Riding BATS in Bennington tomorrow for the first time. Pretty stoked. Will report back and take a picture of Halloween Tree.
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Riding BATS in Bennington tomorrow for the first time. Pretty stoked. Will report back and take a picture of Halloween Tree.
Back in Carrabassett after the fantasy month in E Burke, the house we rented was at least as good as the weather. CV is in the closed trails due to freeze thaw cycle now, guess it's time to plug in the Zwifter.
BATS is hauntingly fun. Highly recommend:
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^Awesome tree!
"Halloween Tree." Old Bennington is super freakin' haunted.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
The leaves are all down after the rain and wind last night in Acadia. Time for a Touch of Grey…and some light at the end of the ride.
Carriage Roads are packed hard with what seems like recycled asphalt. I don’t blame them after having to repair all the washouts and damage from early in the Summer but, it feels like pavement. Smooth and fast… I might bring my road bike for the next ride later this week. Still no cars though!
Another nice day for a ride, so I did.
And that’s closed to traffic right now? Man, that looks choice.
Carriage roads in Acadia are always closed to automotive traffic… It’s pretty sweet. I pop in some earbuds and a Dead show, add Sativa, and away I go.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
I highly recommend this one:
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Did you bring a light for the caves? BATS was basically my backyard for years running, hiking, biking, and skiing, the woods have so much history lots of beautiful old logging roads. Back in the day we’d ride our bikes up to the orchards to buy weed from the Jamaicans, so much better than the brick schwag sold on Benmont.
Those Carriage Roads in Acadia are so much fun, like Singlecross says, no cars. Looks like the might have used road grind from a resurfacing project. That stuff packs tight, drains well and sheds heavy runoff.
Wish I had made it up this fall for some riding.
Acadia is really some of the best November riding maine has to offer. Solid grinding heading right into ski season.
Might have to spend November on MDI next year
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Truth. Mags always welcomeQuote:
Originally Posted by ticketchecker
I did not, nor did I check out the mansion, but I will. Stoked on that area. Haunted weed indeed :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boreas
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We blew the shit out of our little network that gets limited traffic (basically no traffic except us) and it was awesome last night! Leaf blowers ftw! :biggrin:
Now other spots...leaf blowers are dumb and useless! :smile:
lol
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Could have used that useless effort on our trails today. Aware of the debate on doing this, but leaves hiding rocks make for some interesting riding. Some cases better just rip straight line rocks (you can’t see) be damned, others making it pretty treacherous.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
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These guys need to stop napping and start leaf blowing!
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I’ll be on the seacoast thurs-Fri if you don’t mind giving a tour.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
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Shit! I'm headed up North for the holiday. Our tentative plan is to be back Saturday if you're still around?Quote:
Originally Posted by Laps
Rode yesterday. Played pinball with a couple trees and smashed my knuckle...ouch!
My bud Nick on this rock feature I built. The exit is blind, so scouting is recommended. (The entrance has a log ride in the background) https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...294e1cfa9a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7ad9ab8989.jpg
If you’re up for a night ride Wed pm me.
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We're blowing town on Weds and back Sat at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laps
Just a few patches of ice/snow at Franklin Falls. First attempt at night riding made me realize how inadequate my $25 Amazon light is. Couldn't see shit, but still fun.
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After reading powbmps post on Franklin I decided to change plans and head south to Bear Brook. Temps never got cold enough last night to freeze the dirt but not much mud anymore after the sun/warmth/wind yesterday. I've managed a few good rides on the new bike that arrived just before Thanksgiving. It can start being winter now. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...848a025237.jpg
Busy morning yesterday so early afternoon ride in order
The two crazy wind events over the last 10 days dropped a ton of wood on the E/SE backyard trails, off the bike about 15 times+-.
Three in a row here
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Spun out on some rocks/roots climbing. Downhills were interesting as more snow fell.
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Back at the ranch, around an inch had fallen. Hopefully the trails stay covered until spring.
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MTB is fun!
Broke out the fattie yesterday, pretty much perfect amount of snow for it
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Solid! Did you guys have any base or are you just working off the last storm?
Forgot how much fun fatbiking is. Especially when the skiing is meh.
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From today in SoVT, 45 miles, nice and sunny with dry roads.
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From this weekend up in CV:
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The approach is tricky on dirt and snow alike:
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While my brand new touring set up continues to collect dust, the fat bike is getting some miles.
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Pretty damn good out there.
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Snow here in Western Mass finally
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Dog stoke!
Coastal storm gave enough to freshen things up. From yesterday at Bradbury.
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Cheater line to the right of the bridge. When you crest the first part of the bridge, you can see where some people bailed (and made the next section tough to clean)
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21 was a challenging year, on a few levels, and I haven't been riding much since the summer so I feel kind of out of touch. I'm trying to get the 22 thread together and coming up empty. Throw out some ideas for a thread topic.
Hi my teenage son has grown so much since the fall he should really be on a large or maybe even an XL.
He is 6' tall now and rides a medium Kona Honzo DL which fit him in September.
He rides with a team and races the New England Youth Cycling but he is flat pedals and baggy shorts etc. Not a racer.
It's a long shot but maybe you are riding a similar bike in large and it's too big?
This really only makes sense to swap locally. Some $ could change hands to make it work.
I can't do another new bike right now. I am going to look for a frame.
Honzo. Chameleon. That kind of thing. He would love a FS but not happening.
Used bikes are just crazy right now.
Happy trails!
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2022 NE up and overQuote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
2022 NE Up and Ovah
2022 NE Brown Pow in my Shorts
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Local conditions are kinda phucked now. Thin layer of ice on most trails. Rode the fs with 2.8's and it worked, but was sketchy. I believe skinny studs will be the best option, but there is so much non-ice, studs will be lost on rock and dirt surfaces.
Any mags have beta on fat biking in North Conway? We are considering a long weekend up there in February and want to get a day skiing at Cannon and another riding somewhere.
Why stay in Conway if you want to ski Cannon? That's a haul through either notch. PRKR mountain in Littleton grooms for fat bikes closer to Franconia.