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Mountain Bikingthe Scottish

Highandsby Kathy Evans

A few NEMBA members venture off to exploreScotland on mountain bike.

Summer TrailTuningYou can do a lot to take care of the trails duringyour ride. Here are a few things to do to keep yourtrails happy while you ride. By Bill Boles

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NEMBAfest Best Ever! Mark Your Calendar for Next YearJune 22-24, 2018

T R E A D L I N E S

By every measure this was thebest NEMBAfest, Powered byPedro’s, ever. The 2017 eventsaw more riders, more vendors,more campers, more families,more kids, more activities, andmore areas represented fromaround the country andCanada. It is the largest gather-ing of the bike industry and themountain bike tribe in NewEngland, and because it is such an inclusive family-friendly event,there’s always a joyful and inclusive vibe. Over 3600 people regis-tered for the festival, a 24 % increase from the previous year, gener-ating a total ridership of over 7100 people over the course of thethree days.

Next year’s dates are expected to allow even more people to come tothe festival. “We try to keep this event near the solstice so we canenjoy the longest days of summer riding our mountain bikes,” saysNEMBA’s director Philip Keyes, “and this means that next year’sNEMBAfest will be the week after Father’s Day weekend when mostkids are out of school.”

The schedule was packed with different things to do. There were MTBskills clinics for novice and intermediate women riders, a cornering

clinic with Orange Seal DownhillPro Alex McAndrew, an advancedride with Giant Factory racer AdamCraig, a women’s ride with VittoriaTires pro Teal Stetson-Lee, as wellas another women’s ride with LivAmbassadors.

There were also kids games organ-ized by Highland Mountain BikePark, technical clinics on bike main-tenance offered by Pedro’s, suspen-

sion setup and drivetrain maintenance clinics presented by REI, aswell as tons of different types of group rides going out every hour.Trail Boss ride guru, Jeff Lenosky, held an online contest and the 12winners joined him on a Trail Boss ride that Jeff filmed and publishedon YouTube.

NEMBAfest is put on by the New England Mountain Bike Associationand the Kingdom Trails Association in partnership with theWildflower Inn. However, it takes a community of generous landown-ers and over 200 volunteers to stage an event of this quality. “Thebackbone of the Kingdom Trails community is generosity and passion,and we love to invite people to share our little slice of paradise,” saysKingdom Trails’ Event Manager, Lilias Ide.


This past May I had the fortuitousopportunity to experience a mountainbiking trip to Scotland with H+IAdventures. H + I (short for Highlandsand Islands) Adventures is based out ofInverness, Scotland, but organizes tripsacross the globe including their newesttrips taking place in Norway andCroatia. The company, which wasfounded in 2007, is run by CatherineShearer and Euan Wilson, both avid,experienced mountain bikers them-selves. I had booked the 7 dayIntermediate level trip in the CairngormMountains of Scotland with my friendsLeslie Jonas and Holly Carson.

We flew from Boston to London andthen on to Inverness where we werepicked up by our guide for the week,Chris Gibbs. We flew on BritishAirways and I had to bring my bikebecause the small carbon rental Yetiwas already booked for our trip, howev-er there were no additional baggage

Mountain Biking the Scottish Highlandsby Kathy Evans

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Photo by Kathy Evans


charges for the bike since it qualified as my onechecked bag. Additionally, my flight was less than$400 round trip!

From the airport in Inverness we were transportedto H+I Headquarters where we met our fellow tripmates, Kelly and John Rygh of Anchorage, Alaskaover lunch and a briefing on our trip. We thenbuilt up our bikes and went to the little town ofAviemore located at the edge of the CairngormMountains, and where we stayed for the week atthe Ravenscraig Bed and Breakfast.

Most days we rode directly from the B & B andwere able to walk to dinner and the grocery store.Breakfast was included in the trip price. Everynight we went out as a group to a different placefor dinner. Each restaurant was carefully chosen byour guide with an emphasis on local produce andlocal charm. Every detail of the trip was carefullyplanned-all we had to do was ride our bikes!Midweek we did a tour of the Glenfarclas distilleryand then went on to visit a cooperage where theyrepair whiskey barrels. I now know a lot aboutwhiskey!

And then there was the riding……. Each day the length and diffi-cultly of the riding increased so legs, body, and mind could adapt tothe riding. Chris, our guide, worked with us on skills that we wouldneed later in the week to ride some of the steep rocky downhills and

to get across some very large rock water bars. The trip was ratedIntermediate and I feel it was a reasonable rating. If you are in greatshape and looking to cover more miles over more technical terrain, anAdvanced trip would be desired (the Coast to Coast Scotland trip israted Advanced and the Torridon and Skye trip is rated Advanced +).

Photo by Leslie Jonas


The trails were rocky in spots but verydry. We were blessed with sunshineevery day! Most of the climbing wasdone on double track trails or dirt roadsto lead us to some spectacular views andlong, flowy singletrack descents (oneaptly named the Green Dream) thatbrought out big grins and high fives.There were two longer epic days spacedapart in the trip. On one we worked ourway into Glen Feshie (a glen is a valley)along the Feshie River. We encounteredsome amazing wind in the glen, where aparticularly strong gust blew everyoneexcept our guide off their bikes! Theother epic day was to the top of Meall a'Bhuchaille , a 2657 foot mountain wellabove tree line. On this day we carriedour bikes to the top. It was indeed achallenge (a few called it soul-sucking)but the feeling of accomplishment and big mountain riding was worththe effort.

There were a couple of days when we loaded into the van to get toour ride destination. One day we went to a trail center in Glenlivetwhere we rode amazingly smooth, fast man-made singletrack. Andthen on another day we headed over to Fort William and did a morn-ing ride on Cow Hill and then went over to the downhill center to ride

the cross country trails. TheWorld Cup DownhillChampionships are held in June atFort William so we got to meetsome of the top rated downhillriders in the world. We actuallygot to ride with the ScottishVeteran's Enduro champion, SteveBradley, a spry and fit 65 year oldwho offered inspiration to our rid-ing.

On the last day we were trans-ported back to Inverness afteranother morning of climbing tothe "best descent in theCairngorms". We then packed upour bikes and had a final dinnertogether with our guide whohumored us and wore his kilt.Toasts and tears were shared. We

were united as bike buddies, but left as family. Seven days togethersharing the struggles and the joys of mountain biking makes for anincredible adventure and lasting memories. I'm already planning mynext trip with H+I Adventures.

Check out H+I Adventures’ website:

www.mountainbikeworldwide.com

Photo by Leslie Jonas


Recently we were flying down one ofour favorite but not well known trails.We'd been enjoying the fact that wewere surrounded by the summer'sgreenery when we came to an abruptstop. A fresh deadfall was blocking ourpath. Fortunately, my friends and Iwere able to pick up the fallen tree anddrag it off the trail.

A bit later in the ride briars had over-grown the trail. It would have beenimpossible to get by without making ablood donation. We paused, pulledout a hand lopper and removed them.

The ride continued and as we got to aseries of very popular trails everythingchanged. Now the trails were clear.The passage of many people, and a lit-tle work by the locals resulted in trailsthat were in pristine shape.

Riding in the middle of the summer isquite a bit different from the sixmonths of the year when there are noleaves on the trees. In a colder season,

you can often see far off into theunderstory. Sometimes you'll find oldtrails that you never knew werethere. While in the summer, youtend to concentrate more on theground under your wheels. Forced,many times, to guess what's aroundthe next corner. Since you can't seeit.

This contrast is one of the bestthings about riding in New England.

In early spring, many people headout into the woods armed with fold-ing saws, hand clippers and othertools to ensure that their favoritetrails are in perfect shape for theupcoming season.

But then there seems to be a pause.As the season progresses most peo-ple seem more interested in enjoyingthe trails than they are in insuringthat they are enjoyable. Deadfalls layaround waiting for 'someone else' todo something. People create new

B A S I C B I K I N G

Summer Trail TuningBy Bill Boles

Photo by Michael Milani


B A S I C B I K I N G

paths around them rather than remove them

You can expect that a normal growing season will cause bushes andbranches to encroach about 6 inches into a trail every year. Howmany years of that would it take to completely obliterate yourfavorite singletracks?

We all know of lots of trails that have disappeared. I know that I do.Not because they weren't fun to ride, but because there was no onetaking care of them.

In a State forest or park most people think that paid staff people doall the trail work. That's incorrect. Often budget constraints, staff cutsand workload make it impossible for park personnel to be out theremaking 'your' trails better. And the same is true on town conserva-tion lands and land preserves.

The truth is, if we want to keep our trail inventory intact, we have tohelp out.

Once a month my local NEMBA chapter uses one of their normalweekly rides, to do simple trail care. This is not a formal "Trail CareDay" it's still a fun ride, but instead of the usual trail race the goal isto make the trails better. We call them "Clip & Rides".

On a formal trail care day, you can expect to do a big project, likebuild a bridge, construct a singletrack, or fix a trail that is badly dam-aged. The tools that you need to do those jobs can't be brought tothe worksite by bike.

But on a clip and ride all you need is your bike and a few hand tools.The ones that seem to work the best are hand loppers, folding saws

and pull-chain saws. Some people even like carrying a small machete.Of course, no one can be expected to carry all of these, but you cansplit them up among your party. No competent rider will be overbur-dened by the addition of a tool that weighs less than a pound.

I encourage everyone to take responsibility for sprucing up "their"trails this summer. It only takes a few minutes, and if you do, you'llenjoy them much more.

I usually end this column by saying "Happy Trails". But this time I'dlike to say Happier Trails!

Favorite Trail ToolsFor minor trail care, we recommend carrying a few smallhandtools in your hydration pack.

10” folding saw (Corona and Fiskars are good brands)

Silky Big Boy saw (good for large blowdowns)

Pruning shears (for brushing out overgrown trail)

Trail Boss packable trail tools (Mcleods, Rogue Hoes)

**Remember, to consult your land manager for permis-sion to work on trails!


After a rainy spring we'vehad pretty good weather forriding this summer- coolerthan average and not toohumid. Spring rains havekept the dust down, and thecaterpillar infestation thatplagued parts of the statehas played itself out. Thetrails are busy with riders

and that's great. Get out and enjoy weeknight rid-ing while we still have the daylight!

The biggest piece of good news is that the chapterhas been awarded a $5,500 grant from REI to helpdefray the cost of building the Rockland bike park.Thanks to Jason Engelhardt and Jon Petersen forputting together the grant proposal. As for the sta-tus of the park, we've made good progress on theskills area. As of this writing there are 2 downhilltrails, one climbing trail, and a berm trail open for

business, along with several cool wooden rampsand features, with more stuff being built on a con-tinuous basis.

We're working on the last segment of our new trailproject at River Highlands State Park. It's a flowtrail about ½ mile long through rolling terrain withnatural humps and rollers. Riding this trail will bea lot like riding a roller coaster and it should bepedal-optional over most of its length when riddendownward. This will mean two miles of almostcontinuous flow trail leading down to the parkinglot. There's still a lot to do on these trails- finetuning, berms and features to be built, andimprovements on existing trails at the north end ofthe park.

Things are also starting to happen in theNaugatuck Valley section of the state. After a veryproductive trail school in May, we've been workingin conjunction with the Fairfield County chapterand the Oxford High School Youth ConservationCorps at the Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary. The goal isa bona fide riding area with ten or more miles oftrail. We built a new trail of about ½ mile in con-junction with the trail school and are now workingon rerouting a fall line section of legacy trail.

And chapter member (and former president) MarkLurie will be rerouting a section of the Mulikin trailat Upper Paugussett State Forest in Newtown. Thefall line section is badly eroded and unsustainable.The reroute will not only be more sustainable butabout twice as long and a lot more fun- a downhilloriented trail with berms and rollers.

The chapter currently has two ride series' going, AlTinti's RAW rides and Lisa Maloney's ladies ride atRockland, both on Thursdays.

On the advocacy front, the chapter board has set agoal to help get more young people into the sport.After all, we can't ride forever, and we need tothink about recruiting the next generation of ridersand NEMBA members. We'll be reaching out tolocal scholastic cycling clubs and race teams andoffering to help. There is much we can do, such as

sharing our expertise in trail building and mainte-nance, riding etiquette, equipment maintenance,and our overall ability to make riding fun. If any

chapter members would like to get involved, sendme an email.

More information on our rides and work days canbe found on our chapter website- ctnemba.org,facebook page- Central CT NEMBA, or the NEMBAwebsite- NEMBA.org.

Ride on! —Glenn Vernes

C O N N E C T I C U T

New Trail at Rockhouse Hill in OxfordPhoto by John Joy

Technical Structures at Rockland Bike Park. Photos by John Joy

Central CTPresident: Glenn Vernes,

[email protected]: OpenTreasurer: John JoySecretary: Peter FinchAt Large: Jason Engelhardt, Lisa

Maloney, Jon Petersen, Marc OtfinoskiBOD Reps: John Joy, Glenn VernesCT Web: www.ctnemba.comFacebook: “Central CT NEMBA”



The summer is upon us, thedays are starting to heat upnot only with the tempera-ture but also with FCNEMBA trailing building.We have been working withRidgefield ConservationCommission (RCC) sincelast year on a few projectsin Hemlock Hills and PineMountain. At the requestof the RCC, we rerouted a trail that went throughvernal pools so that it does not impact the sensi-tive habitat. The reroute retained both the accessi-bility for less technical riders and optional techni-cal lines. An illegal trail from Hemlock hill lookoutwas closed with a new approved re-route show-casing a balance of flow and technical challengesinterspersed in for fun! These projects are not onlyimproving the overall trail system but building ourrelationship with the RCC and allowing us to dowork on other RCC properties.

In June our shovels were hitting the dirt in PineMountain for the first time at the request of theRCC. This highly planned project of constructing anew trail from the Pine Mt Rd parking lot to thePine Mt Overlook shows our advocacy efforts paidoff. This new project is HUGE, it will create a solidintermediate shared-use sustainable single tracktrail to climb or descend from the overlook and,more importantly, create a loop at the north end ofthe park allowing for many more varied ride loops.On our first build day, we completed 100 feet ofrock stone causeway section, our longest ever con-structed in a day! Many more work days will be inplay to complete this trail, and will be one of FCNEMBA's signature trails for sure! Check ourFacebook page for upcoming work days!

National Trails Day was celebrated at Mianus Parkin Stamford, a strong showing of Mountain Bikersand Hikers came out to fix the "Drop Trail." Thistrail was in need onf a complete redesign from topto bottom and afforded us the opportunity notonly to replace it with a sustainable trail but alsoinclude some new cool features for riders.Successfully completed in three hours, we thentook all the workers out for lunch afterwards.Since completion we have received much positivefeedback on the trail improvement and now a trailsection that was never ridden is a part of riders'normal loop!

Further up the line, FC NEMBA had a ride on theLarkin Trail with a stop and meeting at Black Hog.We plan to do this again in the fall. Lots of fun andall are invited. Most of the Social Tuesday rides atWaldo have been rained out, but the ones we havehad have been fun. Monday intermediate rideshave been well attended and that ride has now alsoadded Quillian in Seymour on the rotation.Quillian is a challenging but fun place to ride andwas built by our friends at Thule. So far we've had4 work days in Oxford at Rockhouse, and havecompleted about a 1-1/2 miles of new or reroutedtrail. The Youth Conservation group are hard work-ers! And thanks to all the NEMBA members whohave put some hours in. We are continuing talkswith Joe Lanier and he would like to further expandmountain biking opportunities, including a possi-ble pump track. NEMBA has also submitted anapplication for another 5 miles of trail across thestreet from Rockhouse. We do need help. If youcan give a couple of hours to help build the trails,we'll have a good system to ride in an area thatdoes not have much single track.

In Woodbury, the town is developing a manage-ment plan, so any trail building in the Trolley prop-

erty is on hold. If you do live in Woodbury, contactyour local officials and tell them you would like tosee shared use mountain bike friendly single tracktrails in the property. Bill Lake has also been incontact with Flanders to discuss trail improve-ments at Whitmore Preserve.

At Waldo there have been many complaints ofgarbage and the DEEP is threatening to close theparking lot. While mountain bikers are not beingblamed, closing the parking lot will affect us themost. We've had a number of clean ups (thank youDave and Kathy Herde, and Rob Isbell), but theproblem is beyond what volunteers can do. If thereis more information, I will post updates onFacebook.

May you all get out and enjoy this summer ridingand we are taking a few months off building butwill be picking it up starting in August/September,hope to see you out there! In the meantime we willbe running some Thursday evening rides atTroutbrook Valley in partnership with theAspetuck Brew Lab - hope you can join us!

Cheers, Paula Burton and Dave Francefort

New Trail Construction at Pine Mountain, Ridgefield Conservation Commission LandPhotos by Dave Francefort

National Trails Day Project at Mianus Park

FairfieldCounty

President: Ryan Tucker,[email protected], 203-919-9439

VP: Gunnar WaldmanSecretary: Monika StokesTreasurer: David Francefort

At Large: Rich Coffey, Kyaeira Tucker

BOD Reps: Ryan Tucker, Paula Burton

Website: www.fcnemba.org


The heart of the 2017 ridingseason is here and the forestis a buzz with activity.Despite the fickle weather,the riding conditions haveremained excellent andMountain Bikers have beenflocking to the local trailsystems from far and near.Admittedly I do not get outon the trails as often as I'dlike these days but when Ido, the passion and enthusiasm from the mountainbiking crew in Northwest CT is infectious.

Our 2017 RAW (ride after work) ride series is

drawing to a close and will finish up around theLabor Day holiday. The Monday social ride contin-ues to deliver as promised, great groups sharing inrelaxed pace exploration of the trail systems withlots of laughs along the way. The Thursday inter-mediate ride has become a fan favorite. A multi-tude of unique loops have been enjoyed this sea-son covering many of the riding areas here inNorthwest CT and beyond. Thanks to everyone forcoming out and doing the group thing this year.Special thanks to our ride leaders for your dedica-tion and commitment.

Although it seems at times that the trail gnomeshave gone on holiday I can assure you that muchwork is going on behind the scenes. From the neverending advocacy efforts to the smallest trail proj-ects that only garner attention from discerningeyes, every little bit counts. There are several largetrail projects underway in Burlington that willmake quite the splash later this fall. When com-pleted, the new approved mountain bike routeswill virtually double the available mileage of theBurlington trail system.

Much work still needs to be completed to make

this ambitious goal a reality so keep an eye out forupcoming trail work days. Come on out, lend ahand and help us make the riding in NorthwestConnecticut the best around.

In parting, a reminder that the forest lands we rideare actively managed. The land managers andforesters are constantly performing various tasksto maintain and improve the general health of theland. One of these tasks involves tree cutting, akalogging, as a means to promote future tree growthand improve wildlife habitat. At present severalareas in the Burlington network are scheduled forlogging work. Please refrain from riding throughthese areas if possible, especially when the work-ers are active. Just as we need to maintain thetrails we ride on, the land managers also need tomaintain the forests so please show respect tothese activities. Check our website and/orFacebook page for updates on the logging activitiesas they become available.

See you out there!

— Jon Regan


Renovations to the shared white trail bridge overWhigville Brook in Burlington. The new decking

adds structural support and allows bike riders tocross without dismounting.

Photo by Scott Ruel

Trail Blazing at HarwintonPhoto by Scott Ruel

Monday Social Ride. Photo by Margie Bowen

NWCT NEMBA Bke Demo Day with Scott Bicycles and Suburban Sports. Photo by Jon Regan

Northwest CTPresident: Jon Regan,

[email protected]

Vice-President: Scott Ruel

Treasurer: Cara Regan

Secretary: Brian Vibert

Event/Ride Coordinator: Margie BowenWebsite: www.nwctnemba.orgFacebook: “NW CT NEMBA”


Old Furnace Fun RideOur annual Old Furnace FunRide will be held in Killingly,CT, Sunday, September10th. This state park issmall but packs a punch: atwisty, hilly, technicalfavorite… Bring your legsand log some "Old Furnacemiles," featuring challengingterrain, daunting climbs,daring rollers, cliff edgeridge lines (with great viewswhen you stop to catch your breath), plenty of fea-tures, crazy fun and more. Don't let its challengingreputation sway you, an advance beginner canhave just as much fun here. There will be a shortand long loop option. Old Furnace State Park is oneof the Quiet Corner's hidden gems and has under-gone vast improvements made possible from thefunds raised at our 2014-2016 Old Furnace FunRides. Watch our Facebook page for more details.

QC NEMBA Walktober RidesThe Last Green Valley is a National HeritageCorridor that does great work preserving and pro-moting the culture, history and natural resourcesof eastern CT and south central MA. For the last 26years they have held a series of free guided walks& hikes that explore the area, which have expand-ed in recent years to include paddles & rides. Lastyear they had over 100 offerings.

This year, Quiet Corner NEMBA will participatewith two guided mountain bike rides throughGoodwin State Forest's trails in Hampton, CT, onOctober 7th & 21st at 9am. These rides are opento all levels, including beginners & families.Groups will be divided to cater to various experi-ence levels. All are welcome and these rides areFREE! Bike & helmet required. For more info, seeour Facebook page. Check out the Last GreenValley's other Walktober offerings at www.thelast-greenvalley.org.

Group RidesMellow Monday Rides are held weekly at James L.Goodwin SF. These are no drop, group rides tailoredto riders in attendance, and may break up intomultiple groups to suit different abilities, if needed.Great for kids, families, casual and new riders, andthose looking for a recovery ride.

Wednesday Women's Ride continues weeklythrough the summer @ 6pm. These no drop grouprides are for intermediate level women looking toride together in a supportive, ladies only group.

Ride locations will vary throughout CT, RI & SEMA.

Saturday Morning Special weekly rides are designedfor intermediate plus riders, and will be 15 - 20miles of various terrain singletrack. The rides willvary in location throughout CT, RI & MA. Starttime based on location.

Weekend Warrior Rides are a year roundskills/freeride series. Weekend Warrior rides are atvarious locations throughout New England, anddesigned for intermediate plus riders looking to

advance their skills on a ride that will stop to ses-sion, play and encourage. This ride series has noset schedule due to race schedules. Rides will beposted in advance in the Quiet Corner NEMBAFacebook group.

**For more details, check out the ride descriptionson the NEMBA website. Weather changes, starttimes and locations are posted each week in theQuiet Corner NEMBA (Group Forum) on Facebook(www.facebook.com/QuietCornerNEMBA).

—Cris Cadiz


Steve Offiler riding a skinny at Old FurnacePhotos by Stacey Jimenez

The lookout at Old Furnace

Quiet CornerPresident: Stacey Jimenez,

[email protected]

Treasurer: Glenn Tourtellot

Secretary: Cris CadizFacebook Page: Quiet Corner NEMBAFacebook Group: Quiet Corner NEMBA

(Group Forum)Webpage: www.nemba.org/qcnemba



Summer is here and thatmeans hot, sticky after-noons fighting bugs andbriars at Bluff Point. Ourwet spring has meant alittle extra effort to getthings looking pretty. Bythe time you read this theMBAS will be imminentand all of the hard workthat goes into keeping thetrails in great shape andputting on the event willbe in the past. Thanks to all those that came out

to help make the 6th edition of the Bluff PointMBAS a success.

Trail building at Mooween State Park has slowed aswe wait patiently for DEEP to construct an expand-ed parking lot. But that doesn't mean there isn'twork to be done. Trail marking is currently under-way and there always seems to be some armoringor minor reroutes to complete.

As always keep an eye on the SECT NEMBA andMooween Trail Project Facebook pages for ride andtrail day announcements. If you have an idea for atrail project, want to lead a ride or just get a littlemore involved in the chapter…drop me a line.

—Cory Stiff

SECT NEMBAPresident: Cory Stiff, president@sect-

nemba.org

Vice-President: Mickey Gilland

Treasurer: Andy Bennett

Secretary: Thom LamourineFacebook: “Southeastern CT NEMBA”Webpage: www.nemba.org/sectnemba

Eric Apgar squeezes through the "Clam Shell" atMooween State Park. Photo by Eric Apgar

The crowd rolls out at the 2017 Tour de Lyme. Photo by Torrance York


Riding Community:Having a vibrant riding com-munity is a big part of whatCRNEMBA is. Whether youride in one of our formalevents, ride with friends, orride alone and meet some-one on the trail - makingnew friends, enjoying withyour buddies, or simplyenjoying the solitude of thetrails and woods. However you experience our trailsystem, we hope you enjoy it. We want to high-light some of the intentional ways you can experi-ence our trail system.

Spinnin' Sugar is a women's group ride in CV thatholds regular rides on our trail system. The follow-ing from the ride leader, Cathy Morton sums it up:We pride ourselves as part of CRNEMBA

and provide a positive and friendly group ride thatanyone can join. We are all abilities, no drop, andskill development focused. We also discuss othertopics such as fixing you're own bike problems onthe trail. Please join us for Thursday night ride andcheck out our Facebook page for updates!

NEMBA TrailFest August 18-20: Plan to volun-teer and join others who will be spending 2 daysbuilding and repairing trail that all of us enjoy.Accommodations will again be made available atthe Stratton Brook Hut free of charge by our friendsat Maine Huts & Trails. Entertainment will also beprovided at the Hut on Saturday evening. Be on thelookout for further information on our Facebookpage.

Sugarloaf Mountain Bike Festival will be heldAugust 25-27. There will be recreational guidedrides for all abilities as well as entertainment andof course- food and beer! Plan this event for theentire family!

Kona Bicycles MTB Adventure Ride will return

to the Outdoor Center on Saturday, September 23.This event will feature guided rides and an end ofseason celebration.

Ride Guide Training:On July 8, Bill Boles of NEMBA delivered a rideguide training to over 30 eager riders, and we areproud to say- over half were skilled women riders.Thanks to all who participated from near and far.We know these folks will help continue to fuel thegrowth of our sport!

Annual Meeting Please join us on Saturday, September 23 for theCRNEMBA annual meeting to be held at theOutdoor Center. The meeting will follow the KonaAdventure Series Ride during the day. The mostsignificant component of the annual meeting is toelect your board of directors. The Board has beencomprised of a small number of dedicated people

who have steered the evolution of the chaptersince 2010. This year chapter membership will beasked to vote for your board representatives. Notto panic, most current board members are choos-ing to continue to serve and will be on the ballot.We anticipate 2-3 open seats. If any of you havean interest in serving on our board, please contactEd Gervais or me for further information. We willkeep the 'business' component brief- promise!

Trail Construction: While the trail crew is smaller than in years past,the crew continues to build the highest quality ofsingle track trail. Work has included the additionalsingle track trail on the lower part of Newton'sRevenge as well as working to complete the upperpart of Hurricane Knoll which is planned to becompleted by the end of August in time for theSugarloaf Mountain Bike Festival.

Trail Funding:CRNEMBA has recently received funding from theoperator of the commercial wind farm in Bingham,Maine. The $10,000 payment is the first of 20 pay-ments over a 20 year time frame. These funds are aresult of a requirement by State of Maine regula-tors as a condition of licensing wind generationfacilities to provide what is called "tangible benefitagreements" with local non-profit and civic groups.These funds will provide a reliable source of fund-ing for on-going trail development and other clubneeds.

—Peter Smith

30 Riders took park in our NEMBA Ride Guide Clinic.

Mandy Farrar and Anne Poirier-Flight on a Spinnin’Sugar ride. Photo by Cathy Mortonb

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CarrabassettRegion Maine

President: Peter Smith,[email protected]

VP: Ed GervaisSecretary: Lori GerencerTreasurer: Dana FriendFacebook: Carrabassett Region NEMBAWebsite: www.carrabassett.nemba.org


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Fresh off Treadfest at BondBrook the level of coopera-tion among riders strikesme. Single track of coursemandates a certain level ofcivility. Sometimes you leadother times you follow butevery time you gain a littleexperience from themoment. Treadfest featured4 events. The first day a 6hour endurance race andthe fun race. The second day time trials and theenduro.

I love taking pictures but I was envious of theEnduro riders. Everybody pedals at their own paceto a segment, waits to make sure they won't catchthe rider in front of them and then let’s go for asfast as they're comfortable with riding. At the bot-tom it's time to ride up and repeat. Downhilljunkies, kids, entire families all raced the samecourse and everyone looked pretty happy.

Riders and enthusiasm continue to swell in CentralMaine. Weekly rides are so popular we've startedto divide them into Spicy and Mild, and no youdon't have to ride a Salsa to attend. It's in no smallpart to our chapter's leadership and its commit-ment to funded trail work as it is to many, manyvolunteers. Thank you all!

Speaking of trails Titcomb Mountain in Farmingtonhas a drop dead fun new section of trail which tiesthat system together and seems to double the sizeit was only last year. I hope many of you got achance to race or ride in the Titcomb MountainChallenge.

Wondering about current trail conditions or inneed of something stylish to wear to the ride?Would you like a guide for that ride? Look no fur-ther than the all new CeMeNemba.org website.You'll find directions to the local trail systems, cur-rent conditions, trail status plus all of our newsand events and more. Special thanks are in orderfor John Waller, his outstanding design work andcontinuing efforts keeping the site fresh and rele-vant.

Keep in mind the September 9th beginners Clinicat Mt Apatite, Auburn, along with a planned fallOdyssey Poker Ride. Details are still in the worksbut I hear it involves a party for all at the end. Wewill be finalizing the date shortly.

—Ian Ogilvie

Monday Evening Kids Ride Range Pond. Photo by Daryn Slover

Women came out in huge humbers to the 3rd Annual Titcomb’s Womens Clinic.Photo by Ian Ogilvie

Pine Ridge in Waterville. Photo by Brian Alexander

Central MEPresident: Chris RileyVP: Disa FedorowiczRegional VPs: Frank Jalbert & Matt SwanSecretary: Garry HinkleyTreasurer: Brett Van Cott

Board Members: Brian Alexander, TedEames, Ted Scharf

SingleTracks: Ian OgilvieFacebook: CeMeNEMBAWebsite: www.cemenemba.org


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Summer mountain bikingfun is in full swing ingreater Portland. GreaterPortland NEMBA has beenbusy with our new grouprides that feature tours ofsome of the most popularriding destinations in thearea.

So far this season we'veheld two rides in the "tourde greater Portland series"-the tour of Falmouth andthe tour of Gorham. Turnout for the tour ofFalmouth was smaller due to the rainy conditionswe had. However those who did make the ridereported that it was a great time. The tour ofGorham on the other hand had a great turnoutwith 27 riders and four board members. Close tohalf of the riders had never been to Gorham andwere certainly impressed by the amazing trail net-work that has been developed there, including sev-

eral new bridges and new trails on the USM side.

Upcoming rides include a tour of the Yarmouthtrails as well as a tour of the Portland trails.

Lots of new trail work and bridge building hastaken place in the Blackstrap and Hurricane trails.In addition, Greater Portland NEMBA is in talkswith the town of Windham to promote more rid-ing and trail work in Lowell Preserve. Lowell offerssome fantastic terrain that is challenging and tendsto drain very well in even the most rainy condi-tions- something we tend to experience here fromtime to time!

Looking forward to fall, many riders are gearing upfor the popular 12 hours of Bradbury Mountainwhich has become a staple in the mountain bikecommunity for hard-core racers and recreationalriders alike. Riders can compete solo or as a teamincluding Co-ed and single gender groups. If youhave not experienced this event you should try toput it on your schedule, it's a great time.

For more information on greater Portland NEMBAevents and trail building opportunities please visitour Facebook page. Happy trails!

—John Zinn

Chapter President Rob Lavoie with one of our gracious private land owners, 94 year old John Alden.

GreaterPortlandPresident: Rob Lavoie,

[email protected]

Vice-President: Pat Hackleman

Secretary: Ilse Teeters-Trumpy

Treasurer: Emily HelliesenWeb: www.nemba.org/gpnembaFacebook: “Greater Portland NEMBA”

GP NEMBA’s Tour de Greater Portland has been well recieved. Here’s the ride map for the Yarmouth event.


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Trail Building &MaintenanceOur spring maintenancesessions (6 Pack Series - sixSaturday's April/May) werea tremendous success.One more shout out to TheDrouthy Bear for their gen-erous support for aprèswork refreshments and nourishment. This modelof motivating and rewarding volunteers worked sowell we will most certainly plan on repeating itnext spring. The turnout brought communityfriends and neighbors together for some healthyoutdoor activity. Hikers, bikers, runners and skiersall pulled together to pour some love into the localtrails that we enjoy recreating on in winter, spring,summer and fall.

In similar fashion, our partners at CoastalMountains Land Trust (CMLT) also hosted animpressive collaborative trail maintenance day inMay. More than 40 volunteers convened at theCamden Snow Bowl on a Saturday morning andaccomplished an incredible amount of work. Onceagain we were rewarded for our efforts withrefreshments and food donated by local business-es.

These events make me proud to live in this vibrantcommunity in mid-coast Maine. Come visit ourregion and enjoy the trails. They’re in tip topshape!

2017-18 Trail MapAfter numerous unexpected delays, the longawaited update to our inaugural trail map of 2016has been printed and is available at these local bikeshops:

Maine Sport Outfitters (Rockport / Camden)Side Country Sports (Rockland / Belfast)Bath Ski and Cycle (Bath)

They will also be available at the trail head kiosksat the Camden Snow Bowl.

Thank you to our supporters, sponsors and theBangor Savings Foundation for making this mapproject possible:

40 Paper, Abigails Inn, Bagel Cafe, Bath Cycle &Ski, Baxter Outdoors/Brewing, Bay Chiropractic,Drouthy Bear, Lord Camden Inn - Bayview, MaineBoats, Homes & Harbors, Maine Sport Outfitters,Oxbow Brewery, Pen Bay Law, Pro Rental, River

Ducks Ice Cream, Schooner Olad, Side CountrySports, Snow, Sport & Spine, The Country Inn /Cedar Crest, Trail Runners of Midcoast Maine,Village Carpentry, Waterfront

Maine Lobster Ride - Bicycle Coalitionof MaineBy the time this issue of Singletracks hits thepress, the biggest fundraiser for the BCOM willhave come and gone at the Camden Snow Bowl.Mark your calendars for next year. We are opti-mistic that mountain biking will be an increasinglylarger component of the event each year. This yearMcNEMBA volunteers gave tours of the local trailnetwork and conducted skills clinics. Visitwww.mainelobsterride.com for complete eventdetails. See you next year.

Youth Explorer SeriesThe summer of 2017 is generating record breakingattendance figures. Each Monday night we have

enjoyed 40 or more young riders and an additional15 adults (ride leaders and parents). With 65enthusiastic "kids", and the list is always increas-ing, the future of mountain biking in our region islooking bright…perhaps brilliant…time to put onyour sunglasses! Visit www.mcNEMBA.com toget involved. Enjoy the photos!

Wednesday Evening Beginner RideSeriesEvery 5:30 PM start time. Riders should meet atthe Camden Snow Bowl parking lot. DEMO bikesare available and graciously supplied by SideCountry Sports. Visit our Facebook Page for week-ly updates. Volunteer group ride leaders areencouraged and welcome. For more information,please contact Scott at [email protected].

--Scott Carlson

Monday Night Rides – Youth ExplorersPhotos by Stacey Keefer

Hitting the trails on Monday Night Pump Track Skill Session

MidcoastMainePresident: John Anders, 207-542-0080,

[email protected]: Morgan LaidlawTreasurer: Stephanie SzarkaBoard:

Jason Buck, Jackson Kinney, Darby Urey,Walter Szarka, Scott Carlson, StaceyKeefer, Kevin Callahan

Facebook: “Midcoast Maine NEMBA”


PR NEMBA's rolling in highgear! Continuing thetheme launched this win-ter of building community,PR NEMBA has reach outto women, kids, and begin-ners, offering clinics,camps, and rides.

In May, PR NEMBA award-ed a $500 trail grant to theOrono Land Trust. Thefunds will help purchase materials to harden off anoften wet section of the Veazie Railroad bed, animportant connector from trail systems in Bangorand Orono. Congrats to Kris Sornberger, who sub-mitted the grant and will spearhead the projectthis August.

In early June, we partnered with Bangor Parks andRecreation to offer a women's skills clinic. Morethan 40 women came out to polish their skills andpush themselves to learn new ones. One of ouryounger members, Jonah Cushman, took on thechallenge to build structures for the event. Great

collaboration at our Essex Woods Recreation area!

Spring and summer found our members honingtheir skills to make riding better in our region.Members attended the highly acclaimed NEMBATrail School North in Auburn. Another member,Sarah Hannah, attended the Ride Leader Clinic inCarrabassett Valley, learning not only how to bet-ter our group rides, but also how to build mem-bership.

That project is part of the newly launchedWednesday Night Trail Grind, designed to targetspecific small and large efforts on different trail

systems in our area. Other areas have includedEssex Woods, the Bangor City Forest, and theOrono Land Trust.

As the light lengthens and the trails dry, PRNEMBA continues its outreach and fun. Onceschool was out, kids from grades 1-8 got to trytheir wheels at the newly built kids’ course atEssex Woods. We're partnering with local bikeshops to support their shop rides. And, in earlyAugust, we're offering a co-ed skills clinic. Bigwheels keep on turning.

—Michele Benoit

Fiona Hamilton taking part in PR NEMBA and Bangor Parks and Recreation part-

nered to put on a women’s skills clinic.Photo by Deb Merrill

PR NEMBA presents the Orono Land Trust with a $500 trail grant to help purchase materials to hardenthe Veazie Railroad bed. Pictured here are Erik DaSilva, Kris Sornberger, Pat Tompson and Michele

Benoit. Photo by Dave Thompson

Tiffany Carlisle at the Women’s skills clinic. Photo by Sarah Vickers

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PenobscotRegionPresident: Aaron Brasslett,

[email protected]

VP: Craig MacDonaldTreasurer: Debra MerrillSecretary: Michele BenoitFacebook: PRNEMBAWebsite: pr.nemba.org


Since kickstarting our chap-ter again this spring,Berkshire NEMBA membershave not only increased,but have already madesome good strides to repairand begin building an evenstronger working relation-ship with DCR, continuedthe very positive growth innew trail development inthe Greylock Glen area, andconnect with town leaders, legislators, and otheroutdoor groups to increase and promote responsi-ble mountain biking in our area! Here's a bit ofwhat we've been chipping away at here in theBerkshires:

• Trail development in partnership with the DCRand Thunderbolt Ski Runners (TSR) at the base ofMassachusetts' highest peak, Mount Greylock: TheGreylock Glen trail system now includes 3-4 milesof new singletrack in addition to other double trackand multi-use trails.

Branching from this trails project, BerkshireNEMBA and the Thunderbolt Ski Runners will bepartnering to throw Bike the Glen, a trail event inearly October that celebrates the new trails withmulti-length led rides, kids' activities, and more…this event is being planned and hopes to bothinclude multiple outdoor oriented organizationsand reach a wide range of new and returning trailusers in a day of fun adventure!

• Through close collaboration with DCR, BerkshireNEMBA is planning some goodwill stewardshipprojects to help blaze trails and perform generalmaintenance on 3-6 trails in the Pittsfield StateForest and Balance Rock areas. These areas havebeen a point of contention in the past and we areexcited to be able to partner with them to takesteps toward making the trails more sustainableand accessible to visitors and locals alike. Our firststewardship project (scheduled for 7/17) involvesadding colored blazes to trails in these areas andwill be followed by a trail authorization celebrationand ride to honor DCR's authorization of two pre-viously unauthorized trails in these areas. We'relooking forward to more celebrations like this!

This blazing will be completed just in time for theLittle Bellas Mountain Bike camp to come to theBerkshires for it's second year, with more thandouble the participants and loads of enthusiasmfrom the community! The mentors and BerkshireNEMBA are thrilled to be getting#MoreGirlsonBikes!

• Also linked to the youth in our community, thechapter will be joining forces with local race series

the Berkshire Mountain Bike Training Series, tobuild a new youth trail in Pittsfield's SpringsidePark. This wonderful city park has been home toweekly races for the past four years and has seenexponential growth because of the amazing pas-sion of the crew behind the Berkshire MountainBike Training Series and their collaboration withthe park conservancy and the city. BerkshireNEMBA will help them with at least one trail proj-

ect that is aimed to not only create a youth-friend-ly trail to add to the park's system, but to givethose youth the chance to learn and help build thetrails themselves—NEMBA and community volun-teers will coach teams of youth racer volunteers inthe process and strategies for trail design, building,and maintenance.

• Additionally we've had some very promising con-versations with local and regional organizationsand towns to work on developing new trail proj-ects. Although these are in the early stages, we'reexcited that these groups have asked to work withus to develop some truly fun, thought out, multi-user trails that will add to the riding and generaladventure of this area.

• Lastly, we continue to enjoy the strong bikingcommunity that exists in our area—longstandingweekly rides out of Pittsfield State Forest onMondays continue with great popularity, as well asweekly skill-building rides led by longtime memberand former chapter president Bill Markham. Bill'sweekly rides (fondly dubbed "Wild Bill's") involveno-drop rides through his property and includesome amazingly well-crafted and creative bridgesand other technical features that allow riders to try(and re-try) in a friendly and encouraging weeklyget together. Huge thanks to Bill who works tire-lessly at creating beautiful flowing trails, empow-ering obstacles, and delicious après-bike celebra-tions. The Greylock Glen has been opened up toweekly rides and workdays as well and our ridersoften find themselves traveling to other nearbyweekly rides (such as the Columbia CountyMountain Bike Association (CCMBA) trails inBeebe Hill State Forest next door in New York, theBennington Area Trails System (BATS) inBennington, Vermont, and Pioneer Valley Ladies'rides slightly east in Massachusetts).

—Alison McGee

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TheThunderbolt Ski Runners/NEMBA Wednesday night trail work-and-ride crew poses beside a formerski lift tower on the historic Thunderbolt Ski trail—this dragonlike structure inspired the name of the

Dragon ski trail and the singletrack trail that weaves through it (Dragon's Tail).Photo by Alison McGee

Riders make their way along Bill Markham's"Yellow Brick Road" a winding, approximately 6-

inch wide, cloverleaf bridge of wooden planks thatsignals the end of his weekly Wednesday rides and

encourages all riders to keep their heads up!Photo by Bill Markham

BerkshireNEMBAPresident: Alison McGee,

[email protected]: Ruth WheelerTreasurer: Chris CalvertFacebook: “Berkshire NEMBA”BOD Reps: Alison McGee & Kevin

Delaney


Blackstone Valley NEMBA isin full swing this summerseason and hosting a lot ofrides. Based on group feed-back, we made some adjust-ments to the ride schedule.We've been trying to com-bine the Tuesday night ridesto offer beginner skills train-ing and intermediate rides,both leaving from the samelocation. We are hosting some beginner weekendrides as well. We are thrilled to see the new facesjoining the rides and becoming involved with thechapter. We would always welcome new ride lead-ers to our line-up, so please reach out if you knowa park well and are willing to host.

Our July 12th chapter meeting was held atCraftRoots Brewing in Milford. We had a greatturnout and lively participation, so thanks to allthose who came out. We discussed the rideschedule and agreed there was some interest formore beginner rides. We chatted about park repre-sentation and future bridge build projects inDouglas State Park, Mendon Town Forest, Vietnam,and Upton Sate Forest. We made some progress onplans for our November 12th fun ride at MendonTown Forest. We also talked about possiblyrebranding BVNEMBA so people are more aware ofthe Metro-West geographic area we cover. Pleaselet us know if you have topics or ideas for upcom-ing chapter meetings.

We are in preliminary planning stages with DCR


Tuesday evening skills ride. Photo by Eammon Carleton

Thursday evening ride at Vietnam. Photo by Kara Gilman

Thursday evening ride at Vietnam. Photo by Kara Gilman

BlackstoneValleyPresident: Brian Forestal,

[email protected] President: Eammon CarletonTreasurer: Rich KordellSecretary: Anne ShepardWebsite: www.bvnemba.orgBV Facebook: “Blackstone Valley

NEMBA”Vietnam Facebook: “NEMBA Vietnam”

and The Army Corps of Engineers at West Hill Dam to potentiallybuild some new trails in a selectively harvested area. This will be along-term project but a great opportunity to partner with theseorganizations and hopefully create some fun new single track.

Thanks to Brenda Smith for contributing a great article called"Supporting Your Local NEMBA Chapter" which can be viewed onthe Blackstone Valley chapter page of NEMBA.org or by using thisaddress: http://www.nemba.org/news/supporting-your-local-nemba-chapter. Keep an eye out for future articles from Brenda.With her extensive mountain bike experience and her fun writingstyle, you are sure to appreciate her blog.

We saw many of our chapter members and NEMBA friends atNEMBAFest this year and hope a good time was had by all. If youweren't able to make it, make sure to mark your calendars for nextyear, June 22-24, 2018. It is worth the trip!

We hope everyone is enjoying their time in the woods this summer.Happy Trails!

—Brian Forestal


Greetings from lovely CapeCod. It's summer! We'resuper stoked!

We started this season offwith another FantasticNEMBAfest. A blast washad by our crew who madeit up this year. ThanksNEMBA for all of your hardwork. I'd say it was a hugesuccess.

The Friday nights flip outrides are going strong. We have had great atten-dance from our little mountain bikers. We are alsohaving great cookouts as well. Thanks Seasportsfor sponsoring our last food fest!! We voted at ourlast NEMBA meeting to get a Port a Potty so thekids would have some place to "go". It has beenwell received by all. Candy was the first to try itout with her bike!!!

Our crew worked on our cookout area at TOT thispast weekend, and some features were upgraded. Ahuge shout out goes to our VP Perry Irmi for spear-heading the whole construction project. Welldone, Perry! Also a big thanks to Rich Grault forhelping us get the picnic table materials donatedby Mid Cape Lumber.

The girls are getting excited to attend the Women’sSummit in August and get back to riding atKingdom Trails. They're looking forward to gettingto ride and mingle with other awesome womenriders from different chapters!

Our monthly chapter meeting are still happeningonce a month, as well as our maintenance rides.Lots of clipping back to do.

Our next project is planning our MBAS ride inNovember. Praying for better weather than we hadlast year.

See you on the trails,

—Mike and Crystal Dube


CC NEMBA upgrading the picnic area at Trail of Tears.

Building the better picnic table. Photo by Perry Irmi

When you gotta go, you gotta go!Photo by Perry Irmi

Bill Catania hard at work

Cape CodPresident: Michael Dube, dubati@com-

cast.netVice President: Perry ErmiTreasurer: Frank MerolaSecretary: Kris ErmiFacebook Group: “Cape Cod NEMBA

Group”Yahoogroup:

[email protected]


Burlington Parks and Recreation EventHello from Greater Boston!It's been a busy early sum-mer season. On June 10GBNEMBA partnered withthe Burlington MA Parksand Recreation Departmentto provide guided bike toursthrough Landlocked Forest(LLF). Cycle Loft's DaveMcCrimmon and VladimirCapka set up their tent andstand and provided free wrenching services to allwho asked. The department sponsored and staffeda delicious post-ride barbecue, with fresh fruit pro-vided by Whole Foods Market. Burlington residentsand longtime NEMBA members Ed Parsons andMichelle Smith fostered the connection, when theylearned that the Town of Burlington was consider-ing an event at LLF as part of its year-long celebra-tion of the 50th anniversary of its "Parks and Rec"department.

Not only was this event, in Director Brendan Egan'swords "a great opportunity for residents to exploreBurlington's Landlocked Forest" it did double dutyas the 2nd in GBNEMBA's 2017 Kids' Ride Series.More than 30 riders went out in multiple groups,led by GBNEMBA ride guides. More than just trailguides, leaders of adult rides provided pertinentBurlington geographical snippets at points of inter-est along the way; Kids' Ride leaders provided wel-come encouragement and coaching. There's anoth-er Kids' Ride on August 19 at Beaver Brook Northin Belmont. All kids aged 6-15 and past trainingwheels are welcome and do not have to be accom-panied on the ride by parents, although parents arewelcome too. Check the Greater Boston Chapterpage on the NEMBA website for details.

GB well represented at NEMBAFestThe Chapter was also well represented at thisyear's NEMBA Fest at Kingdom Trails in East Burke,Vermont. Once again, other obligations precludedmy attendance, but reports, literally "from thefield" were overwhelmingly positive. Bike demos,live music, stunt shows, great friends and greattrails: who could ask for more? An extraordinarilylengthy email conversation was conducted overmultiple GBNEMBA email lists just prior to theevent, wherein those planning to attend publiclyannounced potluck meal contributions. Those ofus stuck at home had nothing left to do but com-miserate and listen to each other's growling stom-achs. Thanks guys - we're still jealous. A reliablesource reports that one of Corey's "Trail Elves" wasgone all day, returning only when he'd met hisvoracious need for sweet singletrack, but not-so-

much his need for food and water. Luckily, herecovered quickly. Other attendees recount thatthey were too busy test-riding potential new bikesto take any pictures, and that this year's festivitieswere the biggest and funnest yet. If you haven'tbeen yet, make sure you do in 2018. You won't besorry.

Andrea's Report: The Ladies' RideThe GBNEMBA Women's Tuesday night ride is infull swing. Between 10-15 intermediate+ women

ride each week for 2+ hours covering a distance ofabout 12 miles. We aren't completely sure howshe does it but our fearless leader Reenie Greenemanages to make every ride different. What wecan count on is a climb (or two) to the watertower, a staircase to bike up, and fun single-track.I wonder what this Tuesday's ride will bring?Maybe a stop at the Stonehurst Estate!

— Rob Auffrey

Our thanks to Ed and Michele Parsons for organizing the Burlington Parks and Recreation FamilyMountain Bike Day at the Landlocked Forest. Photo by Rob Auffrey

GBNEMBA’s Tuesday Ladies Ride is going strong.Photo by Reenie Green


Greater BostonPresident: Maciej Sobieszek ,

[email protected]

VPs: Adam Glick, Rick Forzese andAndrea Jones

Secretary: Rob Aufrey Treasurer: Bill CohnWebsite: www.gbnemba.orgfacebook: “GB NEMBA”


President's MessageThe 2017 riding and build-ing season is in full swing.Our weekly rides are rollingalong. MVNEMBA has a fewsmaller projects. We haveone in process and one isalready completed. Most ofour efforts are located inthe Gilson Hill section ofBillerica State Forest.

We are experiencing anincreasing number of unauthorized trail modifica-tions. Please promote the " Didn't build it, don'ttouch it" philosophy. Trail mods are seen through-out New England. The trend looks to be increas-ing. Spread the word.

The planning for our Mountain Bike AdventureSeries Ride is under way. The event is scheduled forSeptember 10th at Great Brook State Park. GreatBrook offers some amenities that cannot be foundat other parks. All of the proceeds from the eventwill be put back into DCR managed properties.

TuesdayThe Lowell Dracut Tyngsboro Tuesday Night RideSeries started strong in 2017 despite the parkingsituation. Temperatures have been all over the mapthis year. The pace seems to vary with the weath-er.

Women's RideThe Women's ride continued to grow in its thirdseason. The weekly rider numbers surpassed all of

our other group rides. These ladies have a greatattitude and just love being in the woods on a bike.Big thanks to or ride leader, Karen Korza.

Friday NightThe Friday Night ride series at Russell Mill offers afast paced ride that can be as long as 23 miles witha trip to Billerica State Forest or Great Brook.

—Barry Moore

Play time at Lowell Dracut Tyngsboro. Photo by Karen Korza

Father and son exploring at Lowell DracutTyngsboro.

Photo by Lenny Pollard

New Trail Development at Gilson Hill


MerrimackValleyPresident: Barry Moore,

[email protected]

Vice-President: Malen AndersonTreasurer: Steve RichardsonEmail List: mtb-

[email protected]: MVNEMBA

Web Page: www.nemba.org/mvnemba

Facebook Group: “Merrimack Valley NEMBA”


Summer in New Englandand mountain biking onBoston's North Shore gotogether very well indeed.NSNEMBA developed andmaintains several outstand-ing trail networks in thearea including Harold ParkerSF, Georgetown-Rowley SF,Willowdale/Bradley PalmerSP and Winnikenni Park.

Get out and enjoy the local singletrack this sum-mer.

Many chapter members attended NEMBAFest inJune at Kingdom Trails, VT and had an awesometime. Philip Keyes outdid himself this year andorganized a truly epic event. The only problem: itwas too short!

The NS Weekly ride series has been popular thisyear with the Monday beginner ride at Willowdaleand the Wednesday women's ride at GRSF beingparticularly well attended. The Thursday ride at HPhas also been popular with a core group of regu-lars. NSNEMBA will sponsor a Kid's Ice Cream Rideon Sunday Sept 24 at Dow Brook ConservationArea in Ipswich, MA. Come ride with us!

The latest information from Trail ProjectCoordinator Dan Streeter is that the Town ofIpswich Conservation Commission has approvedtwo bridge replacements on the Bay Circuit Trailnear Willowdale SF. The project is planned for thisfall. Stay tuned to the NSNEMBA Facebook Page formore info, volunteers will be needed.

A NSNEMBA Chapter Meeting is being planned forlate July or early Aug at Andy Sherman's house inNo. Andover. A pre-meeting ride will take place atHarold Parker SF. Stay tuned for details. Mark yourcalendars for The Wicked Ride of the East at HP SFon Oct 29, 2017. It is NSNEMBA's marquee eventof the year and is not to be missed.

—Hank Kells

North ShorePresident: Frank Lane

president@ns nemba.org,857-265-4756 Vice-President: Tom GreeneTreasurer: Debi Merloni Secretary: Hank KellsBOD Reps: Frank Lane & Hank KellsWicked Ride Chair: Frank MingEmail List: mtb-

[email protected]: Scott Merloni

www.ns nemba.org


Monday Night Ride at Willowdale. Photo by Bob Hoefer

Jill Salem. Photo by Karen Whittier

Wednesday Ladies Ride at Georgetown Rowley State Park.Photo by Karen Whittier

Thursday Night Ride a Harold Parker. Photo by Bob Ganley



It has been a long wetspring in the Pioneer Valleyand her surrounding hills,as we write this article,many riding areas are justgetting going for the sum-mer, after the equinox!

That's not to say the chap-ter hasn't been active.Meetings have been held,trail work accomplished,issues discussed, and a bitof riding has happened.

While the crew was out working the other day, avery unusual blowdown was encountered. We willnot be changing the name of the trail from TVtower after we cut it apart.

The one real highlight to the dreary and muddyspring and early summer was the culmination of ayear's long effort by PVNEMBA and DCR to put thephenomenal trails at Kenneth Dubuque StateForest in Hawley on the official map. Thanks to theefforts of Paul Jahnige of DCR, the strong backs ofthe AmeriCorps crew, and the determination of thehilltown trail crews, signs are up, reroutes in place,maps online, and most importantly, riders from

everywhere are now welcome.

First time visitors may still have some difficultieswith navigation, as there isn't a lot of traffic to fullydefine the routes yet, but the online resources,new maps and signage, and popularity of the placewith locals should get most of you through a greatride without incident.

One more thing of note members: ThunderMountain Bike Park in Charlemont MA, has recent-ly announced a $5.00 NEMBA member discountoff the regular day rate, so make sure you haveyour current membership card in your pocket asyou head up this way.

—Harold Green

Brand new signage and a new map at Kenneth Dubuque State Forest will make it easier for vistors toenjoy the extensive singletrack trail system.

Photos by Harold Green

A difficult blowdown to remove.

some NEMBA folks met up with DCR's JesseCarter (Supervisor of the Holyoke Range) to col-laborate on a reroute near The Notch, and and hementioned how great it would be to get a big crew

together to work on various projects. Here thegroup discussed how we might establish bog

bridges (if approved).Photo by Adele Paquin

PioneerValleyPresident: Harold Green,

[email protected]

VP: Liam O’BrienTreasurer: Gabe Porter-HenrySecretary: Tim Post

Regional BOD Reps: Tim Post, HaroldGreen

Webpage: www.nemba.org/pvnembaFacebook & YouTube: “PV NEMBA”


I think every year, thischapter update begins with" NEMBAfest was a Blast!"

Well it was, once again!Three days of perfectweather( ok a little rain onFriday…) in one of the bestplaces on this earth, andthousands of bike-mindedpeople to share it all with!

There are a lot of newmembers these days, which is VERY exciting. Kidsof all ages are getting into mountain biking andrealizing how much fun it is to belong to NEMBA!Group rides and events, learning new skills, mak-ing new friends and riding buddies, that's whatwe're all about. Kudos to all of my leaders whomake it happen every day!

This spring was busy with lots of trail care daysand bridge-building…

In Blue Hills, an old rotting bridge on Headquarters

Path was replaced. Under the direction of'BridgeMaster' Chris Patrick, with Neil McDaid,Tom McKenna, Biagio Cautilli, and Dave Farrell ashis assistant foremen, they measured and cut allthe decking onsite even before the rest of the crewgot there. This made quick work of the build, as wewere done before noon! The bridge was fully fund-ed by an REI grant to Friends of Blue Hills, who hada few of their members in attendance.

In Wompatuck, Wayne Strohm has been off thebike due to a back injury, but that hasn't kept himfrom the park-clipping, sawing, mowing, all in aneffort to keep the trails open and accessible to all.

We have some sad news, that our friend Tri Vinh,who recently moved to Florida, passed away lastmonth from a bike accident there. Tri (say Tree)was a rider who's style and energy on the bike far

exceeded his age. Tri also helped out on trail caredays, most notably the NewBuck reroute lastNovember. You can thank him each time you ridethat trail, especially at the switchback where Newand Old Buck are the closest together.

New News!Karin Manfredi is our new Freetown VP

Neil McDaid took my BlueHills spot,

Dale Higgins is now VP of Massasoit,

Corey Wynott took Malcolm's long-standing spotat Ames Nowell,

Dave Riding took over Brad Child's position at F.Gilbert Hills(Foxboro).

Huge Kudos to all the great energy that their pred-ecessors poured into their parks, and BIG welcometo our new VP's!

Keep the wheels turning and stay upright whenev-er possible.

'Til we ride again,

—Steve Cobble


SE MassPresident: Steve Cobble,

[email protected], 781-254-8796Treasurer: Rich HigginsSecretary: Tom McKenna VPs:Ames Nowell: Corey WynottBlue Hills/Cutler: Neil McDaidBorderland: Rich HigginsBraintree Town: John DohertyF. Gilbert Hills(Foxboro): Dave RidingMassasoit: Dale HigginsFreetown: Karin ManfrediWompatuck: Dave FarrellFacebook: “SE Mass NEMBA”BOD Reps: Steve Cobble, Tim Friedman

Steve Cobble, Peter Abajoli, Steph Beaudoin, Bob Khederian, and Tim Friedmann at the NEMBAfest.Photos by Steve Cobble

Our hearts go out to the family and friends oflong time NEMBA member, Tri Vinh, who died

after a bike accident in Florida.

Wayne Strom is on the injured list but it’s notstopping him from mowing and working his heart

out on the Wompy trails!

Chris Patrick helping out at the SEMASS NEMBAcamp kitchen at NEMBAest. Yes, we put the

“feast” in the fest!


Thursday Night LSFRide We've had a steady turn outof about 6-10 riders eachweek ripping around thedemanding terrain of LSF.We've had a far wetter sum-mer than the last few yearsbut the trails have held upwell. Alternating start loca-tions has kept the routesfresh and interesting .

Pearl HillSo things are starting to come together at PearlHill. We should have some trail work days on thecalendar soon. The replacement of the damagedbridges is looking good as well. If you haven't rid-den there it's worth the trip. Bribe a local withsome beer for a tour, it'll be well worth a six pack.

Town of GrotonTrail maintenance as usual here in Groton. With allthe rain there's no shortage of trimming back to bedone. Check out the grotontrails.org website fortrail work days. There's an interactive map with aGPS locator on it too. Making it virtually impossi-ble to get lost in the town forest.

Treasure ValleyThe trails committee has made a lot of progressrecently. Several miles of existing trails have freshpainted blazes, the entire Heron Marsh Trail loophas been cleared and roughed in, we've receivedRutland Conservation Commission approval fornine bridge and/or boardwalk builds, and the trailmap is close to being reconstructed following adata loss event.

The Treasure Valley Rally MTB race, in its tenthyear, is coming up soon on Sunday August 27.We're planning to change up the course yet againto keep it interesting and, as always, challenging.The pros consider this the proving ground for NewEngland mountain biking. Bring your A-game andtest your limits! http://bikereg.com/tvr

Treasure Valley also hosted a Spartan race in June.It's reported that over 10,000 people participatedin the race on one of the two days it was held.Amazing! Fear not, the property has seen muchlove since the event and Boy Scout summer campis in full swing. Note that the adventure race trailscut specifically for this event by the promoters willnot be open for normal multi-use access.

Ware River WatershedEarlier this year, the Ware River Watershed (WRW)issue saw national attention when Bike Magazinemade us the finale in a four part series on MTBaccess struggles across the country. It's a greatpiece, 5,000 words plus pictures and video, cover-ing both sides of the issue with lots of quotes. Thetagline for the article states: "How a Massachusettswatershed became the nation's fiercest fat-tire bat-tleground." The article and all our WRW-relatedcontent can be found here: http://nemba.org/wrw

Several meetings have been held recently regardingtrail closures. These meetings have focused onanswering concerns by the equestrian communitywho wish to understand why their long approvedtrails are being closed. Despite the focus, a numberof user groups turned out to support the harmlesspresence of recreational trails on this enormousproperty.

One trail, T3, was closed due to some erosionsites. The erosion has been present for at least 17years and was fairly stable yet could have beenrepaired, but now the trail is closed to all. Anothertrail, T6, was marked in the field with official statehorse trail markers yet somehow never made itonto any horse trail map. Ironically, T6 did appearas an authorized bicycle trail in a map from theyear 2000. The state fixed this map snafu byremoving all the official markers from the trail andclosing it to all. Meanwhile, logging projects areongoing all over the watershed.

Also covered at the meeting was confirmation thatthe WRW will see new protection zones defined.The new zones, which go well beyond the legalWatershed Protection Act and DEP buffer zonesthat have been in place for decades and enabledBoston's water to achieve top honors nationwide,

are based on the time it takes water to reach theaqueduct intake. Zone 1 is closest to the intake butalso includes most of the trail network, a good por-tion of both rail trails, and a number of publicroads. It remains to be seen how these protectionzones are used to further restrict public access butwe have to ask: in the absence of any data show-ing any impact at all as a result of public access totrails, how much protection is enough? Is the endgoal to encase the entire watershed in fence andonly permit logging within?

All hopes are on the public access plan revisionprocess, which begins this fall. That is the onlyavenue for change, according to the state. We stilldon't know exactly what the process is, but thefirst opportunity for public involvement will be viaan online survey. We'll keep you posted and keeppushing for shared trail access for all.

Spencer State ForestRecently locals have been observing and reportingillegal OHV access to Spencer SF. New trails arebeing created and ridden by these users, some ofthem going straight up steep hills on the fall line,causing erosion. We are hoping to engage withDCR staff and leadership to help reduce this prob-lem.

Additionally, sections of Spencer SF along TurkeyHill Brook are fenced off, closed to the public, dueto DCR's discovery of lead in the soil from a shoot-ing range that once occupied this area. It's ourunderstanding that the plan is to remediate thesite by extracting the contaminated soil, which isin a densely wooded area on both sides of thebrook. We'll stay tuned and give updates as welearn more.

—Brett Russ

Locals and St. John's students working on trails at Treasure ValleyPhoto by Brett Russ

WachusettPresident: Dave Burnham, tattoodav-

[email protected], 978-852-4962Secretary: Brett RussTreasurer: Fred MeyerColdbrook Springs: Brett RussLeominster SF: Jim WrightsonNashoba Trails: Dave BurnhamPetersham Trails: Alf BerryFacebook: “Wachusett NEMBA”Webpage: www.nemba.org/wachnemba



BK-NEMBA is excited to beworking with the Smith fam-ily of West Brattleboro andtheir land manager HankLange to see a more exten-sive network of singletracktrail developed on their land.The plans include entire newtrails and more thoughtfuland enjoyable connectingtrails between town proper-ty and other private lands (with permission).Lange and BK-NEMBA's ultimate goal is greateraccess for our outdoor community to a morecohesive trail network across town and privatelands! This is an exciting development forBrattleboro MTB'ing. Expect to see more workdays posted, as well as rides on these new trails.Reach out to Corey Ickes for more information.

In May we held our annual spring kick-off event.Once again Todd and Pam Amato opened theirproperty up to us. This year saw the addition ofmore vendors - a ton of vendors, and as usualTodd had the trails in perfect shape. A new addi-tion this year was a well-marked loop so riderscould self-guide at their own pace. Once again,Little Zoe's prepared fresh baked pizzas for every-one. Another great year!

A big shout out to Gravel Tours out of BondvilleVT. They've joined BK-NEMBA as an industrymember. Norm's Ski & Bike Shop also renewedtheir dealer membership with BK-NEMBA thisyear, and this year 365 Cycles renewed their deal-er membership as well at the Master Builder level.Take a moment to thank all these guys, and alsohelp support them by buying local. They are sup-porting us, let's give it back.

We also received a $200 donation from the ScoresRunning Club and Drummer Hill Trail Races. Thisis Chris Casey's 2nd year putting on this ultra-run-ning event on the Drummer Hill trail network.Chris is an old school MTBer who helped build anddesign a lot of the original DH trails in Drummer,who has turned his energies to trail running. Bigkudos and thanks to Chris and Scores.

The chapter is also giving back. In addition to thechapter’s annual Steward Membership toStonewall Farm, a few local chapter members havestarted a GoFundMe campaign to raise money tohelp support the farm. Stonewall Farm is a work-ing, non-profit farm/educational center whosetrails are free and open to the public year round.They have been great supporters of MTBers and wewant to show our appreciation to them. The idea

is if everyone just gives $5 we can show our sup-port and just what the MTBing community can do- strength in numbers. Show them some love:www.gofundme.com/BKNEMBA-FiveForTheFarm

We had a small, unorganized contingent of chaptermembers at NEMBA Fest this year. We staged ournew easy-up canopy tent with the Greater BostonNEMBA chapter. Despite the rainy start Friday,things cleared out and we had 3 epic days of fest-ing. You really need to check it out next year.

Local rides have been Tuesday Nights. Attendanceis small, but consistent. We focus on the Keenearea, but every couple weeks we head to other areadestinations. There is just so much great ridingwithin a 1 hour drive. We are also getting over toBrattleboro 1x per month. Brattleboro has been

doing some loosely organized rides, but their focushas been primarily on getting the new trails built.Reach out to Corey Ickes if you want to lend ahand. There has also been a dedicated group ofself-proclaimed "novices" riding Thursday evenings.This is great, and keep it up guys. We'd love tomake this an official ride!

On the Keene side we are scheduling a work day ortwo at Stonewall Farm. The trails need some love,especially before the Root 66 race in August. Wegot plans to put in a new bridge(s) on Drop andChute to help do away with a problem wet spot,and some additional trail development in WestKeene is in the works. Stay tuned, all 3 of theseproject will require help.

See you on the trails. —Mike Davern

N E W H A M P S H I R E / V T

Brattleboro-KeenePresident: Peter Poanessa,

[email protected] President: Josh ReynoldsSecretary: Mike DavernTreasurer: Peter SchraderEmail List:

[email protected] Email: [email protected]

Pump Track at the Spring Picnic. Photo by Shari Lapierre

Good Parenting at NEMBAFest. Photo by Mike Davern


N E W H A M P S H I R E

Pedaling for Payson -Riding to SupportCancer PatientsCNH NEMBA is working againto help bring a mountain bikecourse to this year's Pedalingfor Payson fundraiser onSaturday, September 16, 2017at Elm Brook Park inContoocook, New Hampshire.This year Pedaling for Payson will again be raisingmoney to both help current Payson Centerpatients with out of pocket as well as using the

funds to provide the most vulnerable patients witha "nurse navigator." The nurse navigator P4P helpsfund is a staff member dedicated to helping cancerpatients find the medical, community, and financialsupport they need quickly. This, in turn, helps tolighten the load for both the patients and theirfamilies.

CNH NEMBA is working to refine the course forthe P4P MTB event. The trails at Elm Brook are ingreat shape and the course will again featurefavorites such as Tufkat, Canal Street, andGateway. The most significant change in the P4Pcourse this year is that we will be eliminating Loop#2 (the ATV trails north of the covered bridge) andadding a new section of singletrack to the north ofthe Contoocook River. We are confident you will

love the new section - lots of

interesting, flowy singletrackwinding through fields, hard-woods and a pine forest. Thiswill be an excellent way to honeyour thirst before you head overto the Henniker BrewingCompany rest stop. The 2017course will be about the samelength as in past years (20 +/-miles), but we hope to have sev-eral new sections of trail readyfor the event.

Please join us on Saturday,September 16, 2017 to raisemoney for cancer patients andtheir families while at the sametime enjoying the trails in andaround the Elm Brook Park.

Following the event there will be live entertain-ment, cookout, and cold beverages for all partici-pants (reportedly this is the best post-ride feed inall of New England). Participants are invited to reg-ister online at www.pedalingforpayson.org. Formore information, or if you would like to help withthe mountain biking event, please contact NickHolmes at [email protected].

Page HillOn June 4, 2017 CNH NEMBA held a trail day atthe Page Hill system in Hill, N.H. The crew finishedwork on the new Voltage trail which will provide agreat link to the top of Shock Therapy, the preemi-nent flow trail in our area. Page Hill is a hiddengem. While hundreds of riders visit Franklin Fallsevery week, relatively few visit Page Hill even

though it is only fourteen miles away. Next timeyou want to try something new check out Page Hilland let us know what you think.

Monthly RidesOur Chapter is continuing with our "3rd Thursdayof the month Social Ride" again this year. We tryto meet at 5:30 PM and roll by 5:45 PM. Pleasejoin us to meet new people and some old friendstoo, and then join us after the ride for food andbeverages. We roll at an easy social pace for allabilities; no biker is left behind. Keep an eye onour Facebook page and our web site(http://www.cnhnemba.org) for the locations offuture rides.

— Nick Holmes

June social ride at Ahern. Photo by Shelly Temple

Grant Drew and Mark Bailey at Spaulding Woods. Photo by Shelly Temple

Central NHPresident: Mike Geldermann,

[email protected]: Matt BowserVP Franklin Falls: Matt BowserVP Hop-Ev: Nicholas HolmesVP Page Hill: Glenn CilleyVP Ahern: Grant DrewTreasurer: Barry GreenhalghPR Manager: Kevin OrlowskiBOD Reps: Shelly Temple, Grant Drew


The weather in the NorthCountry was less than ban-ner this spring. There havebeen brilliant exceptions butthe amount of rain andstorminess has interferedwith business as usual,although we are fully expect-ing the latter half of thesummer season to be ideal.

A freak squall caused damageto the Littleton Area's Moore Dam trail. DaveHarkless reports, "The basics is a horrific wind-storm came in the beginning of June and decimat-ed our beloved Moore Dam trail, more than 50 manhours and we are only 2 miles cut through out of4 miles needed but we will keep plugging along" Atangle of felled trees along the shore of Moore DamReservoir along the Connecticut River is demand-ing much local effort but progress continues.Following that June experience, a flash flood onJuly 1 washed out culverts, closed roads and tookout several trail bridges in the Franconia network,but the group is now busy mending those insultsas well.

Our usual well drained glacial soils have remaineddamp into July but riding is good especially out ofFranconia Inn and the White Mountain Bike Shopand at Parker Mountain.. The chapter is taking onlevel 1 stewardship responsibility to maintain theintegrity of the still unofficial and under reviewNational Forest extension of our trail network. Wethank Jody Chinchen, Pemi District Trails Managerat the National Forest for her efforts to facilitatethis initiative.

Efforts to advance additional trails to link locationsaround the valley continue as well as efforts toinstall more FANEMBA trail signs on our coretrails. We welcome visitors to the North Country

to contact the Littleton Bike Shop for details on theTuesday evening Land Sharks ride series….and vis-itors to town can check with the White MountainBike Shop for information on Saturday morningrides. The Top Notch Triathlon with its six mileuphill mountain bike first leg is set to run onSaturday morning August 5 leaving from the StoneIron Furnace downtown 8am with the destinationof the Cannon Summit looming above. I hope tosee some of you at the race

Happy Trails.

—Chris Nicodemus

FranconiaAreaPresident: Chris Nicodemus,

[email protected] President: Gardner Kellogg

VP Outreach: Janel Lawton

VP Trails: Bob Lesmerises

VP Trail Access: Jim McCann

VP Littleton Area: Blake Roberts

Treasurer: Sandy Olney

Secretary: Molly Maloy

Facebook: “Franconia Area NEMBA”


Madeline Ellms, age 14, riding a log pile atFranklin Falls Dam. Photo by Rosemary Ellms

Daughter and father riding at Kingdom Trails.Photo by Rosemary Ellms

Salvage the Moore Dam Trail after the GalePhoto by Dave Harkless

Madeline Ellms with Jessie and Theo Church on Payne Road Trails.Photo by Rosemary Ellms



Despite the torrential rainand occasional washout,the riding in the Pemi Valleyis in mid-summer form. Ourvolunteers have been busytrimming, raking and haul-ing their way to clear andsustainable trails.

Fox ParkThe riding in Fox Park con-tinues to evolve with aseries of small tweaks that take advantage of thenatural features. The Pump Track has also beengroomed, and is being enjoyed by riders of all agesand disciplines. Our volunteers continue to workalongside the Federal Rangers to establish addi-tional riding in the National Forest.

GyroscopeThe big news in the Pemi Valley Chapter is theacquisition of permission to update and maintain alarge parcel of land in Holderness. For the pastdecade, riders of all ability levels have enjoyed the

winding trails known to locals as Gyroscope.

This snake-like network takes advantage of the flatterrain that parallels the Pemigewasset River andoffers several miles of riding under a hard woodcanopy. Due to the lack of climbing, this area hasserved as a jumping off point for many fledglingmountain bikers, as well as a place for spinningpedals and speedy turns. In addition, there is aportion of the network that is home to a set of dirtjumps. This area is much like an open sand box,and is constantly changing based on rider inputand energy.

This recent progress is due to collaboration withproperty owners Holderness Prep School andWhite Mountain Golf Course. Our sincere hope isthat by the end of the riding season this networkwill be signed, mapped and buffed out. If we're

lucky we may even see some expansion in the nearfuture.

More PartnershipsAs summer continues to clip by, we look forwardto our partnerships with D'Acres, Plymouth Parksand Recreation. The effort to create more opportu-nities for mountain biking of all ability levelsremains our priority. If you are in the area pleasevisit our local sponsors Rhino Bike Works (NorthMain St. in Plymouth) and Mad River Coffee (Exit28 in Compton). Enjoy the riding.

— Jeremy Hillger

Fresh singletrack at Fox Park. Photo by Greg DiSanto

Heading out to do some trail work. Photo by Mike Turner

The pump track is groomed and ready to ride!

Pemi ValleyPresident: Slade Warner

Vice-President: Jay HarringtonTreasurer: Sean O’LearyBOD Rep: Jeremy HillgerFacebook: Pemi Valley NEMBA


This Spring certainly waschallenging for us as thepersistent rain and coolertemperatures kept manytrails wet far longer thanusual. Thanks to everyonewho gave the trails time todry before venturing out.

We have spent considerabletime in the first half of thisyear meeting with landmanager to address accessissues and trail work. In Madbury, our dedicatedstewardship team is working closely with theConservation Commission to help improve theexisting legal trail network. In Gonic, we have asimilar team in place that is working with WasteManagement, the land manager of a parcel pos-sessing a popular trial network. Keep your eyes outfor upcoming trail days at both Kingman Farm andin Gonic. A special thank you goes out to ourchapter president, Matt Caron and to membersKevin Bolton, Bob Boucher, Duane Hyde and MarkTraeger, who have committed considerable timeand effort in the region.

If you want to help preserve open space in thegreater Manchester, NH area, please visit the ForestSociety's web page and look at the ManchesterWater Works Project. The Society is purchasing aconservation easement on a 1900-acre parcel thatabuts the FOMBA trail network and provides a cor-ridor through Hooksett and Candia into Bear BrookState Park In Allenstown. At the time we go topress, there is only $250,000 needed of the origi-nal $1.9 million price tag. Our chapter has made adonation to help close the deal.

Our group rides continue to be very popular. Pleasecheck out our regular rides, Intermediate/Advanced, Women's and Co-ed Intermediate,Women's Strong Novice, Coed Novice and, new,Sunday Session Series. Thanks to Alanna Carlson,Chris Gaudet, Jeff Hannigan, Kate Richardson andSpieg Spiegs for leading these rides.

Though most of us have long since passed the ageof eighteen, there is a huge contingent of ridersthat have yet to graduate high school. The NewEngland High School Cycling Association(NEHSCA) develops passion, skills and advocacy inthese young riders. Give their website or Facebookpage a peek and see if there is some way that youcan help support their efforts. Young riders are the

future of mountain biking and remember, everyminute that kids spend cycling is time not spent infront of a screen (Strava and GoPro notwithstand-ing).

Mark your calendars for this year's Bear Brook

Boogie on October 8, 2017. This year marksNEMBA's 30th anniversary and the Boogie thisyear will be bigger and better than ever.

—Dan Dwyer


SNH NEMBA’s Advance Novice Ladies Ride at Yudicky.Photo by Kate Richardson

Strong Novice Co-ed ride at Yudicky teepee. Photo by Chris Gaudet

SouthernNew HampshirePresident: Matt Caron,

[email protected], 603-321-8736VP: Dan DwyerVP: Bill Theroux Secretary: Alanna CarlsonTreasurer: Norrie KnottTrail Advisor: Peter DeSantisEmail list: [email protected]: Southern NH NEMBA


Our New President:Amanda TulipWith many thanks to RobAdair, as a trail blazer andformer White MountainNEMBA president for hisdedication and countlesshours of work, we are veryexcited to announceAmanda Tulip has beenelected as our new presi-dent. Amanda is an avidrider and an experienced trail builder. She grew upin the valley, and is the daughter of two very activeNEMBA members who have dedicated years ofservice helping maintain and develop our localtrails. Amanda shares their same passion for thetrails. We are all very excited she has stepped upto the plate, and think she is a great addition.

We have finally dried out up here, after anextremely wet spring. Trail conditions have beenamazing within recent weeks, and I hope all of ourmembers have been out enjoying the trails.

Our volunteers have been busy this spring buildingthree new trails. The new downhill trail whichruns parallel to Red Tail, is still in the clearing

phase. This trail will give riders another option inthe Hurricane Mountain Road Common Lands area.We are projecting this trail will be open in earlyfall. Work continues in the Marshall ConservationArea located off of West Side Road. This area sawsome impressive machine built trail developmentlast year, with the creation of the Shumway Trail.Members are currently expanding this zone further,with another new trail called The Quarry Trail.This trail takes riders through two old quarries,which will add some interesting features for riders.Benching has been taking place over in the AlbanyTown Forest, as well as trail layout for a nice XCloop, that will be constructed in the near future.

Members recently installed a bench in memory ofGreg "Muzzy" Muzzerall. Muzzy was a dedicatedmember of our local bike community as well as askilled bike mechanic. This bench was installed aspart of a joint project with White MountainNEMBA and the Mount Washington Valley BikeClub. White Mountain NEMBA members installedthis bench on the upper part of the Shumway Traillocated in the Marshall Conservation Area. Alsorecently installed in the Marshall ConservationArea, is a bike work station, featuring a variety oftools and an air pump. The work station wasinstalled by the Town Of Conway's public worksdepartment.

Our trail work weekend is scheduled for July 29thand the 30th. This years trail work weekend willfocus on Red Tail. More information can be foundon our Facebook page as we get closer to the workweekend.

Happy Trails. —Chris Lewando


The newly installed bench in memory of Greg "Muzzy" Muzzerall

WM NEMBA’s new president, Amanda Tulip

Our New Bike Work Station in the MarshallConservation Area, courtesy of White Mountains

NEMBA and the Mount Washington Valley BicyclingClub.

WhiteMountainsPresident: Amanda Tulip,

[email protected]: Alex Leich and Lloyd BlizzardTreasurer: Phil Ostroski Secretary: Julie PosterWebsite: www.wmnemba.org


R H O D E I S L A N D

It's Spring in Rhode Islandand that means.... gypsymoths! Fortunately for ushumans the little crawlersdon't seem to be quite ashungry this year as last. Sofar. To help slow the spread,we're reminded by theRhode Island Departmentof EnvironmentalManagement (DEM) to"inspect our vehicles andequipment to be sure we aren't inadvertentlytransporting gypsy moth caterpillars to and fromother areas."

It's not all destruction in the woods though.RINEMBA, DEM, and Shimano teamed up to builda much-needed bridge in Arcadia ManagementArea. This new 36'x40" multi-user bridge was builtwith the help of many volunteers including familiesand kids. Jim Grimley from Shimano worked withthe local DEM officials to understand the scope ofthe project and RINEMBA provided the design,material, funding and volunteer staff to quicklyturn this vision into a reality. And in nearby SnakeDen State Park in Johnston, RINEMBA and NewEngland High School Cycling Association built over100 feet of bridges over streams and mud wallows.These connect some gnarly singletrack to some fireroad to create some respectable loops in this littlepark.

The annual Earth Day Big River cleanup, led by ourown Pete Gengler, was well-attended by RINEMBAmembers, as usual. Despite 10 years of trash col-lection, we still filled 3 large dumpsters with trashand over-filled one with tires. Mother Nature wasnot impressed, however, and in May gave us aweek of heavy rain which forced us to postponeour Arcadia Fun Ride. Disappointing, but the rightdecision to protect our trails from a large influx ofeager riders (the Arcadia ride is tentativelyrescheduled to September). It's also heartening tosee discussions on social media about trail condi-tions following Spring rains.

On the subject of giving back, RINEMBA has justcompleted the second Meeting Street Bike Clubseries. Meeting Street is an elementary school ininner city Providence and for the second year we'vetaken some lucky students for some (mostly gen-tle) weekly mountain bike rides. Most of the ses-sions were on some of the very nice paved bike

paths in Rhode Island. The last session was in BigRiver, a popular local riding area. Dirt roads, a littlesingletrack, nature appreciation, and exercise: thekids had a great time, but I think the adultsenjoyed their time even more. Special thanks toPete Gengler, Matt Mlyniec, Paul Brais, WayneAsselin, Denise Asselin, Laurent Froissard, BillO'Mara, Haley Winsor, Courtney Winsor, CraigMello, Chris Hughes, Luke Mello, Jeff Rundlett, andeveryone else that helped.

Upcoming, we'll move right into our annualBeginner Clinic. In this we try to teach some basicskills over a series of five or six rides that will getany rider from zero to comfortable. Details can befound on the RINEMBA Facebook page and onRINEMBA.org. Also the Big River Fun Ride in Julypromises to be well-attended.

It's been a busy few months and I often see thesame faces volunteering for every event.Contributing to NEMBA is one way to give backand to help preserve the green space and the trails

we love. If you're lucky enough to have the time tospare, please keep your eyes open for the calls forhelp. And if you can't volunteer, please at least begood ambassadors on the trails. Stop and pullaside for hikers. Slow down where you know therewill be other users, especially children. Say hello.Many of us know our trails well... offer navigationadvice if someone seems lost. The attitudes ofother users can impact our access to open space.When the inevitable user conflicts arise, I alwaysthink of the article by Gordon Cessford,"Perception and Reality of Conflict: Walkers andMountain Bikers." You can read it on the NEMBAwebsite. In summary it says that although hikers,etc, had a somewhat low opinion of mountain bik-ers on trails, those that actually encountered rid-ers on trails had a higher opinion than those thatdidn't.

Let that sink in for a minute. Yay us!

—Alan Winsor

Some of the Meeting Street kids (big and little) in Big River

One of 4 Snake Den Bridges

Rhode IslandPresident: Matt Mlyniec,

[email protected]

Chapter Board Members: JamesHoard, Craig Mello, ChristopherHughes

Treasurer: Kerry Angelo

Secretary: Lauren Hoard

NEMBA BOD Rep: Matt Schulde, PeterGengler

Website: RINEMBA.org

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Central, Wachusett & Western Mass Sundays Wachusett NEMBA Leominster SF Ride Intermediate Jim Wrightson [email protected] 978-852-4800Tuesdays Pioneer Valley NEMBA Sawmill Ride All Greenfield Bicycles and Skis Unlimited 413-772-2700Tuesdays Wachusett NEMBA Women's Intermediate Ride Leominster Lydia Barter [email protected] Thursdays Wachusett NEMBA Thursday Fast Ride Advanced (Location Varies) Dave [email protected] Thursdays Pioneer Valley NEMBA Notch Visitor's Center Ride Amherst All 5:30PM

ConnecticutSundays Fairfield County NEMBA Ride Intermediate Ridgefield Bicycle Company [email protected] Quiet Corner NEMBA Weekend Warrior Ride Intermediate-Exp. Stacey Jimenez [email protected] Quiet Corner NEMBA Mellow Monday Ride All HamptonStacey Jimenez [email protected] NW CT NEMBA All Level Social Ride AllBurlington Margie and Dennis [email protected] Fairfield County NEMBA Ride Intermediate Ridgefield Area Greg Meghani [email protected] Fairfield County NEMBA Social Ride All (location Varies) Paula Burton [email protected] Quiet Corner NEMBA Women's Ride Intermediate- Expert Women(Location Varies)Cris Cadiz 860-983-6551Weds Fairfield County NEMBA Wilton Ride Intermediate Wilton Dave Francefort [email protected] Central CT NEMBA Ride After Work Series All (Location Varies) Al Tinti [email protected] Central CT NEMBA Women's Ride @ Rockland Women Lisa Maloney [email protected] 203 772 5812Thursdays NW CT NEMBA Ride Intermediate-Advanced Burlington Scott and Brian [email protected] Quiet Corner NEMBA Saturday Morning Special Intermediate - Advanced Glenn Tourtellot [email protected] Saturdays Central CT NEMBA Faturday Ride Intermediate-Advanced Glenn Vernes [email protected]

Maine, New Hampshire & VermontMondays SNH NEMBA Co-Ed Ride Intermediate-Adv.Intermediate Alanna Carlson [email protected] Southern NH NEMBA Co-Ed Novice Ride Mike Falls Chris Gaudet [email protected] SNH NEMBA Floating Tuesday Ride Intermediate-Advanced Jim Spiegel [email protected] Brattleboro-Keene NEMBA Keene Ride Adv Novice - Adv Intermediate Michael Davern [email protected] Franconia Area NEMBA Landshark Mountain Bike Ride Littleton Dave Harkless [email protected] Central Maine NEMBA Ride Intermediate Brian Alexander [email protected] 207-441-8227Weds Midcoast Maine NEMBA Wednesday Beginner Ride Series Newer Riders Camden Scott [email protected] SNH NEMBA Coed Strong Novice Ride Advanced Novice (Location Varies) Chris Gaudet [email protected] Brattleboro-Keene NEMBA Social Ride All Brattleboro, VT Mike Davern [email protected] PR NEMBA & Ski Rack Sports Ride Intermediate Bangor, ME Ski Rack Sports 207-945-6474Thursdays SNH NEMBA Ladies Ride Adv. Novice (Location Varies) Kate Richardson [email protected] PR NEMBA Saturday Ride Beginner-Adv. Novice (Location Varies) Emmy Monahan [email protected] Sats Greater Portland NEMBA Tour de Portland Intermediate (Location Varies) Rob Lavoie [email protected]

Metro Boston, Merrimack & North ShoreMondays GB NEMBA Beginner/Novice Ride Newer Riders BelmontAdam Glick [email protected] GB & MV NEMBA Practice Your Technique Rides All Lexington Dan McCormack [email protected] North Shore NEMBA Novice WIllowdale Ride Newer Riders TopsfieldFred White [email protected] North Shore NEMBA Intermediate Willowdale Ride Frank Lane [email protected] MV NEMBA Ride @ Lowell Dracut SF Intermediate Lowell Barry Moore [email protected] MV NEMBA By Grateful Tread Ride All Chelmsford or Billerica David Zizza [email protected] MV NEMBA Tuesday Ladies Ride Women (Location Varies) Karen Korza [email protected] GB NEMBA Tuesday Women's Ride Intermediate & AdvInt Women Andrea and Reenie [email protected]

NEMBA rides are led by individual NEMBA members for other members and prospective members. So if you haven't yet joined NEMBA, pleasedo. Rides are usually for small numbers of people and vary with the location and the personal style of the host. Rides have been known tochange location or time at the last moment. So be sure to contact the ride's leader, both to sign up, and to find out more about the ride. **Besure to contact the ride leader a couple of days before the ride takes place. That way you will be sure that the ride is on.

If you commit to a ride, go, since space is limited. That way the rides will stay manageable and will be enjoyable for everyone. Helmets arerequired on all NEMBA rides. Contact your ride's leader if the weather looks questionable.

HEY! - Why not lead a NEMBA ride yourself? Contact Bill Boles at 508-583-0067 or [email protected] for more information.

NEMBA Rides


Weds North Shore NEMBA Women's Intermediate RideWomen Georgetown Debi Merloni [email protected] GB NEMBA Wednesday Fells Social Ride All Stoneham Maciej [email protected] GB NEMBA Thursday Night Social Ride & Pizza All Burlington Maciej Sobieszek [email protected] MV NEMBA by Grateful Tread Thursday Ride All Carlisle or Billerica David Zizza [email protected] North Shore NEMBA Harold Parker Ride Intermediate Andover Bob Ganley [email protected] MV NEMBA Friday Ride @ Russell Mill Intermediate - Adv. Int. Steve [email protected] MV NEMBA by Grateful Tread Northeast MA Ride Adv. Intermediate David Zizza [email protected] & Sun GB NEMBA Weekend Rides All (Location Varies) Maciej Sobieszek [email protected]

Southeastern Mass. Blackstone Valley & Rhode IslandSundays RI NEMBA Arcadia Ride Intermediate Exeter, RI John Sumner [email protected] Mondays BV NEMBA's Monday Evening Hopkinton SP Ride Novice-Intermediate Brian Forestal [email protected] SE MASS NEMBA Foxborough Ride All Foxborough, MA Iain Crerar [email protected] BV NEMBA Tuesday Evening Ride Novice-Intermediate Location Varies Brian Forestal [email protected] SE MA NEMBA Tuesday Ride Novice Hingham, MA Tim Friedmann [email protected] Cape Cod NEMBA ToT Wednesday Ride All Marstons Mills, MA Mike Dube [email protected] RI NEMBA Lincoln Woods Ride All Lincoln, RI Brendan Dee [email protected] 401 335 3163 Thursdays SE MASS NEMBA Thursday Foxboro Ride Intermediate-Adv. Int Iain Crerar [email protected] SE MA NEMBA Blue Hills Morning Ride All Milton, MA Steve Cobble [email protected] BV NEMBA Thursday Evening Ride Intermediate Location Varies Brian Forestal [email protected] Cape Cod NEMBA Old Jail Lane Ride All Paul Richard & Lev Malakhoff [email protected] Cape Cod NEMBA Friday ToT Ride All Marstons Mills, MA Mike Dube [email protected] Cape Cod NEMBA Friday Flip Out Kid's Ride Marstons Mills Frank Merola [email protected] SE MASS NEMBA Wompatuck Ride All Hingham, MA Richard Banks [email protected] Cape Cod NEMBA Saturday Mellow RideAll (Location Varies) Bill Boles [email protected] SE MA NEMBA Ride Intermediate (Location Varies) Corey French [email protected]


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