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Day 3

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Click Here for Official BCBR Stage Three Information Page

Parksville – Cumberland

From Parksville, work your way into the Comox Valley, the recreational capital of Vancouver Island.

Here you’ll find diverse terrain including rich forests, rolling foothills, raging rivers, and beautiful pacific beaches. And, an amazing network of inspiring single track trails awaits you. The sister cities of Comox and Courtenay are nestled in the valley, along with Cumberland. As arts and culture thrive in this region, there is every opportunity to stimulate your senses with gourmet food, creative crafts, and music, museums, theatre and festivals. Recharge and revitalize!

Stage Time: 5:15:55
Stage Category Placing: 40th out of 50

Pictures from Stage: CLICK HERE

Custom Map of Stage: CLICK HERE

Blog Post of Stage: CLICK HERE

My Tweets from Stage 3:

Good morning. 6am and its time to get organized for day 3. 60k of flowy singletrack in Cumberland on the menu. Time to get body movin! #BCBR
6:09 AM Jun 30th from TwitterBerry

Just took a look at results. Damn, we dropped! Guess we’re just tourists now. Lotta awesome riders out here. Off to stage 3 start. #BCBR
7:06 AM Jun 30th from TwitterBerry

Stage 3 complete. Showered, bike put on truck. Amazing trails around Cumberland. Best day so far. No technical issues. Maybe moved up? #BCBR
4:11 PM Jun 30th from TwitterBerry

Sitting at Carmie’s Cafe enjoying my post-stage meal. Western-style buffet. Yum. Hoping to work on blog later. #BCBR
5:06 PM Jun 30th from TwitterBerry

9:30pm and it’s bedtime. 4:30am wakeup call. Good news, wrote 2 posts, bad news, no connectivity. Now suffering a lot in my butt. #BCBR
9:33 PM Jun 30th from TwitterBerry

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