cant wait, do the minime class race on the course?

ahhhh i wish i could, im leaving for europe that day... whens the race at kelso?

Kelso sucks its basically a cross country course you dont need a big bike yet tons of kids show up with there big 9inch travel bikes,basically all of onteraio is like that

Kelso is pretty much all we have here in Ontario aside form Blue so quit you bitchin'. If you want 2000m high mountains, then pack your shit and go to BC. Enough said.

Wow those 2 last guys blow ass.

People actually ride big (9") bikes at Kelso? Seriously? Its flat.

I agree that you don't need a 9" travel bike and that's exactly why I ride a 6" f&r bike. Kelso does have a pedal section, there's no denying that but lets not over exagerate it because it's only about 10-15 seconds long so big deal. Just pedal! Everyone else needs to as well so you're not at a disavantage. Unless you riding a 45lb 10" travel rig but thats your problem and you should have given it more thought when purchasing such a huge bike for a flat province. Ontario is not great for DH racing. Our terrain simply doesn't allow for it but please just enjoy the little we have! Kelso Is a fun race and everyone I see there is always having a blast..


Anyways, I see you all there race weekend.

Peter Appleton should appologize to Calabogie peaks for screwing them the last time he held a race there.
Then we could have races at the best hill in Ontario again.

05 I think,
they are open saturday and sundays this year
I had a season's pass at blue year before last and ended up riding at bogie way more. great mix of tech and speed. Nick the trailbuilder there is always improving things too.

again, when is the race at kelso!?

I'll need to look in to Calabogie then. I've never been. Where is it?

I found Calabogie. Near Kanata. Pretty far drive from Toronto area....

Junit9, The Kelso race is May 4th. There's a second one a few weeks after that as well.

ok good, i want to either participate in one, or just go and see one, because i need to start racing soon

If you want to start racing, you'd might as well start with kelso. Practice day is the day before the race, may 3rd. Try it out. You won't regret it.

vee oh dee

naww,i cant im in europe then, but ill try to get out to watch, i didnt expect to start racing this year either, need more planning lol

Understandable that biking uphill on a downhill course sucks. That we would love to have thousands of dollars to just get up and move to whistler where there is no pedaling needed for hundreds of kilometers of trails. But on every downhill course there is pedaling to do. Has anyone ever done the full 10km mt. seven psychosis course? Well for those who have not and are complaining about pedaling there bike, there is a section where you really have no choice but to get off your bike and run or walk it uphill for about a minute for some people. Ask Sam Hill, Tyler Morland, Natan Rennie, Steve Peat and the best "freeracer" ever Chris Kovarik. I am sure they did not enjoy it but is that not the point of racing. See who is the best of the best on that course in the given conditions on that day. If you do not like pedaling at Kelso, skip out and wait for the race at Blue or Fortune. If you do not like what i said, take your balls out of your purse, use the time that you would have spent typing me a hate email back and go pedaling so you can pedal that 15 second part at Kelso.

Heh, heh...easy guys. Its all good, just go ride where ever it may be. All places have their good and bad but they all have one thing in common. They are a place to go mountain biking...

HAHAH I remember the french guy on the orange foes 2:1 eating it 2 times in his race run lol

Oh and maybe someone can fill me in here... I've heard that the first race this year is going to be the new DH trail at Kelso? The trail that was the second race last year.

take a nomad, prophet or stumpjumper and have a great race!!! the AM rules here

cool drop

Why you guys complaining at Kelso, were having the lifts open for the bikes