Monday, May 17, 2010

May 17th and Beyond....

Ahh, spring weather...Gotta love a nice little branch crushing snowstorm in May.

Hope you all are well. We're looking at an interesting week culminating in our 2nd Annual Spring Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day where 40 kids and their parents will roll through Pineridge and Maxwell.  A big 'Thanks' to the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas for granting us access.  Speaking of Take a  Kid. If you haven't yet volunteered, please do so HERE. It's sure to be a great day.

Social Ride Presto - Changeo
The Social Ride will meet over at the Soderberg Trailhead this week. Mixin' things up a bit once a month. If you'd like directions, go HERE.  Hope to see you all over there this week. As always, this ride is dependent on the weather. All riders are welcome. These are social, 'no drop' rides. We'll be meeting up for snacks and drinks afterwards. As always, bring something to share.

NBB Races - The FINALE
The Final Short Track Race of the Season runs Tuesday Night. If you haven't taken part, do it Tuesday. We have some very exciting plans for this race day. BRING YOUR ID----NEW BELGIUM BEER GARDEN ($4.00 NBB Cans---Ranger, Sunshine Wheat and Fat Tire) -- BRING YOUR ID and some extra cash......As usual we will have a raffle to give away and represent our sponsors products, including the grand prize drawing for the NBB Cruiser bike which is Super Rad this year. All that participated in the first two NBB Races and are present at the last one are eligible to win. Must be there to win. Titus will be there with their demo fleet of bikes you can test ride. Food for sale "Fly By Diner". See you Tuesday. -Jason

Trails Committee Needs Photos and Feedback
The Trails Committee is looking for input from all club members regarding trail conditions. Please take photos of sections of trail you feel are in need of work, whether simple trail maintenance or massive work-arounds and new lines. In order to effectively discuss our long-term trail maintenance and building plans at the June meeting, we need to identify the key trail problem areas in the next few weeks. Any input is much appreciated! And as always, please come to a trails meeting, or just email us with your thoughts on trail work you'd like to see done. We'd like to keep the ball rolling by having a number of trail proposals in the works throughout the year. Now is the time to contribute!


Send trail feedback and photos to: ombc.trails (at) gmail.com
There are a lot of trail days on the calendar this year - between Lory, Horsetooth, Hewlett's, Bobcat, Devils Backbone, and Redfeather, there will be plenty of opportunities to help repair and rebuild trails. Keep an eye on the OMBC website calendar.  Thanks! -Stacy

Patroller's Corner
Congrats to our newest patroller Dave Skram!!! And our first Trail Ambassador Eric Skram!!! Way to go guys. Remember to get your IMBA/NMBP dues up to date and get your check rides in, we have a couple more riders very close.Thanks to everyone for the help with the Community Classic Bicycle Tour. I need to get a list of everyone who needs or wants First Aid and CPR refresher/recert or the full class, we will try to schedule something next month. Please contact me at wfheist (at) msn.com.
Also, look for an update on the Picnic soon. Thanks. -Bill H

Club Meeting next Monday
Hope to see you all at Catalyst Coffee and Tap Room on Monday, May 24th. We'll talk mountain bikes, have great t-shirts and jerseys for sale, recognize some riders, talk mountain bikes, and keep everyone up to date on what's going on around town.

Also, thanks to Overland Mountain Bike Club for sponsoring me over the past 9 months for the Leadership Fort Collins Class. What an amazing experience and an opportunity to learn more about our great city. There's a nice little write up where Overland is mentioned. Read it HERE. -Kory

We do have one classified ad this week from club member Matt Solley. Check his listing on Craigslist HERE.

And that's about it. Don't forget to stop by one of our great Local Bike Shops and show them some love. And of course, our pals at New Belgium don't mind your support either.

Here's to a dry week...

1 comment:

  1. We don't say this enough, but thanks to our intrepid Blog-Meister and contributors for keeping us up to date.

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