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6793026 · 06-30-2016, 08:18 AM

Just finished triple crown a few days ago; tips and feedback.

Started at (9:45)

-MUST start with a huge breakfast; going up Seymour was easy as fuck cause it was the first ride.
-coming down from Seymour, I stopped at my car, picked up 5 energy bars and 2nd water bottle
-trekking to Grouse was extremely easy, you can go all the way back down the hwy OR you can use your GPS and find an alternate route *more on this later.
-Grouse was easy if you use the diff route than going up Capilano.

-Heading to Cypress is when it gets interesting.
-GPS wanted me to cut via Capilano water dam (hellsss no, my bike ain't a dirt bike yo, had to turn back and take the hwy)
-Was on Mathers street in West Van but made the mistake of going too far and had to back trek to get back onto the hwy 1
-When I got to Cypress, I had 1.5 bottles of water and still 4 energy bars.
-i put 2 lemons and 6 mint leaves in my water bottle and it was AMAZING.

Mistake 1) riding at 2 PM was a killer, SUPER hot going up Cypress.
2) My Strava + music was draining my battery. I had 89% starting and I was almost at 40%. I only used GPS between Seymour to Grouse and part of it to Cypress
3) I was 3/4 way up Cypress and I hit a wall; had to eat 2 granola bar, but just physically drained; wasn't hungry but was full of water. and i was running low on water; it was that hot.

Bought myself a bottle of coke at Cypress, best coke everrrr. I wanted to call for help at 3/4 mark up Cypress cause I didn't know if I could ride all the way back to Seymour, but I rested at Cypress and cruised back to my car.

Moving time was 7:33:52, took me about 8.5 hrs, I stopped at Cypress for 1/2 hr and pee breaks on each mountain just to give you a rough estimate.

Will post pics later
113.6 km and 3,423kJ. Fuck it was a long day.

06-30-2016, 08:18 AM	#6775
6793026 RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: GTA, BC, HK Posts: 8,398 Thanked 2,939 Times in 1,287 Posts Failed 171 Times in 78 Posts	Just finished triple crown a few days ago; tips and feedback. Started at (9:45) -MUST start with a huge breakfast; going up Seymour was easy as fuck cause it was the first ride. -coming down from Seymour, I stopped at my car, picked up 5 energy bars and 2nd water bottle -trekking to Grouse was extremely easy, you can go all the way back down the hwy OR you can use your GPS and find an alternate route *more on this later. -Grouse was easy if you use the diff route than going up Capilano. -Heading to Cypress is when it gets interesting. -GPS wanted me to cut via Capilano water dam (hellsss no, my bike ain't a dirt bike yo, had to turn back and take the hwy) -Was on Mathers street in West Van but made the mistake of going too far and had to back trek to get back onto the hwy 1 -When I got to Cypress, I had 1.5 bottles of water and still 4 energy bars. -i put 2 lemons and 6 mint leaves in my water bottle and it was AMAZING. Mistake 1) riding at 2 PM was a killer, SUPER hot going up Cypress. 2) My Strava + music was draining my battery. I had 89% starting and I was almost at 40%. I only used GPS between Seymour to Grouse and part of it to Cypress 3) I was 3/4 way up Cypress and I hit a wall; had to eat 2 granola bar, but just physically drained; wasn't hungry but was full of water. and i was running low on water; it was that hot. Bought myself a bottle of coke at Cypress, best coke everrrr. I wanted to call for help at 3/4 mark up Cypress cause I didn't know if I could ride all the way back to Seymour, but I rested at Cypress and cruised back to my car. Moving time was 7:33:52, took me about 8.5 hrs, I stopped at Cypress for 1/2 hr and pee breaks on each mountain just to give you a rough estimate. Will post pics later 113.6 km and 3,423kJ. Fuck it was a long day.