RIDE

This Sunday is race day . So if you want to do a ride somewhere else put it on the blog. I'll be at the race. Does anyone want to meet at Caledonia to go to the race?

Looks like Michaux is the place to be

Michaux gets a nice write up on Cyclingnews. (Title of post acts as link, toward the bottom of the page)

Thursday ride with "shorts" at PGF

Posting for "shorts":
Trish is looking for someone to lead a ride on the Michaux 10 mile loop Thursday night at 4:45pm. We'll meet at the upper lot at Pine Grove Furnace. Trish is willing to ride in the rain. If you can't start until later post something here and we'll ride a loop and go back to the cars to pick up other riders around 5:30.

Matt shot some viddy of Prezident Ego on my favorite section of Heaven or Hell. This is take 2. The first take was more entertaining and less successful.

T-Shirts

The unofficial completely unauthorized non-club t-shirts are in.
frontbackPABSMTSM Version

If you ordered one or both we'll need to cooridinate a delivery. I would be happy to host a MBM club ride in the Frederick Watershed on Sunday May 3rd. You can pick it up there or I will send them back up with someone.

RIDE

Sunday Mont Alto .....ride time 9am...........thurs. ride time 5pm

GREENBRIER CHALLENGE 4/26/09

Greenbrier Challenge MTB race this weekend, Sunday 4/26/09. Fast, fun course, categories for all ages and levels. If you enjoy racing check it out. Many MBM members are already registered. You can register on site or on bikereg.com. Hope to see you there.

Raystown Grand Opening Reminder

Because it's going to rule. That's why. Come on out for the weekend. You could even call the trails, "beginner friendly!"

If you plan to camp and spend the whole weekend, go HERE to reg. Put your club affiliation in the Team category if you feel like being slotted somewhere near other MBMers. Or make up your own group, like, "Buc's Beginners" or something.

If you want to RSVP for lunch on Saturday, go HERE to RSVP. You need to do this if you want to be counted for lunch, even if you already registered to camp at the BikeReg link above. If you're just coming out for a day trip and want lunch, you need to do this but you can skip the BikeReg link. Got that? Good, there will be a test later.

HERE's a link to the campground map where they're putting all us rowdy mountain bikers.

New trails are good.

BTW--I saw this trail description on MTBR--"It's like Tsali on mescalin." Sounds like a hoot.

FOR SALE! Park Pro Double Work Stand

Top of the line Park Pro Double Head Work stand MSRP $750+. Yes this is the one you always see in shops! Best offer or trade me something I need or don't need! Hit me with a comment with/ phone # or email if your interested !

Bucsadist looses his ride leader status

Chucks new Gary Fisher 29er. That's odd? Powder blue just like Trish's.



Chuck then led us to a series of relentlessly rocky 4 wheeler trails that have zero flow, and no fun factor. The last time Chuck had ridden these trails was before the invention of the 4 wheeler



This was an out and back ride so we got to ride the same poorly chosen B/S trails twice.
This is when the ride got good. The ride leader couldn't stay in the lead so Sally and Trish blasted right past him and a crucial right turn to get them back to the car. We thought that they might have taken the wrong turn and hatched a half assed search plan that took me and Mooch back to the parking lot and Chuck down to 233.

The search didn't work. When we got to the lot, nobody was there. The girl's were lost. We knew where Chuck would be so we drove down and met him hoping that he found them. No such luck. No girls. Just Chuck. It was now almost dark. After 2 trips in the VW we all got back to the parking lot and were coming to the conclusion that we would be heading out into the woods in the dark, with no moon and no lights, looking for the LOST GIRLS.

And then out of the darkness they rolled. What a relief. They found thier way out after realizing the wrong turn and back tracking.

The lost girls.

State police at Chambersburg

• Several unidentified hand tools were found in Michaux State Forest, Greene Township, at 5:03 p.m. Tuesday.
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/04/18/news/local/doc49e9560c606ac157099866.txt

Sat mtb ride?

Any interest in riding from my house (old forge area)tomorrow Sat 10:00am to do a chuck level beginner ride. 15-20 miles. Easy pace with occasional bursts of lightning speed (if bucsexy goes), I hear he is very fast. Trail options include but are not limited to,Mackey, sidewinder, sucker punch (down it of course), stooges, rocky ridge etc. Post or email if interested or need directions.

stem needed

Due to a constantly growing daughter, I am in need of a stem in a size I don't currently own. Does anyone have a 100mm x 0-5deg. stem to fit a 25.4 bar which they would be willing to part with?

Hey where are the rides this weekend?

Friday "beginner" ride with buc n' mooch

Wow - change one letter in the title of this post and it takes on a whole new character!

Buccheezy and I will be heading out of the upper lot at Pine Grove Furnace (where Maximus starts) around 5 p.m. Friday night. Plan is to ride the race trails around the top of the mountain so we stay "dry and clean" and don't get Buc's new girly bike dirty.

These aren't really "beginner" trails, but they've been racing beginners on them for years! It will be a fun pace and we plan to be back to the lot before dark.

Hope to see you there.

EDIT:

Obligatory disclaimer: This is not really a BEGINNER ride. If you've never been on a mountain bike before this isn't the ride for you. If you are squeamish and can't stand the sight of blood this ride isn't for you. If you are offended by gratuitous nudity this ride isn't for you...

anyone seen this campsite?

Female constable tracks down wanted man in the woods of South Mountain

By TERRY TALBERT Staff writer

MONT ALTO -- A 28-year-old female constable and member of the Mont Alto Borough Council hiked six miles Tuesday to apprehend a man wanted by authorities on a variety of charges.

State Constable Shannon Strizziere of Mont Alto said she was acting on a tip when she headed into the woods and up South Mountain in Quincy Township in search of 35-year-old James Welsh of Waynesboro.

Welsh was wanted on summary traffic citations and also wanted by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department on warrants charging him with non-support and driving under the influence, deputies said.

The non-support warrant has been on the books since January 2008, according to officers. The DUI occurred just last month.

No one had been able to find and serve Welsh with the warrants until Tuesday.

"I got a tip from someone who saw him and believed he was camping out on South Mountain," Strizziere said. "So, I decided to go hiking on the mountain at about 9:30 a.m. I'd tried to track him down before, but I was always one step behind him."

Strizziere said when she got to the mountain there were three paths.

"The first was a path to nowhere," she said. "The second path I went down a ways before I had to back track."

The third proved a charm. Strizziere said she heard the sound of hammering above her, and started heading up to where she would find Welsh, stopping in her tracks when the hammering stopped, and moving when the sound covered her tracks.

She hiked three miles up the mountain before she got to his level, came out of the woods, identified herself and called his name.

"He put his hands above his head and then behind his back, so I could handcuff him," Strizziere said. "He didn't offer any resistance."

Strizziere said Welsh was in the process of building a cabin that would have been a hideaway.

"He had a chain saw, a hammer and a hunting knife. He had sleeping bags. He had a makeshift fire pit," she said.

Strizziere said Welsh told her that he was, in a way, glad that his running was over.

The constable turned Welsh over to sheriff's deputies, who said they transported him to Franklin County Jail. He was in Franklin County Jail as of Wednesday night.

story and always entertaining comments found here

RIDE

Thurs. I am riding the race loop at 1030 am starting at the parking lot on 233. It is the lot on the left going north before Pine Grove. Thurs. at 5 there will be the evening ride at Mont Alto. Sunday will be at Caledonia at 9am.

For Sale!

SOLD!

Selle Italia SLR Saddle

Paul and Steve's PreRace Adventure

We did the first half of the race just fine. 10 miles. Less mud than last year, but that can change. At the point where the new race course leaves the old (intersection of Fender and Mountain Ridge Road, we could not find the trails back to 233. We did find several ATV trails that went in the proper direction and might be on the race. We did not cross 233. Instead, we met up with another Paul. He is an MBM member and has a cabin near the Furnace. He took us on a couple of his local trails. So, we don't know what the race will hold on the other side of 233, but had a great ride on some new (to us) trails. We will try again. Even if we don't find it, the riding is fine! 24 miles.

'sploring

Yellowjekyll, back in the fold after a winter of secret high altitude Teton training.
nice runnin' into Joeltrain too, who saved the day with an extra helmet stash at the house

SATURDAY RIDE CHANGE!

Moving today's ride location from Caledonia to Mont Alto- 1:30 PM. Still iffy with the rain, but maybe the skies will clear....

SATURDAY APRIL 11 & SUNDAY APRIL 12 RIDES

Two rides to choose from this weekend: Saturday afternoon ride 1:30 PM from Caledonia-we'll be riding 'Secret Trail'.

Sunday morning 9:00 AM Mont Alto. If you won't be going to church this Easter Sunday... join us at the 'Church of the Sacred Singletrack'.

Thursday ride 5pm at Mont Alto

Ride from the parking lot at 5pm. I'd like to climb and descend Buckets or cross 233 and do Ass Crack. If 5pm is too early please post here or email me. moparchuck@comcast.net

Michaux Maximus, Sunday May 3rd

The first Michaux Endurance race is coming up in a couple weeks. Who knows the course? Is any one from MBM going to be doing a pre-ride of the 10 mile section?

Friday Ride

Ride on Friday Morning
Caledonia
9:00

Supposedly the "Warden" is coming our of retirement.

Relay Pics

Nice pic of Bucheezy

Clown riding everything

The inestimable Don P.

Michaux Mash mastermind Zachariah

John Bobb's Junior Crew:

Monday Nite Rides at the Pump Track

I'm gonna try to start a regular Monday night ride at the pump track:
- most folks aren't going to ride hard on Monday nights
- give your legs and ass a break and work the pump and flow
- leave your bikes on the car for work on Monday
- ride a block and grab some pizza or beer afterwards
- swap bikes, do a little digging

I'm thinking maybe 5-7 PM, or 6-8, or 6-7, or whatever. Sometimes I'll be solo, sometimes with kids, sometimes I'll be out of town. I think this will work if you can regularly count on a few riders being there if you go. We'll know in a month or two if this is going to work out.

Weather dependent always, if it doesn't rain at all tomorrow, it looks like a good night to start it.

Reality check: looks like we might be starting next week instead...
"Monday: Showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely......"

70/30 rule

Ridable/NotRidable: a bit of both

a bit of rock snake

Sunday April 5th Ride

9:00 am Pine Grove- park in the furnace parking lot

Thursday ride with buck4science

START TIME IS NOW 5PM!!!

5:00pm at Mont Alto. b4s liked Friday's ride and wants more including riding Ass Crack. Looks like MBM is stuck with this chick. If Ass Crack is wet tomorrow then we'll climb Buckets, go to the top of Four Logs and descend the same trails. Trail suggestions are welcome but I really want her to see Buckets. Looks like it'll be all guys on this ride since Cathy and Mooch are away. Unless we can get SkinnyLegs to come out? Where's Chief...still skiing?

START TIME IS NOW 5PM!!!

Something We Don't Need to See More Of

A problem to solve? Fresh sign. Old trail. Resurfacing issue.

I guess this one wouldn't go on a map, huh?