Rich Aucoin

Cranbrook to Fernie had curve-balls as, though the weather finally was smiling sunshine on me, I now had the first of my bike problems. The next before, after my long day of biking, I had an accident where I forgot that my bungee cords are really snakes and have minds of their own as one […]

Today was filled with a long climb and not as much rain (though it did come some and kept the feet wet all morning; what would Lt. Dan say about that… oh and on the topic of Forest Gump, which I got to see the other night on CBC along with another shot of the […]

So, in Behold the Lamb!, I say “Reign down on me” but today (for the first time that lasted a whole day) it “Rained down on me”. I was completely soaked and cold while I biked 124Km over about 8hrs. I find it quite ironic that the two rides that my BC Biking Guide said […]

So the night went kinda late and my biking legs didn’t look like they were ready to kick in at 9am the next morning so, after the kind offer to stay at the hotel for another night in Nelson, I did just that. “Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your […]

I kept this day light (just 44km) so that I only had to bike a couple hours before Nelson so that I’d have time to relax before the show. I got into town around 1pm and proceeded to check out Baker St. while doing my laundry (which consists of 2 pairs of underwear, 2 biking […]

Christina Lake to Castlegar is supposed to be my last “major” climb (according to this sweet biking map I have that not only gives you the overhead view but gives you an elevation view as well (and so U2 finds another way into my head each day… Bono… you clever lyricist!). While this day seemed […]

As I left the O.C. of Canada (Osoyoos County), it was hard to say goodbye to the heat of the desert and have to put back on jackets and such. Osoyoos to Christina lake was not the best idea I’ve had with route length too as it involved over 132km. I arrived in Grand Forks […]

After and amazing stay at The Old Hedley Road Inn (http://ww.oldhedley.com) with some fantastic people, I took some shots of the horses and the passing cattle herd who graze around the property. A couple long climbs through very dry, desert scenery and I was at the top of a very large mountain area with a […]

Manning Park to Hedley brought its own challenges with down pours and having to grip the breaks so hard on a couple descents that walnuts would have barely survived the pressure. (For one thing… walnuts are under constant pressure in today’s society and why? They didn’t ask to be the easiest of cracking nuts… I […]

Leaving Hope was like leaving “it’s all fun and games”-land and the first of the serious mountains (like “I’m trying to get this work done for tomorrow’s 9am deadline” serious). So these videos say it all… things just got intense for the first time this day.. I mean biking 112km the first day and then […]

After hanging with some great farmers and some million-dollar steeds, I began the trek through the first hills (hills not really mountains) on the way to Hope. http://www.i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/RichAucoin/100_0038.jpg http://www.i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/RichAucoin/100_0043.jpg This bedroom used to be a grow-op and was hidden at the back of the garage. “Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get […]

Finding it hard to find the time to write, I realized that I should try and capture the suckiest (and usually most comic parts of my day for you guys… because, as we know, every moment is “beautifully tragic, retrospectively comic or mundanely fantastic”): Other than those moments, I had The Golden Dogs’ Construction Worker […]