A Brief History

John Henry the Bicycle Man has been organizing group rides on the North Shore for the past 10 years. 2003 included the introduction of a variety of new activities for both the co-ed groups and women including weekly scheduled rides, the Saturday out-of-town rides, trail building nights, urban rides in Vancouver’s downtown core and Skills Clinics. With incredible growth and a burgeoning membership of over 350 riders in 2003, the ‘Pedals and Pints’ crew continues to look for ways to ensure excellent riding experiences for all our club members and encourage everyone to get out on those 2-wheeled steeds as much as possible.

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- Ladies Only
- Downhill Revenge
- All Mountain Mania
- Road Riding

Ride Leader Emails
Kelly Owens - kellyO@telus.net

A New Emphasis for Pedals n’ Pints in 2004

In the hopes of building better club unity and affiliation across all our riding nights, we hope to foster and support many more co-ed, club–wide special events for 2004. Some examples of the kind of events you can look forward to will include:

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• a single co-ed Saturday
• out-of –town ride every month
• co-ed club BBQs
• pancake breakfasts and other socials,
• both female and male ride leaders for our Thursday and Saturday co-ed rides
• co-ed trail building nights and urban rides
• co-ed Season Opening Social (TBA)
• regularly scheduled co-ed road rides on Sundays.

• 15% off parts, labour and accessories at John Henry (some exception – details in store)
• at least 1 organized ride per week and 1 out-of-town co-ed Saturday ride each month
• qualified/First Aid trained ride leaders
• Beginner to Advanced level groups/routes at each ride
• Opportunities to ride with Pro riders
• Races and trail building days

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• Weekly e-mails and updates and ‘The Weekly Score’
• Entrance to win a Brodie Bike valued at $1400 (Gold Members Only)
• A Preventative Maintenance package valued at $90 (Gold Members Only)
• Professional Speakers and Free Maintenance Nights
• Schedules posted in a advance at johnhenrybikes.com
• Opportunity to gain trail maintenance skills and help maintain our world famous trails
• Encouraging and fun-loving groups to ride with regardless of your riding ability
• “Because it’s all about the ride!”

Club Nights and Riding Levels

'Ladies Only Club'
A ride for women only. Mountain Bike instructor Kelly Owens has teamed with John Henry the Bicycle Man to provide you the utmost in riding club experiences for women only. Monthly prepared rides lead you all over the province and take you to new levels of riding. Experience isn't necessary but smiles are. This club accepts all levels of riders and will be also encompassing training nights, fixing clinics, and maybe even events like fashion shows.

Ride Levels and Groups with John Henry’s
“Ladies Only” 2004

Beginner/ “Pie Rides”

Just want to go for a spin on your favourite 2 wheels? Relax while chatting with a friendly group of women along easy going forest paths? This is the ride for you! Join Sylvia and friends and maybe even stop for a “treat” (pie?) on the way back! There may be a lot of stopping to practice skills along the trail. Novice-level riders are usually interested in improving their technical skills and level of fitness. Forest trails could be in/around the Seymour Demonstration Forest, lower Seymour area and occasionally Burnaby Mountain.

Beginner/Intermediate Rides

Interested in improving your technical skills and your fitness level? Navigate the challenges of roots, short, steep climbs, small logs and drops while building up your cardio. There may be a lot of stopping to practice skills along the trail. Beginner/Intermediate level riders should be prepared to build their technical skills and level of fitness as the season progresses. Trails may include: Bridal Path, Slippery Canoe (lower Fromme), Lower Griffin, Will’s Way (Seymour) and the lower trails at SFU.

Intermediate

You’re ready to clean that series of drops on Ned’s or at least give it a try, right? You might even try manualling off of that 2 foot ledge on CBC! You’re probably really close to cleaning Nicole’s at SFU. The rides are set at an easy to moderate pace with intermittent stopping for practice. This level would be good for those either just getting into trails like Ned’s or Seventh Secret or for those already comfortable on intermediate level trails. You’ve got a good cardio base and are fine with the climb up Seymour to Ned’s or up the switchbacks to Krinkum Krankum.

Advanced

You’re already manualling those 2 foot drops that you used to roll or you want to go bigger. Ridin’ the skinnies and ladder lines on Espresso or CBC gives you that rush you’re looking for. You’re hoping you can clean Ladies or Pink Starfish eventually. Depending on the group, there may be a lot of stopping to practice skills along the trail. Advanced level riders should be prepared to build their technical skills and level of fitness as the season progresses. You could shuttle but you’re also fine with climbing up to Ned’s.

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Downhill Revenge
The JH Downhill Club is a great place to meet new riding mates, have a weekly organized ride and hopefully the chance to check out some new trails you may not have tried. Above all, we want all riders (yes - you too girls) to have fun and improve your riding skills!

Typically, we like to start the year off to meet the needs of all novice and experienced riders. As Downhill is about fun, adrenalin, and flow, like you we like to try to establish a good pace that is comfortable for all riders. So, we start the season out on some of the easier trails so everyone can have fun and get accustomed to how the club rides work. After the first 4 or 5 rides, we'll pick up the pace a bit and get into some more advanced trails. This should not intimidate, rather it should provide the opportunity for advancement and learning. As valued club members you should never feel pressured. Rides will be catered every second week towards the capabilities of advanced riders and intermediate riders. As there will always be a rider faster and slower than you, this approach will help meet the needs of all the riders and members can pick and choose rides they feel most comfortable with. An example of an "intermediate" ride would be CBC/ Neds or "Wild Cherry and The Roaches". Examples of "advanced rides" would be Fifth Horseman, Ladies Only and CBC/Boogieman. We also try to alternate between Cypress, Fromme and Mt. Seymour every week. Typically you will be riding Fromme more in the middle of summer when the days are longest.

As an added bonus, on select rides, you will be introduced to some of the latest trail building techniques. These will be short stops where members can get a chance hands on to help put back into the trails. Just remember the goals of the ‘Pedals and Pints’ and the DH Club are fun, camaraderie, furthering your skills, and increasing your involvement in the sport.

If you need further clarification or more information call us at 604-986-5534 or email us here.

We hope to see you out!

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All Mountain Mania
Technical uphills, fast single track, and wicked camaraderie are all signs that you have witnessed a super Co-ed All Mountain Club Ride.
You definitely find friendship on an uphill. Wicked fun for everybody who likes to ride his or her bike to the top.

This club goes up and down. Trails are similar at times to the Downhill club but progression is measured by your health at the end of the ride not, I repeat, not…the number of broken bones in your body.

Riding paces include the quick and the dirty but are definitely not exclusive to the fittest of the fit crowd. There are more mellow rides, where novice/intermediate riders can strut their stuff. This group is more focused on the grins, smiles and fun of mountain biking, all riders can fit in this group, whether your wear Lycra or baggy shorts, armour or not, clips or flats, anything goes. The object is to start the rides as a group and finish as a group. Denis Goulet and Mike Jordan are the ride leaders and you will find all types of leaders and riders in this club.

The only outcome with a crew like this is fun and laughter. If the right amount of people show up, we will split the group into novice/intermediate and intermediate.
If you need further clarification email us or call the store at 604-986-5534.
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Check the website or the in store bulletin board for a ride schedule.

Sunday Road Ride
This ride never made it truly off the ground last year. Both leader’s incurred injuries and the rides fell flat. Not this year. There are back ups in place and the ride must go on…or something like that. So…

Notify Lance, here we come, Sunday morning peloton pushing. Ride leaves at 8:00am and lasts about two hours. The coffee shop will be open for lattes and bagels after the ride so you can rest the weary bones après ride.
Register and join now. Links are on the right.

Check out the schedule of morning road rides and bring some friends along for a beautiful summer road ride. The schedule will inform you of when we are starting the Road rips.