Fred Dreier
BACKGROUND: Dreier covers the full spectrum of bicycle racing, from mountain bike and track cycling to the international road scene. Dreier studied journalism and history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he competed on the swim and cycling teams and edited the school newspaper, City on a Hill Press. He started with VeloNews in 2005. Dreier is a Cat. 3 cyclist on the road, a two-time finisher of the La Ruta de los Conquistadores mountain bike race and a three-time Ironman finisher.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: '06 Jamis Zenith Pro, '08 Cervelo P3, '06 Kona Jake the Snake, '07 Giant Anthem 1
Stories by Fred Dreier »
Posted: Fri, Jul 3rd
A BC Bike beat downThe fifth day of the 2009 BC Bike Race saw a sizable line of riders queue up outside the Obsession Bikes bike maintenance tent at the finish line in Langdale.
After five days of racing, the wrenches-for-hire had seen just about every mechanical calamity known in the world of ...
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st
A Sunshine Coast adventureIt seemed fitting that Wednesday's fourth stage of the 2009 BC Bike Race fell on Canada Day, as Stage 4 exposed the 400 or so racers to more of Canada than any day other of this year’s race.
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st
A Day in the Life of a BC Bike Race TeamJason Hill and Peter Butt rolled out of their tent at 6 a.m. to see the sun slowly rising over the snow speckled peaks on the western coast of British Columbia.
Hill and Butt — two of the 400 or so riders competing in this year’s BC Bike Race — had endured a restless ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 30th
Sheppard, McGrath win Stage 3 at BC Bike RaceThere’s a tight battle brewing at the front of the 2009 BC Bike Race between the Kona’s defending champions Kris Sneddon and Barry Wicks, and Canadian strongmen Chris Sheppard and Seamus McGrath (Santa Cruz/Jamis).
After three stages the Canadian duo holds a slim 1:15 ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 30th
BC Bike Race: A Day 2 galleryThe second day of the 2009 BC Bike Race saw 400 riders depart mainland British Columbia and take an hour-long ferry boat ride to the town of Nanaimo on Vancouver island.
The day's course featured 65 kilometers from Nanaimo to the beach town of Parksville, and was designed by ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 30th
Barry Wicks' BC Bike Race rigBarry Wicks and Kris Sneddon of the Kona team came into the 2009 BC Bike Race with the recognition and confidence that follows all defending champions. In 2008 the duo proved to have had the strongest legs and best technical skills over the course of last-year’s seven-day ...
Posted: Mon, Jun 29th
BC Bike Race, Day 1: Into the deep endThe 2009 BC Bike Race wasted little time in pushing its 400 or so competitors into the deep end.
Just 7km into Sunday’s opening stage, a 28km loop around North Vancouver, riders took an abrupt left turn onto a steep, super-technical trail named Severed Dick. It was ...
Posted: Mon, Jun 29th
Sheppard, McGrath lead BC Bike RaceChris Sheppard and Seamus McGrath (Santa Cruz-Jamis) made good on their pre-race promise to “go for glory” at the 2009 BC Bike Race. One year after failing to finish due to a mechanical, the Canadians steamrolled to victory in Sunday’s 28km opening stage ahead of last ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 27th
Elite riders ready to contest BC Bike RaceEach year the BC Bike Race attracts a handful of elite cross-country racers to challenge themselves on the singletrack during the seven-day journey from Vancouver to Whistler. In 2007 Trek’s endurance racers Jeff Schalk and Chris Eatough proved to be the heaviest hitters, ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 27th
BC Bike Race kicks off SundayIt’s impossible to escape the buzz of sports chatter these days in the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia. The city is 200 days out from hosting the 2010 winter games, and Olympics is on the lips of nearly everyone. Olympic-related stories dot the local paper, the ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 27th
School of SingletrackYou needn't ride too far from Andreas Hestler’s house in North Vancouver to reach the long, rocky descent for stage 1 of this year’s BC Bike Race. The trail is called “Pipeline,” as it runs along a gas pipe from atop a pine-covered mountain all the way to the waterline ...
Posted: Thu, Jun 25th
Monavie-Cannondale keeps busyThe Utah-based Monavie-Cannondale professional mountain bike team is prepping for a busy July racing schedule chock-full of single- and multi-day cross-country races. Topping the list is USA Cycling's marathon national championships on July 4, ...
