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Cycling in Canada: Streaking without brakes — but with plenty of abandon — down Mt. Seymour, B.C.

With a summit 1,449 metres above Deep Cove, just outside North Vancouver, B.C., Mt. Seymour is a cyclist's paradise -- especially this time of year.

With a summit 1,449 metres above Deep Cove, just outside North Vancouver, B.C., Mt. Seymour is a cyclist’s paradise — especially this time of year. Though known mostly for its skiing and other winter sports, the summer and early fall month see the slopes and grades of the British Columbia mountain opened up to riders, especially those downhill and cross-country mountain bikers intrepid enough to tackle its various trails.

Then there’s what you can do on a road bike, descending down the asphalt that connects the city with the mountain itself.

Climbing those grades is one thing, an endeavour best suited to those with an Everesting sense of daredevil bravado. Descending, though, can be just as evident of a Chuck-Yeager-in-the-saddle approach to cycling, which a video posted to YouTube — uploaded by user Commuter GoPro — wildly demonstrates. As the distant mountains of coastal British Columbia come into view, the trees streak past, with a rush of wind over the camera blending together with the sound of the bike’s gear.

It’s over fifteen full minutes of adrenaline, finally reaching its conclusion where mountain roads meet the more urban arteries just outside the city. And at no point, the user writes, were the brakes applied during the descent.

Perhaps the best thing about this video, knowing B.C.? That the opportunity to embark on such a wild ride can be more of a year-’round thing than anywhere else in the country. Revel in these beautiful days of autumn, west coast cyclists.