[BikeMag]

Crankworx is indeed an exhilarating festival. But it is also an <em>exhausting</em> one, especially for the haggard members of the Mountain Bike Press Corps. With so many contests and product launches to cover, we can scarcely find time to actually <em>ride</em> bikes. It was time to rise up and revolt, to liberate ourselves from the fetters of global taurine domination. It was time to leave the Red Bollocks and the Big Green Monster behind. It was time to head to Squamish for a ride with some of our buddies.

Inaugural 'Taurine-Free Classic' Helps Shake Off Crankworx Jitters

 

[rjhayter]

I'm falling in love with mountain biking all over again. 'Proper' mountain biking... going for a ride with your buddies, falling off, getting knackered, drinking a beer. The extremes of XC and Slopestyle (though amazing in their own right) seem so alien to me. Your Taurine Free Classic is how it should be done (and in truth, IS how it's done by millions, every weekend). It's great to see superbly talented riders like Simmons and Hunter just riding form fun (and your article, of course...)