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Basecamp Information
CCN link to purchase your tent and transportation
Outdoor stores:
MEC (national chain)
Robinson’s Outdoor Store (Independent local business)
BCBR Zwift Club
Email your questions to Moniera
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I’ll only send out the recording if you remember to record. So thank you for that. Dre over to you. Do you want to start with some training check in?
Absolutely. This is, what are we the 5th of December and it’s our last kick at the cat before Christmas holidays, which. We’re all looking forward to here in North Vancouver.
The snow has come and then it’s melting again. So I was out for a really nice e bike ride last night with my group of fellas. We made it up to the snow zone, stomped through the snow, and then we had a wonderful rest of the ride and the conditions were marvelous and the dirt was what we call hero dirt.
It was awesome. So at any rate what we talked about before, and I’m not sure we We remember, but Christmas is a time where you should be able to relax and enjoy your holiday off season. Not trying to squeeze too much in. So general principle around that is knowing that we want to have some relaxation.
We do have time between now and the holidays to try to squeeze some more and think about it like homework, but it’s pre homework. So if we’re focusing on relaxing, enjoying, and that doesn’t mean you can’t go riding when you have free time and go to the gym and do things. But if you could squeeze a little bit more in now, it’s like guilt free holidays.
You can feel good about indulging in some extra turkey, extra stuffing, maybe an extra glass of sherry. That said, we know that January 1st is looming. We want to be ready. So you’re getting ready for the holidays. You’re getting your body ready to start in earnest in January.
I hope that everybody has committed to some strength and mobility. And they’re starting to move their bodies a bit more because all we ask is a bit more right now. Yeah. I picked up my cross country sticks last week. The cross country ski area opened up. So I went out three times in the first week.
But they were only like 30 minutes, 40 minutes. So keep in mind adaptation phase as you move into new sports or new movements that you don’t hurt yourself. I also went surfing on the weekend with my family and I did pull a back muscle. So new sports are dangerous. Be careful out there. Any questions around where we are right now and from your perspective as a athletes with a nice goal in mind.
Love it. I think here people just want to hear what you have to say, Moniera, not what I have to say.
And one more thing before we move on for people who are wanting to be getting on the bike now. What should they be? What should they be doing if they want to be on the bike right now to start building some volume? What does that look like?
I come from the school of I ride all year round. And if that is available to you, I certainly would recommend in the ebb and flow of things that you do continue to ride. And, there, as we say here in North Vancouver, there’s no bad weather, there’s just bad gear.
So pick up some nice neoprene booties for your feet. I don’t know if you want some heated socks. I bought those for skiing cause then you’ve got, all sorts of gloves and layers and a head too, cause that can keep you warm and toasty while you’re out riding. Base miles is really what we’re after right now.
That said, if you are Zwifting there’s no problem with some intensity. Just keep in mind that you’re just trying to increase your volume and the number of times you’re doing it maybe in a week. So that Zwift is great. Indoor trainers are great. Spin classes are great, a wonderful way to get out with your friends, and if you’re still riding outside and you’ve got the good weather, carry on with with riding as much as you can and just, find some gear that keeps you warm and allows you to stay out for as long as you can.
And if you are a Fairweather Princess like I am we do have a bunch of Zwift rides, and Carmel, are you able to find that link for BC Bikeways Zwift Club fairly easily, please, and just drop it in the chat? Just so that if anybody doesn’t know about BC Bike Race, why it’s on Zwift, you can join us on those.
My favorite is the 90 minute zone 2. It’s mostly blue, touches into green a little bit on Sunday morning. It is at 8am, which is a little bit ungodly for me, but then it’s out of the way and by 10 o’clock I’ve put the work in for the day. So if we have no more training questions, I think we will then move on to what we’re here to talk about today, which is your full base camp experience.
And at the BC bike race, we, even though we call ourselves the ultimate single track experience, and of course you come to race, we are far more than just a race. It’s like the BC, like your whole BC BR race week. We call it the best week on a bike because it is more than just the writing. And a lot of that complete experience comes from being in base camp, being with your fellow races, sharing stories, and just.
Basking in the shared experience of it. I know this is where the relationships come from and the friendships get forged. So What we’re doing tomorrow is our add ons Becoming available and that basically means it gives you have the option to buy your tent So that you can stay in base camp, which means that again, you’re sleeping together And having this shared experience, of course, our base camp amenities include obviously important things like showers and port parties.
We also have beer garden, our wellness is on site, Obsession, who does our tech support and will be taking care of, if something happens to your bike and it needs to be repaired, they’re all on site. So you have access to all of that. If you’re with us on site, the bike wash will be there. And so it definitely rounds out the experience.
We do have people who race and choose to leave so they can go. Some people, sometimes we were racing with somebody who lives locally and they will just go home, but there’s a big part of the experience that you would be missing. If you left base camp, so the add-ons that are becoming available tomorrow are of course your Basecamp accommodation and which means you will have your tent set up and taken down for you.
So basically all you have to do is take your red bag over and move in. And again, when, when we leave that base camp, you just pack your stuff up, and you don’t need to do, I think we take the, all we ask of you is to pull the pens out of your tent, but the rest of it, your tent gets moved, and when we get to the next base camp, your tent is there again.
And the convenience of that is, Cannot be discounted when you’re, racing tired and just need the recovery time So your base camp accommodation is your first, add on that’s available. The second one is Transportation. So this is for somebody who is not driving themselves the transportation basically moves your bike, your body and your bag from base camp to base camp.
The transportation upgrade begins in Victoria where we move from Victoria to Crofton. So you have to get yourself to base camp and then we’ve got you from there. So how that works is when you get to base camp, we will have, if you’re on the transportation program, we will have what we call a day seven truck and you can put your bike bag and If you have extra luggage that can go on that day seven truck and that truck is gone for the week, so make sure there’s no medications on they don’t leave your passport in there, because that truck is a off site, and the truck will be fully loaded so it’s not like we can just go on and pull one, something you may need.
So it’s really important that we get that so you don’t have to worry about your bike bag that will arrive magically in Cumberland the day at the end of stage seven when we’re done with the race. Your bike bags and everything will be magically unloaded there for you. So that is your transportation.
It also gets you between to our satellite way starts. So on one, I think it’s the morning of day four. Is that right? Carmel, where we go from, we leave Crofton in the morning, we drive to Nanaimo, we race in Nanaimo that day, and then we move on to our Cumberland base camp. Correct. If you’re on the transport program that is taken care of, and also we have another satellite start on day six where we go to Campbell River, and again your bike and your body will get moved to that there’ll be buses that come back to our base camp in Cumberland so we keep the Cumberland base camp.
But we do have one satellite start out in Campbell River. The other upgrade or add on that we have available is our van life spots. These are at a premium because we have very limited number of them. And I just want to talk about van life a little bit in terms of what that looks like. So your van or camp or whatever you’re calling it, has to be less than 26 feet long, including your bike rack.
Because that’s the size of the spot, and you get a little footprint, and there’s no possibility to pitch a tent on that footprint, if you want to sleep in a tent, you need to be in base camp, so if you’re staying in van life, your life has to be contained within your van, we do ask that you not run a generator, and also that you don’t cook outside.
So if you. If your van is set up so you can cook inside, that’s fine, but there’s no, we just don’t have the room and the fire safety in place for people to all be cooking outside with stoves and barbecues. So please bear that in mind when you’re cooking. If you’re thinking van life is for you again with van life as with your base camp tent accommodation, you would have access to our shower services and our all the base camp amenities, the beer gardens and all of that.
Van life is a little bit of the ultimate solution because you get to Have all your stuff with you get to you have more space, right? You’re not just limited to your red bag as you would be if you want the transportation program you have space to bring that extra set of tires or Whatever additional gear because you just you have more space and you also, of course, have the ability to come and go as you please.
As soon as you’re done racing in Victoria or Nanaimo for that matter, you can head on to the next base camp without having to wait for the bus program.
We will have meal plans available as we always do. We just don’t have those in place just yet, and we didn’t want to hold this up any longer for you. So we’re opening add ons tomorrow with tent accommodation, your transport option, and van life meal plans will come later. We are still haggling on price because we want to make that as reasonable as possible for you But we do have you know, our caterer does have to basically bring a portable kitchen And a portable serving setup and with price of food today it’s a little bit crazy.
So we are haggling hard for you And going to bat for you to keep those prices reasonable. As of tomorrow at noon, unless you’re a trailblazer, trailblazers have access to those already. Those who are part of our trailblazer program already have access to add ons today. Regular race registrations get access to add ons tomorrow at noon.
And in terms of pricing, I’m going to open that page so that I don’t get it wrong because I know it’s changed a little bit. So I just want to make sure that I have the right information in front of me. So Basecamp pricing is $485 and that is your tent for the week. Your tent gets moved. You do need to bring your own sleeping bag and your own sleeping mat.
Please bring the best sleeping mat You can lay your hands on so that you have a comfortable rest and recovery each night Of course, we talked about having access to shower facilities and washrooms and the transportation upgrade which Gets you from base camp to base camp. It’s $485. So that’s base camp to base camp.
And of course the two satellite stops we move your bike for you as well as your, your body and your bag. And then the van life spots Priced at $600. And again, we ask that you just keep in mind those terms and conditions of the van life spot about, things like no outdoor cooking and no barbecues and generators.
So I’m going to open it up to the floor and see if anyone has any questions. Go ahead, Peter.
Yes. How many base camps? How many base camps are we going to have for 2025.
We will have three base camps. We will be in Victoria for one night after we race in Victoria the next day we move on to Crofton, and then we’re in Crofton for two nights, and then Cumberland for the rest of the time.
Is this conversation, including ebikes that we’re having right now?
Yes,
I’m participating. If you’ve got a minute to listen, I’m participating because 7 years ago, I signed up. To be involved with BC bike race, I live in Whistler and And unfortunately, prior to the BC bike race, which I had entered and paid for it and everything, I was on a bike event in Europe and I got damaged, came back to Canada.
Anyways, I found out I had leukemia and became, an amputee above the knee. And so it’s taken me seven years to come back and I want to participate because I didn’t get to participate. As I said, seven years ago, I think I’m physically capable. I’m doing all types of activities again, but I’d like to be a part of the BC bike race.
But I’m disabled above the knee amputee so take it from there and let me know what I can and cannot do. I’m not there to race. I’m there to be a part of a social aspect and to enjoy myself. I don’t need to be 1st and I don’t care if I’m last. And I don’t mind the tenting. I think I’m more than capable of meeting the requirements physically for the tenting.
So that, so tell me about your adaptation. So you have a prosthetic then?
Yep, I ride with a prosthetic. It’s made for biking and for skiing. This last summer, I used it quite a bit on the trails here in Whistler, and I’m quite proud that I was capable of meeting the blue runs now and running for riding for at least two to three hours and doing it comfortably.
So I would like to participate. I feel I’ve got the strength to do it.
But, and are you doing that in acoustic bike or an e bike?
E bike.
Okay the challenge with we, I’m sure you have all heard that we are having an EBCBR running concurrently with our race next summer. But the challenge with e bikes is that you need to be able to charge them independently.
So unless you have a van, like if your van has a solar setup, you would be able to charge your e bike, but we don’t have facilities on site to charge the hundred e bikes that we will have at the race. So ideally, if you have an e bike, if you don’t have a van with a solar hookup, you would want to be staying in a hotel or an Airbnb where you could charge your bike every night.
And similarly e bikes don’t do not have the option for the transportation plan just because of their weight. We we just aren’t able to load a hundred of them and, we have our team move them around. So with an e bike, you do need to be a little bit more self sufficient, as to your amputee situation you know I don’t know how many of you have watched the movie 7.
Is that Jez’s movie? You know where we had the British, I forget what the acronym stands for, but we have, we’ve had a few years where we had some British military amputees come out and race. And they’re just a great group of guys. We’re hoping to get two or three of them out again next year.
And, as Jess Garrett is one of them, and, he’s also thinking he’d probably do it on an e bike next year.
Hi, Wayne, Dean Payne here, president of BC Bike Race. I’m going to have Moniera pass on my cell phone number, and we can chat. We have some mutual friends up in Whistler, and I’d love to talk to you about this.
Okay. And amazing story, that you’ve gone through. And we’re gonna be here for you to figure a way out how to have the ultimate single track experience.
Okay, thank you for listening and thank you for sharing that. I’m looking forward to our chat.
And Ryan, you’re asking about a solo option on tents. The last time you were here, we were back in the days pre COVID where it was perfectly reasonable to have people tenting together that were complete strangers. Post COVID, all tents are now solo tents. Great. Thank you. All tents are now solo tents.
Of course, you have the option to share tent if that is what you choose to do. But all tents are sold as solo tents. Yeah, the pluses and the minuses of meeting somebody from around the world, right? It’s been in 7 days with them. Yeah, no kidding.
Anybody else?
Yes, David.
If we sign up for a van life right now and decide we want to go to the tent, it’s. Is it possible to switch?
Absolutely. We can definitely transfer you. And, we won’t do a refund, but I can certainly do a base camp credit for the difference in the amount of money.
Seems like that would be the easier way to go for you guys. Since the van life might be a little scarce.
Yes. So van life is definitely the sort of premium commodity. So if you’re even contemplating, whether you might be wanting to rent a van, then you definitely want to make sure you secure your spot now.
I understood the tent is, can hold four people. It’s a four person tent or it’s, they call it a four person tent cause basically you could put four sleeping bags in there. But if you have, so it’s meant as a four person tent, but it’d be very squishy for four people. So we, Can you put two people, is two people reasonable?
So two people is quite comfortable, because two people can go in with your bags and still have a little bit of space. So for two people is quite comfortable. Just one of you buy a tent and the other person just shares.
Hi I’ll be traveling from Australia, so I’m limited on luggage and what I bring so apart from the absolute essential spares for my bike and whatnot.
Was thinking I’d probably get into Victoria settle in there for a few days before the race and then go off and source everything that I need. Like sleeping bags, sleeping mat and anything else, right? So is that, can I do all that in Victoria or do I, should I be bringing that with me in my travel?
Absolutely. Victoria has a mountain equipment co op, which is basically the. Superstore in high quality, not high quality, all quality of camping equipment. Absolutely. You could even order it ahead of time and then just drop in and pick it up. It will be summer to be clear. So you’re not going to need a gigantic bag, a nice synthetic or plus two bags.
It’ll pack up nice and small. And then sleeping mat again, it’s you get a nice sleeping mat, good quality. So it doesn’t let the air out on you at night. Certainly make a little investment in that and you will benefit greatly and that’s really it. And for sure you can walk downtown and grab that from a number of stores, but the MEC is a big one.
What’s it called? Is it a mountain equipment?
Yeah, we call it MEC here. In the U. S. it’s REI. They’re the the big department stores for camping, hiking, kayaking. And even some biking. So I can just find them online, right? You betcha. Yeah. And Carmel’s just put a link in the chat for you as well, Jason.
I came into the meeting just a little bit late and I did hear some talk now about the van option, which I’ve been excited to to get a place purchase a spot. Is, are those available as of today?
They will be. Available as of tomorrow for regular race registrants.
They’re only available for trailblazers today. So trailblazers are a premium service and they get access a little bit earlier on the van life. On the, all the add ons.
Oh, I see. Okay. I hope, hopefully there will be one available tomorrow.
There should be. There should be. Okay. All right. All right. All right.
Thank you so much.
I plan on also being a bit of a tourist in Vancouver Island after the race because I’m coming all the way, right? I was thinking of Yeah, given that we’re going to be in the Cumberland region, and I probably do, I need to get back to Vancouver International eventually.
But what, where would I, where would be the best place to stay or stay multiple places? To experience different things other than mountain biking, I’m going to be on my XC bike, right? Wouldn’t mind continuing riding, but not every day. I would like to do a tourist thing, then an XC thing, then a tourist thing, then an XC thing for say a week maybe two weeks. So where would I stay to do that?
First of all, great idea. You’re in the right place for your XC bike to really excel. Vancouver Island is technical and awesome, and it truly caters to an XC bike. You can find a more, but the second part of that question would probably be send us an email.
Because I could fill your ears right now, and it would take hours to get all the amazing places to go. Call us, drop an email to us, we can start a separate conversation. And maybe some of that will trickle into, things to do. But there’s so much that we’re going to leave out there that you’re going to be, you’ll pick up a little bit, but Yeah, you’re in the right place to do a little touristing.
And tell us what you want to do, Jason. If do you want to go hiking? Do you want to go kayaking? Do you want to go surfing?
I don’t know if you’re surfing equates to my surfing, but just to be honest. But yeah, but yeah, just, okay, cool. I will do that. Thanks.
Last year I sent out an email with a list of kind of cool things to do in places to see on Vancouver Island for those who are going to be here either before the event or after the event for a bit. So I’ll send out another email like that this year for everybody.
So you can and we’re going to talk a little bit about that plan and your extended vacation. Tell us what you want to do, what your angles are, and we’ll fill buckets with information.
I wonder if anyone on the call Alan, I’m looking at you, or maybe John Rumbold just wanted speak a little bit to your base camp experience, having been a part of the BC bike race base camp multiple times.
All right.
I would just say we’re going to drive again and it just makes life so much easier because you can take so much, like you would in a van life, but you can drive in between. And you, like ferries, after the race, you can just drive. Everything’s in your van, in your car. It just makes life so much easier, rather than the transportation where you’re limited with space.
Okay John and his group stay in base camp, but they have their own vehicles. So that is an option where you can drive yourself every day, but still be in base camp and have the base camp experience, which is why the transportation add on is separated from the base camp accommodation. Add on because not everybody wants to be on the bus program, so you can certainly drive yourself.
There will be parking available, but it’s important that people understand that to be to actually sleep in your vehicle, you need to be within a van life spot because we have to get special permitting for people to be sleeping in your vehicle. So it’s important that people don’t think that it’s okay to just line up on the street somewhere and.
Pop up your tent up on the top of your vehicle and sleep in that. So I just do need to make that distinction.
Also, a power pack battery is useful. So you can charge your Garmins and other things afterwards, then leave the power pack with Moniera and code during the day to be charged up again.
You won’t be leaving it with me next year because I’ll be out in course. And for anybody who’s new to BC bike race, we what John’s talking about is a charging station. We call it the bears den. And that’s exactly what it is. It’s a place to power up your devices. And because it does get squirrelly in the afternoon with cell phones and garments and wahoos, what the small thing to do is.
Definitely to charge a battery pack during the day while you’re out and of course, that way you can power up all your devices without having to be in the, the absolute crowd of trying to get in line to charge a device.
Anybody else?
Hi Moniera, this is Val calling for Alan.
Hello! Hi Val. Good to hear you.
If it’s your first time going to BC by race, you just got to do base camp. It’s such a fun thing. You meet so many people and we just have a great time. We have some really good friends that we’ve met.
We’ve kept in touch with, from just camping there and you’re in it all together. And just a side note for me, when I heard about base camp, I think the big thing for me is that it is hot showers. And I cannot count without a hot shower, so you’ve got a hot shower there.
And for the women on the call, I can tell you that this is the one time in life where there’s no lineup for the women’s showers, and there’s a long lineup for the men’s showers. So this is one place where we win the lineup game.
Carmel, are there any questions in the chat that you want to address?
There was one, and I’m not sure that I know the answer. It asked about a grizzly was asked Grizzly Adam. I love that. . , is there a width restriction for van life? So there’s vehicles that pop up and then go out and I don’t actually know if we have a restriction on that or not.
I believe we actually do because those are the bigger RVs that have the pop outs and I know that they are constrained to the length and the width. I suppose that the pop out, if you have something within 26 feet and within the width parameter, whatever it is, 10 or 12 feet would be fine. But most of the ones I know are over 26 feet that have a pop out.
I’m just going to another resource here to see if we talk about the width of it. Cause yeah, I know we’ve been focusing on the length. I will look into that and circle back on that.
But what you want to think about is, I know there are some little mini campers, but the spot is basically going to be okay for a van. I guess we call what we call. We call them like minivans here, but I guess they’re called combis somewhere in Europe with that, people dress up to be able to sleep in them.
So it’s certainly not, a vehicle that pulls in with a pop out to create a bedroom on the side and a bedroom on that side. So we will not be able to accommodate you. That is your setup.
Typical post race experience. We start at nine, roughly finish at 12, maybe or earlier. And then we have to move on eventually. Say. Towards sunset or something. From 12 to sunset we’re chilling, we’re relaxing. What’s happening at that time? Is there a place where we could go for a swim? Do we have places where we could lie down? What’s the go?
So what your recovery afternoon looks like is if you want to connect with our wellness team, you can get the massage if that’s what you want. We definitely have lots of lounging space and just resting space. So if that’s what you want to do in Cumberland, and even in Crofton, you can certainly walk to a coffee shop for the afternoon. We try to have food. We have food trucks on site so that you can get some lunch. And In Crofton, I mean you could walk to the ocean, but the tide will get you. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked down there with my bathing suit and my towel, only to find a green slushy moss, mossy mess for a mile out before you get to the ocean. Don’t count on that. And Crofton, there’s a fabulous lake down the road. That’s a bike ride, isn’t it, Dre?
You could ride your bike down there. I’ve only driven down there because I’m Yeah there’s lakes and rivers everywhere. And the beach where, if it’s tides in, tides out, pebbles, there’s lots to do to, check out the communities.
I agree with Moniera.
I think, most people spend the afternoons just lounging around, and talking to other places talking. And, if you need to deal some deal with something on your bike, that’s also the time to do it. The afternoons go by quite quickly. And, our first race is usually come in within two and a half or three hours, but races will file in for easily, another three hours beyond that.
Base camp and, we always have a couple of games out. There’s usually corn hole out. So there’s always there’s no shortage of things to do with base camp.
Yeah, I’ll add my 2 cents as a former racer to that. Yeah, you spend some time cleaning up, getting in line for a shower, getting those things going to the bears den charging up your devices. But, yeah, for me, it was all about recovery. Just taking some downtime, finding a cool place to hang out. Depends on what the weather looks like, but it’s and then that time to also meet and talk to other people. And I think other people have said, we’ve had great relationships that we’ve kept in touch with over the last 10 years. And some of those in Canada, and some of those from across the world. It’s just a great time to relax. I remember yoga sessions as well. An opportunity to stretch out and stay limber as well. But for me, it was about a 4 hour day as an average for most of that. And I came in about mid pack for most days.
Megan, I see a question about the rooftop wedge campus. Yes, those are okay in van life.
Jessica, I see your question about will it be easy for vehicles in the van sites to come and go throughout the event? No. We have a couple of different spots, so in some places you may have easier in and out access, but don’t rely on that. If you’re going to need your vehicle don’t be the first one in to get your spot because you may very well be jammed in a little bit.
Any other questions? Oh, Jan, I see your hand up. Go again.
Yeah for let’s say I sign up for the tents, but I have my own transportation, and we need to get to the start the start and the finish, they will not always be in the same spot, will they?
There will be the all our starts and finishes are the same spot. So you always have, you can always get back to your vehicle. Oh, okay. All right. Okay. And except for our two satellite starts. We start from base camp. So there are a couple of days where we have a bit of a neutral rollout where we just have a soft pedal to where the timing starts, but we always start at base camp and except for the two satellite starts where we are in Nanaimo and in Campbell River. But even there we have a setup so that, we have a physical presence where we, we can hold on to this. Of course, the sparking for you. But for those who are on the transportation plan, there’s a place to store your bags or your if you’re just taking a little mini bag that day.
So you just have a fresh shirt to get home with. We will have space for that.
Okay, then I think if there aren’t any more questions we can get to our draw for those pedals. We’ve got some Shimano XT pedals on the line. Carmel, can you do the magic spinny thing?
I should probably unmute myself before I answer. I sure can.
Okay. Can everybody see the little wheel? Not yet. Not yet. Today it is now. Yes? Yes. Okay. Great. All right. So we’ll just click it. Oh, come on. There we go.
There you go. Wayne. Is Wayne still here?
Oh, there you are. Oh, here we go.
Wayne Katz?
Yes. Wayne Katz. That’s you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. But before anyone leaves please do not be offended, but I’m going to say that someone You should have those Shimano pedals, please. Is that all right? That’s right. Because of the type of pedals that I use for my disability, I won’t need those.
And I would like someone who does need them. So you may not have to spin the wheel, but give it to someone who needs them. And thank you, everybody. That’s very kind, but thank you very much. And I’ll mute myself again.
Okay. We can run it again. I’ll take you out so that you don’t land on you again by accident. That would be weird, wouldn’t it? The sort of thing that would happen. Okay. The wheel again.
David Owen.
Okay. David, we will get those pedals out to you as soon as the postal strike is over. Because any of you who are not in Canada, you may not know that we have a postal strike and there’s no mail moving in this country right now.
One other thing before we go is I have put the link in the description. In the chat to Where you need to go to buy your add ons tomorrow Make sure that you are logged into your ccn account because this add on these add ons, of course are only available To you if you’re already a bc bikeways registrant So make sure you’re already logged in so that ccn recognizes Your email and make sure you log in with the same email that you set the account up with but the link is there and You if there’s any questions, you know where to find me.
Yes, they go on sale at Noon Pacific Chase, that’s correct.
And I noticed someone said, where on the website will they be available? You’ve got the link there and then also on the website under register, you go down to Base Camp Experience. There will be a link on, there will be several links on that page that you can click on.
It will take you to the CCN site where where you can purchase the add ons.
How many van life spots are there? We have 30. So they are at a bit of a premium. So if that is something you’re wanting you want to get in it sooner than later.
Perfect. If there aren’t any other questions, I think we’re good to wrap up then.
Just one little question. Not that I’m a princess or anything, but do you what, are we going to get attacked by mosquitoes and stuff like that? Do you have like massive big midges over there or what’s the go?
I’m still stuck on you being a princess. But you said it
not going to be in one of those Brett Teepee, Tupu’s racing in the teepee or whatever. Tutu or whatever.
I don’t feel like we have a huge mosquito problem, but I know I’m not usually the one that mosquitoes come for. Do I, what do you want to say?
No, generally this is a time of year when there are little to no bugs. There’s butterflies and unicorns and all sorts of trail fairies, but no horrific. You can get a horse fly that follows you around a climb if you ride too slowly. But generally, we’re pretty light on those nasty critters at this time of the year.
Roger that.
We are pretty light. Yeah, no, and we don’t even have we don’t have dangerous snakes. I know we have snakes, but they’re usually harmless little things. There are bears in the forest, but the bears are going to be so terrified of 600 races coming through. You don’t need to worry about them.
Our forests are pretty mellow compared to what you have in Australia.
Perfect. If we have no other questions we’ll wrap that up. If you do think of a question, as soon as we hang up, as is often the case, you can always find me at info at bcbikerace.com, and I will be happy to answer you. Mike, you need to be logged into CCN, and then you need to click that CCN link. That I just put in the chat and that’s how you will get there But if you have any trouble with it, I will make sure that I am available and at my desk at noon tomorrow to Manage any crises that come up. Thank you everyone for your time.
Always appreciate you joining us. Again, if you When the recording and you aren’t already in our email list, please add your drop your email in the chat. If you want to do it directly to Carmel or I, you can do so and we’ll get you on the list. Oh, thanks for adding that Carmel.
I saw Brian’s message, but was busy talking. And that’s a wrap. Thanks, everyone. We’ll talk to you again.