Our August Gainesville SORBA Chapter meeting will be another Meet and Ride.  Meet at the Chicopee MTB Trailhead at 6:30 PM and we’ll have a short meeting then ride the trails.  Afterwards we’ll go to El Sombrero for dinner.

In case the trails are closed we’ll meet at Elachee Nature Center down the road from the Chicopee MTB trails.  Come join us and find out what’s going on and how you can get involved with Gainesville SORBA and the Chicopee Woods MTB trails!

Join us for a great adventure race at Chicopee Woods in Gainesville, GA.
Ideal for beginners and advance racers, teams of 3 or 4 will test their physical and mental fitness in this fun event. Participants will compete in orienteering, hiking, mountain biking, trivia and special challenges.

Each team member will get a tech t-shirt & prizes will be awarded
for first, second and third place in each category.
Pre and post-race food for participants
Plus great prizes and raffles. Registration and more information at http://www.elachee.org/trilliumtrek.html

The group camping trip went great! We set up Fri. nite and had a great salmon dinner. It was a comfy 67 degrees and all slept well by the fire. Woke to hot coffee, sausage, bacon, eggs, pancakes, then rode Bear Claw cw, River loop cw, where we picked wild blueberries,and quartz loop cw as well where we found a blackberry patch and ate and even brought some back some for the pancakes Sun. morn.We finished blasting down Thunder Rock Express, had lunch then headed a few miles down river and up to Chilhowee. Talk about rocks as well as every other terrain that can be encountered. Hiked to the cool waterfall then back on the bikes. Johnny and Norma headed down to Bear Creek/Pinhoti Sun morn. and Steve, Robi and I rode Tanasi again only in the opposite direction, all backwards except Thunder Rock that is. Going down T.R. is the best ten minutes of your life with your clothes on. We gathered maps and pics to use as models for Chicopee as this is one of the best trail systems we’ve ever seen.

Keep in mind that there is some major construction going on down around the pump house on the outer loop. This is not a trail project and can/will involve heavy machinery. Please be careful as you make your way down the gravel road section.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas and Holiday week! I know many are out of town traveling. I hope everyone is safe and that Santa brings you a nice Thomson seatpost, stem, maybe a seat, or even a new bike!

Anyone up for post-Christmas-gorging rides? Leave some ideas in the comments.