci

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