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Singletracks #104 July 2009 JulyJuly 20092009 #104#104 www.nemba.orgwww.nemba.org Great Places to Ride SSingleingleTTrackS NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike July 2009, Number 104 Association, is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organi- zation dedicated to promoting trail access, maintaining trails open for mountain bicyclists, and educating mountain bicyclists to use these trails sensitively and responsibly. Wendell State SingleTracks is published six times a year by the New England Mountain Bike Association for Forest the trail community. ©SingleTracks 10 Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes Contributing Writer: Jeff Cutler Copy Editor: Nanyee Keyes Executive Director: Philip Keyes [email protected] Pachaug NEMBA PO Box 2221 State Park Acton MA 01720 13 Voice 800.57.NEMBA Fax: 717-326-8243 [email protected] Board of Directors Harold Green, President Fresh Singletrack at Peter DeSantis, Vice-President Anne Shepard, Treasurer Tom Grimble, Secretary Russell Mill 16 Rob Adair, White Mountains NEMBA Brian Alexander, CeMeNEMBA John Anders, Midcoast Maine NEMBA Brian Beneski, CeMeNEMBA Norman Blanchette, MV NEMBA Matt Bowser, Central NH NEMBA Matt Caron, Southern NH NEMBA Steve Cobble, SE MA NEMBA SingleTracks Hey, get creative! We wel- Jon Conti, White Mountains NEMBA come submissions, photos and artwork. This is Eammon Carleton, BV NEMBA Leo Corrigan, RI NEMBA your forum and your magazine. Be nice, and Kevin Davis, Midcoast Maine NEMBA share! Peter DeSantis, Southern NH NEMBA On the Cover: Elizabeth Pell at Opening Day at Bob Giunta, MV NEMBA Paper Trail Brad Herder, Berkshire NEMBA the Middlesex Fells. Photo by Philip Keyes Rich Higgins, SE MA NEMBA Have a pic that would make a good cover shot? Steve LaFlame, Central NH NEMBA NEMBA Calendar — 4 Email it to [email protected] Frank Lane, NS NEMBA Treadlines — 5 Casey Leonard, Midcoast Maine NEMBA Want to Underwrite in ST? Eric Mayhew, CT NEMBA SideTracks — 23 Liam O’Brien, PV NEMBA SingleTracks offers inexpensive and targeted Tim Post, GB NEMBA Basic Biking — 18 underwriting which helps us defray the cost of Matt Schulde, RI NEMBA producing this cool ‘zine. Call 800-57-NEMBA Tren Spence, CT NEMBA Chapter News —20 Dan Streeter, North Shore NEMBA or email [email protected] for our media kit. Mike Tabaczynski, Greater Boston NEMBA NEMBA Rides —31 Moving? John Vosburg, Blackstone Valley NEMBA Support our Sponsors —39 Don’t miss an issue! Change your address online at nemba.org or mail it into SingleTracks, PO Box WWW.NEMBA.ORG 2221, Acton MA 01720 SingleTrackS No. 104 | 3 NEMBA 2009 Events Calendar Kona Bicycles-Fox Shox MTB Adventure Series June 21 Happening at Huntington SP, Redding CT Oct. 4 NEMBAfest at Bear Brook State Park, Allentown NH July 12 Wendell State Forest, Wendell MA October 25 Wicked Ride of the East, Harold Parker SF, Andover MA Aug 16 Foxboro State Forest, Foxboro MA Fun Stuff June 21 Kids NPS Ride, Lexington MA, [email protected] Sept 5-7 Kingdom Trails Camping Weekend, [email protected]\ July 11-12 Maine Bike Rally, [email protected] Sept. 13 RI NEMBA Big River Fun Ride July 18-19 Camping Trail to BCE of Maine, [email protected] Oct. 3 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day Aug. 1-2 White Mnts MTB Weekend, [email protected] Oct 4 NEMBAfest at Bear Brook, [email protected] Trek Bicycles / NEMBA Trail Care Series (CT, MA, RI) Berkshire NEMBA Merrimack Valley NEMBA TBA Pittsfield State Forest, [email protected] June 28 Russell Mill, [email protected] July 18 Great Brook Farm SP, [email protected] CT NEMBA Aug 9 Billerica, [email protected] June 11 Huntington SP, [email protected] Sept 12 Billerica, [email protected] June 18 Waldo Park, Southbury, [email protected] Oct 17 Russell Mill, [email protected] June 25 Waldo Park, Southbury, [email protected] July 2 Waldo Park, Southbury, [email protected] SE MA NEMBA July 9 Waldo Park, Southbury, [email protected] Aug 23 Wompatuck SP, [email protected] July 16 Waldo Park, Southbury, [email protected] Nov 8 Wompatuck SP, [email protected] Wachusett NEMBA Oct 17 Westminster, [email protected] Jamis Bicycles / NEMBA Trail Care Series (NH & ME) Central Maine NEMBA June 12 Ragged Mountain Preserve, [email protected] TBA Bond Brook Parcel,[email protected] July 18 Ragged Mountain Preserve, [email protected] Aug 15 Ragged Mountain Preserve, [email protected] Sept 19 Ragged Mountain Preserve, [email protected] Oct 17 Ragged Mountain Preserve, [email protected] Midcoast Maine NEMBA Tuesdays Mike’s Morning Madness, Camden SB Tuesdays Night Trailwork @ Camden SM June 6 Camden Hills State Park, [email protected] Sinister Bikes Vietnam Trail Tour Every Tuesday Evening [email protected] Sept 20 4 | July 2009 TREADLINES NEMBA Rejects Offer to Sell Vietnam for $1.65 Million Ajax Gaming Ventures, a Delaware Limited • Appropriate construction of new trails Liability Corporation owned by Donald as necessary to complete the planned trail system Trump, offered NEMBA a $35,000, one year or to replace existing trails to be closed and purchase option, based on a sale price of restored. $1,650,000 to buy our "Vietnam" property in Public Access and Use Milford, Massachusetts. The parcel shall be open to the public for appro- In 2003 after completing a $210,000 priate non-motorized trail-based recreation. fundraising effort NEMBA was able to pur- Elements of the public use vision include: chase 47 acres of land in Milford, Massachusetts. We bought this land to pre- • Permanent and guaranteed mountain vent its development and to protect and pre- bike use of the parcel, in perpetuity, regardless of serve a wonderful network of trails that were who owns and/or manages the land in the future. known locally as "Vietnam". Our land forms • Recreational opportunities for the gen- an integral part of a much larger area of con- eral public, not limited to NEMBA members. servation land in the towns of Milford, Holliston and Hopkinton. • A multi-use trail system and a commit- ment to trail sharing among various user groups. NEMBA's purchase of this land marked a first for mountain bike associations in our nation, • The prohibition of recreational motor- and in the world. ized vehicle use of the parcel and the Upper Charles Headwaters area. Our Vietnam property is right in the middle of approximately 1000 acres of protected open space. Vietnam and the Clearly our stated goals for our Vietnam property do not allow its surrounding lands are, of course, replete with many miles of trails development into a gaming facility, or anything else. No matter what that are open to non-motorized trail users. NEMBA has been very the financial incentives might be. So it was not much of a stretch for active, since the purchase of the land, in improving the existing trail us to reject the offer. network in the entire area, as well as in building and enhancing trails on our own property. Despite the astounding price, NEMBA summarily rejected the pur- chase offer. Mountain bikers bought this land to preserve it, not to profit from it. Still, it's amazing to think of just how lucky we were to be there at the right time to make that purchase. It was quite a gamble. In 2002 NEMBA purchased an option to buy the land from the Liner Trust for $15,000. We had no idea if we could raise the rest of the money, but we couldn't let the opportunity slip by. Somehow, through donations large and small, donations that in some cases came in from around the country, we beat the option deadline and were able to purchase the land. After we took ownership NEMBA formed the Vietnam Land Management Steering Committee to oversee and manage the proper- ty. Owning conservation land, even if you're a non-profit organiza- tion, is not an easy thing to do. In addition to the obvious issue of trail maintenance and upkeep there are liability issues to consider. That means insurance costs every year. And then there are the year- ly real estate taxes NEMBA must pay for the privilege of owning the property. And of course one must deal with abutters. Fortunately we have been able to maintain excellent relations with the owners of the surrounding conservation lands which all form part of the much larg- er Upper Charles Headwaters Area. The management goals for Vietnam include, in part, • Protection and preservation of important natural resources such as wetlands and water quality, rare and endangered species, and overall biological and landscape integrity. • Protection and preservation of the technical, natural recreational terrain, minimizing new signage and other new facilities. • A planned trail system suitable for both challenging technical and cross-country bicycle riding. • Regular maintenance of the trail system. SingleTrackS No. 104 | 5 TREADLINES GB NEMBA’s Opening Day at the Fells ~ It’s all in the Numbers 150 plus riders came out to celebrate Opening Day on April 18th at the Middlesex Fells. In addition there were 14 GBNEMBA RideGuides, 6 NEMBA Patrollers, 7 NEMBA event volunteers, 15 bike industry vendors, 8 MA DCR Staffers, 2 MA DCR Park Rangers and 1 MA DCR District Manager in attendance. We also got a visit from approximately 25 hikers and an assortment of curious neigh- bors. GBNEMBA Rideguides lead 21 rides throughout the 8 hour event. The temperature hovered in the high 60's with zero clouds in the sky and 100% of attendees reportedly had a blast. Our new MA DCR Fells District Manager, Tom Walsh, was on hand to meet the Fells riding community and say a few words of welcome and thanks for being good trail citizens.
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