Garmin Connect Activity : Bald Mt and Addison Loop

Thanks to John and John for slugging out early to make this ride a success.  Had a great ride, early morning shove off, it was a bit cold but we quickly warmed up.  John G got a special blast of warm air to assist on the inbound trail to BM N.  Pretty much turned into a hammer fest, catch me if you can.  It was a fun ride minus the low speed wipe out I had at BM S, the cut is kinda cool however.  

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Bald Mt and Addison Loop

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Garmin Connect Activity : BTT 5-30-09

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BTT 5-30-09



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Garmin Connect Activity : Bald Mt South and North Loop

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Bald Mt South & North Loop



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Bloomer Race - XC

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The www.precisionmtb.com team had a good showing today. Ray came in 2nd, John 4th, Dave 3rd. Not sure where Shannon finished I did not see him after the race & can not find the results online yet. We had a blast today (most of it) the course was hard. Ray rocked it in expert! Got to meet Shannon, and John & I got to ride together for most of the second half of the race. I had the pleasure of changing a flat "in race" not fun. Hello Stan's Tubeless. The course was very hilly and gave me a real run for the money. Below is the garmin data & some pictures my family took. It was fun to have my girls there (Christy too) Shelby did the kids race (her first) and came in third & had a great time.

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Bloomer XC Race
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/6112023

2009-05-24 Bloomer Race

BTT - 5/23/09 - Name Game Video and Ride Pictures

Did the BTT ride this morning, 23 riders left the fort at 6:35 and took to the streets of Detroit. We had fantastic weather and a nice pace. We did most of the usual spots and had a number of first time BTT riders. Andy, as usual, rocked the name game. Below is a link to this mornings "name game" video.... I had an opportunity to meet many of Andy's family after the ride, wish it was under better circumstances but he has a nice and far flung clan. His brother Dave could start a BTT in Utah after listening to him name off all the cool rides he could host us on their.


The Name Game



Photos from the ride

2009-05-23 BTT

Garmin Connect Activity : Holdridge Lakes - West Loop & Gruber's Grinder

This thing was a handfull!

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Holdridge Lakes - West Loop & Gruber's Grinder

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Holdridge Trail Guide

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Garmin Connect Activity : Tree Farm - Lakeshore Park Ride

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Tree Farm - Lakeshore Park Ride

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Garmin Connect Activity : Poto Team Group Ride

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Poto Team Group Ride



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Garmin Connect Activity : Lunch Meeting Commute

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Lunch Meeting Commute


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Garmin Connect Activity : The Longest I have riden for a meal on a bike (it was good)

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The Longest I have riden for a meal on a bike (it was good)

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dave

Garmin Connect Activity : Bloomer & Stony Loops

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Bloomer & Stony Loops


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Single Speed Pictures

Holdridge West Loop in the soup

Grubers was closed due to rain and the Adison race was cancled as well so we rode at Holdridge.


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2 Loops Holdridge West Loop

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MMBA Metro North Chapter: Upcoming Events

Howdy,

I just wanted to take a few seconds, and let everyone know about some upcoming events in the chapter and elsewhere in the MMBA.  When available, I've provided links to either a MMBA forum discussion or website with more information on the event.

May 9th and 10th.  Stony Creek trail days.  Some repairs, and some tweaks of the reroutes put in last fall.  9AM at the F (upper) trail head parking lot.

http://www.mmba.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=89717

May 16th.  Clinton River trail day.  For the trail day we will meet at the Power line access Off Clinton River Road, Just west of Schoenherr.  Rakes, Loppers, Shovels, wheelbarrows, and people power will be needed.

http://www.mmba.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=90084

These next two events are being held outside of the Metro North chapter, but both events would be highly recommended to someone who would like to work toward being a trail coordinator.

The IMBA Trail Care Crew will be coming to Lansing May 21 - 24 to conduct a Trail Building School at Anderson Park. The visit will include a day of trail assessment and layout (restricted to TCs and those starting a trail in the future), 1/2 day of classroom instruction on suistainable trail building techniques, and 1 day of trail work at Anderson Park. The visit will not be all work...there will be an evening social with beer, and a trail ride to sample your hard earned work.

http://www.mmba.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=89179

May 28th-31st, the Western Chapter of the MMBA is hosting the 9th Annual Midwest Mountain Bike Summit.  This event includes an IMBA Trail Building School, seminars, food, beer and rides.  A great way to meet some great people, learn about building trails, and having some fun.  LOTS of information on their website.  Again, anybody really wanted to learn about designing, planning and building trails should consider attending this event.

http://www.mmba.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=89694
http://www.midwestmtbsummit.com

Additional Upcoming Events

Clinton River Trail - June 13th, 2009 9:00AM - Trail Building. New construction.
Chapter Meeting - July 13th, 2009 6:30PM at the Rochester Mills Beer Company.
Pontiac Lake - August 1st, 2009 9:00AM - Summer repairs and upgrades.

Please contact us @ metronorth@mmba.org if you have any questions, and we always try to keep the chapter website (metronorth.mmba.org) up to date with the latest chapter information.

Nick Shue
Metro North Chapter President

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Stony 2 Loops with Split times for each section

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2 Loops at Stony with split times for each section

Splits for lap times - Laps 2&7 Pines, 3&8 Snake, 4&9 Roller Coaster

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Garmin Connect Activity : 2 Loops at Stony

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2 Loops at Stony



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Fort Custer Stampede

What a great Day for racing. The river was cold but fun.

I really enjoyed the course but still need to practice my race management / 'in race' nutrition. Not tool cool going over the handlebars trying to put the water bottle back in it's cage. Below is a picasa gallery of the pictures I took. If anyone wants a high resolution pictures let me know which ones you want.

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Fort Custer Stampede MMBA Race
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Here is the picture gallery

2009-05-03 MMBA Fort Custer Stampede

BTT 05/02/09 Hitsville Stop

Had a great ride this am. Andy altered the route and we went buy the old Packard Plant and Hitsville USA. It was fun. Below is the GPS & Pics from the ride.

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BTT 05/02/09 Hitsville

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2009-05-02 BTT Hitsville

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