yeah, except why did he ride his road bike? i mean, if he was expecting to ride in the MTB race then why not ride the MTB - it's a little slower - but who wants to borrow a bike for a race?

up until the part where he borrowed a teammate's bike (that then broke) i thought his MTB was in the team Van or something...

so is it just Canada or are lots of North American Universities getting into MTB? i was at Clark U in Massachusetts last year and couldn't even find college guys to ride with (rode with a private bike-shop club for XC and Cyclecross). of course it's pretty small, so maybe other schools have clubs?