If you’ve ridden in Quebec or Eastern Ontario, you’ve likely heard about the great cycling in Gatineau Park. Located just a few minutes north of the nation’s capital, the Park has more than 150 kilometers of hiking trails and pathways, lakes for canoeing and swimming, and great camping for quick summer getaways. And in the […]
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Staff Rides: Gatineau Parkway, Gatineau, QC
April 30th, 2014Staff Rides: Traboulay PoCo Trail, Port Coquitlam, BC
April 15th, 2014All of us here at Axiom / Live To Play Sports have a passion for cycling and the outdoors; whether that’s on a scenic road ride, from the seat a mountain bike in the backcountry, or on an urban exploration! With over 140 staff all across Canada, we’re excited to share photos, tips, and stories […]
The Team Returns to Canada after Circumnavigating Lake Baikal
June 8th, 2010In February 2010, in the dead of Siberian winter, Christopher Pike and a group of experienced adventurers set off to circumnavigate the deepest and oldest lake in the world: Lake Baikal. If you have been reading this blog then you have probably seen some of their stories as they prepared for this journey. The crew […]
Pedaling through Adversity – The Lake Baikal Expedition Begins
June 7th, 2010“The beginning of the trip was much harder than we had anticipated. We struggled for 3 days just to reach the lake.” On the morning of February 25 we hauled all of our bikes and panniers down 5 flights of a narrow staircase out into the courtyard of the Baikaler Hostel in Irkutsk, Russia to […]
Warm clothes, bicycles and a taste for adventure: Months of planning and we leave tomorrow.
February 18th, 2010And… we’re off! It has been a hectic couple of weeks full of last-minute preparations, gear purchases, and logistical arrangements. If there is one thing that I’ve learned recently, it is that organizing an expedition is a LOT of work! Yet it truly is an exciting time. In less than a week we will begin […]
Preparing for a Siberian Cycling Expedition; Only a Couple Weeks Left
February 4th, 2010Preparations begin for Siberian Cycling Expedition With only 18 days left until our departure date, planning efforts and gear modifications are in full swing! One of our principle challenges is to anticipate the conditions which we will encounter during our 35-day circumnavigation of Lake Baikal and make all preparations ahead of time to ensure a […]
Cycling Maui – Wailea-Makena, Molokai
January 14th, 2010Maui, Hawaii—Arriving to upcountry Maui was a relief from the dry landscape of the southwest part of the island. We were greeted by the gentle movement of tall and fragrant eucalyptus. But, as you can expect, we were also greeted by the unmerciful uphill that we needed to overcome to reach our next goal: Wailea-Makena. […]
Cycling Maui – Paia, Hana Bay, Haleakala
November 27th, 2009Flying to Hawii was the easy part. The hard part was avoiding the oversize luggage penalty with our bicycles. What’s in the box? The solution: Disassembling bikes completely and fitting them into a 62 linear inch maze of cardboard. Fortunately, small enough folding bikes and smart designed racks and panniers were key to fit this […]
Update: 2 Months After Cycling the Dempster Highway
October 28th, 2009Looking back and looking ahead. Well it has been over a couple of months since I returned from my Yukon trip. I have been following the adventures of others on their Dempster rides since my return. I last saw Mary England at 4300 feet above sea level and the North Fork Pass. We shared a […]
Lake Baikal pre-trip: south-central Oregon by tandem – part 2
October 5th, 2009We were fortunate to have perfect weather and not a drop of rain for our 10-day tour of South-Central Oregon. We carried everything we needed to be self-sufficient: sleeping bags, tent, stove, fuel, and food. Our tandem was not light with the four pannier bags, and it took us a couple days to get used […]