Canadian Cycling Magazine February & March 2021 / Vol 12 Issue 1

I have one super power. Well, I might have two, but the other one is more of a curse: I always find the slowest checkout line in the grocery store, even if I pick the lane with only one person ahead of me. However, the power – or maybe it’s a skill, or a gift – is my ability to put on an inordinate amount of layers. I’m like a human onion when it comes to clothes, but better smelling, as long as I haven’t been in those layers too long. I started building my powers as a child growing up in Ottawa. When my mother was cold, I’d have to put on a sweater. Today, in my household, I do the same to my daughter. Having the nation’s capital as…

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Michael Woods and his broken leg buddy In late November, Michael Woods was recovering at his place in Andorra. He had recently had four screws removed from his right femur. He got the hardware in March, after a serious crash at Paris-Nice. He reflected on the 2020 season as tea was brewing in the background. In spite of the broken leg and the coronavirus pandemic, it was a good one. Maybe his best? “I don’t know. I don’t think so. Maybe yes. Maybe no,” he mused. His previous high-water mark was in 2018. That year he won a stage at the Vuelta a España and came third at the road world championships in Innsbruck, Austria. In 2020, he wasn’t on the podium at worlds, but he notched a stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico,…

Michael Barry of Mariposa Bicycles remembers seeing the Weinmann HP-Turbo brakes when he was a kid. “Although, I’ve never seen them on a bike, and I’m not sure my dad ever did,” he says of his father, Mike Barry Sr. Within Barry Sr.’s large collection of bikes and parts was a bin of odd components. He had set them aside for a Franken-bike he had planned that he called Mike Barry’s Folly. “He had even made braze-on pieces to connect the brake to a frame,” says Michael. Barry Sr. didn’t complete his folly before his death in December 2018. The Weinmann HP-Turbo brake was released in 1984, which was during the company’s decline. (It was most popular in the ’60s and ’70s.) The brake pads on the HP-Turbo each sit at…

Picture this: you’re shredding some loamy singletrack on your mountain bike without a care in the world, sunlight streaming through the trees and man’s best friend – your pup – frolicking through the woods on your right-hand side. It doesn’t get much better than that, but it does take a fair bit of work before your trail dog is capable of sprinting along beside you, not bouncing away in the pursuit of yet another squirrel or mischievous chipmunk. Here, three mountain bikers with adorable trail dogs, and one outdoors-loving dog trainer, share their top tips on getting your dog disciplined enough to handle any ride. Work on recall “You should have your dog learning a proper recall in a low-distraction atmosphere, and then building up to being around high distractions to make…

Similar to climbing a steep grade on your road bike, performing ballet requires a combination of physical and mental skills. Take the grand jeté – a difficult jump. To complete this move, the dancer must train and exercise discipline. Dexterity and strength are key. It seems fitting then that Rebekah Rimsay, a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, cycles to complement her training. Born in Fort Collins, Colo., and raised in Canada, Rimsay spent her formative years in St. John’s, N.L. At five years old, she started dancing recreationally. Step by step, stretch by stretch, she got serious. This hobby became an all-consuming passion. What she loved most about dancing then is what still drives her today. “As a little girl, I loved that you could become anything when you…