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Singletracks #50 July 2000 Magazine of the New England Mountain Bike Association ingleingle rackWWWrack.NEMBA.ORG SS TTJune/July 2000, Number 50SS Mardi Gras Mountain Bikers The Perfect Job Testing Ted Place: Myles Standish State Forest Body: Curse of the Lyme 300+ NEMBA Rides Candy: Disc Brakes 10 NEMBA-EFTA Fun Rides Voice: CT NEMBA’s Alex Sokolow 2000 TM Calendar 2 SSingleingleTTrackS June/July 2000, Number 50 NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike Association, is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to promoting trail access, maintaining trails open for mountain bicyclists, and educating mountain bicyclists 12 Mardi Gras Mountain Bike Ball to use these trails sensitively and responsibly. Hard not to have fun with dancing, costumes, free SingleTracks is published six times a year by beer and good food! Check out the great photos the New England Mountain Bike Association and the good times. By Philip Keyes for the trail community, and is made possible by riders like you. ©SingleTracks The Perfect Job: Mountain Bike Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes 14 Singletracks Committee: Bill Boles, Krisztina Tour Guiding Holly, Nanyee Keyes, Mary Tunnicliffe, Brian The tale of how an east coaster got into the tour Smith guide trade to find her perfect job at Western Executive Director: Philip Keyes Spirit Cycling. By Jane Keyes Letters/Submissions: SingleTracks PO Box 2221 16 Is the Cure Worse than the Acton MA 01720 Disease? Voice 800.57.NEMBA Fax: 520-395-7759 The vaccine for Lyme Disease comes under fire, Email: [email protected] and buyers should beware. Board of Directors Krisztina Holly, President Mary Tunnicliffe, Vice-President 20 Testing the Ted Wojcik Soft-Trac Dan Murphy, Treasurer Long known for his impeccable welds and solid John Dudek, Secretary custom steel frames, the Ted may be just what Mark Bialas, Merrimack NEMBA Norman Blanchette, Merrimack NEMBA you need to cure the midsummer blues. By Tom Bill Boles, SE MA NEMBA Greene Jack Chapman, EFTA Liason Bob Croston, Public Relations Brian Croteau, At Large Hunt Durey, North Shore NEMBA Len Earnshaw, Seacoast NEMBA Jeff Gallo, Blackstone Valley NEMBA Departments Gray Harrison, Wachusett NEMBA Tina Hopkins, Rhode Island NEMBA Chain Letters - 4 Mark Jenks, White Mountains NEMBA Rich LaBombard, Pioneer Valley NEMBA Treadlines - 6 Christie Lawyer, SE MA NEMBA NEMBA-EFTA Fun Rides - 9 SingleTracks welcomes submissions Rob Roy Macgregor, VT NEMBA Happenings - 10 and artwork from our literate and cre- Deb McCulloch, Cape Cod & Islands NEMBA ative membership. This is your forum Becky McEnroe, Wachusett NEMBA SideTracks and your magazine, so please send us TJ Mora, VT NEMBA Interview - 22 Michael Morris, RI NEMBA stuff! Bike Candy - 24 Jason Record, Seacoast NEMBA Send to: [email protected] or Anne Shepard, At Large More Places to Ride - 25 call 800-57NEMBA. Brian Smith, CT NEMBA Chapter News -27 Dan Streeter, North Shore NEMBA On the Cover: A bluebird finds the Adam Thomas, Cape Cod & Islands NEMBA NEMBA Rides -32 Andy Thompson, Blackstone Valley NEMBA perfect place to hang out on a moun- John Turchi, CT NEMBA NEMBA Heroes -37 tain bike windchime. Photo by Philip Ruth Wheeler, Berkshire NEMBA Calender - 39 Keyes We are also dedicated to having fun! NEMBA, P.O. Box 2221, Acton MA 01720 800 -57-NEMBA WWW.NEMBA.ORG 3 Chain Letters Defense of Freeriders insulated X-country ski gloves. Jeez, Brion, I recognized your personality peeking through in your 16. Favorite four-wheel vehicle: My cherry '86 Subaru Brat pickup. Hardtail viewpoints (SideTracks, April 2000) but had little success 17. Favorite complaint: I don't have any, just love my riding. in detecting mine in the Freerider views you presented. You shoulda 18. Most telling quote: "Use it or lose it!" talked to me first! I was a Freerider long before somebody came up 19. Dreams about: No babes, that's all behind me. with that name. Who did you talk to to obtain those views? Back 20. Scientific truth: I only generate 1/4 horsepower so conservation in '93 the first thing I did to my brandy new mountain bike was ride of energy is essential. it in the rough, and boy, was it. So on went the early Trek suspen- 21. Hero: The bald old guy in that HMO ad who is water-skiing sion fork. Better. Also on went the higher bars and longnecked barefoot, holding the towrope steering stem so I could sit up straight. Now I could control the 23. Talk of V02 max: Whazzat? front end over the rough and come home without the aching back, 24: Favorite game show: Who watches game shows? Or TV, even neck, and wrists the low flat bars/high seat approved riding posi- (except for weather predictions for tomorrow's ride). tion always gave me. C'mon Brion, next time you do one of these opinion pieces ask for Despite ongoing assurances that I did not need this stuff and the other guy's. looked funny on the trail and should instead just learn to ride the Bob Hicks, NEMBA Memba since '93, Wenham MA body beater, I went to full suspension just as soon as I found out about Bob Girvin's Proflex. Better still. Now I had in 1994 a bike Another Defense of the Freeride that looked just like the Freerider bike of today. I was a pioneer. Hey Brion! Thanks for the guide on the different personalities of I formulated my "3-C's" explanation for this heresy when called to freeriders vs. hardtailers in the last issue of Singletracks. I didn't question by the body beater crowd. "C" is for comfort, I could ride a realize that when I bought a dual suspension ride that my entire lot further without beating up my body on the long rides going lifestyle would need to change. You have some strange ideas of the places I want to go. No pain, no aches, no crashes brought on by impact that adding a little travel has on a person; the tone of your body abuse. "C" is for control, I could usually just point and shoot article implies that you feel some sort of superiority to riders with through the rough stuff at my chosen sustainable speed, the sus- dual suspension. (Does front suspension require the change in rider pension would take care of it for me. "C" is for confidence, I came to personality/lifestyle too?.) Too bad your wife didn't let you buy one trust my Freerider and my body's ability to persevere through what- when you wanted to, maybe you wouldn't be so down on them (see ever lay on my chosen way on any ride. Singletracks Dec. issue). There is an article by Bill Boles in the April On to address your points, those I would have made as a Freerider Singletracks in which he admits to having recently purchased a had you asked me to participate: "freeride" bike, so maybe he and all the other NEMBA members who own suspension bikes should get out and "try a real sport", huh? I I. Perfect ride: Going where I have chosen to go on any ride, uphill myself am trying to lose all mechanical aptitude in keeping with my and down, smooth or rough, without concern over my ability to newfound persona (we freeriders need to call the shop for every lit- get there. tle thing, I hear). 2. Typical rider: Gee, I only weigh 160, but I don't check the scale too often as it hasn't changed much since high school days Most rides I find myself on are attended by an eclectic group of peo- (maybe I fatten up a bit in winter, got up to 163 this winter). ple on a wide variety of bikes. The type of bike and gear tell you lit- 3. Ideal bike weight: About 30 pounds (dry, I don't like getting wet) tle, if anything, about the rider. I've seen more than a few novices in with all my repair stuff in case someone I'm riding with breaks death-metal T-shirts with a pack of Marlboro's rolled up in the down on that 23.5 pounder (water bottles too). sleeve get out there on shitbox bikes and tear it up, and I've seen 4. Travel: My 4" front and 3" rear allow me to do those 18-30 milers MTBAction-looking, leg-shaving gram-counters wearing team jer- without body blowout. seys from teams they don't belong to whine their way through 5. Ski areas: Pay money to ride? entire rides complaining that the trail is too tough and that they 6. Chairlifts: Ditto. "can't get any speed on it" or that "it's not safe to ride" as they avoid 7. Habitat: Whatever awaits me on the ride planned, single track every interesting obstacle on the trail and check their heart rate and two, bring 'em all on. Around eastern Mass its pretty much monitors. You just can't tell. flatlander stuff, but a drive to the Berkshires or southwestern Did I lose my jones for tight singletrack when I bought the new New Hampshire gives me plenty of elevation. bike? If I take out my Ti hardtail, am I all of a sudden somehow bet- 8. Bike savvy: Bikes are simple mechanical toys, what's all the mys- ter at Jeopardy than when I take out the FSR with DH tires? No mat- tique? ter what bike I'm on, listening to anyone ramble on about "VO2 9. Pre-ride regimen: Eat a good breakfast, unload at trailhead, start max" or their "ride diary" (whatever that is) is still boring as hell.
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