Our Hornby Island women’s mountain biking group actively schedules weekly rides most of the year. We bike the trails for fun, fitness and adventure and we support each other in learning new technical skills while building our riding confidence and stamina. We welcome new members of all levels and are […]
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After a bit of a hiatus, it’s time to get back at it. The last session was completing the upgrade to Toad’s Ride back in February. A big thanks to all who showed up including Sasha and Amy’s kids who were awesome…never too young to contribute. As a result of […]
Coming July 8th, 2018, to Hornby Island! The 2018 Vancouver Island Cup Mountain Bike Race Series is BC’s premiere grassroots race series spanning the length of Vancouver Island. Cross Country, Downhill, Enduro and Marathon disciplines are brought together from numerous local mountain bike clubs. If you’re a first timer, seasoned […]
The 11th Annual No Horses Shootout was a blast! A small but fast field of riders competed in perfect conditions on Chris & Brad’s and No Horses Trails. Especially exciting was the nail-biting final two runs from Brett Martens and Jody Rutherford, who were only separated by 8/100ths of a […]
Like Mountain Biking? Like Racing? Want to Test your Mettle? Like to Watch? HIMBA (The Hornby Island Mountain Bike Association) is once again hosting the 11th Annual No Horses Shootout! Every year this exciting grassroots event is held on the Sunday of May Long Weekend. This year that is May […]
Notes From the HIMBA AGM by our new President Jill Candlish Hello HIMBA Membership, Thanks for a great AGM last week. It was a pleasure to see over a dozen of us out, showing such strong enthusiasm and support for mountain biking on Hornby. I enjoyed learning the history of […]
We had a great time on Sunday the 21sty of May for the After Tea Bike Race. Thanks to all who came out to race and help. Results: Girls 8 & Under 1 Molly Stotts 7:43.28 Girls 11 & Under 1 Kate Johnston 3:04.74 Girls 13 & Under […]
Great Trail Day yesterday! Thanks to Doug, Tom, Yana, Sasha, Colter, Tig and Mark for coming out. We got in a solid couple of hours on Purgatory where we added lots of erosion prevention measures and fixed several corners. Special thanks to […]
Sunday October 2nd. Trail work continuing on from last month doing maintenance/repair on Purgatory above Toad’s Ride. 09:30 start. Yana will drive up Northwind. To get your tools driven up please drop them at the Northwind/Strachan gate at 09:15. Best time of year for repairs!