Picnic Baskets, Monthly Meeting, and More...

Greetings Dirt Lovers,

I'm sure there aren't any of you, aside from a few surgically impaired, who haven't touched a ribbon of singletrack recently. Good riding. Horsetooth Mtn. Park was in great shape last weekend. I don't know about you, but the work that the county has done on the Carey Springs trail is a big improvement. Less sketch. More flow. And I'm a huge fan of grade reversals instead of water bars...   I love spring... And weekly social rides. Don't forget, Wednesdays, 5:30. Maxwell Parking Lot. Everyone is welcome.

NOT JUST FOR PATROLLERS. SIGN UP TODAY! 
Our annual Patrol Picnic is more of a 'Welcome to Riding Season Picnic'. There'll be riding, there'll be some education, there'll be fun. All club members are welcome. We'd like to be able to feed you if you plan on coming. Our Patrol Director, Bill Heisterman, is calling in an order to Backcountry Provisions tonight. If you plan on attending, please go to the Overland website, login and add yourself to the day's event. If you haven't been able to figure out how to navigate the member's side of the website, send an email to Bill and tell him you're coming. You can reach him at: wfheist (at) msn.com.  WHERE? Lory State Park-Corral Center. Saturday, April 24th. 9 a.m. Bring your bike.

MONTHLY MEETING THIS MONDAY! BRING $$ FOR OVERLAND GEAR
Join us for our Monthly Meeting. All sorts of information will be offered... Upcoming skills clinics, plans for trails, news on events, etc. If you're a new member and haven't gotten your socks and water bottle, now's the time. Pick up this year's Overland T-Shirt for the amazingly low price of 5 bucks! Where? Catalyst Coffee and Tap Room - Northwest corner of Shields and Horsetooth. Monday, April 26th, 6:30 p.m. Meeting is open to the general public.

AN EVENING AT THE RACES!
It's that time of year again. Short Track Races behind New Belgium will be kicking off each Tuesday starting April 27th. Great intro to MTB racing. Great spectating. Races are free for kids! If they can ride a bike, they can race. For more info visit our friends over at YOUR GROUP RIDE.

IMPORTANT TRAIL DAY JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Help us transform Pineridge into an Interpretive Mountain Bike Trail. We'll be adding instructional signage around Pineridge and helping the city designate the trail as a 'Beginner's Trail'. Volunteers are needed. Where? Pineridge Main Parking Lot, Saturday, May 8th.

TAKE A KID MOUNTAIN BIKING DAY REGISTRATION AND VOLUNTEERS
Spring Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day will fill up in a hurry with a 40 kid limit. I'll have registration ready to roll by Monday of next week. It's a great event. We'll need a bunch of volunteers to make this event a success. We'll also be able to show off the new signage around Pineridge. Volunteer Sign Up will be available by Monday also. Where? Saturday, May 22nd. Maxwell parking Lot. 9 a.m.

FOR SALE ITEMS AND EMAIL LISTS
In an effort to keep Overland's ACTIVE email list free of clutter, we'd like to reserve its usage for club business only. Our goal is to put all club communications in one weekly blog (this one) and make it a central point for info. That's our goal... People's in-boxes are already overflowing. In order to help us out with that, we're asking that you not post items for sale to the the general membership. Craigslist is a great place to advertise things. Our friends at YOUR GROUP RIDE have a "Classifieds" section in their Forum. We're also going to try something new. If you have a bike for sale - not an old derailler, a bent pair of purple anodized cranks, or a broken spoke - a complete bike worthy of riding, you may send the info to Kory at "news (at) overlandmtb.org", and I will post it at the bottom of each week's blog. Information to include in the email: The bike, the year, the cost, and who to contact. You may discuss the details of the bike with people when they contact you. I won't be posting a component by component list.

That's it for this week! See you soon...