SSingleingleTTrackrackSS May 2003, Number 67 www.nemba.org GGiivviinngg BBiiccyycclliinngg aa VVooiiccee oonn CCaappiittooll HHiillll • Group Rides • Mondo 2003 Events Calendar • Mountain Bikers Buying Mountain Bike Trails • Getting Radical at Rye Airfield READY TO RIDE? GET TO As Lifetime members of NEMBA, Wheelworks Wheelworks Has The Best Selection of the Finest Brands! is committed to building awareness about responsible mountain biking, trail preservation and most importantly, the New England Mountain Bike Community. BELMONT WHEELWORKS • 480 Trapelo Road • Belmont • 617.489.3577 ACE WHEELWORKS • 145 Elm Street • Somerville • 617.776.2100 REPAIR CLASSES AT WHEELWORKS Wheelworks has created an opportunity to learn bicycle mechanics in a Class Offerings Fall/Winter 02-03 professional repair shop, taught by qualified instructors. You'll save time by not having to wait for your bicycle to be tuned up at the local shop (some shops have 3-4 week waiting periods for repairs during peak Park Tool School Repair Classes by Wheelworks seasons).You'll save time by not walking your bike miles out of the woods because you didn't know how to make an efficient trailside repair. You'll 6 Hour Courses $69.99 per participant - Plus $22.99 for required course manual save money by not paying labor to maintain your bicycle over the years 12 Hour Courses $139.99 per participant - Plus $22.99 for required course manual (the average tune-up ranges from $45-75 and should be performed at least once per year).Those of you who might be interested in working in the bicycle industry (full or part time, as a lifestyle or as a hobby) will have Individual Classes obtained a solid base of bicycle repair knowledge in which to grow upon. Classes are taught on a one student to one mechanic basis You choose the topic! 1 hour for $40.00 2 hours for $75.00 Students are welcome to bring one friend and split the cost. Learn to Fix Your Own Bike! Suspension Fork Clinics • 2 Hours - $50 per participant Disc Brake Clinics • 2 Hours - $50 per participant Wheel Building Clinics • 4 Hours - $100 per participant Flat Fix Clinics 1 Hour - $25 per participant Women’s Specific Clinics • 6 Hours - $69.99 per participant Visit: www.wheelworks.com for Details & Class Schedules SSingleingleTTrackS NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike April / May 2003, Number 67 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 11 trails sensitively and responsibly. for SingleTracks is published six times a year by the Gearing Up More New England Mountain Bike Association for the trail community. Political Clout in DC ©SingleTracks Scores of bikers showed up in Washington for Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes the National Bike Summit. We rode, we lob- Staff Writer: Krisztina Holly bied and rode our way through the Corridors Contributing Writers: Bill Boles, Jeff Cutler of Power. By Philip Keyes Copy Editor: Nanyee Keyes Executive Director: Philip Keyes NEMBA PO Box 2221 Acton MA 01720 17 Voice 800.57.NEMBA Mountain Bikers Fax: 928-395-7759 [email protected] Buying Mountain Board of Directors Bill Boles, President Tom Grimble, Vice-President Bike Trails Anne Shepard, Treasurer Carolyn Zepf, Secretary Rob Adair, White Mountains NEMBA An inside look into NEMBA’s dream of buying, Odin Adolphson, Berkshire NEMBA owning and managing our own piece of the Norman Blanchette, MV NEMBA dirt. You can make this dream a reality. By Todd Bumen, Mt. Agamenticus NEMBA Philip Keyes Paula Burton, CT NEMBA Jack Chapman, At Large Steve Cole, Mt. 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Training Clinics April 26 GB NEMBA Patrol Clinic [email protected] 978-372-7442 May 11 CT NEMBA Trail Ambassador Clinic [email protected] 860 663-1422 May 16-18 Holyoke Range, Easthampton MA [email protected], 800-576-3622 Harpoon MTB Adventure Series www.nemba.org, 800-576-3622 May 25 Holyoke Range-Skinner SF, Amherst MA July 13 Shenipsit SF, Sommers CT June 8 Lynn Woods, Lynn MA July 27 Hodge Dam, Oxford MA June 29 Wompatuck SF, Hingham MA Oct. 5 Camp Lydon, Sandwich MA Oct. 19 Great Brook Farm NEMBAFest Fun Events/Benefits May 11 Redbones Bike Week Benefit for NEMBA & MassBike, 5pm. 55 Chester St., Somerville MA June 14 Roast & Ride Summer Campout, Bear Brook SP, Allentown NH [email protected] September 6/7 IMBA Epic, North Conway NH [email protected], 603-356-0233 Tomac / NEMBA Trail Care Series Greater Boston NEMBA June 15 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected] April 5-6 Lynn, [email protected], 617-776-1363 Sept. 20 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected] May 10/11 Fells, [email protected], 617-776-1363 Oct. TBA Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected] June 14 Great Brook Farm SP, [email protected], 800-576-3622z SE MA NEMBA Merrimack Valley NEMBA June 7 Cutler Park, 617-698-1802 June 7 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978-455-5605 Oct. 4 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978-455-5605 Wachusett NEMBA May 10 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-5353 North Shore NEMBA June 7 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-5353 May 4 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected] Oct 4 Leominster SF. [email protected], 978-464-5353 June 1 Harold Parker, 978-462-4605, [email protected] Nov. TBA Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-464-5353 New Hampshire Rocky Mountain Bicycles Trail Care Series Seacoast NEMBA [email protected] April 27 Fort Rock, Exeter, [email protected], 603-895-6633 TBA Yudicky Farm, Nashua, 603 883 6251, [email protected] May 4 Northwood M. SP , [email protected], 603-895-6633 TBA Grater Road, Merrimack, [email protected] June 1 Pawtuckaway SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633 June 8 Bear Brook SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633 White Mountains NEMBA Sept. 7 Fort Rock, Exeter, [email protected], 603-895-6633 June 2 Black Cap/Red Tail trails, [email protected], 603- Oct. 12 Northwood M. SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633 356-6913 Oct. 26 Bear Brook SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633 July 19-20 Annual Trail Building Weekend, Nov. 2 Pawtuckaway SP, [email protected], 603-895-6633 [email protected], 603-356-6913 Sept. 20 National Public Lands Day TBA, [email protected], South Central NH NEMBA 603-356-6913 April 27 Merrimack 603 883 6251, [email protected] TBA Conway Recreation Path Bridge Replacement: May 3 Hazeltine Conservation, Amherst, [email protected] Aug. 16 Tucker Brook, Milford, 603 673 1817, Cannondale / CT NEMBA Trail Care Series April 26 Penwood SP, Bloomfield, 860-653-5038, [email protected] June 11 Pequonnock SF, Trumbull, 203-261-8739, May 3 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected] [email protected] May 10 Mianus River Park, 860-653-5038, [email protected] June 14 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected] May 13 Collis P. Huntington SP,203-426-5369, [email protected] June 29 Huntington SP, 203-426-5369, [email protected] May 31 Bluff Point SP, Groton, 860-536-8052, david_h_single- July 5 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected] [email protected] Aug. 2 Miller's Pond, Waterford, 860-437-1007, June 7 Nepaug SF, New Hartford, 860-651-8034, [email protected] [email protected] Sept. 6 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected] June 7 Mansfield Hollow SP, Mansfield, 860-455-9358, ctcy- Sept. 20 Shenipsit SF, Somers, [email protected] [email protected] Nov. 1 Mansfield Hollow SP, 860-455-9358, [email protected] 4 | May 2003 Chain Letters More New England Bike Companies Boston invented the bicycle? Along with beer and democra- cy? I saw another supposed first bicycle in Scotland, and have heard of several others. Great new SingleTracks. Excellent King for a Day article. Reaction from I much appreciate being on the mailing list.