SATURDAY,
MAY 30, 2026
The BC Bike Race presents a brand new burly XC experience, the 1-Day Rolling Thunder race.
Two course lengths to choose from.
This fresh new event takes place on Maple Mountain, just 10 minutes from the festival grounds. It’s the perfect venue with rugged cross-country terrain that will test you on the uphill and the downhill.
Riders can expect chunky, natural tech throughout the course. Exceptions include the new accessible climbing trail and popular Phloem flow trail.
Maple has been a classic stage for the BC Bike Race and was the location of the inaugural MegaVolt eMTB festival.
If you want more than a one-day race, check out the All Mountain Challenge! Test your metal on Saturday and Sunday with the Rolling Thunder and the BCBR Enduro.
Note: If you are interested in on-site camping for the weekend, it will be available soon.
Your race fee includes:
- Official race T-shirt
- A professionally designed and managed race course (What does this mean?)
- Aid Station and On Course Medical Support
- Inaugural Rolling Thunder Race Plate
- Professional Roll Through Chip Timing
- Ticket for beer or non-alcoholic beverage at the aprés
- Food truck meal ticket at the après
- Category Awards
- Full Festival/Expo Access
Short Course – approx 15 kms – $135
Long Course – approx 27 kms – $145
Race details
Rider registration will be open Friday, May 29th from 11am to 8pm at the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds. Simply follow the signs after you arrive and park.
Course is designed and managed by the world-class BC Bike Race team.
Race parking is in Crofton.
Race start is at the Osbourne Bay Road parking lot.
Before you register, read our cancellation policy.
What is a professionally managed course?
Mountain Biking is a sport with multiple inherent risks in a dynamic outdoor setting with great distances, unlike traditional sports such as soccer and hockey, which are in controlled environments. Recognizing this reality, we have developed a response system and team to manage our race courses. This is what we know it takes to safely manage a race course based on 20 years experience taking 15,000 racers through our system and having responded to many serious injuries:
• A course team trained in a system based on 20 years of experience in putting on races.
• A specialized medical team, integrated into the race course team, who are out on course and on the ready with extraction, mobility and communication tools.
• A doctor on call at the festival who works with all the paramedics in the event of an incident.
• Trucks on the ready with spine boards, oxygen, and advanced first aid supplies.
Maple Mountain Courses
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Short Course=Yellow / Long Course=Green
BC Bike Fest Races
