It's Gonna Be a Great Week! Friends of Lory, Bobcat, Social Ride...

I could grace you all with a new shot of another bloody appendage, and I’d like to say that I didn’t crash again since my last post, but… Ain’t mountain biking fun? Seriously, as I was looking west out over the terrain up at Bobcat Ridge, I was just thinking how great it is to be able to hop on my bike and get to somewhere so beautiful, so quickly. (On another Bobcat note, my chicken little self rode the first of the three skinny rides (when you’re going downhill) this weekend. Fun stuff. Let’s build some more. Speaking of which, we’ve got great trail stuff rolling this week, along with an awesome Social Ride. And, a little competition regarding one of our signature events, The Friends of Lory Trail Day. You’ll have to read a bit more to find out about that. Here’s what’s happening:

Monday, June 7th – Communication’s Team Meeting at Café Vino – 6:30 p.m. These guys are responsible for the ‘Card Competition’ (Who will win the prize at this month's meeting?) and the Overland bags going home with new bike purchases. They’ve also been setting up booths at bike-related events around town. It’s all in an effort to get the word out about our great organization, attract new members, and be able to continue to do all of the great stuff we do year ‘round.

Tuesday, June 8th – Trails Committee Meeting at Café Vino – 6:30 p.m. Wow! Can’t say enough about what this crew’s been up to…Working with the Land Agencies, planning trail days. Awesome stuff. Check out Stacy’s info below.

Wednesday, June 9th – Social Ride at Maxwell - 6:00 p.m.  Last week there must have been 30 of us. Great to see all the riders and hang out a bit afterwards. And great to see Jason Trujillo and the High School Mountain Bikers hitting the trails. As always, if you’re coming, bring something drinkable and edible to share. Thanks again to Josh for opening up his backyard. Please note: Next week’s Social Ride will be at the Soderberg parking lot. Social hour will begin afterwards at Kory and Jen’s. Login to the member’s website for address and details.

Thursday, June 10th – Bobcat Ridge Trail Evening - 6 p.m. We can do better than 2! Last Bobcat Ridge trail evening only saw two of us show up. And what great work the two of them did. Nice water crossing, by the way. Starting at 6 p.m. Show up for a little bit of evening trail work with Doug and Steve. These guys have been kickin’ butt out at Bobcat and it has made a difference.

Saturday, June 12th – Our summer classic – Friends of Lory Trail Day, now in its 14th year. Come give Lory a little lovin’. Sign up HERE! Rodge and Paul have done a great job organizing this event. This is one of my favorite days of the year. When 50-60 people show up to play in the dirt together, it’s simply fun. Overland will provide food and snacks. You provide your muscles, a camelback/water bottle, gloves, sturdy shoes, long pants and some sunscreen. Whichever member shows that he/she brought the most non-member volunteers wins a new car! (Okay, maybe not a new car, but something will be awarded to him/her at the next monthly meeting.) Talk it up at the office, the gym, the coffee shop, wherever. And share this link: www.overlandmtb.org/FLTD


Sunday, June 13th – Ride. And if you want, head over to CSU for the Oval Races in the evening.

Patroller’s Corner (From Bill H - our Patrol Director)
Hi Patrollers and Club members, I am going to try for a CPR/First Aid refresher this month, it will be a one evening review for anyone whose card has expired in the last year. And if we can get at least 6 people I will schedule a full CPR/First Aid class. So by Wednesday this week, email me with what you are interested in and what evenings work for you, the full class will take two, 4 hour sessions.  Also I will be ordering more patrol jerseys and vests, I have a limited amount of some sizes, those run $35. If it's a size I don't have I will place an order. Prices should be similar. Please email before the next social ride. Thanks! Keep up the great work and see you on the trails. Bill H (wfheist (at) msn.com

Speaking of Jerseys
We'll be ordering a new round of jerseys in some different styles. Keep an eye out!

Stacy’s Trail News
Overland Members have been invited to join the American Conservation Corp in working on the Margaret-Molly-Moon trail project happening throughout June. Yes, that’s NOW. There is some GREAT work about to be done. Everyone MUST pre-register through Kristy Wumkes if you are interested in volunteering. Here are the specifics:

June 8-10 NEW trail construction on Lady Moon Trail
June 11-12 Heavy maintenance on eastern Granite Ridge (formerly Molly Lake) Trail
June 15-19 NEW trail construction to create the Molly-Moon trail connecting Granite Ridge with Lady Moon Trails
June 22-26 Finish work for Molly-Moon then on to NEW trail construction for the Lady Moon Loop Trail
July 13-17 NEW construction continued for Lady Moon Loop Trail
July 27-28 Heavy maintenance continued on eastern Granite Ridge Trail


* Hardhats and tools will be provided. You will need to bring work gloves, boots, lunch, & rain gear.  Volunteers can do 4 hour or 8 hour days. This is really exciting and we hope that we will see a lot of Overland Mountain Bike Club members helping out on this newly opened area to bikes!

CONTACT:
Kristy Wumkes, Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forests, 970.295.6721, kwumkes (at)fs.fed.us
Reminder: September 25th outreach and trail day at Redfeather Lakes. Looking for 3 volunteers to be trail crew leaders for the day (all instruction will be provided! A great opportunity to jump in and help out, even if this is your first time). Contact our esteemed Federal Trails Team - Jen Klink and Jeff Morton - for more information and to volunteer.


We’re All Invited
New club member, Matt Wells, has invited us all to an Overland Club VIP Night and Pizza Social. There’ll be a Group Ride sponsored by Performance ahead of time.
When: Thursday June 17th 8pm-9pm
Where: Performance Bicycle Shop on S. College Ave. (next to King Soopers)
What: Club VIP Night and Pizza Social. Free Pizza/drinks, lots of FREE GEAR giveaways, 10-15% off everything
Who: All Overland Mountain Bike club members, friends/family, and prospective members are welcome. Kids welcome, All Kids leave with free gear.


Tour de Fat News
The Tour de Fat truck will be rolling for places other than Fort Collins here in the next week or so. We wish our friends at New Belgium another great season of spreading the bike love. May your travels be safe and rewarding. Also, please get Saturday, September 4th on your calendar. The Tour rolls into Fort Collins that weekend and we need everyone out to help. It’s a huge fundraiser for us and it allows us to do what we do. Thanks again Tour de Fat Carnies, and New Belgium.


Please, please, please: If you have something you'd like to have published in the blog, or have a cool picture or story to share, email them to Kory by the Friday before. We know how important it is to share info, but we'd like to cut down on the amount of emails heading into everyone's email boxes. Please plan ahead a bit. Email them to: koryswan (at) gmail.com

And that, my friends, is all… See you on the trails…