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Chicopee Work Party – Saturday, May 22nd at 9:00 AM!

sjohnston — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:52:54 +0000

Join us for a Work Party at the Chicopee MTB trails on Saturday, May 22nd starting at 9:00 AM. We’ll meet in the MTB trail parking lot. Please bring enough water and snacks for 4 hours of work. Work gloves and work / hiking boots are recommended. Tools and lunch will be provided. Bring your bike and we’ll ride afterwards

Mother of All Work Parties – Saturday, July 26th!

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:20:21 +0000

Join us Saturday, July 26thÂ for a Work Party! Meet us at the Chicopee MTB parking lot around 9am. Lunch and tools will be provided. We’ll also be raffling off some sweet SWAG!

We’ve got a big push to get the new Flying Squirrel trail completed so it can be signed off on by the DNR to complete the grant process.Â As soon as we get the Squirrel done we can start working on the new Zig Zag and get it opened up!

Please wear closed toe shoes, Hiking/work boots recommended, and bring work gloves and enough water and snacks for 4 hours of work. We’ll work til about 12:30 then eat lunch. Bring your bike, we may ride the stuff we work on afterwards.

Zig Zag trail is temporarily closed for reroutes

sjohnston — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:30:44 +0000

The Zig Zag trail will be closed for a few months in order to cut some reroutes and rehabilitate the bypassed sections of the trail.Â Please keep in mind that the trail is being rerouted in order to alleiviate some erosion issues and to make the trail more sustainable not to make it easier to ride!Â Please check back here for updates on the Zig Zag project.

AFTERMATH! Work Party & Ride Sat. Jan 12th

bunderwood — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:32:19 +0000

We had a small but industrious group at the work party today. We managed to finish up the Beginner Trail. This means we’ll be closing the bottom of Rocky Way soon! Lunch at Barberito’s then we rode out and checked out some of the new advanced trail.

On the ride back Robbie almost hits a deer! Two doe moved off the trail but didn’t run off. We all stopped and watched as they contently foraged. One was probably no more than 25′ from us. The other was a little more apprehensive and kept her distance. It was a nice end to a long day! Continue on for pictures!

Work Party – September 15th: Great Turnout!

admin — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:26:17 +0000

Thanks to everyone for coming out on September 15th for the work party at Chicopee! We got a long way on the beginner trail! I’m confident we can knock out the trail in just a couple of more Saturdays or so. I have pics and will post them soon!

Our next work party is October 13th! Sorella Cycling will be joining us for that work party!

More pictures here!

Re-Cap: Trail Weekend w/Subaru IMBA TCC – Tsali

admin — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:08:11 +0000

We had quite a group up for the Tsali IMBA/SORBA Trail Care Crew weekend! A little rain each day, but hey it’s Tsali. Saturday was a great work day and the rain held off until we were off the trail. Dinner at the NOC was great with Sweetwater 420 on-hand for a thirsty bunch!

Sunday the rain held off with only sprinkles in the morning. The sun came out and we decided to hit the trail. Don and Joy hit the Right Loop and Steve, Robbie, Chris, and Joe hit the Left Loop and Right Loop. Again, the rain held off right up till the end, even then it was only a quick shower.

Here are a couple of highlights:

More here!

Work Party Pics!

admin — Sun, 13 May 2007 01:00:54 +0000

Only Scott, Connie, David, and myself showed up. Another fellow (name escapes me) dropped by for a bit of work too just before Dave came in. We got a good bit done for such a small work party, though. Here are some pics!

Check out some pics of the mountain laurels blooming here!

Georgia Trail School Dates!

admin — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:20:29 +0000

Just 1 class left!

Crew Leader Training: May 26th

For full details, go here!

Chapter Meeting Wednesday, May 2nd: Viewing of SingletrackMINDS!

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:13:32 +0000

The next Gainesville Chapter Meeting will be Wednesday, May 2nd at 7pm. We will be showing the film Singletrack MINDS. This film deals with land use conflicts in Marin County California. It it a great insight into the conflicts between hikers, equestrians, and mtb’ers in the trail systems in that area. It also provides a learning opportunity for similar issues we all face. A bonus is that the film provides a little mountain biking history! We encourage all chapters to participate if you can!

You can view the trailer at: http://poisonoakproductions.com!

Thank you, Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew!

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:24:00 +0000

The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew came in and did a great job! The turn-out was great with about 27 people coming to help with the work party! We have a new re-route for the approach to the new bridge on the Outer Loop that by-passes an old, rutted section. What’s more, it preserved a root-drop that people seem to love but gave us a nice burm to run through after it. The re-route takes you from the drop, through that burm, over a new rock descent, then through another burm that facilitates the approach to the bridge!

We finished up Saturday with a slideshow with BBQ and Sweetwater beers! BIG thanks to Lisa Lee and all the work she put in to feedÂ us!
Sunday the rain held off just enough to sneak in a group ride. Good time with good company! Thanks to all who attended!

TCC 2007 Spring/Summer Schedule here!