New Ride Leaders

Not long after I arrived in sunny Vancouver (only locals will appreciate that joke) I bumped into Jon (left) at the end of a ride - he recommended joining the major local club so I did - a year and a bit on, both he and I have signed up to be "Ride Leaders" for the club (which has since changed its name to North Shore Riding Society - NSRIDE)

this means not only we'll be trained for first aid and have to turn up every week BUT we get some kit and most importantly a sweet deal on bikes and parts - something of a major consideration to those of use that ride so much - it can be expensive!


Well, this was our first official ride as leaders - something of a formality as we turn up to 99% of rides anyway! Typically is was on Cypress - the mountain we know the least trails!

Here's Rich trying to go round the root - its easier to go over it but Rich has never been one to take the easy way out!







Some serious coaching













Dale


















Jon & Jon on S&M













Meg and Meg












and here we see a fine example of Jon and I keep the group together ;-)


The only problem was one of the off-duty ride leaders spraining his ankle - but fortunately we had Dr Meg to deal with that - thanks Meg!

Stay tuned in the new year for shiny new bikes.......