NEMBAFest ~ June 11th ~ MTB Festival SSingleingleTTrackrackSS MayMay 2006,2006, NumberNumber 8585 www.nemba.orgwww.nemba.org GGoooodd OOlldd DDaayyss ooff FFrreeeerriiddiinngg Hey,Hey, Hey...Hey... MaahMaah DaahDaah Hey!Hey! NEMBA’sNEMBA’s MondoMondo EventsEvents CalendarCalendar 100s100s ofof Rides,Rides, TonsTons ofof EventsEvents SoSo littlelittle time,time, soso muchmuch toto do!do! WHEELWORKS THANKS our CUSTOMERS and VENDORS for recognizing our commitment to CYCLING. Visit us: March 31- April 5 AS The Original SuperSale kicks off the cycling season! SSingleingleTTrackS NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike May 2006, Number 85 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. Hey, Hey... SingleTracks is published six times a year by the New England Mountain Bike Association for the trail community. Maah Daah ©SingleTracks Editor & Publisher: Philip Keyes Hey 16 Contributing Writer: Jeff Cutler Copy Editor: Nanyee Keyes Singletrack heaven snaking across North Dakota Executive Director: Philip Keyes makes for a great singlespeed adventure. By [email protected] Alexis Arapoff NEMBA PO Box 2221 Acton MA 01720 Good Old Voice 800.57.NEMBA Fax: 717-326-8243 [email protected] Days of Board of Directors Freeriding 21 Tom Grimble, President Bill Boles, Vice-President Anne Shepard, Treasurer Tom Masterson,1990 masters cyclocross champion, Tina Hopkins, Secretary reminisces about the early days of freeriding and why they got him to start his own mountain bike camp for young Rob Adair, White Mountains NEMBA and old. By Tom Masterson Norman Blanchette, MV NEMBA Todd Bumen, Mt. Agamenticus NEMBA Tom Carruthers, CT NEMBA Peter DeSantis, Seacoast NEMBA Bob Hall, SC NH NEMBA SingleTracks Hey, get creative! We wel- Steve Cole, Mt. Agamenticus NEMBA come submissions, photos and artwork. 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Call 800-57-NEMBA Matt Schulde, RI NEMBA Member Profiles —25 Dan Streeter, North Shore NEMBA or email [email protected] for our media kit. On Patrol —26 Mike Tabaczynski, Greater Boston NEMBA Moving? John Vosburg, Blackstone Valley NEMBA Chapter News —28 Calvin Weeks, Maine NEMBA Don’t miss an issue! Change your address online NEMBA Rides —33 at nemba.org or mail it into SingleTracks, PO Box 2221, Acton MA 01720 WWW.NEMBA.ORG Support our Sponsors—38 SingleTrackS No. 85 | 3 NEMBA Mondo Event Calendar 2006 Harpoon-Topeak MTB Adventure Series www.nemba.org May 28 Holyoke-Skinner SF, Amherst MA July 16 Mt. Greylock Go-Around, Adams MA June 11 NEMBAfest @ Wompatuck, Hingham MA Aug 20 Bradbury Mountain SP, Pownal ME June 25 Lynn Woods Reservation, Lynn MA Oct 29 Harold Parker SF, N. Andover MA Training / Education April 8 CT NEMBA Trail Maintenance Workshop, Cockaponset SF Workshop, [email protected], 203-426-5369 May 20 NEMBA / IMBA Trail School, Harold Parker State Forest, www.nemba.org, 800-57-NEMBA May 21 NEMBA / IMBA Trail School, Vietnam, www.nemba.org, 800-57-NEMBA NEMBA Fun Stuff April 29 Boston MTB Video Awards June 11 NEMBAfest @ Wompatuck SP May 16 Redbones Bike Week Celebration Aug. 25-27 White Mtns Freeride Weekend May 21 Blue Hills MTB Day Merlin / NEMBA Trail Care Series Blackstone Valley NEMBA 5605 April 9 Hale Reservation, [email protected], 617- 816-0814 May 13 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978 455-5605 April 23 Hale Reservation, [email protected], 617- 816-0814 June 3 National Trails Day, Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], May 6 Hodges Village Dam, [email protected], 508-987- 978 455-5605 7655 June 24 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978 455-5605 May 9 Viet Nam, Milford MA, [email protected], 508-429-2832 Aug. 12 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978 455-5605 June 3 Hodges Village Dam, [email protected], 508-987- Sept 16 Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978 455-5605 7655 North Shore NEMBA June 13 Viet Nam, Milford MA. [email protected], 508-429-2832 April 23 Harold Parker SF, [email protected], 978-618-8596 Greater Boston NEMBA May 15 Harold Parker SF, [email protected], 978-618-8596 April 8 Middlesex Fells, [email protected], 617-515-4812 June 4 Bradley Palmer SP, [email protected], 978-618-8596 April 22 Lynn Woods, [email protected], 617-879-0243 June 18 Bradley Palmer SP or Boxford SF, [email protected], 978- May 13 Middlesex Fells, [email protected], 617-776-1363 618-8596 May 21 Lynn Woods, [email protected], 617-879-0243 Sept. 11 TBA, [email protected], 978-618-8596 June 3 Middlesex Fells, [email protected], 617-776-1363 Oct. 15 TBA, [email protected], 978-618-8596 June 4 Great Brook Farm, [email protected], 800-576-3622 Nov. 6 TBA, [email protected], 978-618-8596 TBA Great Brook Farm, [email protected], 800-576-3622 RI NEMBA TBA Great Brook Farm, [email protected], 800-576-3622 April 22 Big River, www.rinemba.org June 17 Lynn Woods, [email protected], 617-879-0243 SE MA NEMBA July 22 Lynn Woods, [email protected], 617-879-0243 March 19 Wompatuck SP, [email protected] Aug. 13 Middlesex Fells, [email protected], 617-776-1363 March 25 Blue Hills Reservation, [email protected], 617-285-9708 Aug. 19 Lynn Woods, [email protected], 617-879-0243 June 4 Borderland SP, [email protected], 508-230-2463 Sept. 23 Lynn Woods, [email protected], 617-879-0243 Oct. 14 Borderland SP, [email protected], 508-230-2463 Oct. 21 Lynn Woods, [email protected], 617-879-0243 Wachusett NEMBA Maine NEMBA May 6 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-852-4800 May 13 Nordic Heritage Center, Presque Isle, [email protected], 207- June 3 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-852-4800 764-5273 Aug 26 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-852-4800 May 20 Nordic Heritage Center, Presque Isle, [email protected], 207- Sept. 30 Leominster SF, [email protected], 978-852-4800 764-5273 Sept. 23 Groton Town Forest, [email protected], 617-320-7780 Merrimack Valley NEMBA April 22 Earth Day, Lowell-Dracut SF, [email protected], 978 455- Jamis Bicycles NH Trail Care Series Central NH NEMBA White Mountains NEMBA June 3 Elm Brook Park, USACE, [email protected], 603-456-3805 April 9 Red Tail Trail, [email protected] 603-356-6913 June 4 Elm Brook Park, USACE, [email protected], 603-456-3805 May 7 TBA, [email protected] 603-356-6913 Aug. 26 Elm Brook Park, USACE, [email protected], 603-456-3805 June 3 Black Cap Trail, [email protected] 603-356-6913 Sept. 9 Elm Brook Park, USACE, [email protected], 603-456-3805 July 23 TBA, [email protected] 603-356-6913 Sept. 30 Elm Brook Park, USACE, [email protected], 603-456-3805 Aug 26-27 Freeride Weekend, [email protected] 603-356-6913 Cannondale / CT NEMBA Trail Care Series April 2 Millers' Pond, [email protected], 860-663-1422 May 11 Huntington, Redding, [email protected], 203-426-5369, April 8 Cockaponset, Annual TM Workshop, [email protected] May 20 Tarrywile Park, Danbury, Steve Hull, [email protected] April 22 MDC Reservoir, [email protected], 860-561-2755 June 3 NTD Tarrywile Park, Danbury, Steve Hull, [email protected] April 23 Millers' Pond, [email protected], 860-663-1422 June 3 NTD Mianus, Stamford, [email protected] May 6 MDC Reservoir, [email protected], 860-561-2755 June 8 Huntington, Redding, [email protected], 203-426-5369, May 6 Tarrywile Park, Danbury, [email protected] 4 | May 2006 OFF THE FRONT Mission Possible Good evening, Mr. Phelps. Your mission —should you choose to friends and col- accept it— is to prevent the destruction of the planet as we know it. leagues. There are sinister forces at work, as we speak, that are spreading tar- We have provided mac, selling off anything green, and are working to create a flaccid and you with a few flabby spirit amongst our nation, our youth, our future. basic tools and venues for you to Already they have cut the budgets of our state parks, worked to max- begin your mission. imize suburbia, increased the hours we spend trapped in our cubicles, Take advantage of and are now controlling and manufacturing the very values and goals them, and help us which engender our motives, our lives. subvert the mean- They call themselves Progress. ing of progress. Progress exists in all of us. It is a system of values, of mind-control. Get on your bike It encompasses our aspirations, our desire to increase the well being and bring a friend —help change the world one rider at a time.