Mid STATE Monthly Group Ride

[jonw9]

Will Sunday April 15 work for the first ride at Yankee? A few people have said Sunday mornings will work better for them. What are people's opinions on this? I may or may not be able to go on the first ride depending on when my daughter decides to be born.

15th works fine for me. I already have it on my calendar.
What is the general starting time, 9-10?

[rickhogle]

How about ready to ride at 930 at the parking lot

[jonw9]

Bump for next Sunday. Still looking at 0930? Maybe 10 would be a bit nicer...

[AllMountin']

We gonna 'man up' and do this thing? Forecast says warm and wet early. Warm and isolated wetness later.

I'm not scared. I can be down there roundabouts 9:30 or 10. Anyone still in???

[jonw9]

I am gonna try to push it back to 10. I will assess in the morning when I wake up to see if it is worth the trip.

[F7Cannon]

Not going to be able to make this one. Got three trips to Yankee under my belt this year so I don't feel to bad about missing out. Have fun guys and rip it up if you make it out there!

[jonw9]

I'm out. It looks like this weather has been non-conducive to riding.
It looks like the weather may turn around noon, but I am not sure what the amount of rainfall has done to the trail.
Weather.com says 1.36" of rain have fallen already today.

EDIT: After discussing with some others in the area, I am going to make the trip over, riding around 10.

[AllMountin']

It's been pretty wet up my way too. Maybe next month...

Sunday, May 20th, I intend on riding the Trifecta Tour over by G.Rap. Great event last year on 3 quality trails. Adding Cannon Twp to the mix this year, and I'm thinking maybe we should fire up the grill at the end and have a little post ride refreshment.

Note that this is a fundraising event for 50 in 5, so there is a registration fee. Well worth it.

RVD and I rode this last year, but it would be great to get a group out this time. Think about it. Mark your calendars. Hope to see some of you out there.

[jonw9]

Nice pitch. You should put it on FB as well.

[F7Cannon]

It's been pretty wet up my way too. Maybe next month...

Sunday, May 20th, I intend on riding the Trifecta Tour over by G.Rap. Great event last year on 3 quality trails. Adding Cannon Twp to the mix this year, and I'm thinking maybe we should fire up the grill at the end and have a little post ride refreshment.

Note that this is a fundraising event for 50 in 5, so there is a registration fee. Well worth it.

RVD and I rode this last year, but it would be great to get a group out this time. Think about it. Mark your calendars. Hope to see some of you out there.

Man, this is the day after the 3/6 hour race at Bennet! Not sure I can handle a six hour race and then do this as well. At least I have some time to think about it though, this one sounds like fun.

[rvd]

The Trifecta would be great for a chapter group ride; it is quite long though so maybe not attractive for everyone. It is easy however to bail on the last trail. I will be out of town for this and Bennett 3/6, unfortunately.

In other news, Yankee was awesome today; I made it out there quite late but got two laps in.

[AllMountin']

Hahahahaha... at least 3 of us MMMBA riders out there on the day of the group ride... all riding separately. We really are dysfunctional.

Yankee was awesome, *except* for that new section they just cut in, which is still soft and slow rolling.

The timing of the Trifecta/Bennett Race is really unfortunate. That was easily one of my top rides last year.

[jonw9]

Those of you that decided to stay home in bed today missed some excellent conditions at Yankee. I don't know how many people have commented "trails is in the best shape they could remember"

Fast, damp, not wet. Sand was under control.

[AllMountin']

No more Bennett race means I'm bumping this idea back to the top. I aim to bring some charcoal, meat, a cooler, and some Irish Stout. Y'all can bring something, or nothing, but do bring yourselves. Unlikely to regret.

Sunday, May 20th, I intend on riding the Trifecta Tour over by G.Rap. Great event last year on 3 quality trails. Adding Cannon Twp to the mix this year, and I'm thinking maybe we should fire up the grill at the end and have a little post ride refreshment.

Note that this is a fundraising event for 50 in 5, so there is a registration fee. Well worth it.

RVD and I rode this last year, but it would be great to get a group out this time. Think about it. Mark your calendars. Hope to see some of you out there.

[rvd]

What about this for a June (Saturday June 23) Mid State Group Ride: http://northern.mmba.org/index.php/longandshorts/? It is a fully supported point-to-point ride over the North Country Trail with distances of 55, 28 and 16 miles.