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RAW, somewhere easy, 4/28 or 4/29

Greg

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Slight chance I could do Wednesday. Not sure how convenient Nassahegan/Burlington is for you, but a ride around the Scoville twisties would be a good introduction. It's all pretty flat so you can concentrate on staying on the bike... :lol: If you're feeling it, maybe a dip down into Sessions woods (B street or something). Those are the usual intro areas for Nass.
 

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Those are the only two days next week that I definitely can't ride. Let Greg show you around the Scoville area of Nass, it's a good introduction.
 

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Slight chance I could do Wednesday. Not sure how convenient Nassahegan/Burlington is for you, but a ride around the Scoville twisties would be a good introduction. It's all pretty flat so you can concentrate on staying on the bike... :lol: If you're feeling it, maybe a dip down into Sessions woods (B street or something). Those are the usual intro areas for Nass.
Google says about 30 minutes from work. Close enough.
 

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Slight chance I could do Wednesday. Not sure how convenient Nassahegan/Burlington is for you, but a ride around the Scoville twisties would be a good introduction. It's all pretty flat so you can concentrate on staying on the bike... :lol: If you're feeling it, maybe a dip down into Sessions woods (B street or something). Those are the usual intro areas for Nass.
Looking like a chance of rain for tomorrow. How's that slight chance coming along?
 

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Slight has progressed to impossible. Might try for an early Saturday morning rip.
 

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A few of us are planning in riding in the Hartford area on Thursday, your welcome to join us. Right now it looks like we will either be riding Meshomasic or Case mt. Once we figure it out I will post it up here.
 

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A few of us are planning in riding in the Hartford area on Thursday, your welcome to join us. Right now it looks like we will either be riding Meshomasic or Case mt. Once we figure it out I will post it up here.

I am probably out for this now, have a van full of windows I need to bring up to MA and no room for the bike. I doubt I will have enough time to go home and then make it back for the ride.
 

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I am probably out for this now, have a van full of windows I need to bring up to MA and no room for the bike. I doubt I will have enough time to go home and then make it back for the ride.

Are any of this windows going to 'fall' our of your van and land in my driveway?
 

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Trev and I are riding Case Mt in Machester from the line street lot at 4:45, your welcome to join us Mondeo. It will be a pretty mello pace.
 

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Count me in.

Line street is real easy to get too, exit 3 off 384. take a left at the end of the ramp, Line street is the first left after the country club. I drive a silver ford ranger and Trev has a jeep wrangler.
 

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Good ride today, Mondeo is going to make the transition from road to dirt very easy! All he needs are some better tires and time getting used to clipping into his pedals on chunky terrain.

Edit: he also took on a pretty technical place for his first mtb ride. Case is VERY rocky and nothing there is easy.
 
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A sexy ride it was !

Glad you guys kept up :lol:

Thanks for taking it easy on me :)

when I was taking my bike out of the back of my truck at home last night I noticed some damage to my frame, a sizeable dent in the seat tube from a rock.
 

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Stoped by my LBS to have the mech check out the damage to my frame. He said I have nothing to worry about, it's a really beefy steel FR frame and will be fine. He also said had it been an Alum frame it would be a goner. He was how ever concearned with some major scratches on my fork. Said it's only a matter of time before those scratches cuase the seals to fail and I will need to have it rebuilt.......again.
 
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