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Singletracks #148 October 2016 ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 1 NEW ENGLAND MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION SSingleingleTTrackrackSS November 2016 #148 www.nemba.org ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 2 2 |November 2016 Ride the Trails ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 3 Save the Trails SingleTrackS No. 148| 3 ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 4 SSingleingleTTrackS NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike November 2016, Number 148 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. ©SingleTracks NEMBA Trail Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes Contributing Writer: Bill Boles Heroes Copy Editor: Nanyee Keyes Executive Director: Philip Keyes We take a moment to honor those that [email protected] make a big difffernce to our sport, the trails NEMBA 8 and NEMBA. PO Box 2221 Acton MA 01720 Board of Directors Adam Glick, President Matt Schulde, Vice-President Anne Shepard, Treasurer Harold Green, Secretary Come Ride 11 Rob Adair, White Mountains NEMBA Plymouth, NH John Anders, Midcoast Maine NEMBA You may drive right by on the way to ski Mike Avery, Pemi Valley NEMBA Matt Bowser, Central NH NEMBA country or to KT, but stop in and be pre- Aaron Brasslett, Penobscot Region NEMBA pared for some great riding. David Burnham, Wachusett NEMBA Paula Burton, FC NEMBA By Jeremy Hillger Eammon Carleton, BV NEMBA Matt Caron, Southern NH NEMBA Steve Cobble, SE MA NEMBA Brian Danz, Greater Portland NEMBA Perry Ermi, Cape Cod NEMBA Chris Gaudet, Southern NH NEMBA Peter Gengler, RI NEMBA David Hughes, Carrabassett Region NEMBA SingleTracks Hey, get creative! We wel- Stacey Jimenez, Quiet Corner NEMBA Paper Trail John Joy, Central Central CT NEMBA come submissions, photos and artwork. This is Hank Kells, North Shore NEMBA your forum and your magazine. Be nice, and Morgan Laidlaw, Midcoast Maine NEMBA Places to Ride — 11 share! Thom Lamourine, SE CT NEMBA Frank Lane, North Shore NEMBA Basic Biking — 12 On the Cover: Lisa Cheney riding the rock Rob Lavoie, Greater Portland NEMBA chute at Great Brook Farm State Park during Bill Markham, Berkshire NEMBA Chapter News Jesse McGowan, Central NH NEMBA Merrimack Valley NEMBA’s MTB Adventure Ride. Fred Meyers, Wachusett NEMBA • Connecticut — 16 Photo by Steve Richardson. Barry Moore, Merrimack Valley NEMBA • Maine — 20 Chris Nicodemus, Franconia Area NEMBA Do you have a photo that would make a good Kevin Orlowski, Central NH NEMBA • Massachusetts — 25 cover shot? Email it to [email protected] Peter Poanessa, BK NEMBA • New Hampshire — 30 Eric Pospesil, Franconia Area NEMBA Want to Underwrite in ST? Tim Post, Pioneer Valley NEMBA • Rhode Island — 35 SingleTracks offers inexpensive and targeted Jon Regan, Northwest CT NEMBA NEMBA Rides — 36 Steve Richardson, Merrimack Valley NEMBA underwriting which helps us defray the cost of David Riding, SE MA NEMBA producing this cool ‘zine. Call 800-57-NEMBA Chris Riley, Central Maine NEMBA Support our Sponsors — 38 Pete Schrader, BK NEMBA or email [email protected] for our media kit. Maciej Sobieszek, Greater Boston NEMBA Cory Stiff, SE CT NEMBA Moving? Joshua Tauses, Carrabassett Valley NEMBA Glenn Tourtellot, Quiet Corner NEMBA Don’t miss an issue! Change your address online Ryan Tucker, Fairfield County NEMBA at nemba.org or mail it into SingleTracks, PO Box Glenn Vernes, Central CT NEMBA 2221, Acton MA 01720 Brian Vibert, Northwest CT NEMBA 4 |November 2016 Ride the Trails ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 5 Save the Trails SingleTrackS No. 148| 5 ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 6 6 |November 2016 Ride the Trails ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 7 Save the Trails SingleTrackS No. 148| 7 ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 8 NEMBA Trail Heroes NEMBA is a very grassroots, volunteer-focused organization, and we are fortunate to have hundreds and hundreds of volunteers that come out to our events and give back to the trails and to the sport of mountain biking. Many of these go well above-and-beyond in their service and they truly are our trail heroes. Here is a short list of the best-of-the-best of our volunteers. We honor them for all that they do to make the trails and our sport something to be proud of. Next time you see them on the trail, give them a pat and the back and say ‘thanks’! Blackstone Valley NEMBA Carrabassett Region Fairfield County NEMBA Alan Cormier NEMBA Bill Curran Bill Dakai Alison Thayer David Francefort Jess Bly Bob Ash Gunnar Waldman Michael Cove Cathy Morton John Sweeney Patrick Royer Dana Friend Kyaiera Tucker Russ Stearns Dave Hughes Monika Stokes Mike Tonry Dawn Smith Paula Burton Anne Shepard Deb Bowker Rich Coffey Brenda Smith Ed Gervais Robert Forster Brian Forestall Joe Hines Ryan Tucker Eammon Carleton John Freeman Scott Randall Jack Maxwell Jonathan Boehmer John Goeller Josh Tauses Franconia Area NEMBA Jonathan Niro Julie Coleman Chris Nicodemus Kara Gilman Kimberly Truskowski Eric Pospesil Laura Zimmer Lori Gerencer Janel Lawton Rich Kordell Mark Swartz Suzanne Beauchesne Peter Smith Brattleboro-Keene Warren Gerow Greater Boston NEMBA NEMBA Adam Glick Dave Levasseur Central CT NEMBA Andrea Jones Jonathan Montgomery Al Tinti Bill Cohn Loren Launen Glenn Vernes Brandon Morphew Mike Davern John Joy Chris Andrews Mike Hoefer Jon Petersen Corey French Peter Poanessa Lisa Maloney Dan McCormack Tiffanie Hills Matt Fuggi Jon Kranes Todd Amato Tom Ebersold Junko Kato Karen Eagan Cape Cod NEMBA Central Maine NEMBA Maciej Sobieszek Bill Boles Brian Alexander Rick Forzeze Bill Catania Chris Riley Rob Auffrey Frank Merola Matt Reynolds Jason Catania Matt Swan Greater Portland NEMBA Michael Dube Sarah Cross Amanda Lehman-Garvey Ted Scharf Brian Danz 8 |November 2016 Ride the Trails ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 9 Corey Theriault Pemi Valley NEMBA Southeastern CT NEMBA Emily Helliesen-Day Doug Poole Cory Stiff Mike Sandora Eric Costa Greg Disanto Southern NH NEMBA Merrimack Valley NEMBA James Patterson Alanna Carlson Barry Moore Jay Harrington Chris Gaudet Eric Johnson Jeremy Hillger Dan Dwyer Kirk Goldsworthy Kevin Luce Kathy Evans Lionel Chapman Matt Smith Matt Caron Marty Engels Sean O'Leary Peter DeSantis Karen Korza Slade Warner Seth Hickey Steve Richardson Wes Robertson Penobscot Region NEMBA Midcoast Maine NEMBA Al Shultz Wachusett NEMBA Greg Dolbec Gail Carter Brett Russ John Anders Jared Milligan Dave Burnham Morgan Laidlaw Keith Blanchard Fred Meyer Scott Carson Kris Sornberger Jim Wrightson Michele Benoit Rich Bonetti North Shore NEMBA Bob Ganley Quiet Corner NEMBA White Mountains NEMBA Dan Streeter Bob Caporaso Butch Simones Frank Lane Glen Newcombe Chris Krug Fred White Glenn Tourtellot Jeff Lathrop Hank Kells ` Jeff Doyle John Barley Jeff Wardle Rob Lussier Michael Hartrich Joe DiZazzo Stacey Jimenez Mike Steward Lee Hollenbeck Muriel Mitchell Lisa Cheney Rhode Island NEMBA Paula Churchill Ray Meyers Alan Winsor Rob Zimmerman Chris Hughes Tony Tulip Northwest CT NEMBA John Sumner Jean Lee Brian Vibert Laurent Froissard Lloyd Blizzard Cara Regan Wayne Asselin Rob Adair Dennis Tyburski Frank Morton Southeast MA NEMBA John Luisi Chris Patrick Jon Regan Dave Farrell Margie Bowen Richard Banks Scott Ruel Steve Cobble Tim Bowman Tim Friedmann Tod Kenney Wayne Strohm Save the Trails SingleTrackS No. 148| 9 ST201611 148.qxd 10/6/2016 8:11 AM Page 10 My Bike Ride with Cleve By Jean Lee Cleve knew that I rented a Popular MTB bike English), found out I was practicing my Spanish, from Dan for five dollars for ten days, and he said to me… "Then no more English on this ride", knew that I was out riding it, and he knew I happily agreed. We came to Flowers Bay and that I would go on an adventure, so the ques- rode along the flat, windy road next to the ocean. tion came one day after the 10:30am scuba School kids were swimming with their cloths on dive. "Hey Jean let's ride our bikes to and the street was alive with taxis, walkers, dogs, Coxenhole sometime." "I'd love to", I bikes, and men selling items that covered their replied… tomorrow? the next day? "How entire body. There were potholes; one that would about right now?" I said. My seat was too have swallowed me without a scratch. The wind high and too far back, so I needed to find two was blowing off the ocean, white caps were form- different size wrenches to fix it. I found ing but still we talked; we talked about fish, food, Sharkie, the West End 'mechanic' in the back adventures, and music. When I didn't understand ally who had a #13 to lower the seat and a a question or had a hard time explaining, instead #14 to bring it forward. Task accomplished of switching to English, we hashed it out in and I was ready to go. Spanish. We then turned the corner and came upon the Norwegian Cruise Ship leaving the dock Cleve and I started up the Flowers Bay road in its enormity. I couldn't wrap my brain around with temperatures in the high 80's. He was how such an enormous thing was built. Cleve on a pink girl's ten-speed with a kickstand and asked if I had ever been on a cruise ship, but I did- a cable lock wrapped around the handlebars. n't understand the word Crucero. Once I figured it His seat was too low so I showed him how to out, I said that when I was learning Spanish, cruise use the quick release and we raised it.
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