Club News
Volunteer or ride in Wade’s Excellent Adventure!
May 11th
On Saturday June 12, the NSMBA presents Wade’s Excellent Adventure on Fromme Mountain. All proceeds from the event go towards maintaining the trails on Fromme.
Information about the event can be found at the NSMBA site.
Wade Simmons will be there and we hope you will be too!
If you would like to join the Muddbunnies riding team, please contact Tina at tina@muddbunnies.com. Spots are filling up fast!
If you would like to participate in the event but aren’t convinced riding multiple laps of Fromme are for you, please consider volunteering! We’re going to need some extra help during the day and we hope you can help make this event a huge success!
Food, drinks and an after-party will be provided, not to mention some great schwag from our sponsors!
Oakley - Bell - Marzocchi - RaceFace – Dakine - Shimano – NSMB – Planet Foods – Honey Stinger – Ultima – Kicking Horse Coffee
Here’s a list of positions we are currently looking to fill with volunteers:
- Parking marshals: Set up signs, direct riders to designated parking area, 8-10am
- Bike marshal: Direct riders where to park bikes prior to event, 8:30 – 10am
- Registration: Sign teams in prior to event start: 8:00-10:30am
- Secret messengers: Check off teams as they complete trail, hand out new trail clue, 10am – 3pm
- Food: Set up food table, man the BBQ, serve food to participants. 11am – 3pm
- Site set-up and tear down: Help set up the food and registrations table (8-10am, 2-4pm)
Let us know where you can help!
A follow-up email to confirm your position with additional details will be sent once we have all the spots filled. We also plan on having a volunteer meeting prior to the event on a weekday evening, hosted by Wade himself.
If you have any questions, or would like to sign up to volunteer, please contact Rhonna at secretary@muddbunnies.com with WEA in the subject line.
Thanks to all the Bunnies that are already signed up to ride or volunteer – it’s going to be a great day!
Go Bunnies go!
Muddbunnies Riding Club 2010 Kick-off Party!
Apr 8th
Alright Muddbunnies, it’s that time of year again! You know what I’m talking about; temperatures are rising, snow is starting to melt away, and the daylight is now longer. Time to give our bikes more love more often, to come out of our nests and immerse ourselves in some pedaling riding pleasure.
Our rides will be starting April 21st, ride leaders are being recruited and SO we’re throwing a Muddbunnies Riding Kick-Off Party and Ride Leader Appreciation Night – to get our members stoked about the upcoming season and thank those who have given their time, energy and enthusiasm to guide our rides!
You’ll be able to:
- Hear what we’ve got planned for 2010
- Buy some new Muddbunnie gear with our awesome logo (CASH only)
- Participate in some fun games and meet new bunnies
- Reconnect with old riding buddies
And if you sign up as a member by April 13th, you get your membership number in a draw for one FREE night accommodations up at Whistler for two people.
Date: Wednesday, April 14th
Time: 7:00 pm ish for dinner; programmed portion will start at 7:30 pm.
Location: Between the Bridge Pub
Address: 1970 Spicer Road, North Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604-924-1834
http://www.bridgebetweenpubandclub.com
This event is ONLY for Muddbunnie members and ladies interested in the club. Sorry ladies only.
Please RSVP here so that I can provide the Pub an idea of numbers for wait staff.
Muddbunnies Announces Brother Club: The Fur Trappers
Apr 1st
Sorry ladies, this time its for the boys only. Muddbunnies Riding Inc. is pleased to announce our “brother” company as an answer to the existing womens focussed club and company. Welcome The Fur Trappers led by local rider, Chris “DirtWolf” Drinkwater.
The Fur Trappers rides will involve crashing ongoing Muddbunnies Riding Club regularly scheduled rides and chasing bunnies down the local mountains; catch a bunny, keep a bunny! Membership fees start at $399 and of course, all proceeds go towards the Muddbunnies. Click HERE for more details.
April Fools Suckahs!
Muddbunnies Riding Club thanks you for supporting Women who Ride
Mar 13th
HUGE thanks go out to everyone that attended the Vancouver premiere of Awesome Land: Women of Dirt!
The evening was a great success and a good time was had by all. Some fantastic swag was given out as door prizes thanks to generous donations from Cycles Lambert, Bones over Metal, Cycle Component Network, Between the Bridges, and Muddbunnies.
Muddbunnies Riding Club is dedicated to supporting women who ride so when the opportunity arose to host this premiere we felt our club was a perfect fit. It was inspiring to see so many local female riders excel in the sport we all love and watching them ride local trails made everyone want to get out there!
Between ticket sales, generous donations from guests, and 50/50 sales, the club has a better starting budget for 2010 than any year in its history! Way to go!
Special thanks go out to the co-filmmakers Mark Brent and Miles Sullivan from Bones over Metal for allowing Muddbunnies the rights to premier the movie and retaining 100% of ticket sales to support club activities. Woot woot!
We would also like to thank Between the Bridges, esp their manager Binnie, their audiovisual guy Sudz and their servers for accommodating the larger than expected crowd. Good job!
Copies of the DVD are still available and can be purchased at http://bonesovermetal.com/womenofdirt/ or the Muddbunnie online store.
Muddbunnies to Host Van Premier of Awesome Land: Women of Dirt!
Mar 10th
Source: Veronica Kacinik/Muddbunnies Riding Club (BC)
Muddbunnies will be hosting the Vancouver Premier of Awesome Land: Women of Dirt as a fundraiser for the club! We are so happy to be hosting a premier that celebrates women in mountain biking!
Date: Thursday March 11, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm movie premiers
Ages: +19
Maximum Capacity: 150
Cost: $8.00 online http://www.muddbunnies.com/store/ or $10.00 at the door
LOCATION: Between the Bridge Pub (Upstairs from the Maplewood)
Address: 1970 Spicer Road, North Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604-924-1834
http://www.bridgebetweenpubandclub.com
Awesome Land: Women Of Dirt is a unique look into the world of Downhill Racing, Dirt Jumping and Freeriding. This film looks through the eyes of the wondrous women that have helped grow the sport of Gravity Mountain Biking with their strength and courage. Other mountain bike films have overlooked these vibrant and dedicated women, but no longer! Awesome Land: Women Of Dirt celebrates the mountain bike while celebrating the women who love them. A beautiful and energetic film that opens a window into an awesome world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPsY3oERsI
Riders included are: Tammy Donahugh, Stephanie Nychka, Cierra Smith, Emily Johnston, Lisa Myklak, Jill Kintner, Leana Gerrard, Dawn Cashen, Katrina Strand, Kathy Pruitt, and Darcy Turenne.
Finally, DVDs of Women of Dirt can be purchased here:
Muddbunnies welcomes Different Bikes as Gold Sponsor
Jun 28th
Muddbunnies Riding Club presents our Gold Sponsor for 2009: Different Bikes! We are pleased to work with such a well known and respected bike shop. Many of you know Different Bikes not only for their great services, prices and products, but for their continual support of their local riding community.
If you don’t already know, here’s a bit more about Different Bikes!
Service:
Personal, responsive and friendly service is our first priority and how we really strive to be “different”.
Stores:
We back our service vision with simple, welcoming and efficient stores, fair prices guaranteed, helpful advice from experienced staff, and world class products.
Community:
We commit to support riding, riders and our communities. We especially try to help kids and youth to develop healthy lifestyles, to ride safely and to just “ride more”. This community focus means that Different Bikes regularly contributes to local charities, programs and organizations that support health, fitness, safety, and access.
History:
Different Bikes incorporated in late 2005, and we opened our first bike shop, in West Vancouver, in February of 2006.
Our simple idea of delivering consistently excellent service in a friendly environment seemed to catch on quickly! We built on that success and added a second bike store in North Vancouver in March 2007.
In spring of 2008, we added a 3rd bike shop to the Different Bikes family – this one in Vancouver, when an existing successful shop (formerly Cyclepath Broadway) joined the DB family.
Now in our fourth season, we are one of the largest independent bicycle retailers in BC. We’re working hard to ensure that the business keeps growing steadily by delivering on our high service vision and earning every customer!
The Business:
Different Bikes is not a franchise or a buying group. We are a locally owned and operated bike retailer currently with 3 locations. DB was founded by a small but diverse group of passionate cyclists all either experienced bike industry people or successful business people from other industries. Most of our full time shop employees and managers are
also owners in the business.
Different Bikes focuses on friendly and responsive service for all members of the family in neighbourhood-style, personal shop environments.
We offer a wide range of parts, clothing and accessories from nearly every brand in the industry. Our bicycle brands are focused on major Canadian and local brands including Rocky Mountain, Norco and Kona, in addition to specialty bikes from Electra, Knolly, Wilier, Moots, Dekerf, Independent Fabrication, Surly and others.
Different Bikes is a proud member of the communities we operate in, striving to provide time, funds and products to local charities and programs that support children and/or active lifestyles.
Muddbunnies Riding Club is honoured to be sponsored by such a devoted and passionate company.
