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Singletracks #116 July 2011 New eNglaNd MouNtaiN Bike associatioN SSingleingleTTrackrackSS July 2011 #116 www.nemba.org Guide to NEMBA Rides SSingleingleTTrackS NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike July 2011, Number 116 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 is published six times a year by the New England Mountain Bike Association for the trail community. ©SingleTracks Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes Contributing Writers: Bill Boles, Jeff Cutler, Thom Parsons Cartoonist: Philiippe Guillerm Copy Editor: Nanyee Keyes Executive Director: Philip Keyes [email protected] NEMBA PO Box 2221 Acton MA 01720 Board of Directors NEMBA Ride Guide Issue So many rides, so little time! Since NEMBA puts on so many rides each year, we decided Harold Green, President Adam Glick, Vice-President it was about time to describe and feature a few of our regular rides. Each one has a Matt Schulde, Vice-President slightly different character and covers different terrain. We hope you hop on a few of Anne Shepard, Treasurer them this season. If you do, you’ll meet new friends and discover all sorts of beautiful Tom Grimble, Secretary great escapes around New England. We thank the ride leaders for volunteering to lead Rob Adair, White Mountains NEMBA NEMBA rides. Compiled by Bill Boles Brian Alexander, CeMeNEMBA John Anders, Midcoast Maine NEMBA John Barley, White Mountains NEMBA Matt Bowser, Central NH NEMBA Eammon Carleton, BV NEMBA Matt Caron, Southern NH NEMBA SingleTracks Hey, get creative! We wel- Steve Cobble, SE MA NEMBA come submissions, photos and artwork. This is Leo Corrigan, RI NEMBA Peter DeSantis, Southern NH NEMBA your forum and your magazine. Be nice, and Adam Glick, Greater Boston NEMBA Paper Trail share! David Hughes, Carrabassett Region NEMBA On the Cover: Matt Caron, President of SNH Steve LaFlame, Central NH NEMBA Frank Lane, NS NEMBA NEMBA rides Russell Mill, Chelmsford MA. Casey Leonard, Midcoast Maine NEMBA Photo by Philip Keyes Bill Markham, Berkshire NEMBA Treadlines — 4 Stuart McDonald, MV NEMBA Do you have a photo that would make a good Harry Meyers, Berkshire NEMBA SideTracks — 18 cover shot? Email it to [email protected] Barry Moore, Merrimack Valley NEMBA Chris O’Toole, CeMeNEMBA Basic Biking — 20 Want to Underwrite in ST? Peter Poanessa, BK NEMBA Chapter News —22 SingleTracks offers inexpensive and targeted David Riding, SE MA NEMBA underwriting which helps us defray the cost of Paul Rodrigue, BK NEMBA NEMBA Rides —36 Steve Rossi, PV NEMBA producing this cool ‘zine. Call 800-57-NEMBA Dan Streeter, North Shore NEMBA Support our Sponsors —38 or email [email protected] for our media kit. Chris Thurrott, Greater Boston NEMBA Al Tinti, CT NEMBA Moving? Mitch Wacksman, Greater Portland NEMBA 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 TREADLINES Lloyd C. Green Memorial Fund for CT Legislature Moves Closer to Land Preservation and Trail Protecting Municipalities from Construction Recreational Liability NEMBA's president, Harold Green, has set up a fund in honor of his High on NEMBA’s legislative agenda has been working with other father, Lloyd C. Green, who has recently passed. Lloyd was a self- outdoor organizations to provide more protection to municipalities made man who started work as a toolmaker's apprentice and applied that allow recreation on their properties, and we are confident that his technical insight and creativity to start two companies, the latter victory is at hand. of which employed 120 in Turner's Falls. CT recreational liability reform got over another crucial hurdle on The Lloyd C. Green Memorial Fund for Land Preservation and Trail May 17 when the House Chamber of the CT General Assembly Construction will provide $500 grants for projects in the three areas passed HB 6557. The proposed bill would give towns and cities and where Lloyd spent much of his life: the Pioneer Valley, the Wachusett municipal entities like MDC the same protection from liability for area and locales surrounding Brattleboro VT and Keene NH. Funding recreational use of their land that private landowners already enjoy. will be available solely for materials used in the construction and It would also add bicycling to the list of recreational uses covered maintenance of trails, and for land preservation. Harold Green and his by the statute. CT NEMBA has been an integral part of the coali- children Matthew, Jeffrey and Allison are making an initial contribu- tion of advocacy groups that have pushed this bill forward. tion of $5000 to get the fund started. We are hopeful that the CT Senate will also pass the bill in this ses- Look for an announcement soon about how to apply for funding. sion and the Governor will sign it. We believe this will be a signif- icant step forward in the effort to protect and expand access to open space and trails in CT for all recreational users, including Reserve Your Campsite Now for mountain bikes. NEMBAfest @ Bear Brook The bill specifically lists “bicycling” as one of the protected activi- Last year the campground filled up early so we urge everyone to ties. We thank all the individuals and groups that supported this make your reservations now for camping out at the NEMBAfest, initiative. October 8-9. There will be night rides, a bonfire and plenty of fun, so don’t miss out. Check www.nemba.org for details. 4 | July 2011 Ride the Trails TREADLINES IMBA Trail Care Crew Visits Rhode Island Friday the 13th , facts that rung 2011, turned out home such as in to have been a the United States really good day for there are more Rhode Island. We mountain bikers had the first ever than golfers! The Rhode Island point in Rhode IMBA event with a Island is that we presentation have some great called Better networks but they Living Through need to be signed Trails. The diverse and promoted and attendees includ- this is a simple ed top people problem to solve from the RI with existing rela- Department of tionships with Tourism, DEM, NEMBA and other Water Resources user groups. As Board, Land Trusts Steve from the and a few State IMBA crew said Representatives. after riding with They listened to Photo by Morgan Lommele us Thursday night the facts and fig- in Big River "I'd ures of sustainable trail networks, mountain biking and the impacts certainly drive an hour to ride these trails, BUT, I wouldn't drive an on local and regional economies. That trail net works bring tourist hour to get lost". —Peter Gengler dollars and if designed correctly are almost maintenance free. Simple Save the Trails SingleTrackS No. 116 | 5 CT Trail School At Goodwin SF On April 17, the Connecticut Quinnebaug Bicycling League, Chapter held its annual trail school Eastern Connecticut State at Goodwin State Forest University, and Putnam Equestrian Conservation Center in Hampton, and Trail Association. CT. Months of planning went into the We had a full agenda, with the Trail event. We had originally planned to Ambassador training taking place have a trail boss workshop only, but from 8am to 9am, and the trail since CTNEMBA has not had much of school from 9am to 3:30pm. Fran a presence in the eastern part of the from CFPA presented a piece on sig- state, the CTNEMBA board wanted nage and blazing, and Steve talked to have a Trail Ambassador training about the history of Goodwin State also. Forest. Keith Coughlin and Dave Al Tinti, Trail Ambassador and mem- Francefort gave a tool talk, and ber of the chapter board arranged meetings with the director of the showed off the new chapter tools recently purchased at a great price conservation center, Steve Broderick and Fran Zumpano , Connecticut from Rogue Hoe. Those rogue hoes and no-brake rakes sure came in Forests and Parks trail maintainer. We made tentative agreements handy for our project in the afternoon. Lunch, eagerly awaited, arrived about the workshop side of things, but the actual trail work decisions right on time. Glen Newcombe arranged for a huge delivery of many had to wait until all the snow melted. When the snow melted, sev- different flavored wings which were enjoyed by all. After lunch, we eral of us met with Fran to decide on the project for the hands on part went to work, and the group worked very well together building the of the workshop. Fran and I had quite the pow wow, but finally agreed new section of trail and reclaiming the old. It was great to see such a on a realignment of couple hundred feet of eroding trail.I told him diverse group of people achieving a shared goal, which was to build a that I don't do water bars, and he told me that he didn't plant things sustainable shared use section of trail. Glen Newcombe led an inter- ( that was my idea for the reclamation of the old trail). The day final- mediate ride and I led an easy ride. It was a long day, but a good one, ly arrived. Over 30 people attended from various organizations and the workshop was a huge success. The chapter has 12 new trail including CT Chapter of NEMBA, other chapters of NEMBA, ambassadors, several new members, and many new friends. —Paula Connecticut Forests and Parks, Friends of Goodwin State Forest, Burton Epic Rides on Epic Trails www.mtbadventureseries.org Come ride the Kona Bicycles-Fox Shox Mountain Bike Adventure Series and have fun while raising money for local parks.
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