AZ Mountain bike ride - CT/MA area

[Paul]

Originally Posted by severine

If you drive all the way in, there are trails you can access from there toward Heublein Tower.

Hmmm... for some reason I though they had converted those to walking/hiking only. Cool.

[severine]

Originally Posted by Paul

Hmmm... for some reason I though they had converted those to walking/hiking only. Cool.

If you go in from that parking lot heading North, when you get to the bridge on the left (West) it becomes walking only. If you keep going straight (North), bikes are still allowed.

[powhunter]

I try to get out once a week...usually its meriden mtn....or tyler mill in walingford.....id be down for an AZ ride

steve

[MR. evil]

Originally Posted by powhunter

I try to get out once a week...usually its meriden mtn....or tyler mill in walingford.....id be down for an AZ ride

steve

I am pretty much open to riding anywhere.

Are you as crazy on a bike as you are on skis?

[powhunter]

Pretty mellow these days....I do it mainly for cardio...My downhill bike is in pieces...I have a gary fischer XC bike now....probably gonna hit something this sunday

steve

[Greg]

Maybe this thread is just what I need to get me back out on my bike. I used to ride a little bit of singletrack in the mid to late 90's. That old Trek 960 is kinda beat though. My wife bought me a Jamis XC 1.0 a few years ago, but it only has platform pedals so it probably would only be good for doubletrack / dirt road roading.

So, how well do you guys ride? What type of terrain? Mostly singletrack requiring clipless pedals or toe cages? If any of you want to do some doubletrack "cruising" let me know. Be advised I haven't ridden in a long time and I'm sure I have no wind.

[bvibert]

Greg, IMHO, you don't need clipless to ride single track. Lots of folks use platforms these days. I mostly ride doubletrack right now. Mostly because that's what's close to me and that I'm still sort of a newb. I did start doing some singletrack last year that was fun though. As I've told you multiple times over the last couple of years I'll be happy to go out for a ride with you sometime. I'll be happy to show you some fun doubletrack and dirt road riding up at White Memorial in Litchfield/Morris to get you back into the swing of things.

[MR. evil]

Originally Posted by Greg

Maybe this thread is just what I need to get me back out on my bike. I used to ride a little bit of singletrack in the mid to late 90's. That old Trek 960 is kinda beat though. My wife bought me a Jamis XC 1.0 a few years ago, but it only has platform pedals so it probably would only be good for doubletrack / dirt road roading.

So, how well do you guys ride? What type of terrain? Mostly singletrack requiring clipless pedals or toe cages? If any of you want to do some doubletrack "cruising" let me know. Be advised I haven't ridden in a long time and I'm sure I have no wind.

I ussually ride single track, anywhere from easy to extremly technical rock gardens. Clipless pedals are not needed for any type of riding, they are mearly a preference. But if you ride platforms, never use toe cages. You can pick up a pair of clipless pedals for as cheap as $30. It is the shoes that are expensive, anywhere from $60 to $200.

If you and Brian want to ride some single track either up in MA, or down in CT let me know. The only CT riding I know is in the Hartford Area (Case MT & W. Hartford Res.). But I am always willing to try new places. I am sure we can arrange a nice easy paced ride somewhere fun.

Jamis XC 1.0 is a nice bike! I almost bought a Jamis XTL 2.0 last summer but ended up getting this.

[MR. evil]

Here is a link to some pic of my 'back yard' trail as I call it. The trail head is about a 2 minute ride out of my driveway. The pictures in the woods are a pretty typical representation of the terrain Randi and I ussually ride.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=3454974


A couple of weekend ago I was taken to a new spot near Northampton Ma they call Batchler St. About 5 minutes into the ride my first though was "there is no way people actually ride this on a bike". 6 miles and 90 minutes later I was all messed up. It was a fun ride

[Greg]

Originally Posted by MR. evil

Here is a link to some pic of my 'back yard' trail as I call it. The trail head is about a 2 minute ride out of my driveway. The pictures in the woods are a pretty typical representation of the terrain Randi and I ussually ride.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=3454974

Can you post them here? That site wants me to register to see them.