A few weeks ago, four Ascent elite riders (Adam, Geoff, Matt, and Jeremy) went out to Quebec for the Grand Prix Charlevoix, a 3-day, 4-stage race with some of Quebec and Ontario’s strongest riders in attendance. After a year and a half of no head-to-head racing, the boys were keen to pin numbers on and test themselves against this quality field. Here, Jeremy gives us a bit of a recap for each stage.  Friday, August 6th Stage 1: Criterium Distance: 36km Average Speed: 46.3km/h.  Number of Riders: 109 Recap: Each of us had a few different goals for this one. Matt and Adam were looking ..read more

For the past month, Dylan has been over in Belgium racing bikes with the Cannibal Team, one of the top European development squads. He’s already picked up a few podium finishes, which is extremely impressive for someone doing their first stint of European racing. Do we take some credit for his rapid development? Maybe. Here we ask him a couple questions as he prepares for some of the biggest races of his life.  What’s your new team like? Dylan: It's really good. They are very supportive and I get along with all my teammates. It's the full Belgium experience.  What do you think your ..read more

(By: Jeremy Rae) I was inspired to write this post after riding in Toronto last weekend. It was amazing to see how many cyclists were out on the roads, and notably the amount of women and visible minorities on bikes. Really good stuff. With all the extra people on two wheels as a result of COVID, cyclists have never had as much leverage to push for things like bike infrastructure and laws that will help keep us safe (we’ve already seen lots of positive change with initiatives like ActiveTO, kudos Brad). With that, however, comes the added responsibility to be good ambassadors and generally no ..read more

(By: Adam Millar) (Note: Shout out to Tyler Johnston for encouraging us to do these again) Okay, it’s been a while since the last blog. But to be fair, in the world of bikes and local bike racing, not much has happened (rest-of-world notwithstanding). Winter came, bludgeoned us, and it seems like it is finally a thing of the past for 2021. With the onset of decent weather, I’ve had the opportunity to safely catch-up with some people on the bike outside, and have heard one line of questioning more than any other: “What are you training for? Are there gonna be races this year? What’s been motiv ..read more