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September 2017 #152 NEW ENGLAND MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION September 2017 #152 www.nemba.org SSingleingleTTrackS NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike August/September 2017, Number 152 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. Mountain Biking ©SingleTracks Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes the Scottish Contributing Writer: Bill Boles Copy Editor: Nanyee Keyes Highands Executive Director: Philip Keyes by Kathy Evans [email protected] A few NEMBA members venture off to explore NEMBA Scotland on mountain bike. PO Box 2221 4 Acton MA 01720 Board of Directors Adam Glick, President Matt Schulde, Vice-President Anne Shepard, Treasurer Harold Green, Secretary Summer Trail Rob Adair, White Mountains NEMBA Tuning John Anders, Midcoast Maine NEMBA You can do a lot to take care of the trails during Aaron Brasslett, Penobscot Region NEMBA David Burnham, Wachusett NEMBA your ride. Here are a few things to do to keep your Paula Burton, FC NEMBA trails happy while you ride. By Bill Boles Matt Caron, Southern NH NEMBA Steve Cobble, SE MA NEMBA 8 Grant Drew, Central NH NEMBA Perry Ermi, Cape Cod NEMBA Disa Fedorowicz, Central Maine NEMBA Brian Forestal, BV NEMBA Tim Friedman, SE MA NEMBA Chris Gaudet, Southern NH NEMBA Peter Gengler, RI NEMBA Jeremy Hillger, Pemi Valley NEMBA David Hughes, Carrabassett Region NEMBA Paper Trail SingleTracks Hey, get creative! We wel- Stacey Jimenez, Quiet Corner NEMBA come submissions, photos and artwork. This is John Joy, Central CT NEMBA Hank Kells, North Shore NEMBA Treadlines — 3 your forum and your magazine. Be nice, and Morgan Laidlaw, Midcoast Maine NEMBA share! Frank Lane, North Shore NEMBA Basic Biking — 8 Rob Lavoie, Greater Portland NEMBA On the Cover: Brett VanCott, Central Maine Alex Leich, White Mountains NEMBA Chapter News NEMBA Treasurer, racing at Treadfest. Photo by Bob Lesmerise, Franconia Area NEMBA Ian Ogilvie. Craig MacDonald, Penobscot Region NEMBA • Connecticut — 10 Fred Meyers, Wachusett NEMBA • Maine — 15 Do you have a photo that would make a good Barry Moore, Merrimack Valley NEMBA cover shot? Email it to [email protected] Chris Nicodemus, Franconia Area NEMBA • Massachusetts — 20 Peter Poanessa, BK NEMBA • New Hampshire — 29 Want to Underwrite in ST? Tim Post, Pioneer Valley NEMBA • Rhode Island — 35 Jon Regan, Northwest CT NEMBA SingleTracks offers inexpensive and targeted Steve Richardson, Merrimack Valley NEMBA Chris Riley, Central Maine NEMBA NEMBA Rides — 36 underwriting which helps us defray the cost of producing this cool ‘zine. Call 800-57-NEMBA Brett Russ, Wachusett 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 Shelly Temple, Central NH NEMBA Don’t miss an issue! Change your address online Glenn Tourtellot, Quiet Corner NEMBA at nemba.org or mail it into SingleTracks, PO Box Ryan Tucker, Fairfield County NEMBA 2221, Acton MA 01720 Glenn Vernes, Central CT NEMBA Brian Vibert, Northwest CT NEMBA 2 |September 2017 Ride the Trails TREADLINES NEMBAfest Best Ever! Mark Your Calendar for Next Year June 22-24, 2018 By every measure this was the clinic with Orange Seal Downhill best NEMBAfest, Powered by Pro Alex McAndrew, an advanced Pedro’s, ever. The 2017 event ride with Giant Factory racer Adam saw more riders, more vendors, Craig, a women’s ride with Vittoria more campers, more families, Tires pro Teal Stetson-Lee, as well more kids, more activities, and as another women’s ride with Liv more areas represented from Ambassadors. around the country and There were also kids games organ- Canada. It is the largest gather- ized by Highland Mountain Bike ing of the bike industry and the Park, technical clinics on bike main- mountain bike tribe in New tenance offered by Pedro’s, suspen- England, and because it is such an inclusive family-friendly event, sion setup and drivetrain maintenance clinics presented by REI, as there’s always a joyful and inclusive vibe. Over 3600 people regis- well as tons of different types of group rides going out every hour. tered for the festival, a 24 % increase from the previous year, gener- Trail Boss ride guru, Jeff Lenosky, held an online contest and the 12 ating a total ridership of over 7100 people over the course of the winners joined him on a Trail Boss ride that Jeff filmed and published three days. on YouTube. Next year’s dates are expected to allow even more people to come to NEMBAfest is put on by the New England Mountain Bike Association the festival. “We try to keep this event near the solstice so we can and the Kingdom Trails Association in partnership with the enjoy the longest days of summer riding our mountain bikes,” says Wildflower Inn. However, it takes a community of generous landown- NEMBA’s director Philip Keyes, “and this means that next year’s ers and over 200 volunteers to stage an event of this quality. “The NEMBAfest will be the week after Father’s Day weekend when most backbone of the Kingdom Trails community is generosity and passion, kids are out of school.” and we love to invite people to share our little slice of paradise,” says The schedule was packed with different things to do. There were MTB Kingdom Trails’ Event Manager, Lilias Ide. skills clinics for novice and intermediate women riders, a cornering Save the Trails SingleTrackS No. 152| 3 TRAVEL Mountain Biking the Scottish Highlands by Kathy Evans This past May I had the fortuitous opportunity to experience a mountain biking trip to Scotland with H+I Adventures. H + I (short for Highlands and Islands) Adventures is based out of Inverness, Scotland, but organizes trips across the globe including their newest trips taking place in Norway and Croatia. The company, which was founded in 2007, is run by Catherine Shearer and Euan Wilson, both avid, experienced mountain bikers them- selves. I had booked the 7 day Intermediate level trip in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland with my friends Leslie Jonas and Holly Carson. We flew from Boston to London and then on to Inverness where we were picked up by our guide for the week, Chris Gibbs. We flew on British Airways and I had to bring my bike because the small carbon rental Yeti was already booked for our trip, howev- Photo by Kathy Evans er there were no additional baggage 4 |September 2017 Ride the Trails Save the Trails SingleTrackS No. 152| 5 charges for the bike since it qualified as my one checked bag. Additionally, my flight was less than $400 round trip! From the airport in Inverness we were transported to H+I Headquarters where we met our fellow trip mates, Kelly and John Rygh of Anchorage, Alaska over lunch and a briefing on our trip. We then built up our bikes and went to the little town of Aviemore located at the edge of the Cairngorm Mountains, and where we stayed for the week at the Ravenscraig Bed and Breakfast. Most days we rode directly from the B & B and were able to walk to dinner and the grocery store. Breakfast was included in the trip price. Every night we went out as a group to a different place for dinner. Each restaurant was carefully chosen by our guide with an emphasis on local produce and local charm. Every detail of the trip was carefully planned-all we had to do was ride our bikes! Midweek we did a tour of the Glenfarclas distillery and then went on to visit a cooperage where they Photo by Leslie Jonas repair whiskey barrels. I now know a lot about whiskey! to get across some very large rock water bars. The trip was rated And then there was the riding……. Each day the length and diffi- Intermediate and I feel it was a reasonable rating. If you are in great cultly of the riding increased so legs, body, and mind could adapt to shape and looking to cover more miles over more technical terrain, an the riding. Chris, our guide, worked with us on skills that we would Advanced trip would be desired (the Coast to Coast Scotland trip is need later in the week to ride some of the steep rocky downhills and rated Advanced and the Torridon and Skye trip is rated Advanced +). 6 |September 2017 Ride the Trails The trails were rocky in spots but very the cross country trails. The dry. We were blessed with sunshine World Cup Downhill every day! Most of the climbing was Championships are held in June at done on double track trails or dirt roads Fort William so we got to meet to lead us to some spectacular views and some of the top rated downhill long, flowy singletrack descents (one riders in the world. We actually aptly named the Green Dream) that got to ride with the Scottish brought out big grins and high fives. Veteran's Enduro champion, Steve There were two longer epic days spaced Bradley, a spry and fit 65 year old apart in the trip. On one we worked our who offered inspiration to our rid- way into Glen Feshie (a glen is a valley) ing. along the Feshie River. We encountered On the last day we were trans- some amazing wind in the glen, where a ported back to Inverness after particularly strong gust blew everyone another morning of climbing to except our guide off their bikes! The the "best descent in the other epic day was to the top of Meall a' Cairngorms".
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