Patrol hours for 2009!

Check the main patrol site for preliminary patrol data for 2009. Thank you all so much for your hard work and effort this year!

http://www.bma-mtb.org/patrol/

Wild Turkey seepage and bad rider habits...

Well, did a patrol yesterday from Longmont and there is a lot of seepage from the water table right now on top of the Heil Knoll. So, there are a few sections on WT trail that have been affected and folks should not try to ride around them--serious damage has been done as you can see from the pics.

Mike Rutter preparing the trail for the Trail Day Saturday

The other side of the switchback--deep ruts up to 8 inches deep and some 3 feet off the trail--gotta love it. There is actually a tire track four feet to the left you can see. :( This is the turn just below the dirt road that you cross on WT. Repairs will be needed here for sure. Either ride through the deep middle rut or turn around.....

Another spot just up and you can see again how folks run off the trail to avoid and then just create more of a mess. No doubt here, bikes did this. Maybe we can use these pics as a tool to help out? Mike Rutter was pretty bummed about it but said they will work on it--no way to know it would seep where it did and get so wet. He wants to the patrol to help out with mini crew days--3 or 4 of us go up during an evening and work on this type of repair. Stay tuned!

BMA Sufferfest 2008!

make sure to "display images" , special thanks to McDavid!

Get your Labor Day crap out-the-way and come play with the big boys & girls at SufferFest 2008 - September 6th & 7th. End of Bike Patrol & general BMA thank you Bash. If you’ve got the cojones and the chutzpah, got the attitude for the altitude... check it out & register here.

Also we need a bunch-o-help with morning-of tasks, shuttling stuff & setting up camp, etc. Thanks to Sue Butcher & Eleanor Needy the support stations are womaned but as this is the first annual… numerous things need coverage.

Also, also we need to borrow or have donated any of the following items:

· Portable gas grills

· Big water coolers

· Portable generator

· Paper plates, cups, platters & compostable utensils

Contact Hersch to lend a hand or hook us up with stuff… all vols get a pair of killer BMA bike socks, our eternal thanks & all the free beer & food you can fight for!

Birthday Patrol at Hall Ranch

Well, worked on my bike yesterday to get ready for the San Juan Hut Trip from Silverton to Moab and needed a test ride anyway. Plus its a feel good when you are riding something so fun on your bday and volunteering at the same time! Not my normal ride for a bday epic, but since I leave on the trip Saturday--no need to make epic too early. Headed out to Hall and had the place mostly to my self. Did help out a couple from Florida that were a little in awe at the rock garden. Storms started to develop in the distance but overall great morning and my bike worked perfectly. Here are some quick pics. You can see the storms develop over the laps I did at the top. Nice Blue Sky looking West on the loop.

Looking back East--nice blue sky day..or at least it seems.
Longs and Meeker in the distance--not many clouds yet.
Bike Tracks on the Closed to Bikes trail--not good to see--not just one set, but several sets.


This is me, in case we have not met! One more Westerly Pic after a few laps--clouds formed quick!
Ride on!