Bikes don't need to be serious to be fun The post “The best bad idea” Alex Blanar gets back to roots in Queenstown appeared first on Canadian Cycling Magazine .
Alex Blanar, the man behind the mayhem that was Core Cross Queenstown, is back with another big reality check. Bikes should be ... fun. In Why So Serious, Blanar gets back to why most of us started riding in the first place.
To have fun. Why So Serious is, as Cannondale puts it: “A raw, loud, metal-scored trail edit built on speed, dust, whips, boosts, roosts, and the kind of riding that reminds you why bikes are still the best bad idea.” Not the only good bad idea, as you’ll see.
But the best bad idea. Anyway, that’s all. Enjoy this short three and a half minute break from the real world.
Then go ride your bike. Alex Blanar: Why So Serious? And, if you can’t drop everything and go ride your bike right this very moment, here’s a look back at the madness that was Core Cross.
Rumour has it Blanar is bringing the mayhem to this side of the Pacific for Crankworx... The post “The best bad idea” Alex Blanar gets back to roots in Queenstown appeared first on Canadian Cycling Magazine .
- Published
- Jul 14, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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- Canadian Cycling Magazine
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- 1 min
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