Singletracks #61 May 2002
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Magazine of the New England Mountain Bike Association May 2002, Number 61 www.nemba.org Making 2002 Your Best Season Ever! SSingleingleTTrackS NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike April / May 2002, Number 61 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. 16 SingleTracks is published six times a year by the Let NEMBA Make This Your New England Mountain Bike Association for the trail community. Best Biking Season Ever NEMBA has more events planned for 2002 ©SingleTracks than ever before. Whether it’s riding a char- Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes ity event to save the trails at Vietnam, tak- Staff Writer: Krisztina Holly ing a skills class or building new trails, we Contributing Writers: Bill Boles, Jeff Cutler have something for you. Help us make it Copy Editor: Nanyee Keyes your best season ever by joining us on the Executive Director: Philip Keyes trail. By Philip Keyes NEMBA PO Box 2221 Acton MA 01720 Voice 800.57.NEMBA Fax: 972-395-7759 [email protected] 20 Board of Directors Getting Paid to Ride Bill Boles, President Len Earnshaw, Vice-President Ever dreamed of making riding your bike a Anne Shepard, Treasurer full time career? Wouldn’t it be great to John Dudek, Secretary turn your biking avocation into a vocation? Rob Adair, White Mountains NEMBA Read how many people have turned this Norman Blanchette, Merrimack NEMBA Bill Boles, SE MA NEMBA into a reality right here in New England, Jack Chapman, EFTA Liason and maybe it could happen to you! By Bob Croston, Greater Boston NEMBA Krisztina Holly Hunt Durey, North Shore NEMBA Hugh Folsom, Merrimack Valley NEMBA Tom Grimble, Greater Boston NEMBA Jim Grimley, RI NEMBA Johan Holmquist, North Shore NEMBA Krisztina Holly, At Large Tina Hopkins, Rhode Island NEMBA Rich LaBombard, Pioneer Valley NEMBA SingleTracks welcomes submissions, Rob Macgregor, VT NEMBA photos and artwork from our literate or creative Walter Masgul, SC NH NEMBA Paper Trail membership. This is your forum and your mag- Tom McCrumm, Berkshire NEMBA azine, so please send us stuff! Jonathan Melzar, Seacoast NEMBA Events Calendar —4 TJ Mora, VT NEMBA Contribute! Got a cool story idea? Want to Jason Record, Seacoast NEMBA Chain Letters —6 Jean Rubin, SC NH NEMBA Treadlines —7 build your publishing resume? Give us a call. Victor Saverino, Cape Cod NEMBA You can reach us at [email protected] or Alex Sokolow, CT NEMBA Sidetracks —28 call 800-57-NEMBA. Mitch Steinberg, Blackstone Valley NEMBA Chapter News —30 Mary Tunnicliffe, Berkshire NEMBA On the Cover: Collection of photos from all John Turchi, CT NEMBA NEMBA Rides —35 sorts of past events. By Philip Keyes Roger Whorton, Cape Cod NEMBA NEMBA Sponsors—38 Jim Wrightson, Wachusett NEMBA Know Someone who wants to Advertise? Carolyn Zept, SE MA NEMBA SingleTracks offers inexpensive and targeted WWW.NEMBA.ORG advertising which helps us defray the cost of For advertising rates, request our Media producing this cool ‘zine. Call 800-57-NEMBA Kit by calling 800-57-NEMBA or or email [email protected] for our media kit. email [email protected] SingleTrackS No. 61 | 3 2002 Mondo Events Calender Education / Training April 27 CT NEMBA Basic Trail Maintenance Workshop [email protected] 860-653-5038 April 28 CT NEMBA Trail Ambassador Orientation [email protected] 203-281-0789 May 11 NEMBA/IMBA Trail Building School, Lynn Woods, www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA May 12 NEMBA/IMBA Trail Building School, Wompatuck SP www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA May 18 CT NEMBA Advanced TM Workshop with IMBA TCC3 [email protected] 860-653-5038 June TBA CT NEMBA - Basic TM Workshop (Groton, CT) [email protected] 860-653-5038 Fun Stuff & Benefits May 13 Redbones Bike Week Benefit, 55 Chester St., Somerville MA www.redbones.com June TBA Bike Day at Bluff Point, Groton CT [email protected] 860-653-5038 June 9 Trout Brook Relay, West Hartford Reservoir, CT [email protected] June 30 MS Ride For The Cure, Gay City State Park, CT [email protected] October 20 NEMBAFest MTB Festival, Great Brook Farm, Carlisle MA www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA Nov. 3 CT NEMBA Fall Fiesta [email protected] 860-653-5038 MTB Skills Clinics April 20 Women's Skills Clinic, Hodges Dam, Oxford MA [email protected] May 18 Wombats/NEMBA Women's Skills Clinic,Wompatuck SP [email protected] 978-772-9644 Pedro’s-Harpoon MTB Adventure Series May 5 Lynn Woods, Lynn MA www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA May 19 Harold Parker, N. Andover MA www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA June 9 Holyoke Range/Skinner State Park, Easthampton MA www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA July 21 Cockaponset SF, Chester CT www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA August 25 Wompatuck SP, Hingham MA www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA Sept. 8 Mt. Washington Valley, NH www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA Oct. 20 Great Brook Farm SP, w/ NEMBA 15 Year Bash Festival www.nemba.org 800-57-NEMBA EFTA / NEMBA Fun Rides July 7 Seacoast NEMBA Bear Brook Boogie, Allentown NH [email protected] 603-895-6633 Oct. 27 NS NEMBA Wicked Ride of the East, Harold Parker SP [email protected] Join NEMBA to Save Trail Access Mountain bikers need a single voice to protect trail access, build new trails and take care of the thousands of miles of trails in New England. We’re a grassroots organization that relies on you and your financial support to pro- tect our sport. Whether you ride a lot or a little, if you enjoy mountain biking, you should become a NEMBA member! Get your friends to join too. Pick a Chapter! At Large Name ________________________________________________________________________________ Berkshire NEMBA Address _______________________________________________________________________________ Blackstone Valley NEMBA Cape Cod NEMBA City ____________________________________________ State _______ Zip ______________________ CT NEMBA Greater Boston NEMBA Home phone _____________________________ Chapter ______________________________________ Merrimack MA NEMBA North Shore MA NEMBA New:____ Renewal: ____ Visa/MC# _________________________________________ exp___________ Pioneer Valley MA NEMBA Individual $20 ______ Family (2 Cards) $30 ______ Supporting $50 _____ Sponsoring $100_____ Seacoast NH NEMBA South Central NH NEMBA Bicycle Dealer Memberships: Southeast MA NEMBA Basic $100 _____ Supporting $200_____ Benefactor $500_____ Lifetime $1500_____ Rhode Island NEMBA Referred by: __________________________________________ Vermont NEMBA Wachusett MA NEMBA Mail to: NEMBA, PO Box 2221, Acton MA 01720 Join online at WWW.NEMBA.ORG White Mtns NH NEMBA 4 | April / May 2002 Merlin / NEMBA Trail Care Series Blackstone Valley NEMBA June 1 National Trails Day: Holyoke Range, [email protected], April 13 Whitehall SP, 10am, David Freed, [email protected], 413-527-7427 508-366-7870 July 6 Holyoke Range, [email protected], 413-527-7427 May 4 Noanet Woodlands, Dover, [email protected], 508-651- Aug. 3 Holyoke Range, [email protected], 413-527-7427 7075 June 1 National Trails Day: Westboro Charm Bracelet, Rhode Island NEMBA [email protected], 508-366-7870 April 6 Lincoln Woods Sept. 21 Hodges Village, [email protected], 508-865-9964 May 4 Arcadia, [email protected], 401-392-3596 Oct. 5 Callahan SP, 508-788-9912 June 1 National Trails Day: Joint day with AMC in Arcadia, vcy- [email protected], 401-392-3596 Cape Cod NEMBA May 12 Trail Repair, 508-477-4936 SE MA NEMBA June 2 National Trail's Day - Trail repair/bypass, 508-477-4936 April 20 Annual Blowdown Ride, Foxboro SF, 508-583-0067 April 28 Wompatuck SP, [email protected], 781-925-2512 Greater Boston NEMBA June 1 National Trails Day: MDC Cutler Park, Needham, 617- April 27 Great Brook Farm SP, Carlisle MA, 800-57-NEMBA 698-1802 June 1 National Trails Day: Lynn Woods, Lynn MA, June 9 Wompatuck SP, [email protected], 781-925-2512 [email protected] , 781- 647-3287 June 15 Blue Hills Reservation, Milton, Joe Sloane, 617-696-3533 June 1 National Trails Day: Great Brook Farm SP, Carlisle MA, Oct. 6 Wompatuck SP, [email protected], 781-925-2512 800-57-NEMBA Nov. 10 Wompatuck SP, [email protected], 781-925-2512 Aug. 17 Great Brook Farm SP, Carlisle MA, 800-57-NEMBA Sept. 14 Lynn Woods Reservation, Lynn MA, 781- 647-3287 Wachusett NEMBA Sept. 28 Great Brook Farm SP, Carlisle MA, 800-57-NEMBA June 1 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-2763 Oct. 5 Lynn Woods Reservation, Lynn MA, 781- 647-3287 Sept. 14 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-2763 Oct. 19 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-2763 Pioneer Valley NEMBA April 27 D.A.R., [email protected], 413-527-7427 May 4 Holyoke Range, [email protected], 413-527-7427 May 11 D.A.R., [email protected], 413-527-7427 Rocky Mountain Bicycles / NEMBA NH Trail Care Series Seacoast NEMBA White Mountains NEMBA April 21 Northwood Meadows State Park, May 4 Nanamocomuck Bridge Project, [email protected], [email protected], 603-895-6633 603-356-6913 May 5 Pawtuckaway State Park, [email protected], 603- June 1 National Trails Day, Location TBA, 895-6633 [email protected], 603-356-6913 June 1 National Trails Day: Fort Rock, Exeter, July 20 NH Trails Day, Location TBA, [email protected], [email protected], 603-895-6633 603-356-6913 June 9 Bear Brook State Park, [email protected], 603- Aug. 3-4 White MTB Trail Building Weekend, 895-6633 [email protected], 603-356-6913 July 20 NH Trails Day (Location TBD), 603-895-6633 Sept. 15 Northwood Meadows State Park, [email protected], 603-895-6633 Sept. 29 Fort Rock, Exeter, [email protected], 603-895- 6633 Oct.