Trail Bicycle Eatmore Sprouts Team

Thanks to all are 2010 team sponsors for the successful season of biking!!!

Trail Bicycles, Eatmore Sprouts, Rehabilitation in Motion, Cumberland Credit Union, The Freakin' Coffee Shop, Ryan Parton Writing Solutions and Wedler Engineering.

CX Provicials

3 team racers at CX provincials today 3 podiums

(Photos by Donna Marie)

(Above) The Crew

(Above, center) Andrew Grant

(Above, left) Amanda Wakeling

(Above, Right) Nigel Ellsay

"Give us your money or else"

Amanda Wakeling, Andrew Grant and Nigel Ellsay

We would like to give everyone a HUGE .....

THANK YOU

for all the support this season!!

(Photo by Glenn Wakeling)

The Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts Cycling Team in the Paper Again

Comox Valley Record

Comox Valley Echo

Cumberland Coal Cross a Huge Success

Energized by unusually sunny skies, a handful of Comox Valley cyclists recorded some impressive results at last weekend’s Cumberland Coal Cross cyclocross race.

More than 100 cyclists from all over B.C. competed in the third annual event, the first of seven races in the Cross on the Rock Cyclocross Series. From beginners to experts local cyclists were well represented in the results.

In the Beginners category, 12-year-old James Grant of the Comox Valley Cycle Club worked his way to the front of the pack and held off racers three times his age to take the win. His younger brother Mark managed a late surge for fourth place.

In the Beginners Women category, Courtenay’s Salinas LaPerriere showcased her mountain biking skills in the more technical sections of the course on her way to a second place finish in her first ever cyclocross race.

Comox racer Jordan Duncan also finished second in the Intermediate category after leading for most of the race.

Fifteen-year-old mountain biking phenom Amanda Wakeling, of the Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts Cycling Team, battled it out in the most competitive Expert Women’s field ever and managed to capture 6^th place.

In the Masters race, Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts rider Andrew Brown broke away from the group in the first lap and managed to hold his position for the remainder of the rest to record a first-place finish.

On a more disappointing note, crowd favourite Jeff Beeston (Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts), the only rider in the competition who managed to clear the barriers on his bike, suffered a flat on course and was never able to catch back up to the leaders of the Expert Men’s field.

Cyclocross, which has experienced a surge in popularity in recent years, is perhaps the most exciting racing format to watch. Known simply as “cross” to cyclists in the know, cyclocross is the cycling equivalent of the steeple-chase. Races are short, usually less than one hour, and take place on relatively short courses that may feature stairs, sand, gravel, long grass or wooded trails.

All manner of obstacles are used to force riders off their bikes, and the Cumberland course didn’t disappoint. Along with a BMX track, the race featured a sand pit, part of a pump track, a short, gnarly climb, a forest section, a set of barriers and a bit of tight circular torture called a “Whirly Whirl.”

The Cumberland Coal Cross was hosted by the Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts Cycling Team who, along with race organizers Curtis Saunders and Lisa Ludwig, couldn’t be happier with the results.

“It’s obviously great to win at home in front of your friends and family, but it’s also exciting to put up some good results for all the local sponsors who have helped us out all year long,” says team rider Andrew Brown.

“Like Cumberland and District Credit Union,” he continues. “Not only are they hugely supportive of the team, but they support other great cycling initiatives as well, like interest-free loans for bicycle purchases.”

Races like the Cumberland Coal Cross, says Brown, would simply not be possible without the support of a long list of sponsors and event volunteers.

To find out more about the Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts Cycling team, visit www.eatmoretrail.ca.

Nigel In the BMX Track

Glen Wakeling

Andrew Grant

Andrew Brown

Jeff Beeston

Glen Wakeling doing battle with the tape, his bike and the ground!

Whistller BC cup champs 20210

Mount Washington BC cup #6.

4 of the Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts Team members took part.

Andrew Grant

Andrew Brown

Dave Nowak

Amanda Wakeling

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B.C Summer Games Report

July 28th, 2010

Early last Thursday morning, Amanda, the Ellsays and myself, along with other CVCC juniors Jake van der Vliet, Jordan Duncan, and Thomas Andrew, packed up and hopped on a bus bound for Langley and the 2010 B.C Summer Games. It was an awesome weekend for everybody, with a dance on Friday night and competition beginning Saturday and concluding Sunday. The road events consisted of a Miss-and-Out race, a First-and-Out race, a Scratch Race, a Street Sprint, and a points race, and there was also an Off-Road race. Amanda won every event she entered, and Nigel racked up a gold and two silver medals. Gillian did really well also, walking away with four silvers. I had an okay weekend, and brought home two bronze. It was definitely a hectic, tiring weekend, but at the same time it was an epic, once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Andrew G.

Backyard Fun

Me and the crew all headed up to are local Cumberland bike trails for the 3^rd XC race of the Vancouver Island mountain bike series. I think it’s safe to say we were all feeling pretty nervous as well as excited. We were all ready for a good beating!!! Which is exactly what the course gave us, up a short steady climb on gravel road and then into some technical stuff and then back out onto the road for a steady steep climb up, back onto some technical trails with a steady climb (agreed to of been the hardest part of the course) and then the fast flowy downhill with small stretches of gravel road in-between in spots, then just up a bit of paved road and through the Cumberland #6 mine park were the lap point was.

Everyone did the best and it defiantly showed. Dave, Nick and Andrew all rocked the expert men’s category, Andrew had a strong 13^th place finish even though one of his pedals fell off and had to go find it and put it back together. Dave also had a steady race on his single speed and came in 25^th. Jordan one of my good buddies came in 1^st in intermediate men and my Dad/Glenn followed shortly behind in 5^th place. I had a good race as well and came 1^st in intermediate women.

At the end of the race the sun was shining, there was music going and burgers grilling; it was a really good atmosphere and the perfect way to end a bike race.

Amanda

Amanda and Jordan in the News

Check out this awesome article about Amanda and Jordan in In Foucs Magazine

King of Bling

I’m not the King of Bling, I leave that to my good friend and teammate Dave Nowak, but I did need new shoes. I’ve been riding the same tired old Shimanos for a couple of years and it was starting to show. Because I ride both road and mountain, with a little bit o’ cross, I always try to get road and mountain shoes built on the same platform.

This year I’m riding for Jeff at Trail Bicycles on the Trail Bicycles Eatmore Sprouts Cycling Team. Trail is a Trek shop and as such offers a wide selection of Bontrager parts and accessories. I’ve never owned a pair of Bontrager shoes but the ones I tried on in the shop seemed pretty comfy so I looked through the catalogue and decided to go with Bontrager’s top of the line RXL road and mountain shoes. Light weight and with full carbon soles they were exactly what I was looking for.

I’ll admit that I did see a picture of the shoes in the catalogue, and they did look a little flash, but I was still surprised when I pulled them out of the box.

All white, bright white, adorned with gold bits the only way to describe these babies is bling. I haven’t ridden these suckers yet cause I don’t want to get them dirty, but I have been kickin’ about the house and they feel pretty awesome.

I’ll update this review after I spend some time on the bike with them, but before that I need some euro length socks and some white leg and arm warmers. I should give Dave a call and see what he got.

Local Sponsors

We have finally got this team thing rolling and have sent in the artwork for the team jerseys, we will post them once we have the proofs. We would like to thank the local sponsors that have come on board!


Title Sponsors
Eatmore Sprouts + Greens
Trail Bicycles

Gold Sponsors
Rehabilitation in Motion
Cumberland + Districts Credit Union

Silver Sponsors
Freakin Coffee Shop
Wedler Engineering
Ryan Parton Writing Solutions

We hope that you will show your support of these local business's!

Hopefully the racers will be posting about the latest race or ride to keep everyone interested.