Whistler End

Lots more riding was completed so much so that my bike decided to break. The derailleur (the thing that lets u switch gears) stripped its threads on its mount, not a big issue except specialized (my bike manufacturer) makes a part that is specific to my bike to replace it whilst moat other brands use a generic easily found part called a UDH (universal derailleur hanger) which meant i had three options.
1. Stop riding
2. Ride chainless (cant pedal let gravity dictate me)
3. Hire a bike

I went with option 3 as having rode chainless while trying to fix the bike. It kinda worked but not really and i didnt come all this way to sit and not ride. The bike i hired was a full downhill spec Trec bike quite nice but aluminium frame not the carbon fibre im used to so it was quite heavy in the jumps and hard to get airborne. It was however, excellent at plowing through extremely bumpy raw double black downhill tech trails which became a lot easier on a bike with such a heavy duty build. We tackled some seriously steep and difficult trails. Lots of stuff you wouldnt even think about walking down.

Whistler has an extra chairlift mainly dedicated for hikers (and snow season) called the top of the world chairlift which surprisingly takes you to the top of the mountain and can connect to a gondola called the peak 2 peak. Which connects one mountain to another and has some seriously impressive views with some sections having up to 3km spans over the valleys. Anyway, Lloyd and I took the top of the world chair which we had to pay a fee of $35 to ride on top of our whistler pass. The only trail for mountain bikes here is a black diamond advanced trail called top of the world and is known for being a sightseeing trail with a bit more pedalling than your normal downhill hold on by the horns and go balls to the wall fast type trails we normally ride.

As soon as i got to this trail i was thinking to myself oh yea ok yea this is definetly a black trail they havent just ranked it that to put people off. The 1st section featured the most exposed trail ive ever seen with huge drops to the side... and we were going straight down these features. 45degree rock drops and slops with sharp corners and if you didnt slow down for the corner i guess you wouldve just kept going.. and going... and going, i assume youd reach the bottom eventually. In my GoPro footage which my family will see you can hear me change modes like a bipolar person
"Oh wow what a nice view"
"Holy shit this is scary"
"Why did i make us do this"
"Jesus thats gorgeous"
Suffice to say it was worth the $35 dollar a true alpine experience. So so cold in our Hawaiian shirts and quite scary but worth it nonetheless. We definetly faired better than a lot of other riders on that trail who i could see internally debating their life choices at the trail head when faced with the steep technical riding presented whilst also being extremely exposed.

Lloyd and I also went to a nearby lake called "lost lake" which ironically was very easy to find. The North American lake experience is so different to the Aussie beach experience. We went for a dip then sat in the most luscious green grass off the water and basked.

Some notable features of the trip.
1. The oakley jump (picture attached) getting airborne with the most scenic background and an oakley sign
2. The sheer amount of airtime we got. Ive attached a screenshot of Lloyds gopro footage where you can see im completely airborne and so is lloyd at the same time with probably 4m betwen us.
3. Doing a trail gap. I literally jumped over a trail where other people ride
4. We had chicken wings for nearly every single meal. The salt and pepper chicken wings are very good here

With that, that concludes the tripMeer informatie