MTB - 9/1/08 Labor Day Ride: Nassahegan

[Greg]

Thinking maybe an early Sunday ride, but early Monday may work too. Might like to hit up Nepaug again. Crankfire has a bunch of GPS tracks we could choose from to follow. Probably a 7 am start time. Anyone interested?

 

[bvibert]

I'm interested in hitting Nepaug again. I think Monday would work better for me, but I'm not the event coordinator in the house so I'll have to check. The only thing to be aware of with those tracks is that I think a lot of them are on sections of the blue trails, which specifically prohibit bikes. They were enforcing that earlier this year and issuing tickets.

 

[gmcunni]

Thinking maybe an early Sunday ride, but early Monday may work too. Might like to hit up Nepaug again. Crankfire has a bunch of GPS tracks we could choose from to follow. Probably a 7 am start time. Anyone interested?

i'm probably IN!! i'm not much of a morning person and will be drinking a bit this weekend but will do my best to get up at the crack of dawn to meet you guys. At this point either day would be fine but will have to see how things at home develop as the weekend approaches.

 

[Greg]

i'm probably IN!! i'm not much of a morning person and will be drinking a bit this weekend but will do my best to get up at the crack of dawn to meet you guys. At this point either day would be fine but will have to see how things at home develop as the weekend approaches.

Awesome. We could move the venue to Nassahegan. We all know that trail system much better and could put together a slightly mellower, but longish (6+ miles) ride for some of the newbs.

 

[severine]

Awesome. We could move the venue to Nassahegan. We all know that trail system much better and could put together a slightly mellower, but longish (6+ miles) ride for some of the newbs.

You are such an evil temptor!!!!! Now I'll be spending the next week wishing for pain-free ribs so I can (try to) join you! :smash:

I think Monday works better for our household. But if you're talking 7AM then definitely only Brian would be able to make it.

 

[gmcunni]

Awesome. We could move the venue to Nassahegan. We all know that trail system much better and could put together a slightly mellower, but longish (6+ miles) ride for some of the newbs.

Don't plan around me. I'll just go with the flow and try not to hold you back. Besides, you can always leave me in the dust. I have a good sense of direction and will find my way back to the cars

 

[Greg]

Don't plan around me. I'll just go with the flow and try not to hold you back. Besides, you can always leave me in the dust. I have a good sense of direction and will find my way back to the cars

Well, stumbling around a new place will inherently bring the pace down so maybe we'll just stick with Nepaug. Brian knows it somewhat too.

 

[o3jeff]

I would prefer Monday too. Also would rather not get a ticket for riding a bike too.

 

[MR. evil]

I am not to interested in hitting Nepaug. I know several guys that ride there frequently and they all say there really isn’t that much nice single track. The place is mostly for the free-ride crowd.

I could be up for a Nass ride, but right now is too early to commit. Something similar to Sundays ride might work out well. Do the first half of the ride at a slower pace for the newer riders, then take a break at the parking area and continue on for the 2nd half of the ride for those that want to do another 4 plus miles.

 

[powhunter]

Im down for either day.....hopefully 2kees can get out too.....

steve

 

[Greg]

Monday is cool with me. I'll be starting at 7 am. I'm cool with either Nass or Nepaug. What's the preferred venue?

At least with Nass, we could coordinate a stop back at Lamson Corner in case some others would rather start later, at like 8:30. The 5-ish mile rides usually last about 90 minutes at a moderate pace. I'm cool with putting together two legs like last Sunday. Thoughts?

 

[gmcunni]

At least with Nass, we could coordinate a stop back at Lamson Corner in case some others would rather start later, at like 8:30. The 5-ish mile rides usually last about 90 minutes at a moderate pace. I'm cool with putting together two legs like last Sunday. Thoughts?

i'm up for whatever you guys decide, i have no knowledge of the 2 areas so my opinion is worthless. i do like the idea of meeting up @ 8:30 as a fallback to me not getting up @ 5:30 AM i'd still plan on the 7:00 AM start time but if for some reason i accidentally hit snooze i could still get some riding in.

 

[o3jeff]

I say Nass at 7 doing the hill climb route and back to lot to meet up with the late sleepers then off to ride the Session area.

 

[severine]

I say Nass at 7 doing the hill climb route and back to lot to meet up with the late sleepers then off to ride the Session area.

Which section of that ride would be more conducive to newbs? Just for reference on here for others, since it's not likely I can get a sitter so I can join you...

 

[Greg]

I say Nass at 7 doing the hill climb route and back to lot to meet up with the late sleepers then off to ride the Session area.

So...a [thread="34275"]repeat[/thread]? I'm cool with that. It really was a great ride. Plus, we could tailor the second leg again for the newbies, and the 7 am guys will be riding much slower by then.

 

[Greg]

Which section of that ride would be more conducive to newbs? Just for reference on here for others, since it's not likely I can get a sitter so I can join you...

Anything in Sessions is flatter and easier than the stuff to the north.

 

[o3jeff]

Hopefully tonight B and I will go scope out that other trail that appears to go towards the Beaver pond to see what it is about.

 

[Greg]

Hopefully tonight B and I will go scope out that other trail that appears to go towards the Beaver pond to see what it is about.

I suspect it just links up with the gravel loop, but maybe there is some access up to the top of the sweet downhill way down in the southern end of Sessions. Another option might be to incorporate an out and back down to the swampy area (after where Brian pinch flatted the day we did that killer hike-a-bike). I really enjoyed that stretch. Plus I would like to tackle riding those ledges.

 

[bvibert]

I'm not sure where you guys are talking about, but I bet Greg is right.

I wouldn't mind doing an out and back to the swamp, or even going on with the hike-a-bike and hitting that nice DH after the waterfall area.

 

[gmcunni]

can someone give me an address or a cross street i can plug into my tomtom to get me where we are meeting up?