http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home People who love bike buy their bikes from people who love bikes Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:53:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The U.C.I. held a stop of the Mountain Bike World Cup in Bromont, Quebec this past weekend so I (Cookie, Cycle Cambridge mech. & DH/4X specialist) packed up the fam-damily and hit the incredibly congested 401 for a 6 hour drive that took 9 hours. WORTH EVERY SECOND! The weekend ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/08/05/uci-world-cup-of-mountain-biking-bromont-quebec-08/ For those not in-the-know 4X racing is where four to six mountain bike riders line up at a starting gate and race around a b.m.x. track litterred with jumps, whoops and berms. In some places it's gravity fed or downhill but here in Ontario it's flat baby, real flat. ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/08/05/4xbikercrossmountaincross-bmx-really/ D to the H y'all! The second downhill race of the Ontario Cup season happened at Milton's Kelso conservation area again but on a new and improved course. The course included several man-made jumps, some wide open pedalling (down this time) and a particularily gnarly,wet, ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/07/07/cookies-downhillin-2/ I have never raced a dh race before save for the infamous ’07 Psychosis in Golden, B.C. (in which I took 7th in the hardtail class because I’m a “special kind of lunatic”,) so this was my first ‘real’ dh race. The idea for me ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/06/10/cookies-o-cup-dh-report/ This video was shot for Whistler's Action Network and actually got into a good rotation. It became a bit of a phenomenon as people all over the village would tell me how much they loved it or how bad it sucked. The soundtrack music ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/03/05/cookie-riding-that-back-country-big-mountain-stuff/ As with any form of exercise check with your doctor and if this is the first time doing something like these take it slow and start with one round rather than the prescribed amount. While you have to ride a bike to get better at riding a bike, you can ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/02/25/metabolic-conditioning-workouts-to-make-you-stronger-on-the-bike/ Here is just a sample list of Metabolic conditioning workouts. An easy thing to do is do two to three of these workouts a week working your way through the list. These workouts have a unique element to track progress. Either time, number of rounds or total reps. Always track your ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/02/25/metabolic-condition-workout-menu/ Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6-9 pm Free Parking, Free Admission, Great Deals Great deals on all instock and special order products Get a tour of our newly renovated facility including our training room and new parts & service area. Check out new products including Orbea, Time & Opus Carbon Road Bikes, 29" wheel mountain bikes, ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/02/25/before-the-bike-show-party-sale/ Thanks to our star duathlete, John Stewart, here is a cool article in , KW Record about riding year round.  Article Link We've be advocating it for years and it seems that the tide is turning. More and more people are using bikes for fitness, sport and transportation. With the improvements ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/02/15/im-not-the-only-one/ AW YEAH it's the Cookers in full effect y'all, massive toastin'. Thought I'd take a sec and write a diddy on the Cookster. I'm one of the staff here at Cycle Cambridge. If you heard the radio ads about the pierced, tattooed, hairy ... http://www.cyclecambridge.com/home/2008/01/31/allow-me-to-introduce-myself/