oct-nov 1994
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FROM YOUR PREZHappy October everyone! I want to start off my column
telling everyone who could not make it on the Tsali trip in North
Carolina what an incredible time we had! Friday night a few of us
had dinner (Sherpa Rice) in Nantahala. Saturday everyone met at
the Tsali trail and we proceed to experience J ohnson and Mouse
loops for a combined total of about 15 miles. It was truly awe-
some, perhaps the greatest scenery I've ever ridden in.
Afterwards most of us went back to camp for lunch and a cold
swim in Lake Fontana. Saturday evening, we had R&R. ...dinner
around the campfire ....and then crashed. Sunday morning we
packed up and half the group met at the Namahala Outdoor
Center (NOG) where we rented rafts and took an 8 mile white
water trip down the Nantahala River. Talk about scenery and cold
water .. I would not have missed it for anything!
I would like to take the time to share with you some
accomplishments of BUMP over the past year..things we have
done for the community and for our members as well. First of all
we successfully completed our 17 mile mountain bike loop at Oak
Mountain State Park. Many, many thanks to all who contributed
their precious time over the years! BUMP has also gotten
involved in trail access projects, Le. Bankhead National Forest,
Rockford and Brompton, etc. We scheduled a number of planned
ridesltrips to Sandrock, AL, Trenton, GA, and Helen, GA for the
National Championship series to name a few. We have always
made a strong effort to bring you fun and educational presenta-
tions at the monthly meetings. We helped with educational semi-
nars at Birmingham Sports and more recently at Bob's Bikes. As
far as membership goes, we have increased it by nearly 150%
because of membership drives and Trail Day events. We all have
been working hard to upgrade our little club and by Gosh, we've
done it! BUMP always has been open to suggestions and com-
ments as to how we might do even better. I mean, after all, this is
your club ... Please let us know what more we can do to strength-
en our club.
ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER
Under BUMP's bylaws two Board of Directors
positions will become available at December's elections held at
next month's meeting. Also under those bylaws BUMP officers
are no longer elected yearly by members. The Board of Directors
each year appoint the officers from the Board of Directors. We
believe this system will work well in that first of all, you elect who
you want on the Board of Directors. They are your workhorses
you have elected to run the day to day affairs ofthe Club, sweat
the details, and try to serve the needs of its members. The
"Workhorses" then decide which "horse" will take what position
on the team. (continue on page 2)
Membership in BUMP expires on November 30th of
each year at midnight. Membership dues are payable at the
November monthly meeting which will be November 2nd this
year. This serves two purposes: 1.) You must be a paid up mem-
ber in order to vote in the December elections, 2.) it provides a
lump sum from which the Board of Directors can budget the next
year's projects and expenditures. Some of you joined BUMP late
in the year and as a result those individuals membership dues will
be reduced as set out below. If you joined late in the year, find
your name below and find the corresponding renewal dues. We
hope all present BUMP members re-join. Your dues go to a good
cause and you can actually save money by joining in that you get
a 10% discount on all accessories purchased at Bob's Bikes,
Cahaba Cycles, and River Oaks Cycles.
THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE OF BUMP MEMBERS WHO
J OINED BETWEEN APRIL 6TH AND J ULY 5TH AND RENEW-
AL IS $15 FOR 1995:CARL R OBE RTS S TE VE YORK
MICHAEL POLLARD LARRY STANLEY
SARAHPATION WALLYRETAN
TRAVIS FOWLER LISA FOWLER
CONNOR MCVEY JOHN OTTO MEtR
J IM YEAL Y TOM COSBY
RANDY CARLETON VICKI CARLETON
KAREN BALLIET SAM J OVINGS
J OSH BURNS KATHY BURNS
KEN PINKERTON MARK WILCOXEN
KEVIN MCCAIN LAURA BASSAUGUS TA CAS H R ALPH CASH
MELISSA DURRETT J OHN GOBER III
E LL YN GAGNON BE VE RLY POWELL
J OHN PEARSON INGER KING
WILLIAM SUMMERS
VIRGINIA POWELL
J OSIE CASEY
DEANNA MCVEY
L1NDAMEIR
GAIL COSBY
MICHAEL BALLIET
KIM J OVINGS
MARLEEN PINKERTON
PAUL DVORAK
GARY WILTNOTHEATH GOEBEL
A.L. GAGNON
TODD FRENCH
STEPHEN MCCONNEL
THE FOLLOWING NAMES AR E OF BUMP MEMBERS WHO
J OINED BETWEEN J ULY 6TH AND OCTOBER 2ND AND
RENEWAL COST IS $10 FOR 1995:KEN CATER J EFF KING
MARSHALL pms PERRY BURNETTR US SE LL ALLE N DAN MEEKS
BILL READING J OHN HARRISON
NANCY BROWER LAURA HARRISON
S TE VE POWE LL J O MUDD
DAVID CHANDLER R B TURNSULLBRENT MARSHALL WILL LUCKETT
LORI KING SHAWN WRIGHT
ALiSA SCOFIELD MICKIE POWELL
EARL HALL
BARBARA OLSCHNER
GREG KILBURN
LAUREN HENDERSON
HOLLY O"SHEA
BILL CHRISTENBERRY
DR. ERIC SOLOMONSHERE MCBRYDE
MICHAEL SAKALIAN
ANYONE MEMBER WHO'S NAME DID NOT
APPEAR ON THESES LISTS WILL BE ENTITLED TO
PAY THE FULL $20 FOR THEIR 1995 MEMBERSHIP.
PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CHECKS AT THE NOVEMBER
MEETING.
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(continued from page 1)
Experience has shown the Board runs on a consenses basis anyway.
Because only two or three Board positions are vacant each year, there
are always old hands on board to help the newly elected board mem-
bers. This method provides some continuity and stability to the club.
The present Board of Directors hopes to bring more members into the
actual workings ofthe club with the goal in mind of getting new bloodon the Board.
Anyway, Hugh Leader (ph. 942-9128) has appointed (they
volunteered!) Mike Herring (ph. 663-6083), Mark Richman (ph. 987-
7991) and Teresa Piercy as the nominating committee. So far three NOVEMBER 5TH.- SATURDAY 10 A.M. TRAIL MAINTENANCE
individuals have expressed an interest in running for the two upcoming WORK DAY. MEET AT THE PARK OFFICE ON TERRACE
Board vacancies. They are Hardwick Gregg, Amy Hunter, and Laurie DRIVE. BRING WATER, WORK GLOVES AND A SNACK.McClennan. There is plenty of time for other interested members to
place their name on the election ticket. The "Regular Ticket" nominees NOVEMBER 12TH _ MAD DOG DUATHAlON AND NORBA
will be presented to the members in November. SANCTIONED MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE, SPR INGVillE,
ALABAMA. THERESE BYNUM, 930-0012.
Bump NewsletterLast month for various reasons, our Board of Directors
decided to cease funding of"The Grinder" and go back to a
Club Newsletter. This decision was announced and discussed
at the OC tober meeting. I am not sure many of you have
noticed, but The Grinder has been copyrighted to its E ditor for
months and is now an independent publication. While we hope
the Newsletter doesn't revert back to "Ransom Note" quality it
once was, it is also not expected to ever develop into a ten or
twelve page publication. We hope this Newsletter will continue
to serve the needs of its members. We will strive to provide an
informative, constructive, and positive Newsletter which is also
less of an expense to BUMP's total budget. This Newsletter will
be an all volunteer, hopefully group effort. It may take a while toget the Newsletter up to speed, but please bear with us and if
you have the inclination, please volunteer to help the Newsletter
make it to print.
MAt) t)()G MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE
NOVEMBER 12, 199'1
ALL BUMP MEMBERS THAT CAN, PLEASE VOLUN-
TEER TO WORK MAD DOG IF YOU ARE NOT RAC-
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FOR INFO.
B UM P H ER DS F O R T H E M O U N TR IN S
BY BARRY HAI RBUMP had a group trip to the famous and ''totally buff' Tsali trails
near the Nantahala River in North Carolina in Mid-September. To
those of you who did not make it, you missed a great time.
(continue on page 3)
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(Tsali Trip continued)
Everybody but Barbara and J im Dailey drove up on Friday night
(Incredibly, they drove up Saturday, a five hour drive, rode,
turned around and drove back. Sounds brutal). Most people
camped at the Turkey Creek Campground in Almond, N.C., just a
few miles from the Tsali trailhead. I recommend Turkey Creek to
anybody who wants to stay in that area: the bathrooms and
showers are clean, the campsites have electricity, and its propri-
etors are laid back. By the way, it is also cheap.
Anyway, the weather was perfect, the sky was blue and
the temperature comfortable. Twenty BUMP members showed up
for the Tsail ride on Saturday. The Thompson and Mouse Loops
were open for mountain biking that day. The first loop Thompson
is a quicker, picker, upper. You star climbing right off the bat
and from the sound of some riders wheezing around me and the
numbers showing on my heart rate monitor, most folks were
bumping up on their max heart rate. This loop is like the way I eat
birthday cake. Eat the cake part first and save the icing for last.
After some climbing which is steep (but still shorter than Oak
Mountain) you then have several miles of fast, twisting, sweet sin-
gletrack. Everybody raved about the descent. There are several
scenic overlooks on this loop where Lake Fontana is visiblebelow and five thousand foot mountain peaks line the horizon.
Everybody played tourist and stopped to view the scenery.
After a short break, The Mouse Loop was next and was
the same riotous fun. Much of the singlet rack is very tight and
follows the convoluted shoreline of Fontana Lake. At one point I
was descending on the singletrack at a good clip and coming
around a turn, I was faced with a slightly muddy trail for poor
braking and a biker straddling his bike in the middle of this narrow
trail, looking at me in a daze like a deer in bright headlights. Not a
good scenario. I managed to throw the anchor out, get under con-
trol, and squeeze by the rider at a slow speed. Sight distances
can be short on the trails and the singletrack is mostly narrow, so
exercise caution.
After riding both loops, some of the crowd, myselfincluded, grew lazy and thoughts of drinking a post ride beer and
swimming in Fontana Lake seemed like a capital idea. Others
opted for another slice of singletrack. About ten of us went back
to the Campsite and was given instructions on how to get down to
the Lake via an old forest road. Everybody got on their mountain
bikes (swimsuits and cycling shoes) and descended down the
grassy road for a cool dip in Fontana's clear waters. To heck with
training, this was a vacation.
That evening most everybody hung out around the
campfire which felt great since the evening had a slight chill to it.
My theory and story that there is a rare light pulsating green
ground fungus (due to past camping experiences) at Turkey
Creek was called into question by skeptics. Hah! I had seen it
there before in the wee hours of the night and beer had nothing to
do with it. Skeptics were quickly quieted when sure enough, as
darkness advanced, the ground started pulsating here and there
with green light. Two scientific types wanted closer examination
and proof. I was confident of my theory. WeIL ...as it turns out it
was not fungus after all but was instead, a just as rare form of
mutant (you know like penquins are to birds) wingless lightening
bug! To that I have witnesses.
The next morning the campsite was the Land ofthe
Slugs. There were no early morning rise and shine hammerheads
to be found. Most of us opted for a white water trip down the
Nantahala River and blew off riding entirely.
Some of the others went back to the Tsali trails for more riding.
Ask Hugh and J ack about their radical form of boatless white
water rapid shooting. A great weekend was had by all and I can't
wait to go back. Thanks to everybody who joined in on trip. It
was great to ride among so many familiar faces and friends.
t.\ON" T FOR GET IMBA ftUl.t:S
OF THE TRAIL:1. RIt')E ON Or-EN TRAIlaS ONLoY. RESPECT TRAIL
AND ROAD CLOSURES (ASK IF NOT SURE), AVOID POSSI-
BLE TRESPASS ON PRIVATE LAND, OBTAIN PERMITS AND
AUTHORIZATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED. FEDERAL AND
STATE WILDERNESS AREAS ARE CLOSED TO CYCLING.
~. bEAut: NO TRAct:. BE SENSITIVE TO THE DIRT
BENEATH YOU. EVEN ON OPEN TRAILS, YOU SHOULD NOT
RIDE UNDER CONDITIONS WHERE YOU WILL LEAVE EVI-
DENCE OF YOUR PASSING, SUCH AS ON CERTAIN SOILS
SHORTLY AFTER A RAIN. OBSERVE THE DIFFERENT TYPE
OF SOILS AND TRAIL CONSTRUCTION; PRACTICE LOW-
IMPACT CYCLING. THIS ALSO MEANS STAYING ON TRAIL
AND NOT CREATING ANY NEW ONES. BE SURE TO PACK
OUT AT LEAST AS MUCH AS YOU PACK IN.
3. CQNTftOLo YOUR 8ICYCbE .. INATTENTION FOR
EVEN A SECOND CAN CAUSE DISASTER. EXCESSIVE
SPEED MAIMS AND THREATENS PEOPLE; THERE IS NO
EXCUSE FOR IT.
4. ALoWAY:) YIELot')THE TRAI ..MAKE KNOWN
YOUR APPROACH WELL IN ADVANCE. A FRIENDLY GREET-
ING (OR A BELL) IS CONSIDERATE AND WORKS WELL;STARLING SOMEONE MAY CAUSE LOSS OF TRAIL ACCESS.
SHOW YOUR RESPECT WHEN PASSING OTHERS BY SLOW-
ING TO A WALK OR EVEN STOPPING. ANTICIPATE THAN
OTHER TRAIL USERS MAY BE AROUND CORNERS OR IN
BLIND SPOTS.
S. NEVER :)r-OOK ANIMAbS. ALL ANIMALS ARE
STARTLED BY AN UNANNOUNCED APPROACH, A SUDDEN
MOVEMENTS, OR A LOUD NOISE. THIS CAN BE DANGER-
OUS FOR YOU, FOR OTHERS, AND FOR THE ANIMALS. GIVE
EXTRA ROOM AND TIME TO ADJ UST TO YOU. IN PASSING,
USE SPECIAL CARE AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF
HORSEBACK RIDERS (ASK IF UNCERTAIN). RUNNING CAT-
TLE AND DISTURBING WILD ANIMALS IS A SERIOUSOFFENSE. LEAVE GATES AS YOU FOUND THEM, OR AS
MARKED.
6. rbAN AHEAt'). KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT, YOUR
ABILITY, AND THE AREA IN WHICH YOU ARE RIDING - AND
PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AT ALL
TIMES. WEAR A HELMET, KEEP YOUR MACHINE IN GOOD
CONDITION, AND CARRY NECESSARY SUPPLIES FOR
CHANGES IN WEATHER OR OTHER CONDITIONS. A WELL
EXECUTED TRIP IS A SATISFACTION TO YOU.
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MITTEES. WE HOPE WE CAN DEPEND
ON YOU TO JOIN ONE. BELOW IS A LIST
OF THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES:1.NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE
2. FUND AAISING
3. RIDES & TRIPS
4. LAND ACCESS
5. TRAIL BLAZING
6. SPECIAL EVENTS
7. RACING
8. MEMBERSHIP
9.TRAIL MAINTENANCE
10. PUBLIC RELATIONS