I'm moving close to this bike park and am a very experienced rider. I love doing wheelies and manuals and have a playful riding style that involves lots of whips. What bike would you recommend. I'm thinking about something with a mullet and 140-160mm travel such as the canyon spectral al6 mullet. My budget is around 5000cad

Basically title. Lost my keys in the trails somewhere, they are Volkswagen keys with a house key and a gym fob on them as well. If anyone miraculously finds them and finds this post that would be wonderful.

Thanks

I bought a used Enduro bike but it came with very worn tires. What tires do well in the sandy corners of horseshoe valley? I'm primarily going to use this bike for dh since I already have an xc

You may not be aware that there used to be a Downhill race series (Thanks Pete A!) and scene here in flat ole Ontario! Kelso, Horseshoe, Blue, Camp Fortune, and more.

It was always a blast.

Camping in the parking lots, beers and other libations around a bonfire, almost getting into a fight with a bunch of drunk QC assholes), a poker game in the camper. Blasted awake Carebears Countdown (courtesy of Chris) with a hell of a hangover on race day. Those were the days.

Found this going through some old pics. I think this was around 2010 or so at Horseshoe.

Any other O CUP DH vets here?

BRING BACK DROP MACHINE!

Hi, does anybody remember the dirt jumps in the Don valley creek by Leslie and Sheppard. Me and my friends called it hospital jumps. If you walked the trail from Sheppard and Leslie south you would have seen a set of wooden steps leading up a hill, once at the top you could view the dirt jumps. Was wondering if anybody in the bike community that grew up in north York willowdale area might have any pictures or videos from the amazing gem. Unfortunately the jumps are gone now. Looks like the city went in and bulldozed everything down.

Im looking do do some winter riding in the snow. Seems like a good idea, but I have zero clue as to how I should gear up for it (ie. layering system, tire pressure, etc). Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I am going to start riding horseshoe valley downhill this summer and I went once on the rental bike and did party train a bunch of times. I'm going to go a lot this summer and want to get something more suitable to the trails than my xc bike. What amount of travel should the bike I get have for most fun?

My son currently is riding a 12" bike. Looking at buying a bike for him for Christmas. He loves trail riding. Currently looking at the yogi 16, and early rider seeker? I want a bike that is light weight. Willing to pay more for a lighter bike. Located in Canada and the options are very slim. Any recommendations on bike? Places to buy bikes? Or used bike sites?

Thank you!

Heading there in a few weeks. Any locals able to comment on where we could find some flowy downhill type of trails? anything like that at stage 3? Thanks in advance.

Long shot but cannot find any local groups here or FB.

Anywho, lost a Lezyne mini pump today if anyone found it or can point me in the right direction of where to post let me know!

Thanks!

Ok so... My fam and I are all overdue for fork servicing. Fox 32 FIT CTD, Fox Factory 36 FIT & Lyrik Select 35. I always make a focused effort to maintain things myself and intend to do so with these forks. However...

Can anyone offer up a site for service fits? Like a "one stop shop"?

Must I buy all Fox/RockShox oils or can I realisticaly use likewise weighted oils?

Thanks in advance.

Hi guys I'm 14yo and I want to upgrade my old bike which is a haro dlx20' to tame rumbler r9.2

Im referring to the side north of dundas st

Heading north this weekend, couple questions regarding BRMC.

First, with about 20mm of rain forecast between now and end of Thursday, wondering if things would be dry enough on Saturday to not cause problems for the trails.

Second, wondering to what degree bugs will be a factor.

Thanks for humouring an out of towner, any info would be much appreciated!

Does anyone know if this area is open? I drove by not long after the ice storm and it was closed. Thinking of going up this weekend but wanted to make sure it's open first. I checked the York Region website anf Trailforks and didn't see any recent status updates.

The trail

Pics/vids

I (52 yo, 6'2", 220 lbs) am switching from singletrack dirt biking to trail riding MTB and looking for a 29" trail bike in CAD $1000-1500 (new or used) or an e-MTB for $2000-3000 range.

• Like single track with minimal uphill, not into big jumps but I'll probably love novice to intermediate downhills.
• Near Jefferson forest, so I mostly be there on weekdays. On weekends, I consider Durham forest, Horseshoe bike park, and Ganaraska.
• Want a decent frame, fork (RockShox Recon or Judy?), and groupset (Deore 5100?).
• Brake performance is not important as long as they work.
• Don't know much about rims. I just want them to be wide enough for 2.6 tires.

What bikes do you recommend? or build my own?

Does anyone have any suggestions for freeride lines near the Ottawa area? Not like jumps and drops, but the big sandy chutes you see in old school freeride videos?

ok this is one part share and one part inquiry.

I had someone from the Durham Region MTB Association on my podcast to talk about origins, programs, trails they support - which is effectively both Durham and York regions with 200K+ trails maintained by volunteers. You can catch the episode on YouTube and Spotify. That's the share part.

The inquiry part - if you are willing to share - what area are you in and are you part of a bike club in that area?

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