Whistler Report- Memorial Weekend

[ffonsok]

I went up to Whistler this weekend, and I gotta say that the MTN is looking in pretty good shape

Aline is primo.... few brake bumps, all new lips- jumps are dug deeper and you can go higher as well as farther
The jump under the lip has been made soo much better, easier to clear now

Dirt Merchant is nasty- the path to it is a swamp- the actual trail is ridable, but the water sitting in spots really saps your speed before the step-ups- some jumps are closed- ie the small rock drop

Scheleyer is AMAZING- Really good condition, everything is hitable- a few of the rocks were kinda slick, but it was all do-able

National DH is tight- everything is uber dry, except for lower- lower has a river going through it

The new trail Devil's Club is really tight, lots of ladders taking up the whole trail, but its also really slick, and was closed yesterday

Joyride is good also

Boneyard and Biker Cross is being built as I type- it looks to be about 30% done, but they're cranking it out fast

Peace
Nathan
www.freeridesammamish.com

[Big B]

Wow, what a weekend at Whistler! I agree with what ffonsok says. Though, I'm not a fan of the deeper lips on upper A-line. Saturday was pretty sloppy with the rain, but Sunday and Monday were perfect.

It was cool to see John Cowan at the dozer's helm, creating the new Biker X course for crankworx.

I also got a chance to meet Noel of Knolly bikes and ride with him for a good part of Saturday. Sweet! Super nice guy.

Some of the other lesser talked about trails were awesome as well, Crank It Up to Whistler Downhill to Heart of Darkness was a great warm-up. Good loop for late in the day when the body gets tired.

Angry Pirate to Crabapple hits was great! Crabapple is some high-speed goodness!

Met a lot of great folks on the mountain this weekend! One to remember, for sure!

[ffonsok]

yeah those tables on crabapple hits were really nice

i had sweeper run on saturday so i was riding down during the torrential downpour :)

It was nice b/c there weren't that many people up there- A line was clear of noobs

[Secret Squirrel]

Whistler rocked out for sure! Got my wife on her first DH bike ever! She rode 4 runs on Saturday before the rain and did really well, only 2 low speed washouts...

I had a really good time up there, but blew out my rear tire 3 times :mumble: and toasted the rebound circuit on my brand new Avy after the 4 runs with the wife....how can you blow a rebound circuit on Easy Does It??!!!??:mumble: :help: :mad: But once I switched shox, it was all good. A-line was golden, Dirt Merchant was a little sloggy towards the bottom, and the National DH course was pretty nasty in the trees...kinda like riding down a river bed...Heart of Darkness was prolly my fav for the weekend, oh...and the GLC drop was cool too. Can't wait to get back up there...maybe in a couple weeks....:cool:

[ffonsok]

hahahha yeah my fork was DONE at the end of the day.... i took it into fatastic co and the guy looked at it and practically slapped me

oil everywhere- but it was a boxxer team, so its expected
im getting a 05 888rc before i go up next time

[Secret Squirrel]

hahahha yeah my fork was DONE at the end of the day.... i took it into fatastic co and the guy looked at it and practically slapped me

oil everywhere- but it was a boxxer team, so its expected
im getting a 05 888rc before i go up next time
My '06 888 works is absolutely amazing!! However, I think some of the infamous Whistler goo got into the top adjusters...They're both making some really bad grinding noises...I guess I'm stuck with where my high speed compression, rebound, and preload are at until a rebuild....don't want to scratch anything too badly.....

Sux for your fork....I blew an old boxxer awhile ago...like riding a freakin' undamped pogo stick....

[360]

you should see it today, clear blue skys and hotting up nicely.

sounds like you guys had a top weekend:)

[cove rider]

Any projected date on garbanzo yet?

[Netguy]

Today was perfect on the mountain. Could not have asked for better conditions.

[Big B]

No kidding Ash, I was watching the webcam today wishing I'd taken the week off.

Not sure I could ride anyway until these blisters get calloused...

[DesuL]

and the GLC drop was cool too. Can't wait to get back up there...maybe in a couple weeks....:cool:

That drop reminded me of the treedrop at seatac. I had fun on it but the last time I did it (before doing something other then A line) I pinch flatted between landing and the line on a rock. Tried to grab brakes and couldnt slow down intime for those aluminum barriers... Ran into it at about 5 mph and pushed it back while laughing my ass off (as im sure people in the line were)

I didnt do to much riding maybe 4-5 runs on A line and Schlayer as well as some runs below that that I cannot remeber. Everything was fun.. The Hardtail is going up for sale in a few hours and Im picking up a used Giant AC1 tomorrow so next trip the legs should be a bit better off.

[360]

Today was perfect on the mountain. Could not have asked for better conditions.

hell yes!:)

finally got my ass in gear and had a tech day too, so much fun

[Big B]

Im picking up a used Giant AC1 tomorrow so next trip the legs should be a bit better off.

Be careful about how much abuse you dish out on the AC'1. I've been riding one for 3 years with a couple trips to Whistler. It held up pretty good, but the chainstays finally cracked in half a few months ago. Giant warrantied it, but only because I'm the original owner. Good bike though, just not built for the uber gnar, high speed, big drops that the Faith is designed for.

[DesuL]

Be careful about how much abuse you dish out on the AC'1. I've been riding one for 3 years with a couple trips to Whistler. It held up pretty good, but the chainstays finally cracked in half a few months ago. Giant warrantied it, but only because I'm the original owner. Good bike though, just not built for the uber gnar, high speed, big drops that the Faith is designed for.

Yah honestly for the price it could last me 3-4 trips and id be happy with it :) Just something to hold me over till next year when I have something saved up or the Demos drop a bit in price

[scbiker06]

all i know was rock city and whistler dh were off the hook so was scheyler and a line and joyride. crack addict was a mess on monday. garbonzo doesn't look like it's gonna be open for awhile. i looked up to see how d1 was doing and it was covered in snow.

[cove rider]

Tentative dates on Garbanzo????

[Big B]

I don't think it will open before late June. I hear there's a lot of snow left up there. When it does open, at first, it will be real sloppy.

[Str8OutaBallard]

nothing like a controlled mud slide down O-sin... completely different than a when it's dusty...

[Big B]

I don't mind riding in mud so much, it's the bike maintenance afterwards...

Even with new Avid Flak Jackets, Whistler mud managed to sieze up my front and rear derailleurs last weekend. Next time I go up there, I'm going to pick one gear and leave it there.


edit: It's possible I didn't install them correctly because I didn't use the red housing. I think that's the part that's supposed to keep mud out.

[Secret Squirrel]

I don't mind riding in mud so much, it's the bike maintenance afterwards...

Even with new Avid Flak Jackets, Whistler mud managed to sieze up my front and rear derailleurs last weekend. Next time I go up there, I'm going to pick one gear and leave it there.


edit: It's possible I didn't install them correctly because I didn't use the red housing. I think that's the part that's supposed to keep mud out.
Nah, you just didn't ride fast enough!! :rofl: My rear der. was just fine...until the several untimely rock hits it took....:dead:

[Roasted]

Tentative dates on Garbanzo????

End of june. Thats the latest in the paper. It can still get cold in the valley so the snow isn't melting like it usually does.

[downhillracer]

it actually looked like D1 was mostly snow-free
just a lot of sticks, etc on the trail

[360]

I don't mind riding in mud so much, it's the bike maintenance afterwards...

Even with new Avid Flak Jackets, Whistler mud managed to sieze up my front and rear derailleurs last weekend. Next time I go up there, I'm going to pick one gear and leave it there.


edit: It's possible I didn't install them correctly because I didn't use the red housing. I think that's the part that's supposed to keep mud out.

must be you,

i've got in pretty much 3 solid weeks on whistler riding(hey my job hasn't started yet ok) on bog standard cables no maintainence and she still shifts like a champion

[stormin'norman]

crack addict was a mess on monday. .

i bit it on crack addict in the worst mud :mumble:

[cove rider]

End of june. Thats the latest in the paper. It can still get cold in the valley so the snow isn't melting like it usually does.

Alrighty thats what i needed to know! Thanks!:)

[scbiker06]

i bit it on crack addict in the worst mud :mumble:
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hahaha yea norm u frickign ate it on crack addict. and on rock city. lol in the same spot twice

[Qman]

Here's some photos that pretty much say it all.

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=1915528

[scbiker06]

yea i remeber the bears. they were chillen in the snow and in the grass

[fuzzycatnuts]

How is the bikercross and the boneyard looking, like last years? Pics?

[Big B]

It was under construction. John Cowan was bulldozing some jumps at the top of the Boneyard, but everything else is gone.

[Secret Squirrel]

Whoever was in the subie with the two Transitions...I was the guy in the Black Jeep with the Orange Rotec...

Great pics! And nice report! My first time up there, and it was awesome to just mack down A-line and the like! Almost t-boned a bear a couple of times though...specially when you bust out of B-line and just crank......all of a sudden you come over a small rise, and WHOA!!!>.....scccrrreeeechhhh......don't want to be lunch today!

[scbiker06]

Whoever was in the subie with the two Transitions...I was the guy in the Black Jeep with the Orange Rotec...

Great pics! And nice report! My first time up there, and it was awesome to just mack down A-line and the like! Almost t-boned a bear a couple of times though...specially when you bust out of B-line and just crank......all of a sudden you come over a small rise, and WHOA!!!>.....scccrrreeeechhhh......don't want to be lunch today!


hey i saw you up there. my friend asked you how you liked your rotec. right before we hit crabapple hits.

[Secret Squirrel]

hey i saw you up there. my friend asked you how you liked your rotec. right before we hit crabapple hits.
Ahhh....I luv it!! I know I already said that....but I luv it!!!

[Netguy]

Yeah, I think I saw you pedaling around, and yes, that rotec is hot.

[Secret Squirrel]

Yeah, I think I saw you pedaling around, and yes, that rotec is hot.
Couldn't miss me...I had a bright green shirt/jersey thingy on...it's the "OMFG, You're the size of a barn and you're green...I'm not going to run into you." factor for sure.:rolleyes: :rofl: :help:

[ffonsok]

hey, ive got a video up from Whistler on my site under Podcast
www.freeridesammamish.com

go ahead and subscribe to the podcast, its free ;)
The videos on the Video page will be back up tonight

i saw those bears on the trail! I rode crank it up, and one of them was standing right by the second wallride-- startling!
oh yeah, and the boneyard will be open by this weekend (supposedly)

peace

[Big B]

hey, ive got a video up from Whistler on my site under Podcast
www.freeridesammamish.com

go ahead and subscribe to the podcast, its free ;)

So I gotta go buy a video Ipod to watch your movie? :think:

That video would have to be better than The Collective.

[ffonsok]

no--- you just need the new version of itunes
but you can even watch it with just quicktime

[Big B]

:( ouch.

[ffonsok]

no disrespect man, its all cool
it just seemed like a funny question ;)

[.:Jeenyus:.]

hey, ive got a video up from Whistler on my site under Podcast
www.freeridesammamish.com

go ahead and subscribe to the podcast, its free ;)
The videos on the Video page will be back up tonight

i saw those bears on the trail! I rode crank it up, and one of them was standing right by the second wallride-- startling!
oh yeah, and the boneyard will be open by this weekend (supposedly)

peace

Freaking awsome video, mang. :thumb:

What was the song?

[ffonsok]

fischerspooner- the 15th