invictus43
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Not meaning to hi-jack the thread but is there a GTAM type forum for the GTA mountain bike scene? I do want to get into competition and more serious trail riding (York and Durham regions and the Don Valley trails) but know few other riders who can show me ropes.
It's really very easy to get into competing. There are a few weekly series races within an hour's drive of the city. Kelso has one..there's one in Bradford. You can get a license fairly cheap. I do the Kelso Ontario Cup XC race every few years for fun. Kelso is a great MTB place if you're in the west end. Good climb there, I usually do two or three laps around the place. Mono Centre nearly Hockley is good..Simcoe Country forest beside the 400..Hardwood of course..Hilton Falls out near Kelso. All good fun. There is some stuff along the Humber but nothing sustained. Don Valley has better stuff. If you're in even moderate shape you can finish respectably in the "citizen events" put on at O-Cup races. I think I finished 12th or something out of 40 people in my age group last time I compete at Kelso in the citizen event.