November 13, 2008 (Vancouver B.C.) – The BC Bike Race has finalized plans to host two Singlespeed Categories in the upcoming 2009 event (June 28-July 4). Leader’s jerseys will be awarded in both the Open Men’s and Open Women’s categories*.

The BC Bike Race is a 7-day epic mountain bike stage race from Victoria to Whistler on the west coast of Canada. The route passes through lush rain forests, over the Coastal mountain range and spends the majority of its time on singletrack built by mountain bikers for mountain bikers.

“Having seen the global growing interest in Singlespeed we thought it was only fitting that the singlespeeders have their own category. We are currently designing the leader jerseys for the men’s and women’s categories, and if all go well in 2009, we plan to increase the number of categories in upcoming years,” said President Dean Payne.

Dejay Birtch an advocate for singelspeeders and a participant at the 2008 BC Bike Race was instrumental in pushing forward these new categories. “I think we (the singlespeeders) are looking to be recognized and as our numbers grow, our representation should as well,” said an excited Dejay.

Registration is open for the 2009 BC Bike Race at www.bcbikerace.com

* all categories must have five teams minimal to be an official category If another category should have 5 teams we will consider elevating to a full status category.