Aug 14th, Saturday morning of the Crankworkx final. What could be better than a sweet run on the Whistler Westside Trails. The concept here is similar to what most rides end up being- ride up with your bro's (groups of 3 in this case) then the timing starts at the top of the downhill; this is usually where you throw down with your bro's and beat each other up. Richie picked 3 long sweet trails and we the intrepid pedalers were the guinea pigs.
9 am registration at Rainbow trailhead followed by sorting into groups of 3. I ended up with Arthur and Hugo a couple of fit, fun riders.
Trail 1 was up the North flank via Alpine to 'Billy's Epic', this I had run once the night before and once 4 years ago in the BC Bike Race
Trail 2 was up the center flank (for lack of a better description) into 'Cheap Thrills', this was the gnarliest and a trail I have not done in about 10 years.
Trail 3 was back up the center flank and into 'High Society' a sweet undulating ride with some breathtaking views and one that I had ridden 3 times in the last couple weeks so was actually ready for.
Off we went, me on my 2011 Slayer ready for action. Arthur put the hurt down on Hugo and I on the first climb, second climb and basically all day. He had been resting, while Hugo and I had been riding all week. No worries the Rally is mostly about fun with some DH bragging rights thrown in. We all came out unscathed, with big smiles in a total time of about 3 hours, tired and stoked we headed back over to the main village to watch the final slopestyle. The only way to really enjoy someone else's ride is to have your own in the bank.
A race, a rally whatever we did it was a fun day full of good times, good trails and tough climbs.
For next year stay posted on the Worca.com website and make sure you come on out for Richie's Rally a different style of fun.
However it happens, it's always good on two wheels, eh!
Cheers
Dre
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