Attention riders!  It looks like mountain bike racers have been building trails in the Green mountains and the rumor is they do not get mud bogged like many other spots. For those of you interested in participating in some difficult to extreme endurance races, check out the events by Peak Races at www.peakraces.com.  All of these events take place on their trails which is just north of Kilington.

My eyes are set for the solo version of the 30 Mile MTB Endurance relay set to take place the week after Great Glen on August 22nd.  I highly suggest signing up for this race, especially if you plan on doing the VT 50 in September.  They are looking for 150 competitors this year.

$40 entry fee and big cash payouts for everyone:

Expert/Pro
1st place male and female – $375.00 Each

Sport
1st place male and female – $75.00 Each

Beginner
1st Place male and female – $75.00 Each

Single Speed
1st Place male and female – $75.00 Each

King of the Hill
1st place male and female – $150.00 Each

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The Pittsfield Bike Club helps maintain multi use trails on Public(National Forest) and private land in Pittsfield, Stockbridge, and Chittenden Vermont.

We will be adding maps for the trails on National Forest land and will be updating the existing map as we get everything GPS’d.

Come on out for a ride or a hike or run!

www.greenmountaintrails.com

Adam Glick, Greater Boston NEMBA sent a letter to the DCR and is asking everyone to do the same.

It was clear that DCR needs more comments submitted. This is important to DCR. They are counting them all up – they had nice bar charts summarizing emails.

Action Item: We need everyone who hasn’t sent comments to send them in. Keep them short and to the point. Here’s the original DCR source page:http://www.mass.gov/dcr/news/publicmeetings/greenwaysfellsusersurvey.htm

Some suggestions:

Simply state that you:

1. Support increased mountain biking opportunities.
2. Support a change to the winter closure policy.
3. Support increased NEMBA volunteerism
4. Support after dark riding.
5. Support separating loop trail overlaps
6. Support providing access to the reservoir trail systems
7. Support improved signage

You don’t need to answer all the questions — just the ones that are important to you.

There are some basic principles we hope riders will support:

1. Fair and equitable access policy
2. Access to singletrack
3. More marked loops
4. Positive use to replace illegitimate use

It’s even better if the comments are in your own voice and express your own concerns. We’re not trying to control the message — it’s the getting a message out to DCR that is really important.

If you are looking for other ideas, here’s some stuff that Greater Boston NEMBA has come up with (look at the bottom of the webpage):http://www.gbnemba.org/fells-action.html

Email your comments to: Paul.jahnige@state.ma.us

When you send them please also cc: fells@gbnemba.org

It’s 4:30pm and I have been spending my last free hour adding in race events into the calendar. I am looking to add as many events as possible without cluttering. If you know of a race or event that you would like to see on the calendar, please let me know!

Chris

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