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• Mountain Bikers Buying Mountain Bike Trails

• Getting Radical at Rye Airfield

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Political Clout in DCScores of bikers showed up in Washington forthe National Bike Summit. We rode, we lob-bied and rode our way through the Corridorsof Power. By Philip Keyes

Mountain Bikers

Buying MountainBike TrailsAn inside look into NEMBA’s dream of buying,owning and managing our own piece of thedirt. You can make this dream a reality. ByPhilip Keyes

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Greater Boston NEMBAApril 5-6 Lynn, [email protected], 617-776-1363May 10/11 Fells, [email protected], 617-776-1363June 14 Great Brook Farm SP, [email protected], 800-576-3622z

Merrimack Valley NEMBAJune 7 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978-455-5605Oct. 4 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978-455-5605

North Shore NEMBAMay 4 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected] 1 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected]

June 15 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected]. 20 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected]. TBA Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected]

SE MA NEMBAJune 7 Cutler Park, 617-698-1802

Wachusett NEMBAMay 10 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-5353June 7 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-5353Oct 4 Leominster SF. [email protected], 978-464-5353Nov. TBA Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-5353

Seacoast NEMBAApril 27 Fort Rock, Exeter, [email protected], 603-895-6633May 4 Northwood M. SP , [email protected], 603-895-6633June 1 Pawtuckaway SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633June 8 Bear Brook SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633Sept. 7 Fort Rock, Exeter, [email protected], 603-895-6633Oct. 12 Northwood M. SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633Oct. 26 Bear Brook SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633Nov. 2 Pawtuckaway SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633

South Central NH NEMBAApril 27 Merrimack 603 883 6251, [email protected] 3 Hazeltine Conservation, Amherst, [email protected]. 16 Tucker Brook, Milford, 603 673 1817,

[email protected] Yudicky Farm, Nashua, 603 883 6251, [email protected] Grater Road, Merrimack, [email protected]

White Mountains NEMBAJune 2 Black Cap/Red Tail trails, [email protected], 603-

356-6913July 19-20 Annual Trail Building Weekend,

[email protected], 603-356-6913 Sept. 20 National Public Lands Day TBA, [email protected],

603-356-6913TBA Conway Recreation Path Bridge Replacement:

April 26 GB NEMBA Patrol Clinic [email protected] 978-372-7442May 11 CT NEMBA Trail Ambassador Clinic [email protected] 860 663-1422May 16-18 Holyoke Range, Easthampton MA [email protected], 800-576-3622

May 16-18 Holyoke Range-Skinner SP, Easthampton MA [email protected], 800-576-3622Register by May 1st.

May 11 Redbones Bike Week Benefit for NEMBA & MassBike, 5pm. 55 Chester St., Somerville MAJune 14 Roast & Ride Summer Campout, Bear Brook SP, Allentown NH [email protected] 6/7 IMBA Epic, North Conway NH [email protected], 603-356-0233

May 25 Holyoke Range-Skinner SF, Amherst MAJune 8 Lynn Woods, Lynn MAJune 29 Wompatuck SF, Hingham MA

July 13 Shenipsit SF, Sommers CT July 27 Hodge Dam, Oxford MAOct. 5 Camp Lydon, Sandwich MA Oct. 19 Great Brook Farm NEMBAFest

2003 Mondo Events Calendar

Training Clinics

NEMBA / IMBA / AMC Trail Building School

Harpoon MTB Adventure Series www.nemba.org, 800-576-3622

Fun Events/Benefits

Tomac / NEMBA Trail Care Series

New Hampshire Rocky Mountain Bicycles Trail Care Series

April 26 Penwood SP, Bloomfield, 860-653-5038, [email protected] 3 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected] 10 Mianus River Park, 860-653-5038, [email protected] 13 Collis P. Huntington SP,203-426-5369, [email protected] 31 Bluff Point SP, Groton, 860-536-8052, david_h_single-

[email protected] 7 Nepaug SF, New Hartford, 860-651-8034,

[email protected] 7 Mansfield Hollow SP, Mansfield, 860-455-9358, ctcy-

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June 11 Pequonnock SF, Trumbull, 203-261-8739,[email protected]

June 14 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected] 29 Huntington SP, 203-426-5369, [email protected] 5 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected]. 2 Miller's Pond, Waterford, 860-437-1007,

[email protected]. 6 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected]. 20 Shenipsit SF, Somers, [email protected]. 1 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected]

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Chain LettersMore New England Bike Companies

Boston invented the bicycle?Along with beer and democra-cy? I saw another supposedfirst bicycle in Scotland, andhave heard of several others.Great new SingleTracks.Excellent King for a Day article.I much appreciate being on themailing list. It inspired me to e-mail several NE contacts. I likethe IMBA car in the backgroundin the Sinister interview. Whatabout ANT and GoatBike? Toonew? Boston is truly the land ofthe "I'd rather do it myself" bikecompany. Keep up the greatwork!

Rich Edwards, IMBA TrailSolutions

ED: Yeah, too bad ANT andGoatBike got under our radar.Don't know why since “Alternate Needs Transportation” builds theway-cool Rib Rider delivery bikes for Redbones BBQ. Mike Flanagan,one of the founders of Independent Fabrications, left IF recently tostart ANT, and you can check out his functional bikes atwww.antbikemike.com. Haven't seen many GoatBikes on the trail,but they look like pretty good dirt jumping/technical riding frames—you can even run 24" or 26" wheels, adjust the chainstay length andhave 'em disk brake compatible, www.goatbike.com.

Redbones take-out has boomed since it started bikedelivery, and the delivery guys are stoked to be rid-

ing! Photo courtesy of MassBike.

Reaction fromChain Reaction Producer

On behalf of myself and my crew, I would like tothank you for inviting DH Productions to be part ofthe NEMBA buy Vietnam benefit at Rye Airfield. Itwas an honor to have my company as part of suchan awesome event. I feel that it was the perfectenvironment to premiere Chain Reaction 4.

As mentioned on Saturday evening, half of moneyfrom the sales of CR4 DVDs from that evening willbe donated to NEMBA for the purchase of Vietnam.DH Productions will be donating a total of $400.

Thank you again, and please let me know if DHProductions can be of any assistance in the future.

Don Hampton, DH Productions

Spreading the LoveI have taken the liberty to post notice of your ‘Nam land acquisi-tion efforts onto the Dallas Off Road Bicycle Association’s publicforum. Our forum is very popular among our 700-plus members,many who have moved to Texas from the North. I am sending adonation and am sure several will follow my lead. DORBA is veryactive in land management with local and state agencies but wehave yet had to consider a land purchase to save a trail. That day iscoming.

We admire your efforts in taking this step first.

Bobby Duncan, Dallas Off Road Bicycle Association

A Bucket is Full of Drops!I know this check is just a drop in the bucket but it’s all I can doright now. I’ll donate more this spring for sure! I have never rid-den Vietnam—but by having NEMBA purchase some of this land,I know I will always be able to when I have time.

Nate Slocum, Portland ME

Need More MTB TrailsMy husband and I hope our donation helps bring you a littlecloser to acquiring the Vietnam property. We have a blast on ourmt. bikes everytime we ride them so anything we can do to helpincrease the number of trails in the world is worth it.

Dan & Amy Fields, Lanesboro MA

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T R E A D L I N E S

Help Buy this Land!Have you sent in your donation?

We need EVERY member to send us your support for this historic land purchase.

NEMBA has created the New England Land Preservation Fund to purchase land that is critical for mountain bik-ing. The number one goal of the fund is to the buy 47-acre Liner Trust Parcel in Milford, MA.This parcel contains miles of the technical trailsthat have made “Vietnam” a favorite riding locationfor mountain bikers throughout New England. Ifyou've ridden 'Nam, you've ridden this parcel, andwe want to make sure you can ride it tomorrow,and forever.

Now is the time to act. Last November, NEMBApurchased an “option” to buy this land. This com-mits us to finalizing the purchase or losing ourinvestment. Your help isabsolutely necessary. NEMBA’s Land Preservation Fund

PO Box 2221Acton MA 01720All donations are 100% tax-deductible

Double your gift! Many corporations match employee donations. Donate online: www.nemba.org Donate by phone: 800-57-NEMBA

You can make a realdifference. Help

NEMBA buy this land!

Donate todayto protect the trails

for tomorrow!

CTNEMBA Mountain BikeSkills Clinics 2003

The Connecticut Chapter of NEMBA will again sponsor a seriesof free skills clinics this season. Each session will target a spe-cific skill, and participants will learn the necessary techniquesfor perfecting each skill. The schedule is as follows:

June 1 Negotiating Logs. Chatfield Hollow State Park,Killingworth, 6:00 PM. From 3 inches to 13, participants willlearn what it takes to get over this common trail obstacleeffectively.

June 15 Steep Descents. Tyler Mill, Wallingford, 6:00 PM.Steep trail sections get you nervous? Participants will learn theskills to handle the steeps with confidence. Flat pedals recom-mended, but not required.

June 22 Beginner Wheelie Drops. Chatfield Hollow StatePark, Killingworth, 6:00 PM. You've heard about it, and mayhave even seen it. Learn what it takes to master this popularskill. How high you go will be up to you. For riders who havemastered the basic skills and are looking for a new challenge.Flat pedals recommended, but not required.

Classes are limited to the first six NEMBA members to sign up.You can register by calling Alex Sokolow at 860 663-1422, ore-mail [email protected]. Last years classes were a sell out,so register early! —Alex Sokolow


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GB NEMBA's Patrol Wants You!GB NEMBA's bike patrol is looking for new volunteers for the 2003season, so if you're interested, act fast since the training clinic takesplace April 26th!

Volunteering for the patrol is a great way to give back to the sport,help others, and educate the public about what NEMBA is all about.The Greater Boston Unit of the New England Mountain Bike Patrolis holding a patroller training clinic on April 26, 2003 at Great BrookFarm in Carlisle, MA.

The clinic will introduce candidates to the basics of patrolling.Additional ongoing training will then be provided in CPR/First Aid,special events coverage, park knowledge and policy, and emergencybike repair. The commitment is not intended to be overly burden-some. We only ask that you wear a distinctive red jersey, ride forabout 6 hours per month at Lynn Woods, the Fells or Great BrookFarm and be willing to educate, inform and assist trail users, as nec-essary, while riding. You need only to be comfortable riding and beat least 18 years old. We will help you with the rest.

The rewards are apparent after providing a tube to get a fellow bikerback riding, a map to get someone back home, or even a band-aidto someone in need. If you think you might want to be one of thosepeople or would like more information, contact the Greater BostonPatrol Director, Art Paradice at (978) 372-7442 or [email protected] . —Art Paradice

Become a CT Trail AmbassadorCT NEMBA is recruiting volunteer riders for its statewide TrailAmbassador Program, which aims to educate, inform, and assistmountain bikers on the trail. Ambassadors will ride trails and assistothers by directing lost persons, performing minor bike repair, sug-gesting points of interest, doing minor trail maintenance, and edu-cating mountain bikers to ride sensitively and responsibly.Ambassadors will also serve as liaisons between trail users andland managers, providing feedback to managers about trail condi-tions, maintenance needs, and illegal activity. Trail Ambassadorsalso serve as event Marshals at various CT NEMBA events.

Going into its fourth season, Ambassadors are being recruited nowfor the 2003 season. This year's orientation will be held on May11th at 6:00 PM, at Cockaponset State Forest in Haddam. If yougot what it takes and you want to join this popular program, youcan register by contacting Trail Ambassador Coordinator AlexSokolow at 860 663-1422, or [email protected].

Ambassadors will be issued "uniform" riding jerseys, folding saws,bike tool packs, and other gear at the conclusion of the orientation.Current Ambassadors are not required to attend, but are encour-aged to participate by assisting in the orientation, taking theopportunity as a refresher, or just to meet the new TA's and addyour insight. —Alex Sokolow

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Stay Off the Trails During Mud SeasonWe know that this has been a tough winter to fulfill ourmountain bike passion. Tons of snow and bitter cold have leftus with a jones to get out there and ride on real dirt. But useyour head and stay off the trails until the thaw is out of theground and the trails have dried and hardened. One of theworst things you can do is ride —or hike— on trails beforethey are ripe.

Trails are dynamic and change with the seasons and weatherconditions. While during most of the season the mineral soilsthat make up a good hardened trails are fairly stable, spring isthe most sensitive time for trails, making them vulnerable toerosion and long term damage.

As frost works its way through the upper soil cap, the soilmoves and shifts. The trail looses density as frozen waterpushes and prods the mineral particulate, and Mother Naturebecomes vulnerable. As the frost thaws and releases water,the dirt resettles and realigns in a muddy mix, and the organ-ic matter for last fall's leaf litter blends in with the mineral soilto begin to create a new generation of trail dirt. This organ-ic/mineral mix eventually re-hardens and makes for a primopath through the woods, but it's critical to let this processhappen on its own.

If we ride, hike or horse around on the trails before thisprocess is complete, the damage to the trail could be perma-nent. The soils will be churned up, and gravity and the sheet-ing action of rain will wash them away, leaving a mess ofexposed roots and rocks. If the trail is soft, our wheels mayleave sunken tracks, which can become natural channels forrain to carry the soils away. If we hike, our heels will dig deepinto the trails and help push the soils downhill.

We know it's hard —you want to ride— but be patient. Justbecause you "can" ride, doesn't mean that you "should." Hereare a few ideas and other riding options:

• Use your lawn as a trail barometer. Before you think ofhitting the trails, take a ride on your lawn. If you can see yourtracks sinking in, stay off the trails. Chances are they’re notyet ripe for riding or hiking.

• Use mud season to build fitness by putting in someserious "base miles" on the road. If you don't have a roadbike, buying some skinny slicks will make you feel super-charged, and the fitness you'll develop will make your trail rid-ing that much more pleasureable later on.

• Do some urban or suburban assault rides. Explore theneighborhood for ramps, steps and other challenges that canhone your technical skills.

• Ride on rail trails or other hardened bike paths. You'll beaway from traffic, getting some needed fitness, and feel goodabout yourself since you're doing the right thing by staying offthe trails.

• Lastly, use the "Trail Conditions" section of NEMBA'sOnline Forum to check out where the riding is good andwhere it isn't.

• If all else fails, go to the gym and take a spinning class!You’ll be riding dirt before you know it.

Register Now for New EnglandTrail Building School, May 17-18

in Central MA

Anyone interested in learning more about trail design and mainte-nance should sign up now for NEMBA's trail school. This year we'reworking closely with IMBA's Trail Care Crew and the AppalachianMountain Club to offer a wide range of expert instruction on multi-use trail building and design. Never fear, there will be plenty of bikingin addition to the classroom and hands-on clinics at the wonderfulHolyoke Range-Skinner State Park in Amherst, Massachusetts.

The science and methodology of trail design and maintenance havesubstantially improved over the last decade, and this weekend seriesof workshops will combine both classroom instruction and hands-onworkshops that focus on a variety of techniques.

Date: May 17-18 (Saturday/Sunday)Location: Holyoke Range-Skinner State Park, Amherst,

MassachusettsCost: $60 (includes tuition, educational materials, meals)Registration Deadline: May 1, 2003

Free Camping will be available Friday afternoon after 4pm to Sundayat 6pm.

The course is open to NEMBA and AMC members and other trailusers, as well as DEM, Mass Rec and New England Park Associationland management staff. Instructors will include trail specialists fromIMBA's Trail Care Crew, NEMBA and the Appalachian Mountain Club.For more information and registration, visit www.nemba.org, call800-576-3622 or email [email protected]

H A P P E N I N G S


No question about it, if you weren't at RyeAirfield Saturday March 8, 2003, you were inthe wrong place.BustedSpoke.com organized industry sponsors, DH Productions, probikers and biking enthusiasts from around New England to pull offquite a trick indeed: a mountain bike event for every level of rider thatraised $2845 for NEMBA's fund to buy "Vietnam" in Milford, MA.The trick BustedSpoke pulled off with only 6 weeks to coordinate theevent was superceded only by those of the pro riders on hand to wowthe audience.

Rye Airfield cleared out its 50,000 sq ft. indoor skate/bike park inRye, NH for the mountain-bike only event that drew a crowdapproaching 500 in number, more than 150 of whom tried out thepark on their own bikes. BustedSpoke.com-cofounder Dave Lozeau,who pulled the show together, was pleasantly surprised by thecrowd, about twice the number he expected, some of whom stood inline outside the door for up to 30 minutes. Once inside it becomesclear why it is called the East Coast's largest extreme sports park.Mountain bikers of all abilities had the place abuzz, riding everythingfrom the huge Street Course to the colossal vert Ramp. Patrons hadthe course for about 3 hours before pro riders like Aaron Chase, JeffLenosky, Kyle Ebbett, and Lars Tribus performed for the audience.These guys had a big bag of tricks: tabletops, manuals, can cans,cross ups, back flips, and the icing on the cake— unbelievable 17fthucks off the vert ramp deck, over the fence into the intermediatestreet course!

The crowd was also treated to the world premier of Chain Reaction 4,the fourth in the series of mountain bike videos by 3 time EmmyAward-winning DH Productions. The video includes footage filmed atRye Airfield and features the riding of Chase, Lenosky, Ebbett andTribus and other pros. According to Don Hampton of DH Productions,the video had been already scheduled for a March 2003 release whenBustedSpoke contacted him to become involved with Saturday night'sfundraiser. In addition to providing the video entertainment, the pro-duction company generously offered half the proceeds, $400, fromthe sale of the Chain Reaction 4 DVD that night to the LandPreservation Fund.

In addition to the pros, the audience was blown away by "that crazyguy on the road bike". Yanni Antonakos is a Cambridge, MA nativewho worked with the GT team until moving to Amsterdam 6 yearsago. Antonakos, is back in the US "peddling" the "Alutech" freerideand downhill hardtail frames he designed that are being released tothe US market for the first time this season. His mastery of the bikewas awe-inspiring - pulling 360s off the ramp, backwards bunny hopsand just about every Trials stunt you can imagine. Oh, and by theway fans, don't try this at home; Yanni was doing all this with a bro-ken ankle.

Nearly $3,500 dollars worth of schwag, including a $750 Sinister"ridge" bike frame, Chris King headsets and Atomlab rims were donat-ed by event sponsors and raffled off to benefit the Vietnam fund. RyeAirfield kicked in with great food and music to keep the bikers andon-lookers going. Other event sponsors included Pedro's USA, EvilBikes, Riverside Cycles of Newburyport, MA, Papa Wheelies ofPortsmouth, NH, Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB), Asylum Bike Productsand Maxxis International.

Funding the Vietnam purchase has become a rallying point for bikersthroughout the region. The next available event planned to benefitNEMBA's Land Purchase Fund is the NEMBA Roast and Ride on June14, 2003 at Bear Brook State Park, and a silent auction. You can getthe scoop on NEMBA's website. Additional events will be posted onthe BustedSpoke and NEMBA websites. But don't wait! You candonate online at www.nemba.org anytime, and your donation is100% tax deductible!

About BustedSpoke: It took a lot of people to put the eventtogether, but it never would have seen the light of day without theguys at BustedSpoke.com. BustedSpoke.com was started by 3 guyswho love to ride and provides trail listings from all the New Englandstates, contest entries from around the world, and has become anonline resource at the center of the New England mountain bikingscene. If 3 guys (with full time jobs) can pull together an event likethis in 6 weeks - just think what 4500 members of NEMBA canaccomplish in 6 months!

BustedSpoke Hosts Land Benefit at Rye AirfieldBy Lisa Coté and Todd Bumen

Left to Right: Local superstar, Aaron Chase climbs the fence (photo by Peter Dougenik), Jeff Lenosky, urban trials guy supreme shows his BMX roots (alsoshot by Peter Dougenik) and lastly, an unnamed rider gets some serious air (photo by Eric Pennell).

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Merlin Series Becomes the Tomac / NEMBA TrailCare Series

After seven years of dedicated sponsorship of NEMBA's oldest trailcare series, Merlin is passing the torch to Tomac Bicycles for the 2003season. Merlin Metalworks sponsored the country's first title-spon-sored trail care series by a bicycle manufacturer beginning in 1996.The series initially began with a few Massachusetts parks andexpanded into scores of parks across the state and into Rhode Island.For 2003, the Tomac / NEMBA series will continue expanding intoparks in Maine as well.

Bill Humphreys, the regional representative for Merlin, Tomac,Litespeed and Quintana Roo, announced the new sponsorship at thevolunteer party held at the Harpoon Brewery in February. For 2003, alucky volunteer could win a Tomac Special 98, Tomac's flagship cross-country dual suspension bike that features a four-bar linkage systemwith 4" of rear travel, disk brakes and a solid Shimano XT/LX drive-train.

The 2002 Merlinseries providedmore than 430mountain bikersthe opportunity togive back to thetrails and generat-ed nearly 2000hours of volunteerlabor for Massa-chusetts andRhode Islandparks. Their spon-sorship played akey role in allowingNEMBA to leveragea $24,000 grantfrom Massachu-setts’ RecreationalTrail Program forthe materials and

tools used during the season, including the purchase of a secondNEMBA Trail Care Trailer equipped with the tools needed to effective-ly build and maintain trails.

Stuart Johnstone, a dedicated trail crew leader at Great Brook Farmwho also runs their XC Ski Center, was the fortunate volunteer to winthe Merlin titanium bike frame. Having almost never missed a trailevent at Great Brook since 1996, we are pleased that his lucky num-ber was selected.

The party at the Harpoon Brewery was upbeat, and lots of folks wereswagged courtesy of Trilife Sports International, the Canadian organ-ization responsible for the highly touted 24 Hours of AdrenalineSeries. For those interested in trying one of these amazing events, youwon't have to travel far. On June 28th, they'll be holding a 24 hoursrace in Dalton, MA. Check www.24HoursOfAdrenaline.com fordetails.

Many Tomac / NEMBA Trail Care events are already on the springscheduled, so check the calendar and get your hands dirty by helpingto make New England trails better for everyone.

Come join us and the rest of the New England Mountain Bike Association kick itinto summer with our first,

WHERE? Bear Brook State Park Allenstown, NH

WHEN? June 14, 2003

*Marked Trails* *Tons of Raffle Prizes* *Catered Pig Roast*

*Mtn Biking* *Swimming*

Come join us on June 14’Th for some of the best mountain biking in NewHampshire and enjoy the taste of a ful ly catered pig roast! Stay for theday, or camp the weekend with us and ride all you want.

All proceeds for this event wil l go to the NEMBA Land Preservation Fundto purchase the 47 acre Liner Trust Parcel known as “Vietnam”. It isimperative that we reach our funding goal by October 2003. Your supportis essential so donate today to ride tomorrow!

The cost of the event is $40 per adult and $15 per chi ld under 15 yearsold. (camping exclusive) Because it’s a catered event, everyone interested

in attending must register and prepay by May 31, 2003.

(For camping reservations, call Bear Brook’s Reservation Center at 603-271-3628)

Go visit www.nemba.org to register today!Sponsored by:

And made possible by the following group of volunteers: Richard Macleod Patrick Coutermarsh Bill BolesPeter DeSantis Martha Mulhern Hunt Durey Kim Beagan Jeff Oaks Michael Vernile Nils OulundsenDaniel Rzewuski Tom Fenton Douglas Baumgartner Brent Johnson Ken Varnum Michael HaeselerKathleen Swain Justin Bosscher Ronald Taylor Chris Gamache Jeff Cutler Philip Keyes David Swift

Love Beer, Love Bikes! The art of brewing and bike manufacture cametogether at the Harpoon Brewery, where a slew of NEMBA volunteers mademerry to celebrate the end of the Merlin Series and the beginning of the

Tomac / NEMBA Trail Care Series.

A few volunteers were honored at the event fortheir above and beyond dedication to making

the Merlin Series a success. From left to right:Tom Grimble, Anne Shepard, Mike Tabaczynski,Jeff Cutler and Paul Peaslee. However, all 430+

volunteers are to be commended for making2002 a great season of trail building and trail

care.

H A P P E N I N G S


NEMBA joined 400 bicycle advocates and industryleaders from 47 states in Washington DC for the

League of American Bicyclists' National BikeSummit. The goal: to lobby Congress to re-authorizeTEA-21, the single most important source of federal

funding for both road and offroad bicycle projects.

Joe Breeze —dressed in a business suit and tie— joined David Hiller, the director of the Connecticut Bicycle Coalition, and hordes of other cyclists for theannual National Bike Summit ride through the nation’s capitol to show politicians that bikes belong.

National Bike Summit: Gearing up for MorePolitical Clout

by Philip Keyes

F E A T U R E

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TEA-21: Not an energy drink... but it fuels cycling

TEA-21, the Transportation Enhancement Act, uses money generatedfrom the gas tax to better our highways as well as fund projects toimprove other modes of travel, including bicycling. This year about 30mountain bike advocates from various IMBA-affiliated groups attend-ed the Summit in force and made presentations on various mountainbike initiatives, including NEMBA's land purchase in the UpperCharles.

There was a pervading sense of urgency at the conference. TEA-21expires this September and there are few guarantees that funding forbicycle projects will be included in the upcoming TEA-3 legislation.The budget climate is lean and mean. War has begun. The economyis in a shambles, and Republicans control both the Senate and theHouse. Luckily, bicycle advocates are better organized than everbefore to bring Congress the message that bicycles are an importantpart of the solution for improving transportation, creating livablecommunities and promoting better health of our nation's citizenry.

In the 20 years prior to the initial 1991 Transportation EnhancementsAct (known as ISTEA) only $2 million were spent per year on bicycle-related projects in all 50 states. With ISTEA and TEA-21, more than$2 billion have been invested in bicycling and pedestrian programsand facilities—a huge increase—and the goal for TEA-3 is to preserveand even increase the current funding categories for bicycles.Currently only 1% of the transportation budget is allocated to bicy-cle/pedestrian projects even though bicycling and walking account for7% of all trips.

Mountain Bikingand the Re-Authorization of TEA-3

Offroad bike advocacy groups such as NEMBA have accessed tens ofthousands of dollars for trail building and mountain bike educationfrom the Recreational Trails Program funded from TEA-21 dollars.Congress created the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) through a

Philip Keyes, Greg LeMond and IMBA’s Tim Blumenthal chat it up aboutWilderness issues at one of the many gatherings during National Bike Week.


Highway Trust Fund generated by federal taxes paid on fuel used byoffroad recreation: 4x4s, snowmobiles, ATVs and offroad motorcy-cles.

The full gamut of trail users —hikers, bikers, equestrians and ATVs—can access the RTP for offroad projects, and the funds are splitbetween non-motorized users (30%), multi-users (40%) and motor-

ized users (30%). Over the last decade more than $300 million havebeen invested in trails nation-wide, funding more than 5,500 trailprojects, and the building and caring for thousands of miles of trails.

However, under the current guidelines only 17.5% of the $286 mil-lion dollars collected by the offroad gas tax in 2002 went to the RTPprogram, and offroad advocates want to see this amount increased to50% in TEA-3. This would increase the available funds from $50 mil-lion to $143 million per year.

The Recreational Trails Program isn’t a free handout: it leverages sig-nificant resources from the private sector because it requires a mini-mum of a 20% match, with many states requiring a 50% match. Forgroups such as NEMBA, it is an important incentive to get volunteersout on the trail and supporting our trail projects. Every time you vol-unteer at one of our projects funded by TEA-21 dollars, you're help-ing us meet our match and use this money in your local park. Thisincludes our bicycle ambassador program in Connecticut, our bikepatrols in Massachusetts, and a wide range of trail projects in NewHampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Mountain Bikers and Roadies UniteThere is a certain irony that a tax on gasoline is supporting human-powered modes of transportation and recreation. But keep in mindthat mountain bikers buy gas to get to the trailheads and mostcyclists are also tax-paying motorists. Wouldn't it be good to have abike path leading to your favorite trail? Wouldn't it be nice if youcould put your bike on a bus bike rack or bring it on the train?

Whether you're a roadie or mountain biker, we're all cyclists, andaccording to NEMBA's demographic survey, many of us make an effortto commute by bike and ride the road as well. We're in this togeth-er, and we need to work together as well to make sure there is ade-quate funding for all forms of bicycling in the next TEA-3 bill.

America Bikes takes up the ChallengeBikes Belong, the industry's advocacy trade organization, has beeninstrumental in creating and funding a new non-profit dedicated sole-ly to the re-authorization of a bike-friendly TEA-3—America Bikes.Managed by the top-notch advocate, Martha Roskowski (formerly ofBicycle Colorado), America Bikes set up an office in DC in 2002 to

Minnesota Congressman, Jim Oberstar, is the number one supporter of bicy-cling on Capitol Hill. As the architect of the original ISTEA, he’s also leading

the charge to re-authorize a bike-friendly transportation bill.

Hundreds of cyclists share the road around the Capitol, including a PennyFarthing, various recumbents, track bikes, singlespeeds, and of course a slew

of mountain bikes

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lobby Congress and get the bicycle message out to the public andmovers and shakers in the industry.

Their message is simple. "Bicycling can improve the economic pros-perity and quality of life in American communities by ensuring accessto jobs, goods and services regardless of income, age or ability." Theywant to make sure that more people bike more often by investing inbicycling facilities and programs.

TEA-21 funding mechanisms are complicated. Many of the budgetline items that affect bicycling are buried within the legislation'stransportation enhancements and Congestion Mitigation and AirQuality programs, and there are guidelines to help accommodatebicycling when roads are built or repaired known as "routine accom-modations."

Luckily, bicycle advocates are increasingly expert in making sure thatthese programs and guidelines are used for the benefit of cyclists. Thebottom line is to create a transportation system that is favorable tobikes—constructing a seamless network of on and offroad facilitiesand trails that connect homes, businesses and families into a bicycle-friendly universe.

Health is on our SideAll you need to do is glance around at your fellow Americans to seethat many are overflowing their belt lines. Obesity is rampant, espe-cially amongst the nation's youth, and bicycling could play an impor-tant part in reversing this portly trend. Kids are less active than everbefore and fewer are riding bikes. Coincidence? Many think not.

According to America Bikes' research, almost half of young peopledon't get regular exercise and one in eight is overweight or obese.Almost one-third of trips during morning rush hour are by parentsdriving their kids to school, and motor vehicles are the leading causeof death for children between 4 and 14 years of age. Kids spend morethan an hour a day in a car and between three and four hours a daywatching TV.

Safe Routes to SchoolsTo help reverse this, America Bikes wants specific funding in TEA-3for a Safe Routes to School program. By encouraging a safe environ-ment for children to ride or walk to school, kids can become morephysically active, traffic conditions around schools will be improvedand the cost of getting kids to school will be lessened. Safe Routesto School could help create a new generation of cyclists as more kidsdiscover the freedom and simple pleasure of riding bikes and feelingthe wind in their hair. There's not a whole lot of downside to gettingmore kids on bikes, and the politicians seem keen to jump on the SafeRoutes bandwagon.

Congressman Jim Oberstar, a champion of bicycling on Capitol Hill,wants to dedicate $250 million annually to the Safe Routes to School

We bike and we vote! 93% of cyclists are registered voters and the bikeindustry is close to a 6 billion a year industry. Let your congressperson know

that you want better conditions for cyclists both on and off road.


program, with each state having its own Safe Routes to School coordi-nator to make sure that every community has access to the fundingneeded to implement this program.

There appears to be support for this on both sides of Congress. Whenwe met with CT's Senator Dodd's office staff we were told that "Thisisn't a good program—it's a GREAT program." Indeed, this is a hot but-ton issue that's easy to support. It's family-focused, community-basedand taps into a critical health issue.

DC Color CommentaryThis was the first National Bike Summit NEMBA attended, and it's hardnot to feel an excited sense of giddiness while walking the Corridors ofPower and presenting our cause to the leaders of Congress.

Despite the weary mood on the Hill and intense security needed to gainaccess to the House and Senate, I was impressed at the willingness andforthrightness of both Representatives and Senators to meet with us.We had half hour appointments from 9:30 until 5pm non-stop withouteven time to grab lunch, and even this only allowed me the time to jointhe delegations meeting with the staff of Connecticut's Senators Doddand Leiberman and Massachsetts' Senators Kerry and Kennedy, as wellas almost all of Massachusetts' Representatives.

In every case, we were treated courteously, and I got the sense that thestaff really listened, cared about what we said, took copious notes, andasked key questions. Yeah, I know that's what they’re paid to do… butthey do it well, and it renewed my sense that democracy really doeshave a chance of working.

As we hurried down the long marble corridors, it was hard not to gawkinto the ornate offices of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Trent Lott and PatrickLeahy, or wonder who shot the huge Grizzly bear whose skin hangs inthe front office of Alaska's Don Young. These halls exude power andpomp, and it’s easy to get swept up in the infectious excitement aboutgetting political.

The halls were also seeped with an air of pre-war paranoia. One stafferremarked that "it's pretty weird working here now. We're all trained inusing gas masks. It's a 'grab and go' situation and we have enoughmasks ready for all the staff and visitors to our office." He even men-tioned thinking that he'd buy a mountain bike "because everything wasshut down during the last terrorist attacks." Notices were pasted on

The Massachusetts delegation was well represented by all aspects of the bikecommunity. Left to right: Tim Baldwin (MassBike), Rich Olken (Bikes Belong

Coalition), Jack Johnson (Landry’s Bicycles), Steve Winslow (Bike to the Sea),Scott Mullen (The Ride Magazine) and Philip Keyes (NEMBA)


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some of the office entrances that no unopened mail would be read.Fax and e-mail are the preferred mode of communication.

TEA-3 on Track?While TEA-21 expires in September, this doesn't guarantee that TEA-3 will happen soon.

Because of the Iraq war and the tough budget fight ahead, I got thesense that the TEA-3 bill will be significantly delayed. SenatorKennedy's staffer said that it might not even come up as a bill this fall:"we're going to war and are going to spend billions and billions of dol-lars. It's better to wait and have a good bill than one that's bad."

Martha Roskowski, of America Bikes, says simply "we don't know."The vote could be postponed to early 2004, Congress could pass acontinuing resolution to temporarily keep the funding the same, orthey could pass a one or two year bill instead of the normal six-yearappropriation.

Even after the bill is crafted and debated, there's no assurance that itwill have a dime for bicycles. This is why this year's bike lobby was socritical. As one politician told Roskowski, "bicyclists are budget dust."We're beneath their radar and we need to continue to get face timewith the politicians and get our voice heard.

But we have significant support. Vermont Senator, Jim Jeffords, wantsto see TEA-3 funding levels increased to $300 billion, and he seesbicycling as an integral solution to congestion and pollution. OregonCongressman, Earl Blumenauer (a member of the Bike Caucus whobike commutes and hasn't missed a single meeting yet) says that thecountry has to wean itself off of its "addiction to an infinite supply of

cheap oil" by getting on a bike. And Minnesota congressman, JimOberstar, is not only the architect of the original ISTEA and TEA-21legislation but is the champion of the Safe Routes to School programas well.

It's going to be an uphill battle but that's where the races are won, onthe uphills!

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This is the story about a dream. A dream that mountain bikershave shared since we first pushed on our pedals and rolled intothe forest—to find a place we could call our own. Sure, we're not

greedy. We'd let other people use our trails too, but we'd own theland, build the trails and take care of our own piece of the dirt.

This is a dream that goes well beyond simply owning trails. It's adream about protecting land from development, a dream about pre-serving the landscape for people and wildlife. Now this dream is with-in our grasp, and you, faithful reader, can make all the difference. It'squite literally in your hands and within your grasp by making a gen-erous donation to the Land Preservation Fund.

BeginningsThe seeds for this dream were planted in 1997 when I contactedRobert Buckley, then of the Upper Charles Conservation, Inc, to seehow mountain bikers could help care for the trails known as"Vietnam." He explained that this would be difficult because much ofthe land was a mosaic of private properties, even though all sorts oftrail users routinely used the land.

Buckley set up a meeting with mountain bikers and the Upper CharlesConservation group to see if cyclists could play a role in protectingthis land from development. Because he was working on a rail trailthat went through the area, he thought that it might be possible fora bike shop to buy a good chunk of the open space, set up shop, andkeep the trail system intact. He invited NEMBA, Tom Henry ofLandry's Bicycles, and Gary Graham, a mountain biker who is now onNEMBA's Land Preservation Fundraising Committee.

While the bike shop idea didn't pan out, it started mountain bikers ona mission to try to do something good for this area. The question waswhat? NEMBA donated money to the Upper Charles Conservation,Inc. with the hopes that this group would find a way to raise moneyto protect this area, and mountain bikers upped their efforts to stew-ard the trails.

Location, location, locationAnyone who knows the area where Route 495 and the Mass Pike con-verge knows that development pressures have risen steadily. The hightech economy was bursting its britches in the 1990s, and major cor-porations were looking for new, convenient areas to build facilitiesand office parks. This area became a main target for development, andwith the office parks came a boom in residential housing. Anythinggreen was looked at through the lens of development, and real estatesigns began to sprout up around the headwaters of the UpperCharles.

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The Upper Charles was alsogetting attention from theDepartment of EnvironmentalManagement (DEM) and TheTrustees of Reservations. TheDEM developed a newmethodology for prioritizingnew land acquisitions byclassifying the land in termsof their importance as habi-tat. The highest priority isgiven to what the DEM classi-fies as "Core Habitat." This ishabitat that is critical to theongoing sustenance of biodi-

versity. It's habitat that is required for the future existence of the fullrange of flora and fauna.

The Headwaters of the Upper Charles is one of the larger chunks of"Core Habitat" in eastern Massachusetts, and its preservation wasessential to the natural health of the region.

John Thomas, the founder of the Upper Charles Conservation, Inc andmember of The Trustees' Land Conservation Committee, played a keyrole in getting The Trustees of Reservations’ interested in this area.Thomas sought to extend the Trustees’ interest from the MiddleCharles, with a focal point around Dover, Massachusetts to the UpperCharles in Milford and Holliston. The Trustees met with the UpperCharles Conservation, Inc. in 2000 and began to take a more activeinterest and expanded its priority to include the Headwaters.

Taking a Ride, Hatching a PlotOver the summer of 2001,NEMBA's executive director,Philip Keyes, went mountainbiking with Jon McNeil on thevarious properties of the UpperCharles. While a NEMBA mem-ber, Jon was primarily a heavyhitter with the Rage MountainBike Club and was responsiblefor organizing their mountainbike race team. Jon is also a big-picture guy with the businessknow-how to get things done.

On the ride we discussed whatit would take to preserve thisarea and we schemed abouthow mountain bikers couldmake a serious contribution.Could a small non-profit likeNEMBA pool together theresources needed to get seriousabout land acquisition? Weremountain bikers generousenough to actually supportsomething like this, or did they just spend money on fancy bikes? Asa group, NEMBA has donated money to other land preservation ini-tiatives, but could we pull off something as large as this?

Endangered species protection: the FourToed Salamander call the vernal pools

home in the Upper Charles. Photo by JanePierce

Jon McNeill and Gary Graham of theLPFund Committee helping to deter-

mine the boundaries of the Liner land


Getting SeriousWe thought aboutthis long and hard…until reality struck.News of the immi-nent development ofone of the keyparcels forced us tomake a decision: itwas time for moun-tain bikers to getserious about openspace protection.We needed to dosomething to save'Nam.

In January 2002,Blackstone ValleyNEMBA organized ameeting with thebroader mountainbike communityabout possible trailclosures resultingfrom safety concernsand the noise ofATVs who were riding on the private property. No Parking signs hadbeen installed on the street that most mountain bikers used and therewas concern that larger problems loomed. Robert Buckley attended themeeting and explained that much of the area could be lost to develop-ment, and the mountain bikers in attendance voiced a desire to help.

After numerous conversations and meetings over the winter of 2001-2002 with Robert Buckley, who was now Milford's ConservationCommissioner, wedecided thatNEMBA wouldtarget one of thethree key parcelsfor purchase: theLiner land. At thesame time, thetown of Hollistonwould work withThe Trustees toprotect a largeparcel in theirtown owned bythe Fairbanks fam-ily, while the townof Milford wouldmonitor what wasdeveloping on the third major parcel, owned by a developer namedRobsham.

In May 2002, The Trustees organized a large meeting with the ExecutiveOffice of Environmental Affairs (EOEA), the UCC, the ConservationCommissions of Milford and Holliston, along with various open spacecommittees. Philip Keyes represented NEMBA at this meeting. This wasa key meeting that brought together all the various efforts that weretaking place simultaneously and attempted to coordinate the efforts.

EOEA's Robert O'Connor challenged the towns of Milford and Holliston

The Upper Charles is known for its technical trailsbut there are also miles of easier cross-country

trails

The land NEMBA wishes to purchase has at least onevernal pool and there are many others in the neighboring

Holliston land. Photo by Jane Pierce


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to apply for self-helpgrants to protect theFairbanks Parcel and theRobsham property.Holliston was eager topursue this for theFairbanks parcel becauseof funding sources with-in the town'sCommunity PreservationAct and a wide range oftown support. Milford,on the other hand, hadalready spent over a mil-lion dollars to acquire adifferent piece of openspace and didn't have

the resources to buy another. NEMBA's role was the purchase of the47-acre Liner property and fundraising had already begun.

In early 2003, Holliston brokered a deal for the Fairbanks parcel andreceived town meeting support for the $2+ million dollar deal usingsignificant state aid, and The Trustees of Reservations helped bridgethe funding gap by donating $75,000. Because of the unflaggingefforts of various town groups, such as the Open Space Committee,Holliston Conservation and the Town Forest Committee, Fairbankswas saved from development and will now become permanent con-servation land.

With Milford strapped for cash, many feared that the Robsham parcel—and its trails— would be lost completely. However, the environ-

mental studies required for Robsham's development plan indicatedvarious endangered species (spotted turtles and four-toed salaman-ders)existed on the property, and Robsham went back to the drawingboard to re-submit a different development plan.

Robsham's second submission to Milford Conservation is for a clus-tered residential development. This would mean that 50% of the landwould remain open space, even though there would be more residen-tial units packed more tightly together. This plan hasn't yet beenapproved but conservation-minded people are pleased that at leasthalf the land will be kept open and that it won't cost the town ofMilford a dime. This process is still ongoing.

Spotted Turtles and their habitat have played a role in reducing the size ofthe Robsham development. One study even attached radio transmitters to

determine where they were breeding. Photo by Jane Pierce


NEMBA's StrategyDuring the summer of 2002, NEMBA set up a Land PreservationFundraising Committee (LPFund) to develop a series of fundraisingmechanisms to make a bid on the property and develop an overallfundraising strategy. The committee comprises key NEMBA person-nel, such as NEMBA's treasurer, Anne Shepard, NEMBA's past presi-dent, Krisztina Holly, and executive director, Philip Keyes. Joining thisgroup is Karen Smith Drew, development director of MIT's School ofScience, Jon McNeil, an innovative businessman, and Gary Graham,the businessman who attended one of the initial meetings with PhilipKeyes about the Upper Charles.

The first fundraiser was held on May 5th by Greater Boston NEMBAas part of the Pedro's-Harpoon MTB Adventure Series in Lynn Woods,and while the event only raised a bit over $1,800, it was a start.During the summer, the LPFund committee worked behind the scenesto find mountain bikers who could play an important role with size-able donations. A number of generous benefactors emerged.

The Trustees of Reservations, especially their Land ProtectionSpecialist, Chris Rodstrom, was very supportive of our efforts, andshared their expertise in fundraising and land acquisition with PhilipKeyes, and the LPFund committee modified this methodology to cre-ate a plan that was expected to work well with mountain bikers. Aspart of this, NEMBA has set up a separate fund called the NewEngland Land Preservation Fund to help buy this property.

For legal council, we were fortunate to sign on Graham & Harsip, PCof Acton, MA. Both Steven Graham and Barry Harsip are NEMBAmembers, and I was fortunate to have met Steven when I argued


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against the developer he represented who was planning on building anumber of houses across the street from palatial NEMBA headquar-ters. I lost the argument (though the developer did reduce the num-ber of houses that were eventually built) but at least I knew thatSteven Graham knew his stuff! Steve has put a lot of pro bono legalwork into this project and his help has been invaluable.

By early fall, we had raised sufficient funds to make a bid on the prop-erty and were confident that we'd be able to reach our goal. Afternegotiating with the property owner on the phone, we met face toface on October 30th and agreed to the general principles of aPurchase and Sale Option, and on November 20th, we made a$15,000 down payment and signed the Purchase and Sale Option.Cost of the property: $200,000, plus closing costs.

The Time to Donate is NowOur land purchase initiative has caught the imagination of cyclistsfrom around the country, and donations have come from all around.NEMBA members and local mountain bikers are playing a key role,and in the last analysis, it’s bikers like you who are going to make thedifference. We really need your help, even if you've never ridden theUpper Charles.

The LPFund took several members and interested people on a groupride through the property last fall, and it was easy to sense theirexcitement and dedication to make this project a reality. Manybecame major donors to the project and allowed us to move forwardwith the $15,000 down payment with the confidence that we'd beable to pull the project off. The NEMBAfest also saw a great outpourof support, and regional businesses, such as Redbones BBQ, made

sure that the event helped fill the LPFund coffers.

Area bike shops are also getting involved, and a coalition of shopssuch as Wheelworks, Landry's, Cycle Loft, Bicycle Alley, Milford Bikesand International Bikes have all committed to making generous dona-tions and working with the bike industry to help us raise money.Other companies, such as Seven Cycles, Trek and Quality BicycleProducts have generously stepped up support, and this winter hasbeen spent grant-writing, working with the bicycle industry for sup-port, and arranging a series of fundraising events that will get us clos-er to our goal.

Getting the Job DoneThis initiative isn't a pipe dream! We have $105,000 in the bank, withanother $35,000 in pledges.

We hope that by giving you an inside look at what we've been doing,you'll realize not only the time and effort put into this project thusfar, but also the importance of its success. There are approximately384 families that have supported this cause directly and we thankthem. We're asking you personally to help out to the best of yourability. Help us keep this place open for future generations of ourfamily members and friends. If you've been sitting on the sidelinesaying this will not work it’s time to stop doubting and donate. Skipa day at the slopes, skip several cappuccinos, forget about going for anight on the town and donate what you can. Even if you've made atax-deductible donation in 2002, we hope you'll consider makinganother donation in 2003, and if you haven't done so yet, pleasemake your contribution today. Make this land forever ours!

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Some 700,000 people in North America suffertraumatic head injuries each year. Head injuries

range from relatively minor to more seriousconsequences involving damage to the brain.

Many accidents happened when helmets couldhave been worn.

The following activities had large numbers of hospital emergencyroom-treated head injuries related to them:

Snow Skiing 12,700 Head Injuries 11% hospitalized

ATVs 12,000 Head Injuries 14% hospitalized

Bicycles 169,000 Head Injuries 6% hospitalized

Horseback Riding 8,000 Head Injuries 27% hospitalized

Of the 85 million bike riders in the US, about 800 bicyclists dieevery year. One in eight of the cyclists injured have a brain injury.Two thirds of the 800 deaths reported are from traumatic braininjury sustained while riding bikes. Bottom line: wearing helmetscan prevent 88% of cyclists' brain injuries. However, fewer than onein ten bicyclists wear helmets.

What are the treatments for a head injury?Most head injuries require first aid. The following steps are impor-tant first aid for a head injury:

• The first thing to check is a person's airway and breathing. If nec-essary, begin CPR, or CPR right away.

• Always consider a possible spinal cord injury when there is aninjury to the head, especially if the person is unconscious. Supportthe head and neck. It is very important that you not move a per-son who you suspect of having a spinal cord injury.

• Try to stop bleeding by applying pressure to the wound with aclean cloth.

• With a possible skull fracture, do not place pressure on the site ofbleeding. Do not remove objects from the wound. Cover the woundwith sterile gauze and call 911.

• If the wound is not deep, wash it with soap and warm water, letdry.

• If there is no suspected spinal cord injury, try to turn the head ofa vomiting person to one side to prevent choking.

What are the signs and symptoms of theinjury?Symptoms of a head injury may include one or several of the follow-ing:

• change in the level of consciousness • bleeding from a wound atthe injury • a bump or bruising at the site of the injury • confu-sion • feeling dazed • seizures • fracture of the bone at the site ofthe injury • discharge from the nose, mouth, or ears, clear orbloody fluid • headache • drowsiness • loss of consciousness •loss of memory • behavior changes • difficulty paying attention •vomiting • changes in the size of the pupils of the eyes, or in theirresponse to light • fatigue, or lethargy

Of the most severe symptoms, loss of consciousness, the personneeds immediate medical attention. With less severe symptoms theperson should be watched for several hours after the head trauma.The person's state of consciousness, orientation to time and placeand memory function should be evaluated periodically. Any evi-dence of deterioration may be a sign of the delayed effects of braininjury due to swelling or internal bleeding and require that the per-son receive medical attention as soon as possible.

Increasing the general publics awareness to effects of head injuryhas lead to the development of programs to prevent head injuries.Prevention addressed through seat belt and helmet laws is clearlythe best way to treat head injuries.

Preventing Bicycle-related Head InjuriesThe Health Information Center at the University of Missouri offersthe following safety tip:

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• Removable foam pads ensure a helmet fits snugly on the crown ofthe head, providing ample coverage for the forehead.

• Letting children pick out their helmet will make them more likelyto wear it, encourage their input when shopping for their helmets.When you're riding with your children, set an example by wearingyour helmet.

How large a problem are bicycle-related headinjuries in the United States? • In 1997, 813 bicyclists were killed in crashes with motor vehicles,97% were not wearing helmets.

• In 1997, an estimated 567,000 Americans sustained a bicycle-related injury that required emergency department care. 2/3 of thesecyclists were children or adolescents.

• An estimated 140,000 children are treated each year in emergencydepartments for head injuries sustained while bicycling.

• In 1991, societal costs associated with bicycle-related head injuryor death were estimated to exceed $3 billion.

What can be done?• Riders should wear bicycle helmets every time they ride.

• In the event of a crash, wearing a bicycle helmet reduces the riskof serious head injury by as much as 85% and the risk for braininjury by as much as 88%. If each rider wore a helmet, an estimat-ed 500 bicycle-related fatalities and 151,000 nonfatal head injurieswould be prevented each year-that's one death per day and oneinjury every four minutes.

• Estimates on helmet usage suggest only 25% of children ages 5-14 years wear helmet when riding. Riders convey that they do notthink about the importance of bike helmets, nor about the need toprotect themselves from injury, particularly if they are not riding intraffic.

• The national health goal for 2010 is for 50% of bicyclists in 9th-12th grade to wear helmets.

How do we get bicyclists to wear helmets?• Primary strategies to increase bike helmet use: education, legisla-tion, and helmet-distribution programs. The most successful pro-grams are multi-site campaigns that combine education with helmetgiveaways or discount programs and state or local legislation requir-ing helmet use.

• Evidence suggests that legislative efforts are more cost-effectivethan school- or community-based programs.

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Stupid QuestionsBy Jeff Cutler, SE MA NEMBA

Back in 1988, I fell in love with abook because it made me thinkabout life in a whole new way.

No, it wasn't the Bible; Mommy,Where Do I Come From?;

or War and Peace.It was The Book of Stupid Questions.The book is now out of print, but if you do a search online for TBOSQ,you'll find some excerpts from it.

As I recall, Stupid Questions houses around a hundred odd-ball ques-tions about topics you might only explore during an all-nighter at col-lege or during a sleep-over where everyone just stares at the livingroom ceiling and talks until 3am.

My favorite still is "Would you rather drink a bucket of monkey snotor slide down a razor blade into a tub of iodine?"

This book helped me to think more seriously about life back then,even though the questions had a decidedly improbable nature tothem.

You'll also find, after reading a few questions - [like the one whichasks if you had to eat one crayon from the Crayola box of 64, whichcolor would you choose?] - you'll have less trouble making real-lifedecisions.

Examples from my surreal life include whether to take the last donutof leave it for a less worthy recipient; if finishing your Madden 2003season on PS2 is more important than sleeping; and if you should letthe government pay you to ride.

OK, the PS2 answer was clear…forgo the sleep, win the Super Bowl.But how in the world can you get the government to pay you to ride?

This isn't some grant or free money scam like those touted by the guyin the infomercials that wears the Riddler suit. No, it's a simple wayyou can pay less to the government AND get them to pay you to ride.

Step one…do your taxes.

If you're reading this instead of finishing your taxes, I applaud yourintelligence. Now put this down and go finish them…it's most likely

already April 15!

In the charitable contribution area, insert the amount you paid toIMBA, NEMBA and the Save Vietnam Fund in 2002.

Step two…if you had to pay the government before, you'll now payless. If you were getting money back, you'll get even more moneyback.

It's so simple. And the added bonus is that your money is doing dou-ble duty. You get to spend it and deduct it. AND you get even moreof it back by having two top-notch advocacy groups working for yourbiking freedom 365 days a year.

If the question of whether to donate is still causing you angst, thinkabout this…

Would you prefer to thrash the trails on your mountain bike or admirethe metal and rubber sculpture as it sits it in your basement, becausethere are no trails left?

Now, that's not a stupid question.

Disclaimer: Jeff Cutler is not an attorney or tax professional. He doesnot work for the government (at least officially) and is just a hungrywriter operating his writing services firm - Novel Ideas - from acramped Post Office box in Hingham. According to his taxes, he willbe deducting money given to NEMBA, IMBA and the Vietnam Trust.

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C H A P T E R N E W S

Women's Skills ClinicsLadies, want to become a better rider, meet somenew riding buddies and have fun too? Come joinTeam Bike Alley racers Lydia Barker (NORBAExpert/Master World Champ!) and Darcy Cornellfor our 2nd Annual Women's Skills clinic atHodges Village in Oxford on April 26th. The clin-ic will be suited to riders of all levels, and willcover balance, braking, shifting, climbing,descending and negotiating obstacles, plusmechanical tips and basic trail knowledge.Whether you're new to mountain biking, or wishto improve your technique and gain more confi-dence, Darcy and Lydia will help you learn in asafe and supportive atmosphere. Thanks to RichKordell for organizing this event once again.Please RSVP with Rich at 508-865-9964 [email protected]

Hop Up RideFor experienced riders of both genders, DaveFreed will be hosting the 3rd Annual Hop Up 20Miler in early June. This is a fun and challengingride though the singletracks of Peppercorn Hilland Lake Whitehall in Hopkinton and UptonState Forest. The route features some nice tech-nical climbs, plenty of rocks, and a short stretchon the powerlines. If 20 miles sounds like a lotthis early in the season, I will also lead a 10-mileroute at a more moderate pace. Afterwards we'llenjoy some cool drinks and a well-earned meal ata nearby restaurant. We'll post the date shortlyon the www.bvnemba.org and the email list.Please RSVP with Dave at [email protected]

Harpoon MBA Ride at Hodges July27We are very excited to be hosting our firstHarpoon Mt Bike Adventure Series ride at HodgesVillage. These events are a ton of fun for riders ofall levels. We'll set up arrowed routes for Family,Intermediate, and Advanced riders, so everyonecan ride at suitable pace, and not worry aboutgetting lost. The trails at Hodges offer a variedmix of terrain and some of our favorite twisty,rolling, woodsy trails. Best of all, it is managed bythe Army Corps of Engineers who are activelyencouraging more riders to use these great trails,isn't that a refreshing attitude? After the ride

Harpoon will host a party at a nearby pub, goodfriends, cold beer and schwag? What's not tolike?? All proceeds from this event will benefit theNew England Land Preservation Fund, so comehelp us Save Vietnam! We are actively planningthis event right now and we need volunteers tohelp with arrowing, registration, and parking. Ifyou'd like to help, please contact Rich Kordell at508-865-9964 or [email protected]

Vietnam Fundraising ChallengeSpeaking of Vietnam, the Land Preservation Fundis making great progress, but we still have a longway to meet our goal. There are lots of fundrais-ing events this season and many chapters aremaking direct donations to the fund. SinceMilford and Holliston are within the BlackstoneValley region, we feel an especially strong com-mitment to this effort. We want to encourageour members to give as generously as they can,even in this uncertain economy. BlackstoneValley will match our chapter members' 2003donations dollar for dollar. Contributions can bemade by check, credit card or online at theNEMBA homepage. Please note "BlackstoneValley member match" when making your dona-tion. Thanks to your support, we'll soon own apiece of New England's finest singletrack!

Spring Trail Care EventsSince we'll be hosting 2 events at Hodges in addi-tion to our Wednesday night rides on the firstweek of each month, our first order of businessthis spring is replacing a washed out bridge nearthe Greenbriar trailhead. We're also planning ablowdown clearing on theMidstate Trail at DouglasState Forest in May and athird project in June ateither Upton, Hopkintonor Whitehall. We are cur-rently working with theland managers to confirmthe dates and details forthese projects. We'llannounce the dates on theBV website and email listas soon as possible.

Wednesday RideSeriesAs soon as the snow meltsand the trails firm up, we'llbegin our popularWednesday evening rideseries. The HUFF sequenceworked well last year, sowe'll stick with it. Ridesstart promptly at 6 PM andlast for 1-2 hours, depend-ing on daylight. The overallskill/pace is intermediatelevel but we will adjust tosuit the needs of thegroup. I will also lead amore modest paced groupon the 3rd Week atCallahan, which offersideal trails for novice rid-ers.

1st Wed of the Month:Hodges, led by RichKordell2nd Wed of the month:Upton SF, led by DaveFreed & Mitch Steinberg

3rd Wed of the month: Callahan SP, led by JeffGallo, with a novice group led by Anne ShepardThe 4th and 5th Wed of the month will be floaterrides at various other locations in our region.This is the perfect opportunity to explore newterrain. So if you'd like to show off your favoritetrails, let us know!

Restriction signs on SVT property atCallahanIf you've been in the woods on the south side ofCallahan State Park, you may have noticed somenew signs prohibiting riding where the trailsbriefly cross over a narrow section of land ownedand managed by the Sudbury Valley Trustees.Unfortunately, this is not a new policy, the SVThas always prohibited bicycling on all their prop-erties, but up until now that was not well publi-cized at Callahan, nor were the boundariesbetween DEM and SVT land clearly marked. Thesigns are on the Rocky Road, Juniper, and Pipelinetrails, near the new Edmands Road parking lot. Itis possible to get to the North side of the parkfrom the Edmands lot without crossing SVT land.We are actively communicating with DEM andSVT officials to find a reasonable solution to thisissue. In the meantime, we ask riders to respectthese restrictions while we work to resolve thisproblem. Mark Lamkin and I have also beenactively involved in a coalition of multi-use trailvolunteers working with the DEM to help preventand resolve user conflicts, assist park visitors,and enhance the stewardship of this popular andheavily used suburban oasis. —Anne Shepard

BlackstoneValleyPresident: Anne Shepard, 508-624-7185

[email protected]: Mitch SteinbergSecretary: Jeff GalloVP Callahan: Mark LamkinVP Vietnam: Joe BolandrinaVP Upton/Douglas: Mitch SteinbergVP Whitehall/Hopkinton: David FreedVP Noanet Woodlands: Andy

Thompson VP Hodges Village: Rich KordellEmail List: [email protected]: www.bvnemba.org.

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Hang on, everyone, spring is just about here, andwe have LOTS of trail events, so check the calen-dar! The days are getting longer, we're sloooow-ly beginning to thaw and …a sure sign… theskunks are coming out. Another sign of spring:CT NEMBA's trail maintenance calendar is takingshape (see dates and locations in this issue ofSingleTracks or on our Web site: www.ctnem-ba.org). I urge you to help out at one of theseevents and give back to the trails you ride. They'llneed a lot of TLC after this winter! Speaking oftrail maintenance, congrats to Derek Texeira ofBrooklyn, Conn., who won a mint CannondaleF1000 hard tail in our Trail Maintenance bike raf-fle for 2002!

Trails forumCT NEMBA will be represented at a March 15Multiple Use Forum convened by theConnecticut Forest and Park Association andJohn Monroe of the National Park Service Riversand Trails Program. The forum brings togetherdifferent trail users from all over the state — hik-ers, mountain bikers, equestrians and others —to discuss different user groups' technical needsand how we can all co-exist on the trails. It's acontinuation of a discussion begun last April anda great way to foster cooperation among themany groups that seek to enjoy and protect ourtrails.

The yellow shirts are coming! Theyellow shirts are coming!Looking for another sign of spring? How aboutTrail Ambassador orientation/training, scheduledfor April 13 this year at Cockaponset SF inChester. Created by our own Alex Sokolow threeyears ago, the TA program has been a huge suc-cess, with nearly 50 ambassadors (hard to missin their lemon-yellow jerseys) logging thousandsof volunteer hours on trails all over the state.Want to sign up? Check out the details in thisissue of SingleTracks or get in touch with Alex:[email protected] , or at 860-663-1422.

Get ready for an event-full seasonWant to develop or improve your log-hopping,descending and wheelie-drop skills? Check outAlex's series of skills clinics scheduled for June(dates and details in this issue of ST). You canshow off those skills at the third annualMountain Bike Adventure Series ride and gather-ing, to be held Sunday, July 13 (rain date - July20) at Shenipsit State Forest in Somers. Lastyear's event drew more than 100 mountain bik-

ers for rides of all ability levels at Cockaponset SFin Chester and a post-ride bash at a local pub.Mark your calendars! We're already scoutinglocations for our fifth (!) annual Fall Fiesta. Wewant to get a jump on planning to make thisyear's event bigger and better — but we needyour help! If you can lend your time or talents tothis CT NEMBA tradition, contact event plannerextraordinaire Mike Dews: [email protected].

Spreading the gospel of CT NEMBACT NEMBA has grown dramatically since it start-ed, but we're always looking for new membersand supporters. This year, we're launching a mar-keting/communications effort that will includecreation of a cool logo and slogan. We'll putthese on some new banners, signs and abrochure that explains who we are and what wedo. Of course, we'll distribute this info at racesand other bike-related events, but we're alsolooking beyond the hardcore biking community.CT NEMBA will have a booth at least two non-biking events — West Hartford Days and theLime Rock Vintage Car Fest — that traditionallydraw thousands. We feel this is a great way toreach people who might just be getting intomountain biking or haven't tried it — yet! Wemight even get some support from non-bikingnature lovers who just want to help out with thetrails. Look for more info on this exciting projecton the Web site and in future SingleTracks. Wantto help out? Contact Don Myers:[email protected] or Nancy Martin:[email protected].

Talk to us!Don’t forget, we’re here to help, so contact uswith any concerns! —Turch

Politics, the MDC and the MiddlesexFellsAs most of you are aware, on January 29thGovernor Mitt Romney introduced his plan toeliminate redundancy in state government. Aspart of his plan he announced a desire to elimi-nate the Metropolitan District Commission(MDC) and underscored this by firingCommissioner Balfour. Many people in themountain bike community have been askingwhat impact this will have for mountain bikers.The short answer is that nobody knows. The

plan seems to be slowly taking form and where-as there are parts of it that are encouraging, thereare also things that may be of concern to us.

The parks where this plan will have the mosteffect for mountain bikers are the Middlesex Fellsand Blue Hills. Contrary to popular belief, LynnWoods is not owned by the state or managed bythe MDC. Visit www.state.ma.us/mdc for a com-plete list of parks. Governor Romney initiallyproposed that the MDC would be merged withthe Department of Environmental Management(DEM). This is the same agency that manages allof the state parks and forests such as Great BrookFarm and Harold Parker. NEMBA has a long suc-cessful history of dealing with the DEM and infact has had better contact with upper leveladministration in the DEM than at the MDC. Itinitially appeared as though the merging of thesetwo agencies would blend the local rangers,supervisors and lower administrators within theoverall administration of the DEM. It was latterannounced that Governor Romney was lookingto form an entirely new entity, the Division ofConservation and Recreation. This new bureauwould no longer be under the umbrella of theExecutive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA)but would fall under the Executive Office forCommonwealth Development (EOCD) whichappears to be a new state entity.

Over the last few years our involvement at theFells has been minimal. We are planning for thisto change this year. Greater Boston NEMBA hasmade the Fells a top priority for the coming year.We have scheduled a two day maintenance event

to replace a worn out boardwalk. We are in theprocess of getting Conservation Commissionapproval but anticipate that the work will takeplace on May 11th and 12th. We have a numberof other action items which we hope will helpremedy some of the problems by increasing rid-ers awareness of park issues. At the same timewe are rebuilding relationships with the landmanager. The current thinking is that the mergerof the DEM with the MDC will result in the samepeople being responsible for the park at the locallevel but administration will be merged. I believethat this would be a good scenario for mountainbikers because the local land managers at bothBlue Hills and the Fells are good people whom wecan work with and we have a very good relation-ship with the upper administration at the DEM.

Mountain bikers shouldn't expect to see radicalchanges overnight. These things take time andwe need to start with small efforts. There arethings that every mountain biker can do to help.We will need a large showing of support at ourmaintenance event. This is where we demon-strate that we care about the park and are willingto take action. You can also help us stay on topof what is happening both in the park and in thepolitical arena. If you become aware of some-thing that you think is important, let NEMBAknow. Help us build our credibility by staying onopen trails and leave every trail user you meetwith a positive exchange. Just be friendly andsay hello as you pass. It is the little things likethis that will help fuel the effort of change andwith any luck we can make the Fells a model parkfor avoiding trail user conflicts. —Tom Grimble

ConnecticutPresident: John Turchi, [email protected] or

860-653-5038Vice-President: Alex Sokolow,

[email protected], 203-281-0789Secretary: Nancy MartinTreasurer: Mike GnazzoDirectors: Paul Bassett, Paula Burton,

Howie Kargman, Matt Mueller, DonMyers

Patrol Coordinator: Brian Smith, [email protected]

Ambassador Coordinator: Alex SokolowEmail List: [email protected] Web: www.ctnemba.org

Greater BostonPresident: Tom Grimble, 617-776-1363

[email protected], Vice-President: Joe LevineSecretary: Daniel AlarcoTreasurer: Claire GrimblePatrol Director: Art Paradice,

[email protected]: [email protected] List: [email protected]: www.gbnemba.org

Meetings: Check website for monthlymeeting schedule


Well it's been a lousy winter for mountain biking.The snow and cold came early and just hungaround. Now we get to early spring. The weath-er feels better and our thoughts turn to gettingout on the bikes. The reality is there's still snowand ice in the woods that the sun hasn't got toyet. And there should be plenty of mud. Chainsucking, rim grinding, brake squealing, energysapping, cleat clogging, underwear staining mud.It could be a real sloppy spring. I personally hatemud and try my best to avoid it. Political cor-rectness tells us not to ride on muddy trails. Thisis when trails are most vulnerable to damagecaused by our knobby tires. Me, I just don't likethe big clean up jobs after a muddy ride. So I'll belooking for some nice dry trails for early spring

riding and I may get out on the road bike also.

There are plenty of activities ongoing that shouldbe of interest to Merrimack Valley NEMBA mem-bers. A new brochure and map of the Lowell,Dracut Tyngsboro State Forest is still being puttogether. The early snow and cold cut short oureffort to record and position the trail system inthe forest. This will pick up this spring where weleft off and hopefully the new brochure will goout to print by the time you read this. I will per-sonally see that every member of MerrimackValley NEMBA gets one of these brochures. Afterall, a small portion of your membership fee wereused to put this together. I will send them toyour address on record with NEMBA.

I know a lot of us in the Merrimack Valley havebeen to Great Brook Farm in Carlisle on manyoccasions. I would like to continue to have anafter work ride at Great Brook during the week ona consistent basis. I will put out some feelers onwhat's the best day of the week to do that. AlsoI understand that Great Brook will now be charg-ing to park in the lot. I believe I heard somethinglike $2.00? It's also possible to buy a season passwhich might be the way to go if you spend a lotof time there. And speaking of Great Brook, RayFaucher who is the land manager at Great Brookwill now be performing those duties at theDracut State Forest. This is a big deal! This is thefirst time in the last few years that we actually

have a "go to" guy who will be able to contributeand make a difference to our local trail system. Ihope our members will get out to a trail work dayand meet Ray.

Speaking of trail work, I expect we will have 3 or4 trail maintenance days at the Dracut StateForest this year. June the 7th, National Trails day,is currently penciled in for Dracut. There will beothers and I will get that information out as soonas it's firmed up. Also a ride schedule will bemade available. This is a tough time of the yearto predict where we'll be riding from week toweek. I have a vision for expanding the trail sys-tem in the forest and that is something that I willbe discussing with NEMBA members and RayFaucher. I have an idea for a new trail that willpretty much circle most of the forest in a longcontinuous loop. Some work was started in thatdirection last year but was put on ice, literally, asthe winter blew in. The state is talking aboutputting up trail signs in the Dracut State forest atthe various intersections. We look forward toworking with the state and giving our input onthat. Also there's talk of expanding the parkingfacilities too. All in all this could be a prettyexciting year where we may see some realprogress made in making the Dracut State foresta first class destination of choice for local moun-tain bikers and other trail users. —NormanBlanchette

Is it spring yet?As winter finally gives way to spring, I'm sure wecan all agree that riding season has come nonetoo soon. Initial forays into the woods haveshown this past winter's snowfall has taken its'toll on the trails. With deadfall and bent branch-es all over the place, we have much early seasonwork to do, even before we get to new, moreambitious projects. Some of us include a foldingsaw and small set of loppers in our gear. Andthen again, other riders just bungee a chainsawto the BOB trailer, and go after the big stuff rightaway. Why wait for a designated trail mainte-nance day to get the job done? In fact, a littlework on the smaller stuff ahead of time will makethe scheduled maintenance days even more pro-ductive.

Speaking about trail maintenance days, PVNEM-BA will be having them just about every Saturdayin April and May. We will post the locations andtimes on the NEMBA website in the Forum.

Sponsorship! Please support oursponsors!!As you may recall, in our last issue, I spoke aboutsupporting the bike shops that support us. As ofthis writing, I am pleased to report that the fol-lowing shops have agreed to sponsor PVNEMBA:Bicycle World, Inc.-Greenfield, HighlandHardware and Bicycle Shop- Holyoke,Northampton Bicycle- Northampton,Competitive Edge Bike and Ski- Holyoke, BasicallyBicycles- Turners Falls, Gravity Warehouse-Southwick, Laughing Dog Bicycles- Amherst,New Horizons- Westfield.

When you visit any of these fine shops, let themknow you're a PVNEMBA member. Show themyou card. Some of these shops may give a dis-count on certain purchases. Obviously they allcannot offer the same perks due to size or vol-ume, however, you can generally count on expertadvice and repairs from them, and that's some-thing you can't get out of a catalogue.

Membership!For our newer members, we would like to bothwelcome and thank you for joining our ranks. Wealso would like to remind you that a good per-centage of your membership money comes rightback to the Chapter's treasury funds, which inturn, are used to purchase the tools, chainsaws,trailers, lumber for bridges and boardwalks, foodand beverages for trail maintenance days, etc.

Looking at our database, we've got about 250 rid-ers that are either past, and, or present Chaptermembers. For those of you who still getSingleTracks, yet have expired memberships, wewould like to have you back on board. For thosewho happen to pick up a copy at one of oursponsoring bike shops, how about? Is it worth afew bucks a year to have trail access, to explorefantastic, well maintained, technical singletrack,have great Adventure Series Rides all over NewEngland, and meet and ride with some of the

coolest, fittest, guys and gals around? We may bejust a bit opinionated on this, but we think theanswer is a definite YES.

We would like to keep our Chapter growing, andan easy way to do it is by our active memberstalking it up with a little promotion here andthere. So, riders, what do you say?

Adventure Series Ride-May 25th!We've been talking about this place long enough.Now you and your friends will be able to havethe grand tour of the D.A.R State Park when wehost the Harpoon MTB Adventure Series Ride.The Pioneer Valley Chapter of NEMBA invitescyclists to come enjoy the technical trails at theD.A.R State Park in Goshen, Massachusetts for afun and fund-raising ride. The trails at the D.A.R.are some of the best in the valley. This ride offersa perfect opportunity to experience these beauti-ful and technical trails in the Berkshire Hills whilesupporting the organization [that's us] thatmaintains them. The trails will be clearly marked,allowing riders to go at their own pace.

In addition to the trails and the people, theD.A.R. offers camping for those who want totravel early and spend a night or two [forcampers, we recommend that you pre-register acampsite prior to the event]. And, for those ofyou who dare brave some chilly water, there isalso a beautiful lake with two beaches for thepost ride swim.

The cost of the ride will be $3 for NEMBA mem-bers, $10 for non-members, and FREE for anyonewho joins NEMBA at the D.A.R the morning ofthe ride.

Registration is from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Rideall day at your own pace, then party after.

For any further information, contact any of yourPVNEMBA officers. We will also give any updatesin the Forum on the NEMBA website atnemba.org. —George Willard

MerrimackVAlleyPresident: Norman Blanchette, 978-957-

0800, [email protected]: Mark Bialas, 978-452-

1590, [email protected]: Hugh Folsom, (978) 244-0633

PioneerValleyPresident: George Willard, 413-527-

0330, [email protected]

VP Hampshire County: Rich LaBombard,413-527-7427, [email protected]

VP Franklin County: John Dudek, 413-772-0496, [email protected]

VP Hamden County: Want a job?Treasurer: Peter Ogulewicz Web: http://pvnemba.tripod.com/pvnem-

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Once again RI received a pretty lame rating fromIMBA- if you haven't seen it we scored a C and ourdescription was "Arcadia forest trails solid, smallstate, not much vertical". It was one of the lowerscores in the country. By the way this is the exactscore and quote we received the last time they didtheir report card. Did anyone who rides in RI goonline to fill out their survey this time? One ofthe good things about this poor rating is few willbe tempted to visit us so it will keep our trails safefrom overcrowding. But we know better!!!! I for

one love living in RI and think it's great that welive in such a small compact state that you arealways within a half an hour of some great riding,whether it be a quick ride in Big River after work,a long Sunday ride in Arcadia with lots of greatsingle track, a winter ride in Burlingame, somedownhill fun in Lincoln Woods, or some technicalriding in George Washington. We also have the77-mile North-South Trail, which covers many ofthese great riding areas while going from the coastto the RI/Mass border.

Granted the highest point in RI is only 812' so wedo not have any mountains, but I thought verticalwas for skiing. Not having mountains means thatwe don't get so much snow that we can't ride.Throw on a pair of studded tires and some warmclothes in the winter and you can ride almost allyear long, all while finding plenty of great hills toclimb up and to go down. RI trails are excellentfor the well-rounded riders not just the specialist.

Another great thing about living in RI is the per-sonal touch everyone knows everyone else. Thiscomes in handy when trying to find people to ridewith, but it is also quite useful when it comes toestablishing good relations with other usergroups. There is a group that meets monthlycalled the Trails Advisory Committee. This multi-user group was formed to advise the DEM on howto spend all the grant money that's been cominginto the state. This means that monthly all user

groups in RI sit down and work together in oneroom. Yes I know this happens in many states,however because of the smallness of RI the peoplemeeting are truly representing the whole state notjust a small area of their state. This makes it a loteasier to work together when it comes to planningjoint workdays between user groups.

Speaking of user groups, we have a pretty goodone representing mountain bikers in our state. RI-NEMBA's been around for 5 1/2 years and everyyear we've been growing. We put on two incred-ible fun rides a year that include great trails andthat someone always complains "There were tomany hills". We also have free food and greatcompany at these rides- what more can you askfor? We have established positive relationshipswith land managers and other user groups andhave put in well over 400 hours of trail mainte-nance within our state. We have a patrol that hasput in over 1000 hours in Arcadia.

One NEMBA member stated to me somethingalong the lines that every time he drives out ofstate to ride in a new area he realizes just howlucky we are to have great places to ride that areso easy to get to in RI. So IMBA can give us a C,but we'll know better as we're riding on our bliss-fully uncrowded, easy to get to, loaded with sin-gletrack trails, that yes, has plenty of hills. See youout there. —Tina Hopkins

Rhode IslandPresident: Jim Grimley, 401-782-0162,

[email protected]

Vice-President: Jim Christensen

Treasurer: Sara Grimely

Secretary: Tina Hopkins

Email List: [email protected]

Web:http://members.aol.com/rinemba99/rinemba.htm

RI Patrol: Tom Hogan, 860-376-3250

http://www.geocities.com/mtbikepatrol

SC is off to a good start. In February, NaultsCyclery in Nashua had its second annual Mtbmaintenance clinic for the chapter. A big thanks toJustin and Paul for taking the time to put the clin-ic together.

We also held the first chapter meeting and thingsare off to a very organized start! Meetings areheld on the third Monday of the month. They startat 7pm and go to about 9pm. The April meeting isin Bedford; May and June, in Milford.

April 27 is Earth Day Clean Up of the Grater Rdland parcel in Merrimack. The Clean Up is from 9to noon, break for lunch and a ride afterward. InMay, we'll be working in Hazeltine, in Amherst,doing a small reroute along with general clearingand brush cutting. Afterward, Beth can show us(again) that awesome new section of trail she cutlast year. July 19 is NH Trails Day. We will be com-bining forces with the Mine Falls Park AdvisoryCommittee on some much-needed trail in MineFalls Park in Nashua. August 16, it's Tucker Brookin Milford, a general sprucing up of the trail.

Don't forget, getting out and helping on the trailsis a great way to find new places to ride! With all

the development in this southern tier of the state,there are less and less places to ride. By showingup at a couple of trail days a year, you are showingthat you are willing to do the work that it takes tokeep the trails that we do have open to mountainbiking. And having a good turn out on NEMBAsponsored Trail Days shows the sometimes-skepti-cal land managers that mountain bikers are notjust a bunch of rude scofflaws, and they will bemore inclined to open more land up to us.

In addition to keeping the existing trails open, thisyear there are two new trails planned. I'm almostdone with the first half of the lay out of a singletrack in Yudicky that is going to connect the trailsthat were cut by the new development. TomVaillancourt and George Borrelli are working on thelay out of some new single track in the Grater Rdarea of Merrimack. Yudicky will be happening inJune and Merrimack in the late summer or earlyfall.

Rides! The following weekly ride series will behappening this year: Ron Marcoux's Sun AM &Wed PM: Beth Woodbury's 1st & 4th Monday ofthe month ride: Jean Rubin's 2nd Monday Beginnerride: Bob Hall's "Biking With Bob" Tues. ride:Pamela Polomski's & Deb DeGroot's "Girls LoveDirt" rides on Thurs. And new this year, HarryRubin's "Wafugawee" ride. The 1st Sat of eachmonth we'll go and ride a new trail, some place wehave never ridden before, do some exploring.

And where do you find out the info for these rides,you ask?…By going to (drum roll please) the won-derful, brand new South Central NH web site!!!

The chapter now has a home on the Internet and awebsite update to keep you up on SCNH mountainbiking! Our new web site is designed to make nav-igation and access to features easy. We've addedChapter News, an events Calendar with local rides,trail work, fun rides and other items we think you'dlike to know about. You'll also find our very ownClassified Ads section, Ride Board, and local trailsinformation. Head on over to

www.scnhnemba.org and check it out!

A great big, huge Thank You goes to Bob Hall,owner of Souhegan Cycleworks in Milford, andvery active SC NH member, for doing lions share ofwork that it took to get this up and running. You'vedone an awesome job, Bob. Thank you also toSusan DeCloudt for getting the ball rolling andthank you to all the others that took the time to goto the meeting.

Good news for Mine Falls Park and mtbing.Last fall the head of Nashua Parks & Rec sent outa memo stating that they were thinking of pavingthe roads in MFP and restricting biking to thepaved areas. At the same time, the Mine Falls ParkAdvisory Committee, which looks after the park,and is dead set against paving but, not dead setagainst restricting biking, was going through anupheaval. The committee had dwindled down to 4active members, and the chairperson had to stepdown. The call went out to recruit new membersand in a nice turn of events, some of the newmembers of the committee are active mountainbikers. And even better, the new MFPAC co-chairsare Paul Keegan, manager of Goodale's in Nashua,and Karen Keegan, an active mountain biker andSC NH member. This is great news, but there isstill a long way to go to secure the future of mtbingin the park. There needs to be a greater effort onthe part of the bikers that use the park to help withthe trail work and, to be self-policing when itcomes to proper trail etiquette. Karen is interest-ed in starting a Trail Patrol and if anyone is inter-ested in that or in any other way to help, pleasecontact Karen [email protected]

One last thing, I urge new members to sign up forthe Southern NH email list. You can do this bygoing to the mother NEMBA web site, NEMBA.org,and clicking on the email lists then follow thedirections. Most of the chapter communication isdone via the email list. You can get the digest formif you don't want individual emails. —Jean Rubin,with help from Bob Hall

South-CentralNew HampshirePresident: Jean Rubin, [email protected]: Mark Polomski

[email protected]: Debbie DeGroot

[email protected]: Susan DeCloedt,

[email protected]: www.scnhnemba.org


The Big RingThe results have been tallied and 2002 was anoth-er record year for us. Thanks to a record 40 volun-teers we accomplished 308 total trail care hours.That's a lot of trail care folks! Many of our volun-teers came out for two or more trail care days. TheSeacoast Chapter would like to recognize the fol-lowing individuals for volunteering for our RockyMountain Bicycles Trail Care events this past year:

Alex Ferrero, Betty Cox, Bill Plumber, Bill Rucker,Bob Spoerl, Bob St. Hilaire, Carl Heath, Chris Kofer,Claudia Oldford, David Heath, Denise LaFrance, EdFerrero, Eric Froberg, Eric Kofer, Jason Record, JerryWhite, John Gunterman, John Scalese, JonathanMelzar, Katie Koster, Kelly VonRuden, Kevin Cox,Laurel Earnshaw, Len Earnshaw, Lowell VonRuden,Mark Desrochers, Mark Lisee, Mary Cobb, MattMcCabe, Mike Veilleux, Noah Harwood, PaulChevrette, Peter Desantis, Pieter Beckman, RichardCobb Robert Waldroup, Ron Marcoux, StephanieWhite, Todd Rainer and Warren Prouty.

Please join me in extending a great big thank youto everyone that worked hard to help build bridgesboth on the trail and with our land managers. Asthe folks listed above can attest, there is greatpride in riding a trail you help construct or pre-serve. We look forward to working with these vol-unteers, and also to all the new folks that willcome out to help save the trails and preserve ourprivilege to ride this year.

We are very fortunate to have such great riding in

our area and we have scheduled eight RockyMountain Bicycles Trail Care events for 2002.There is no experience necessary to attend theseevents. With over a half dozen trained and expe-rienced trail building volunteers in our chapter weare well positioned to teach and lead small groupsin the art of proper trail work. Come on out andjoin us, it's a lot more fun and rewarding than youmight think!

Frame WorkAt the March meeting we had the ballot boxes outfor our annual chapter elections. It was a wild andcrazy gathering that started with the traditionalpot luck dinner as the incumbents and "wild cards"all vying for home made chili, roasted chicken,bread, brownies and lots of cookies. Fortunatelywe had no fork injuries so we moved from feast tovoting. When all was said and done, votes wererecounted, and the results posted we had a changein leadership. Here is how it all turned out:

President - Jonathan MelzarVice President - Kevin CoxSecretary - Jason RecordTreasurer - Dave HeathTrail Ambassador - Pawtuckaway State Park - Dave

HeathTrail Ambassador - Henderson Swasey - Mark

DesrochersTrail Ambassador - Northwood Meadows State

Park - Chris KoferTrail Ambassador - Bear Brook State Park - Paul

ChevretteBear Brook Boogie Fun Ride Coordinator - Len

Earnshaw

Hmmm, maybe I should have baked a pie! ActuallyI am very pleased with how it all turned out. I havecomplete confidence in Jonathan and will be work-ing with him to help in any way I can. This issomething that no one person can do on their ownand I urge everyone to support Jonathan, Kevinand the rest of the board in any way they can.

Chain GangDoes it get any better? We are very fortunate to

have last years sponsor step up and support allthree NH Chapters again this year for ourstatewide trail care program. A sincere thank you

to Rocky Mountain Bicycles for sponsoring the2003 NH Trail Care Series. Everyone who partici-pates in any NH NEMBA Trail Care Events will havetheir name tossed into a hat for a chance at a greatprize from Rocky Mountain Bicycles. We are alsolooking into local shop sponsorship to help thechapter with additional schwag to reward the vol-unteers, stay tuned it does get better!

We have a lot of Trail Care Events planned so checkthe calendar in the front of SingleTracks.Here areour 2003 Trail Care dates, mark your calendar:

The Seacoast Chapters 4th annual Bear BrookBoogie EFTA/NEMBA Fun Ride will be held onSeptember 14 (pending state approval). We arehoping for a record turnout, save this date and helpus make this the best year ever! —Len Earnshaw

Happy Trails - The Kibby ReportFort Rock (Henderson Swasey TownForest)Day by day the transformation from winter won-derland to single track nirvana is more complete.Fort rock was an excellent place to snowshoe, xcountry ski, run, etc. this winter. For the past fiveyears or so we have been maintaining and improv-ing the trail system at Fort rock. It is truly remark-able how far we have come. I think back to the olddays when you had to get off your bike frequentlyin this trail system. Now the only excuse for beingoff your bike is a mechanical or crashing. Wethank everyone involved over the years that haveput so much into this park.

What's next? Well in the spring we will beinstalling a bridge on the reroute we did last fall.Scouting for other wet areas will begin as springapproaches. There are some down trees that wewill be taking care of as well as some cutting back.All are welcome to join us to help continue thetradition of sculpting on of the best systems in theseacoast.

On a side note, as the mud season is almost hereplease use your best judgment in terms of riding.This time of year is when the most damage can bedone to the trail. Help us protect the privilege ofriding the sweet stuff. —Kibby

Nam news The Wachusett chapter has pledged$1000 dollars, which is about half of our chapterscurrent bank balance towards Nemba's purchase ofVietnam. I'm sure a lot of Wachusett chaptermembers will be spending time there and feel thisis a great opportunity.

Leominster State Forest 2003While writing this letter I'm looking out to over 3feet of snow on my back porch roof and listeningto the forecast for more snow. The skiing has beengreat but it's been too long since riding the bikehas.

This year we have scheduled four TM days in LSFand it looks like the first two are going to be spentclearing blow downs. Two of the days have beenscheduled for this spring and two more in the fall.Check out Nemba's online forum for updates andcancellations.

Name that trailWhile reviewing the site with the park manager forthe September 14 th 2002. TM day and walkingsome of the trails we also discussed some of thework for the future. I have ridden LSF for the lastseveral years and know the trail system in mysleep. Trying to explain to someone else where

they are or give directions without a map hasalways been a problem and I don't think it's justme. The park manager and I talked about some sig-nage at the trailheads that might help to alleviatethis and they would be willing to help out if wecould agree on some names. I mentioned to himthe names of the trails I am familiar with such as"Jane Fonda", "Orgasm", "No Dab". I'm not sure ifhe was still willing to continue walking with methat day never mind put some of these in writing.He suggested "The Big O" as one alternative andwasn't sure "Jane Fonda" would fly without alawyer's involvement, although she has been activein preserving outdoor space.

Anyone out there that wants to help name thesetrails, help organize this or not see an establishedname go unnoticed should contact me.

Another idea that comes to mind was the creationor more likely a re-creation of a tough ride inLeominster to be named Jenkins' Loop in honor ofJohn Jenkins.

Also anyone that would like to get involved withLeominster or other trails in the Wachusett areaplease don't hesitate to contact me. —JimWrightson

SeacoastPresident: Jonathan Melzar,

[email protected]: Kevin CoxSecretary: Jason RecordTreasurer: David HeathEmail List: [email protected]: www.snemba.org

WachusettPresident: Jim Wrightson, endothe-

[email protected], 978-464-5353 VP Groton TF: Dave Stockwell, davids-

[email protected] Leominster SF: Jim Wrightson,

[email protected] Midstate: Jim Amidon,

[email protected] Townsend SF: Dana Blanchard,

[email protected]: Jim WrightonSecretary: Gray HarrisonEmail List: [email protected]:

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Other NEMBA Chapter Contacts:Berkshire NEMBA: Odin Adolfson, [email protected]

Cape Cod NEMBA: Charlie Genatossio, [email protected], 508-477-4936

Maine NEMBA Don Theriault, [email protected]

Mt. Agamenticus NEMBA Steve Cole, [email protected], 603-433-6328, www.mtanemba.org

SE MA NEMBA Carolyn Zepf, [email protected], 781-297-5658

VT NEMBA Rob Macgregor, [email protected], 802-824-3642

2003 Rocky Mountain Bicycles NH Trail CareSeries: Rocky Mountain Bicycles will again besponsoring the 2003 New Hampshire trail mainte-

nance series. The White Mountains' calendar keepsgetting a little more refined (note a few datechanges) and currently looks like this:

June 7 - National Trails Day: In keeping with tradi-tion, we'll be feeding the black flies on Black CapMountain while working on water bars and gradedips on the Black Cap and Red Tail trails.

July 19 & 20 - 3rd Annual Trail Building Weekend:Pending final approval from the U.S. Forest Service,we're scheduled to re-route the lower Mineral SiteTrail on Saturday, July 19th. The trail work will befollowed by a barbeque bash Saturday evening andreaping the rewards with a ride on Sunday.

August 14 - 17 - An IMBA Trail Care Crew will bein town to meet with land managers and help workon trail projects. These guys have been a hugeasset for us in the past and will undoubtedly be agreat help again this year.

September 6 & 7 - IMBA Epic: The WhiteMountains have been selected as an IMBA Epicsite! This will involve one day of trail work in theNanamocomuck area and one day of an epic rideguided by locals. Some details available atwww.imba.com/epics/nan.html.

September 20 - National Public Lands Day: Worklocation to be announced.

Date TBA - Conway Recreation Path BridgeReplacement: White Mountains NEMBA and theTown of Conway have jointly applied for a NewHampshire Recreational Trails Program grant toreplace the aging & sagging Rec Path bridge. Ifapproved, the new galvanized steel bridge withwood deck will be installed as soon materials canbe fabricated and delivered.

Hope to have you join us! —Rob Adair

WhiteMountainsPresident: Mark Jenks, 603-356-0233,

[email protected]: Rob Adair, 603-356-

5214, [email protected]: Phil Ostroski Secretary: Cathy SteersEmail List:

[email protected]

NEMBA Group RidesNEMBA rides are led by individual NEMBA members for other mem-bers and prospective members. So if you haven't yet joined NEMBA,please do.

Rides are usually for small numbers of people and vary with thelocation and the personal style of the host. Rides have been knownto change location or time at the last moment. So be sure to callthe ride's leader, both to sign up, and to find out more about theride. **Be sure to contact the ride leader a couple of days beforethe ride takes place. That way you will be sure that the ride is on.

If you commit to a ride, go, since space is limited. That way therides will stay manageable and will be enjoyable for everyone.Helmets are required on all NEMBA rides. Contact your ride's leaderif the weather looks questionable.

HEY! - Why not lead a NEMBA ride yourself? Contact BillBoles at 508-583-0067 or [email protected] for more informa-tion.

(MBA) Indicates a Harpoon MTB Adventure Series Ride(EN Indicates an EFTA/NEMBA Fun Ride.(D) Indicates a weekday daytime ride.(DB) Indicates a daybreak or early morning ride.(BHTW) Indicates a Blue Hills Trail Watch ride.(NBTRS) Indicates Newington Bike Trek Ride Series(Dog) Indicates you can bring your dog.(W) Indicates a WOMBATS ride.(K) Indicates a Kids & Family ride.(CALL) Indicates contact the leader to see if the ride is on.(TBA) Indicates location to be determined.(U) Indicates an urban ride.

The following ride categories are only general guidelines. You shouldask the ride's leader exactly what type of ride he or she is planningin terms of distance, pace and technicality. Also, be realistic aboutyour level of riding skills and don't join a ride that is beyond yourpresent ability or fitness level.

MBA 10-20 miles. A ride on a marked course for allability levels. Normally includes short and long loops. Call for moreinformation.EFTA/NEMBA 10-25 miles. Marked loops for all ability levels.Normally includes multiple loops. Call for more information.Kids/Family: 2-10 miles, usually easy pace & terrain. Theserides are aimed at parents with young children.Beginner: 2-7 miles, easy terrain, easy pace. These rides are aimed atriders with little or no riding experience.Novice: 4-9 miles, mellow pace, easy terrain, frequentstops.Advanced Novice: 6-10 miles, mellow pace, either mostlyeasy terrain, or could be technical terrain done slowly, frequentstops.Intermediate: 10-20 miles, moderately technical, somewhatfaster pace, occasional stops and bail out points. Intermediate ridesare designed for people who ride frequently, and have some skills,but who probably don't enter races.Advanced Intermediate: The same as intermediate, except fasterand harder terrain.Advanced: 20-30 miles, high technical difficulty, fast pace,few stops or chances tobail out. These rides are intended foradvanced riders or, racers who would like to go for a challenging rideat less than all out race pace.Women's Rides: Can be any level of difficulty. Call for more infor-mation.


Cape Cod & Islands04/12 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29804/12 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)04/13 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677304/13 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490504/15 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130004/16 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130004/19 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29804/19 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)04/20 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677304/20 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490504/22 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130004/23 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130004/26 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29804/26 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)04/27 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677304/27 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490504/29 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130004/30 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/03 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29805/03 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)05/04 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677305/04 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490505/06 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/07 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/10 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29805/10 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)05/11 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677305/11 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490505/13 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/14 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/17 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29805/17 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)05/18 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677305/18 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490505/20 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/21 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/24 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29805/24 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)05/25 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677305/25 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490505/27 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/28 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130005/31 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29805/31 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)06/01 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677306/01 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490506/03 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130006/04 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130006/07 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29806/07 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)06/08 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677306/08 Vineyard Intermediate David Whitmon [email protected] 508-693-490506/10 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130006/11 Trail of Tears All Mike Dube [email protected] 508-477-130006/14 Pochasset Beginner - Skills Ride Ted Rowan [email protected] 508-540-2200 X29806/14 Trail of Tears Advanced Intermediate Roger Wharton [email protected] 508-775-3299(DB)06/15 TBA Beginner & Inter. 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Connecticut04/09 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747804/16 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747804/23 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747804/29 Huntington Advanced Novice Paula Burton [email protected] 203-426-536904/30 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747805/06 Trout Brook Intermediate Paula Burton [email protected] 203-426-536905/07 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747805/12 Cockaponset SF Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142205/14 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747805/19 Meshomasic SF Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142205/20 Easton Novice Paula Burton [email protected] 203-426-536905/21 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747805/27 Huntington Advanced Novice Paula Burton [email protected] 203-426-536905/28 Wadsworth Falls SP Beginner/Novice Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142205/28 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747806/01 Chatfield Hollow SP Skills Clinic Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142206/03 Trumbull Intermediate Paula Burton [email protected] 203-426-536906/04 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747806/11 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747806/15 Tyler Mill Skills Clinic Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142206/18 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747806/20 Trumbull Women Paula Burton [email protected] 203-426-536906/22 Chatfield Hollow SP Skills Clinic Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142206/24 Trout Brook Intermediate Paula Burton [email protected] 203-426-536906/25 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747806/30 Wadsworth Falls SP Beginner/Novice Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142207/02 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747807/09 West Rock Ridge SP Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142207/09 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747807/14 Wadsworth Falls SP Beginner/Novice Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142207/16 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747807/21 Meshomasic SF Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142207/23 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747807/28 Hartman's Park Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142207/30 Mianus Park Intermediate Larry Settembrini [email protected] 203-674-747808/04 West Rock Ridge SP Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142208/11 Cockaponset SF Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142208/18 Meshomasic SF Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142208/25 Hartman's Park Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142209/03 Cockaponset SF Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142209/08 Hartman's Park Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142209/15 Hartman's Park Intermediate Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-142209/22 Wadsworth Falls SP Beginner/Novice Alex Sokolow [email protected] 860-663-1422

Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont04/01 TBA Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181704/08 TBA Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181704/15 TBA Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181704/22 TBA Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181704/29 TBA Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181705/06 Mont Vernon Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181705/13 Beaver Brook, Hollis Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181705/20 Grater Woods, Merrimack Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-181705/27 FOMBA, Auburn Intermediate Bob Hall [email protected] 603-673-1817


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Southeastern Mass & Blackstone Valley04/13 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677304/14 Borderland SP Intermediate Chris Patrick [email protected] 617-512-544104/15 Wompatuck SP Intermediate Paul Peaslee [email protected] 781-925-251204/16 Pagent Field, Quincy Intermediate Steve Cobble [email protected] 781-254-8796(D)04/17 Foxboro SF Intermediate Dan Ibbitson [email protected] 508-384-066504/19 Blue Hills Advanced Blue Hills Trail Watch 617-698-1802(BHTW)04/20 TBA Beginner & Inter. Village Cycles [email protected] 508-759-677304/20 Blue Hills Beginners Skills Clinic Blue Hills Trail Watch 617-698-1802(BHTW)04/21 Borderland SP Intermediate Chris Patrick [email protected] 617-512-5441

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