You sit there staring, willing yourself to get over it. The nerves take over and a slight quiver threatens your fingers. The pedals are suddenly foreign and brake levers to far/to close, the mind pinpoints everything that can go wrong. It’s this point of the trail that you need help with, more help than a […]
Darth Days
Darthdays – Galiano
During the first long weekend of the year it is every Vancouverites duty to stake their claim on a ferry boat to an island. The salt in my blood pulled me over to Galiano, a long spittoon of land furry with evergreens and rolling hills. The roads are long and winding and my deft little road bike […]
Recap of the Muddbunnies Trail Day by Darthyoga – photos by Tina
The trail just laid there. It was the middle of August and the dry days had taken its ability to keep itself together. Tires pulled the dirt from the rock and wore ruts into the woodwork. Taking and inventory of itself, it saw who it really was. A tired old woman in a shabby dress, […]
Darth Days – Silverstar
Few things invoke the organizer in me like a summer road trip to bike trails. I make lists, plan trails, clothes that will show up best in photos and food to fuel the whole experience. This trip to Silverstar was no different. We arrived Sunday night with visions of dry dirt trails dancing in our […]
Darth Days – Merritt
Friday afternoon before a weekend road trip. The heat of the summer has melted time into a slow supple lump. It drags its way across the clock, the weight of it the only thing keeping the seconds hand moving. It s malleable form no longer able to move on its own it relies on its […]